Hadith #201 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
One early morning when they were with Godâs messenger some people came to him who were scantily clad, wearing striped woollen garments,* with swords over their shoulders; most, nay all of them, belonging to Mudar. Godâs messenger showed signs of anger on his face because of the poverty-stricken state in which he saw them, and went in. After a little he came out and gave orders to Bilal who uttered the call to prayer and announced that the time to begin prayer had come. When the Prophet had p
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Hadith #202 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Ibn Masâud reported Godâs messenger as saying, âNo life is taken unjustly without a portion of its blood being laid at the door of Adamâs first son, because he was the first to introduce murder.â (Bukhari and Muslim). We shall mention the tradition from Muâawiya, âA section of my people will continue .. .â* in the chapter on the reward of this people, if God will. *Book XXV, Chap. xli. The wording is slightly different.
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Hadith #203 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Kathir b. Qais told how, when he was sitting with Abu Dardaâ in the mosque of Damascus, a man came to him and said, âAbu Dardaâ, I have come to you from the town of the Messenger for a tradition I have heard that you relate from Godâs messenger. I have come for no other purpose.â He replied that he had heard Godâs messenger say, â If anyone travels on a road in search of knowledge God will cause him to travel on one of the roads of paradise, the angels will lower their wings from g
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Hadith #204 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Two men, one learned and the other devout, were mentioned to Godâs messenger, who then said, âThe superiority of the learned man over the devout man is like mine over the most contemptible among you,â adding, âGod, His angels, the inhabitants of the heavens and the earth, even the ant in its hole and even the fish invoke blessings on him who teaches men what is good.â Tirmidhi transmitted it. Darimi transmitted it from Makhul in mursal form, but did not mention the two men. He said, â
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Hadith #205 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Abu Saâid al-Khudri reported Godâs messenger as saying, â People will follow you, and men will come to you from all regions of the earth seeking understanding about the religion; so when they come to you, give them good counsel.â Tirmidhi transmitted it.
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Hadith #206 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Abu Huraira reported Godâs messenger as saying, âA word which contains wisdom is the stray beast* of the wise man, so wherever he finds it he is most entitled to it.â Tirmidhi and Ibn Majah transmitted it, Tirmidhi saying that this is a gharib tradition and that Ibrahim b. al-Fadl the transmitter is declared to be weak in tradition. *i.e. something to be sought.
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Hadith #207 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Ibn âAbbas reported Godâs messenger as saying, âOne faqih has more power over the devil than a thousand devout men.â Tirmidhi and Ibn Majah transmitted it.
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Hadith #208 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Anas reported Godâs messenger as saying, âThe search for knowledge is an obligation laid on every Muslim, but he who commits it to those who are unworthy of it is like one who puts necklaces of jewels, pearls and gold on swine.â Ibn Majah transmitted it. Baihaqi transmitted it in Shuâab al-iman up to the word âMuslimâ, saying that this is a tradition whose text is well known but whose isnad is weak, it being transmitted by many ways all of which are weak.
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Hadith #209 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
good behaviour and knowledge of religion.â Tirmidhi transmitted it.
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Hadith #210 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Anas reported Godâs messenger as saying, âHe who goes out in search of knowledge is in Godâs path till he returns.â Tirmidhi and Darimi transmitted it.
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Hadith #211 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Sakhbara al-Azdi reported Godâs messenger as saying, âIf anyone seeks knowledge, it will be an atonement for past sins.â Tirmidhi and Darimi transmitted it, Tirmidhi saying that this is a tradition whose isnad is weak, and that Abu Dawud the transmitter is declared to be weak.
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Hadith #212 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Abu Saâid al-Khudri reported Godâs messenger as saying, âA believer will never be satisfied with the good he hears till he reaches paradise.â Tirmidhi transmitted it.
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Hadith #213 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Abu Huraira reported Godâs messenger as saying, âHe who is asked about something he knows and conceals it will have a bridle of fire put on him on the day of resurrection.â Ahmad, Abu Dawud and Tirmidhi transmitted it, and Ibn Majah transmitted it from Anas.
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Hadith #214 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Kaâb b. Malik reported Godâs messenger as saying, âIf anyone seeks knowledge to use it in vying with the learned, or disputing with the foolish, or to attract menâs attention to himself, God will bring him into hell.â Tirmidhi transmitted it, and Ibn Majah transmitted it from Ibn âUmar.
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Hadith #215 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Abu Huraira reported Godâs messenger as saying, âIf anyone acquires knowledge of things by which Godâs good pleasure is sought, but acquires it only to get some worldly advantage, he will not experience the âarf, i.e. the odour, of paradise on the day of resurrection.â Ahmad, Abu Dawud and Ibn Majah transmitted it.
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Hadith #216 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
sincere action for Godâs sake, good counsel to Muslims, and hold- ing fast to their community, for their invitation includes those who are beyond them.â Shafiâi transmitted it, also Baihaqi in al-Madkhal. Ahmad, Tirmidhi, Abu Dawud, Ibn Majah and Darimi transmitted it from Zaid b. Thabit, but Tirmidhi and Abu Dawud did not mention, âThere are three things on account of which no rancour entersâ¦â to the end.
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Hadith #217 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Ibn Masâud said that he heard Godâs messenger saying, âGod brighten a man who hears something from us and conveys it to others as he heard it, for many a one to whom it is brought retains it better than the one who heard it.â Tirmidhi and Ibn Majah transmitted it, and Darimi transmitted it from Abu Dardaâ.
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Hadith #218 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Ibn âAbbas reported Godâs messenger as saying, âBe on your guard about tradition from me, except what you know; for he who lies about me deliberately will certainly come to his abode in hell.â Tirmidhi transmitted it, and Ibn Majah transmitted it from Ibn Masâud and Jabir, but did not mention, â Be on your guard about tradition from me, except what you know.â
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Hadith #219 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Ibn âAbbas reported Godâs messenger as saying, âLet him who interprets the Qurâan in the light of his opinion come to his abode in hell.â A version has, âLet him who interprets the Qurâan without knowledge come to his abode in hell.â Tirmidhi transmitted it.
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Hadith #220 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Jundub reported Godâs messenger as saying, â If anyone interprets the Qurâan in the light of his own opinion and is right, he has erred.â Tirmidhi transmitted it.
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Hadith #221 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Abu Huraira reported Godâs messenger as saying, âDisputation about the Qurâan is infidelity.â Ahmad and Abu Dawud transmitted it.
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Hadith #222 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
they set parts of Godâs Book against others, whereas Godâs Book was sent down only to be consistent; so do not use parts to falsify others. Speak about as much of it as you know, but where you are ignorant entrust it to him who knows.â Ahmad and Ibn Majah transmitted it.
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Hadith #223 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Ibn Masâud reported Godâs messenger as saying, âThe Qurâan was sent down in seven modes. Every verse in it has an external and an internal meaning, and every interdiction has a source of reference.â Baghawi transmitted it in Sharh as-sunna.
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Hadith #224 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
a precise verse, or an established sunna, or a firm obligatory duty. Anything else is an extra.â Abu Dawud and Ibn Majah transmitted it.
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Hadith #225 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âAuf b. Malik al-Ashjaâi reported Godâs messenger as saying, âOnly a ruler, or one put in charge, or one who is presumptuous gives instruction.â* Abu Dawud transmitted it, and Darimi transmitted it from â Amr b. Shuâaib from his father from his grandfather. A version has, âOr a hypocriteâ instead of âone who is presumptuousâ. *The word used here is yaqussu, which may be translated as given above, but which may also be translated as âinflicts punishment.â
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Hadith #226 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Abu Huraira reported Godâs messenger as saying, âIf anyone is given a legal decision ignorantly, the sin rests on the one who gave it; and if anyone advises his brother, knowing that right guidance lies in another direction, he has deceived him.â Abu Dawud transmitted it.
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Hadith #227 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Muâawiya said that the Prophet forbade the discussion of thorny questions. Abu Dawud transmitted it.
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Hadith #228 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Abu Huraira reported Godâs messenger as saying, âLearn the things which are made obligatory and the Qurâan, and teach them to people, for I shall die.â Tirmidhi transmitted it.
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Hadith #229 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Abu Dardaâ told how Godâs messenger, on an occasion when they were with him, turned his eyes to the sky and said, âThis is a time when knowledge will be snatched away from men, so that they will be unable to acquire any.â Tirmidhi transmitted it.
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Hadith #230 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Abu Huraira transmitted , âThe time is approaching when men will urge on their camels in search of knowledge, but will find no one more learned than the learned man of Medina.â Tirmidhi transmitted it. and in his Jamiâ he quotes Ibn âUyaina as saying that Malik b. Anas was meant, and the same view is expressed by âAbd ar-Razzaq. Ishab b. Musa said he heard Ibn âUyaina say that he was al-âUmari the ascetic, whose name was âAbd al-âAziz b. âAbdallah.
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Hadith #231 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
He also reported among the material he knew to come from Godâs messenger that he said, âAt the beginning of every century God will send one who will renew its religion for this people.â Abu Dawud transmitted it.
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Hadith #232 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Ibrahim b. âAbd ar-Rahman al-âUdhri reported Godâs messenger as saying, âIn every successive century those who are reliable authorities will preserve this knowledge, rejecting the changes made by extremists, the plagiarisms of those who make false claims for themselves, and the interpretations of the ignorant.â* *The source is lacking. The editor of the Damascus edition of the Mishkat says the tradition is given by Baihaqi in al-Madkhal.
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Hadith #233 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
We shall mention Jabirâs tradition, âThe only cure for perplexity is to askâ* in the chapter on performing ablution with sand, if God will. *Book 111. Chap. xi, section ii.
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Hadith #234 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Al-Hasan reported in mursal form that Godâs messenger said, âIf death comes to anyone when he is seeking knowledge with the purpose of using it to revivify Islam, there will be only one degree between him and the prophets in paradise.â Darimi transmitted it.
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Hadith #235 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
He also reported in mursal form that Godâs messenger was asked which of two men who had been among the B. Israâil was superior, one who was a learned man who observed the prescribed prayers, then sat and taught men what is good, the other who fasted by day and prayed during the night. He replied, âThe superiority of this learned man who observed the prescribed prayers, then sat and taught men what is good over the devout man who fasted by day and prayed during the night is like my superior
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Hadith #236 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âAli reported Godâs messenger as saying, âGood is the man learned in religion who, if people have need of him benefits them, but who, if they ignore him enriches himself.â* Razin transmitted it. *i.e. with religious exercises and study.
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Hadith #237 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Ikrima reported Ibn âAbbas as saying, âTalk to the people once every Friday, but if you object, then twice, and if you want more, then three times, but do not weary the people with this Qurâan. And do not let me find you coming to the people when they are talking about their concerns, interrupting them in their talk by addressing them, and so wearying them. Keep silent, and when they request you, talk to them at a time when they want it. Look out for rhymed prose in supplications and avoid
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Hadith #238 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Wathila b. al-Asqaâ reported Godâs messenger as saying, âHe who seeks knowledge and attains it will have a double portion of reward, but if he does not attain it he will have a single portion of reward.â Darimi transmitted it.
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Hadith #239 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Abu Huraira reported Godâs messenger as saying, âAmong the actions and good deeds for which a believer will continue to receive reward after his death are knowledge which he taught and spread, a good son whom he left behind, or a copy of the Qurâan which he left as a legacy, or a mosque which he built, or a house which he built for the traveller, or a stream which he caused to flow, or a sadaqa which he gave from his property when he was alive and well, for which he will continue to receiv
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Hadith #240 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âAisha said she heard Godâs messenger say that God revealed to him, â If anyone follows a path in search of knowledge, I shall make easy for him the road to paradise; and if I deprive anyone of his eyes, I shall guarantee paradise to him in return for them. Superiority in knowledge is better than superiority in worship, and the basis of the religion is abstinence.â Baihaqi transmitted it in Shuâab al-iman.
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Hadith #241 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Ibn âAbbas said, âStudying together for an hour during the night is better than spending the whole night in devotions.â Darimi transmitted it.
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Hadith #242 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âAbdallah b. âAmr told of Godâs messenger coming upon two groups in his mosque and saying, âThey are both engaged in what is good, but one of them is superior to the other. These ones are praying and supplicating God who, if He wills, may answer their prayers but, if He wills, may refuse them. Those ones are learning knowledge* and teaching the ignorant, so they are superior. I was sent only as a teacher.â He then sat down among them. Darimi transmitted it. *The text has al-fiqh au al-
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Hadith #243 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Abu Dardaâ told how Godâs messenger, when asked how much a man had to learn to become a faqih, replied, â If anyone preserves for my people forty traditions concerning their religion, God will raise him up in the next world as a faqih, and I shall be an intercessor and witness for him on the day of resurrection.â
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Hadith #244 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Anas b. Malik said that Godâs messenger asked, âDo you know who is most generous?â On receiving the reply that God and His messenger knew best, he said, âGod is the most generous, then I am the most generous of mankind, and the most generous of them after me will be a man who acquires knowledge and spreads it. On the day of resurrection he will come as a prince alone.â Or he said, âAs one people.â
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Hadith #245 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
he who is greedy for knowledge can never get enough of it, and he who is greedy for worldly goods can never get enough of them.â Baihaqi transmitted the three traditions in Shuâab al-iman, and quoted the imam Ahmad as saying about Abu Dardaâs tradition, âThis is a well-known text among the people, but it does not have a sound isnad.â
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Hadith #246 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âAun reported Ibn Masâud as saying, âTwo greedy ones never attain satisfaction, the learned man and the worldly man, but they are not equal. The learned man becomes more pleasing to the Compassionate One, but the worldly man perseveres in transgression.â Then âAbdallah recited, âNay, but man transgresses in considering that he is self-sufficient. â* He added, âThe other is preferable, for âonly those of His servants who are learned fear God.â â Darimi transmitted it. *Qurâ
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Hadith #247 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Ibn âAbbas reported Godâs messenger as saying, âSome among my people will become learned in religion, will recite the Qurâan, and say that they will go to princes and get some of their worldly goods, but withdraw from them with their religion. That cannot be; for, as what is gathered from tragacanth trees consists only of thorns, so what is gathered from drawing near to them consists only of . . . â Muhammad b. as-Sabbah said that he obviously meant âsins.â Ibn Majah transmitted it
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Hadith #248 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
If the learned were to guard learning and entrust it to those who are worthy of it, they would thereby, rule their contemporaries. But they have bestowed it on worldly people to get thereby some of their worldly goods, and have been despised by them. I heard your Prophet say, âIf anyone makes the care of his eternal welfare the sum total of his cares God will protect him from worldly care, but if he has a variety of cares consisting of matters related to this world God will not be concerned in
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Hadith #249 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Al-Aâmash reported Godâs messenger as saying, âThe calamity which affects knowledge is forgetfulness, and wasting it is to convey it to those who are unworthy of it.â Darimi transmitted it in mursal form.
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Hadith #250 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Sufyan said that âUmar b. al-Khattab asked Kaâb who were the lords of knowledge, and he replied that they are those who act according to what they know. He then asked what it is that takes knowledge from the hearts of the learned and was told that it is covetousness. Darimi transmitted it.
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Hadith #251 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Al-Ahwas b. Hakim told on his fatherâs authority that a man asked the Prophet about evil, and he replied, âDo not ask me about evil, but ask me about good,â saying it three times. Then he said, âThe worst evil consists in learned men who are evil, and the best good consists in learned men who are good.â Darimi transmitted it.
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Hadith #252 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Abu Dardaâ said that the one who would have the worst position in Godâs sight on the day of resurrection would be a learned man who did not profit from his learning.â Darimi transmitted it.
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Hadith #253 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Ziyad b. Hudair said that âUmar asked him whether he knew what demolishes Islam, and that when he replied that he did not, he said, âThe slip of a learned man, the disputation of a hypocrite about the Book, and the rule of imams who lead men astray.â Darimi transmitted it.
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Hadith #254 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
knowledge in the heart, which is the beneficial type; and knowledge on the tongue, which is Godâs allegation against a human being.â Darimi transmitted it.
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Hadith #255 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Abu Huraira said, âI have kept in my memory two large quantities* of learning from Godâs messenger, one of which I have disclosed among you; but were I to disclose the other, this bulâum, meaning the food tract, would be cutâ. Bukhari transmitted it. *Lit. receptacles, or vessels.
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Hadith #256 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
If any of you people knows anything he should make it known, but if anyone does not know he should say that God knows best, for saying this when one does not know is a part of knowledge. God said to His prophet, âSay, I do not ask you for any reward for it, and I am not a pretender.â* (Bukhari and Muslim.) *Qurâan, xxxviii, 86.
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Hadith #257 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Ibn Sirin said, âThis knowledge is a religion, so consider from whom you receive your religion.â Muslim transmitted it.
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Hadith #258 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Hudhaifa said, â If you Qurâan readers follow a straight course you will have attained great precedence; but if you go right and left you will have fallen into vast error.â Bukhari transmitted it.
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Hadith #259 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Abu Huraira reported Godâs messenger as saying, âSeek refuge in God from the pit of sorrow.â On being asked what the pit of sorrow was, he replied, â It is a wadi in jahannam from which jahannam seeks refuge four hundred times every day.â When Godâs messenger was asked who would enter it, he replied, âThe Qurâan readers who are ostentatious in what they do.â Tirmidhi transmitted it, and Ibn Majah has the same, adding in it, âAmong the Qurâan readers who are most hateful to
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Hadith #260 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âAli reported Godâs messenger as saying, â A time is soon coming to mankind when nothing of Islam but its name will remain and only the written form of the Qurâan will remain. Their mosques will be in fine condition but will be devoid of guidance, their learned men will be the worst people under heaven, corruption coming forth from them and returning among them.â Baihaqi transmitted it in Shuâab al-iman.
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Hadith #261 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
The Prophet mentioned a matter, saying, âThat will be at the time when knowledge departs.â I asked, âHow can knowledge depart when we recite the Qurâan and teach it to our children and they will teach it to their children up till the day of resurrection?â He replied, â I am astonished at you,* Ziyad. I thought you were the most learned man in Medina. Do not these Jews and Christians read the Torah and the Injil without knowing a thing about their contents?â Ahmad and Ibn Majah tran
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Hadith #262 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Ibn Masâud reported that Godâs messenger said to him, âAcquire knowledge and teach it to the people, learn the obligatory duties and teach them to the people, learn the Qurâan and teach it to the people; for I am a man who will be taken away, knowledge will be taken away, dissensions will appear, so that two men will disagree about an obligatory duty and find no one to decide between them.â Darimi and Daraqutni transmitted it.
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Hadith #263 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Abu Huraira reported Godâs messenger as saying, âKnowledge from which no benefit is derived is like a treasure from which nothing is expended in Godâs path.â Darimi transmitted it.
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Hadith #264 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Abu Malik al-Ashâari reported Godâs messenger as saying, âBeing purified is half of faith, saying âPraise be to Godâ fills the scale, saying âGlory be to Godâ and âPraise be to Godâ fill or fills* the space between the heavens and the earth, prayer is a light, sadaqa is a proof , endurance is a shining glory, and the Qurâan is a proof on your behalf or against you. All men go out early and sell themselves, thereby setting themselves free or destroying themselves.â *An alter
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Hadith #265 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Abu Huraira reported Godâs messenger as saying, âShall I not guide you to something for which God blots out sins and raises menâs ranks?â When his hearers expressed their desire that he should tell them, he said, âPerforming complete ablution although circumstances make it difficult, travelling far to mosques, and looking expectantly to the next time of prayer after prayers have been said. That is the defence of the frontier.â* The tradition of Malik b. Anas has, âThat is the defen
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Hadith #266 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âUthman reported Godâs messenger as saying, âIf anyone performs the ablution well, his sins will come out from his body, even coming out from under his nails.â (Bukhari and Muslim.)
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Hadith #267 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Abu Huraira reported Godâs messenger as saying, âWhen a Muslim, or a believer, washes his face in the course of ablution, every sin he contemplated with his eyes will come forth from his face along with the water, or with the last drop of water; when he washes his hands, every sin they wrought will come forth from his hands with the water, or with the last drop of water; and when he washes his feet, every sin towards which his feet have walked will come out with the water, or with the last d
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Hadith #268 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âUthman reported Godâs messenger as saying, âWhen the time for a prescribed prayer comes, if any Muslim observes proper ablution, humility and bowing, it will be an expiation for his past sins, so long as he has not committed a major sin; and that means for all time.â Muslim transmitted it.
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Hadith #269 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âUthman performed ablution, pouring water over his hands three times, then rinsing his mouth and snuffing up water, then washing his face three times, then washing his right arm up to the elbow three times, then washing his left arm up to the elbow three times, then wiping his head, then washing his right foot three times, then the left three times. He then said, âI have seen Godâs messenger performing ablution as I have done it just now,â adding, âIf anyone performs ablution as I have
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Hadith #270 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âUqba b. âAmir reported Godâs messenger as saying, âIf any Muslim performs ablution well, then stands and prays two rakâas, setting about their performance both inwardly and outwardly, he will be guaranteed paradise.â Muslim transmitted it.
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Hadith #271 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âUmar b. al-Khattab reported, Godâs messenger as saying, âIf anyone performs the ablution completely*, then says, âI testify that there in no god but God and that Muhammad is His servant and messengerâ (a version giving, âI testify that there is no god but God alone who has no partner, and I testify that Muhammad is His servant and messengerâ), the eight gates of paradise will be opened for him and he may enter by whichever of them he wishes.â *The text has alternative words here
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Hadith #272 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Abu Huraira reported Godâs messenger as saying, âMy people will be summoned on the day of resurrection with white faces and hands and feet from the marks of ablution. If any of you can extend his brightness, let him do so.â (Bukhari and Muslim.)
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Hadith #273 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
He also reported Godâs messenger as saying, âIn a believer adornments will reach the places which ablution reaches.â Muslim transmitted it.
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Hadith #274 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Thauban reported Godâs messenger as saying, âKeep to the straight path, which you will not be able to do, know that your best action is prayer and that only a believer observes ablution carefully.â Malik, Ahmad, Ibn Majah and Darimi transmitted it.
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Hadith #275 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Ibn âUmar reported Godâs messenger as saying, âHe who performs ablution when in a state of purity will have ten blessings recorded for him.â Tirmidhi transmitted it.
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Hadith #276 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Jabir reported Godâs messenger as saying, âThe key of paradise is prayer, and the key of prayer is being purified.â Ahmad transmitted it.
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Hadith #277 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Shabib b. Abu Rauh reported on the authority of one of the companions of Godâs messenger that Godâs messenger prayed the morning prayer and recited Ar-Rum*, but became confused about it. When he finished the prayer he said, âWhat is the matter with people who pray along with us without performing the purification properly? It is only those who cause us confusion about the Qurâan.â *Qurâan, xxx. Nasaâi transmitted it.
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Hadith #278 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Godâs messenger counted them in my hand, or in his hand, saying, âThe glorifying of God is half the scale, âPraise be to Godâ fills it, âGod is most greatâ fills the space between heaven and earth, fasting is the half of endurance, and being purified is half of faith.â Tirmidhi transmitted it and said that this is a hasan tradition.
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Hadith #279 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âAbdallah as-Sunabihi reported Godâs messenger as saying, âWhen a believer performs ablution, then rinses his mouth, the sins go out from his mouth; when he snuffs up water, the sins go out from his nose; when he washes his face, the sins go out from his face so that they go out from under his eyelashes; when he washes his hands, the sins go out from his hands so that they go out from under his fingernails; when he wipes his head, the sins go out from his head so that they go out from his
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Hadith #280 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Abu Huraira told of Godâs messenger coming to the cemetery and saying, âPeace be upon you, believing ones, and if God will we shall join you. I wish we had seen our brethren.â He was asked, âAre we not your brethren, messenger of God?â and replied, âYou are my companions; our brethren are those who have not yet been born.â They asked, âHow will you recognise those members of your people who have not yet been born, messenger of God?â He said, âTell me; supposing a man had hors
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Hadith #281 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Abu Dardaâ reported Godâs messenger as saying, âI shall be the first to be permitted to prostrate himself on the day of resurrection, and I shall be the first to be permitted to raise his head. I shall then look at what is in front of me and recognise my people among the peoples; and I shall do the same behind me, on my right hand and on my left.â A man asked, âHow will you recognise your people among the peoples from Noahâs time onwards?â and he replied, âThey will have white fa
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Hadith #282 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Abu Huraira reported Godâs messenger as saying, âThe prayer of one who has voided excrement will not be accepted until he performs ablution.â (Bukhari and Muslim.)
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Hadith #283 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Ibn âUmar reported Godâs messenger as saying, âPrayer without purification is not accepted, neither is sadaqa from the profits of unÂ faithful dealing.â Muslim transmitted it.
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Hadith #284 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
My prostatic fluid flowed readily, and I was ashamed to consult the Prophet because of the position of his daughter so I gave orders to al-Miqdad to consult him, and the Prophet said, âHe must wash his penis and perform ablution.â (Bukhari and Muslim.)
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Hadith #285 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Abu Huraira said that he heard Godâs messenger say, âPerform ablution because of anything which has been touched by fire.â Muslim transmitted it. The illustrious shaikh and imam Muhyi as-Sunna said that this is abrogated by the tradition of Ibn âAbbas who said that Godâs messenger ate a shoulder of mutton, then prayed without performing ablution. (Bukhari and Muslim.)
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Hadith #286 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Jabir b. Samura said that a man asked Godâs messenger whether they should perform ablution after eating mutton and he replied, âYou may perform ablution or not, as you wish.â He asked if they should perform ablution after eating camel flesh and he replied, âYes, perform ablution after eating camel flesh.â He then asked whether he might say prayers in sheepfolds and he replied, âYesâ; but when he asked whether he might say prayers in places where camels lie down, he replied, âNo.â
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Hadith #287 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Abu Huraira reported Godâs messenger as saying, âIf any of you has a pain in his abdomen, but is doubtful whether or not anything has issued from him, he should not leave the mosque unless he hears a sound or perceives a smell.â Muslim transmitted it.
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Hadith #288 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âAbdallah b. âAbbas said that Godâs messenger drank some milk and rinsed his mouth saying, âIt contains greasiness.â (Bukhari and Muslim.)
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Hadith #289 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Buraida said that Godâs messenger prayed the prayers on the day of the Conquest with one ablution and wiped over his shoes. âUmar said, âYou have done something today that you have not been accustomed to do.â He replied, âI have done it purposely, âUmar.â Muslim transmitted it.
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Hadith #290 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Suwaid b. an-Nuâman said that he went out with Godâs messenger in the year of Khaibar , and when they were at as-Sahbaâ which is very near Khaibar, he prayed the afternoon prayer. He then called for food, and when only some flour was produced, he ordered it to be moistened; then Godâs messenger and the company ate. After that he got up to pray the sunset prayer, and when he and the company had rinsed their mouths he prayed without performing ablution. Bukhari transmitted it.
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Hadith #291 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Abu Huraira reported Godâs messenger as saying, âNo ablution is necessary except when one makes a sound or breaks wind.â Ahmad and Tirmidhi transmitted it.
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Hadith #292 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
I asked the Prophet about prostatic fluid and he replied, âFor prostatic fluid ablution is necessary, but for seminal emission washing.â Tirmidhi transmitted it.
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Hadith #293 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
He also reported Godâs messenger as saying, âThe key of prayer is purification, saying âGod is most greatâ makes it a sacred state, and the salutation brings the sacred state to an end.â Abu Dawud, Tirmidhi and Darimi transmitted it, and Ibn Majah transmitted it both from âAli and from Abu Saâid.
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Hadith #294 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âAli b. Talq reported Godâs messenger as saying, âWhen any of you breaks wind he should perform ablution, and you must not have intercourse with women by their buttocks.â Tirmidhi and Abu Dawud transmitted it.
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Hadith #295 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Muâawiya b. Abu Sufyan reported the Prophet as saying, âThe eyes are the leather strap of the anus, and when the eye sleeps the leather strap is loosened.â Darimi transmitted it.
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Hadith #296 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âAli reported Godâs messenger as saying, âThe leather strap of the anus is the eyes, so one who sleeps should perform ablution. Abu Dawud transmitted it, and the shaikh and imam Muhyi as-Sunna said that this does not refer to one who is sitting because of the sound tradition from Anas who said that the Companions of Godâs messenger dozed while waiting for nightfall, then prayed without performing ablution. Abu Dawud and Tirmidhi transmitted it, but Tirmidhi said âthey sleptâ instead
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Hadith #297 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Ibn âAbbas reported Godâs messenger as saying, âAblution is necessary for one who sleeps lying down, for when he lies down his joints are relaxed.â Tirmidhi and Abu Dawud transmitted it.
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Hadith #298 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Busra daughter of Safwan b. Naufal reported Godâs messenger as saying, âIf any of you touches his penis he must perform ablution.â Malik, Ahmad, Abu Dawud, Tirmidhi, Nasaâi, Ibn Majah and Darimi transmitted it.
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Hadith #299 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Talq b. âAli said that Godâs messenger was asked about a man touching his penis after performing ablution, and replied, âWhat is it but a part of him?â Abu Dawud, Tirmidhi and Nasaâi transmitted it, and Ibn Majah transmitted something similar. The shaikh and imam Muhyi as-Sunna said that this is abrogated because Abu Huraira accepted Islam after Talq came, and Abu Huraira has transmitted from Godâs messenger the saying, âIf anyone touches his penis with his hand, nothing coming bet
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Hadith #300 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âAâisha said that the Prophet used to kiss one of his wives and then pray without performing ablution. Abu Dawud, Tirmidhi, Nasaâi and Ibn Majah transmitted it. Tirmidhi said, âThe isnad âUrwa from âAâisha is in no way sound in the opinion of our friends,* and the same applies to the isnad Ibrahim at-Taimi from her.â Abu Dawud said that this is mursal and that Ibrahim at-Taimi never heard from âAâisha. *This must apply to this particular tradition, as âUrwa is a recognised
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Hadith #301 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Ibn âAbbas said that Godâs messenger ate a shoulder, and after wiping his hand with a cloth on which he was sitting, he got up and prayed. Abu Dawud and Ibn Majah transmitted it.
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Hadith #302 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Umm Salama said, âI offered the Prophet a roasted flank and he ate some of it, then rose to pray without performing ablution.â Ahmad transmitted it.
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Hadith #303 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Abu Rafiâ said, âI testify that I was roasting the inside of a sheep for Godâs messenger, then he prayed without performing ablution.â Muslim transmitted it.
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Hadith #304 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
He also said that a sheep was presented to him and he put it in the pot. Godâs messenger came in and asked, âWhat is this, Abu Rafiâ?â He replied, âIt is a sheep which has been presented to us, and I have cooked it in the pot.â He said, âHand me the foreleg, Abu Rafiâ,â and he did so. He then said, âHand me the other foreleg,â and he did so. He then said, âHand me the other foreleg,â whereupon Abu Rafiâ exÂ postulated that a sheep has only two forelegs. Godâs messe
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Hadith #305 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Ubayy, Abu Talha and I sat and ate some meat and bread, after which I called for water to perform ablution. They asked, âWhy are you performing ablution?â and I replied that it was because of this food which we had eaten. They said, âDo you perform ablution after eating things which are good? He who was better than you did not perform ablution on that account.â Ahmad transmitted it.
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Hadith #306 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Ibn âUmar used to say, âA manâs kiss to his wife and his touching her with his hand are connected with sexual intercourse, and anyone who kisses his wife or touches her with his hand must perform ablution.â Malik and Shafiâi transmitted it.
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Hadith #307 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Ibn Masâud used to say, âAblution is necessary when a man kisses his wife.â Malik transmitted it.
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Hadith #308 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Ibn âUmar reported âUmar b. al-Khattab as saying, âA kiss is connected with sexual intercourse, so perform ablution on that account.â
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Hadith #309 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âUmar b. âAbd al-âAziz told on the authority of Tamim ad-Dari that Godâs messenger said, âAblution must be performed on account of any flow of blood.â Daraqutni transmitted the two traditions, saying that âUmar b. âAbd al-âAziz neither heard from Tamim ad-Dari nor saw him, and that Yazid b. Khalid and Yazid b. Muhammad* are unknown. *These men occur in the isnad.
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Hadith #310 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Abu Ayyub al-Ansari reported Godâs messenger as saying, âWhen you go to the toilet neither face nor turn your back to the qibla , but turn towards the east or the west.â (Bukhari and Muslim.) The shaikh and imam Muhyi as-Sunna said that this tradition applies to the desert, but that in a built-up area it does not matter, on account of what is transmitted from âAbdallah b. âUmar who said, âI went up to the roof of Hafsaâs house for some purpose and saw Godâs messenger relieving hi
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Hadith #311 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Salman said, âHe (meaning Godâs messenger) forbade us to face the qibla when easing ourselves or passing water, or to wipe ourselves with the right hand, or to wipe ourselves with less than three stones, or to wipe ourselves with dung or bone.â Muslim transmitted it.
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Hadith #312 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Anas reported that when Godâs messenger entered the privy he used to say, âO God, I seek refuge in Thee from male and female devils.â* *One might be inclined to translate this phrase as âfrom infidelity and act of disobedience,â but the tradition from Zaid b. Arqam (p. 76) is very explicit, and so the translation above is probably the correct one. PT-2 (12-71.) (Bukhari and Muslim).
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Hadith #313 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Ibn âAbbas told that the Prophet came upon two graves and said, âTheir occupants are being punished, but not for a great sin. One of them did not keep himself from being defiled by urine. (A version by Muslim has âdid not keep himself undefiled by urineâ.) The other went about spreading slander.â He then took a fresh palm branch, split it in two parts, and planted one on each grave. On being asked why he did this, he said, âPerhaps their punishment may be mitigated as long as they re
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Hadith #314 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Abu Huraira reported Godâs messenger as saying, âGuard against the two things which produce cursing.â He was asked what they were and said, âRelieving oneself where people walk, or where they sit in the shade.â Muslim transmitted it.
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Hadith #315 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Abu Qatada reported Godâs messenger as saying, âWhen one of you drinks he must not breathe into the vessel, and when he goes to relieve himself he must not touch his penis with his right hand, or wipe himself with his right hand.â (Bukhari and Muslim.)
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Hadith #316 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Abu Huraira reported Godâs messenger as saying, âWhen anyone performs ablution he must clear his nose, and when anyone wipes himself with stones he must make use of an odd number.â (Bukhari and Muslim.)
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Hadith #317 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Anas said, âWhen Godâs messenger entered the privy, a servant and I used to carry a skin of water and a pointed staff, and he would cleanse himself with the water.â (Bukhari and Muslim.)
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Hadith #318 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Anas said that when the Prophet entered the privy he took off his ring. Abu Dawud, Nasaâi and Tirmidhi transmitted it. Tirmidhi said this is a hasan sahih gharib tradition, and Abu Dawud said this is a rejected (munkar) tradition. His version has âlaid downâ instead of âtook offâ.
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Hadith #319 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Jabir said that when the Prophet wished to relieve himself he went off where no one could see him. Abu Dawud transmitted it.
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Hadith #320 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
One day when I was with the Prophet he wanted to pass water, so he went to some soft ground at the foot of a wall and did it, after which he said, âWhen any of you wishes to pass water, he should look for to do it in.â Abu Dawud transmitted it.
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Hadith #321 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Anas said that when the Prophet wanted to relieve himself he did not raise his garment till he was near the ground. Tirmidhi, Abu Dawud and Darimi transmitted it.
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Hadith #322 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Abu Huraira reported Godâs messenger as saying, âI am to you just like a father to his son, for I give you instruction. When you go to relieve yourselves do not face or turn your back to the qibla.â He commanded that three stones be used, he forbade the use of dung and decayed bones, and he forbade that a man should cleanse himself with his right hand. Ibn Majah and Darimi transmitted it.
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Hadith #323 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âAâisha said, âGodâs messenger used his right hand for his ablution water and his food, and his left hand for his evacuations and anything objectionable.â Abu Dawud transmitted it.
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Hadith #324 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
She also reported Godâs messenger as saying, âWhen one of you goes to relieve himself he should take with him three stones with which to cleanse himself, for they will be enough for him.â Ahmad, Abu Dawud, Nasaâi and Darimi transmitted it.
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Hadith #325 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Ibn Masâud reported Godâs messenger as saying, âDo not cleanse yourselves with excrement or bones, for that is the provision of your brethren among the jinn.â Tirmidhi transmitted it, as also Nasaâi, but he did not mention âthe provision of your brethren among the jinn.â
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Hadith #326 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Ruwaifiâ b. Thabit told that Godâs messenger said to him, âYou may live for a long time after I am gone, Ruwaifiâ, so tell people that if anyone ties his beard, or wears round his neck a string to ward off the evil eye, or cleanses himself with animal dung or bone, Muhammad has nothing to do with him. Abu Dawud transmitted it.
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Hadith #327 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Abu Huraira reported Godâs messenger as saying, âIf anyone applies collyrium he should do it an odd number of times. If one does so he has done well, but if not, there is no harm. If anyone cleanses himself with stones he should make use of an odd number. If one does so he has done well, but if not, there is no harm. If anyone eats he should throw away what he removes with a toothpick and swallow what he removes with his tongue. If one does so he has done well, but if not, there is no harm.
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Hadith #328 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âAbdullah b. Mughaffal reported Godâs messenger as saying, âNo one must pass water where he bathes and then wash in it or perform ablution in it, for all evil promptings come from it.â Abu Dawud transmitted it, as did Tirmidhi and Nasaâi, but they did not mention âthen wash in it or perform ablution in itâ.
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Hadith #329 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âAbdullah b. Sarjis reported Godâs messenger as saying, âNone of you must pass water in a holeâ. Abu Dawud and Nasaâi transmitted it.
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Hadith #330 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
relieving oneself in watering-places, in the middle of the road, and in the shade.â Abu Dawud and Ibn Majah transmitted it.
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Hadith #331 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Abu Saâid reported Godâs messenger as saying, âTwo people should not go together to relieve themselves and uncover their private parts and talk, for God is angry with that.â Ahmad, Abu Dawud and Ibn Majah transmitted it.
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Hadith #332 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Zaid b. Arqam reported Godâs messenger as saying, âThese privies are peopled by jinn and devils, so when one of you goes there he should say, âI seek refuge in God from male and female devils.â Abu Dawud and Ibn Majah transmitted it.
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Hadith #333 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âAli reported Godâs messenger as saying, âThe covering between the eyes of the jinn and the private parts of the children of Adam when one of them enters the privy is provided by his saying, âIn the name of God.ââ Tirmidhi transmitted it, saying that this is a gharib tradition and that its isnad is not strong.
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Hadith #334 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âAâisha told that when the Prophet came out from the privy he said, âGrant Thy forgiveness.â Tirmidhi, Ibn Majah and Darimi transmitted it.
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Hadith #335 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Abu Huraira said, âWhen the Prophet went to the privy I brought him water in a small vessel or a skin and he cleaned himself, after which he wiped his hand on the ground. I then brought him another vessel and he performed ablution.â Abu Dawud transmitted it, and Darimi and Nasaâi transmitted something similar.
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Hadith #336 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Al-Hakam b. Sufyan said that when the Prophet passed water he performed ablution and sprinkled his penis. Abu Dawud and Nasaâi transmitted it.
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Hadith #337 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Umaima daughter of Ruqaiqa said that the Prophet had a wooden vessel under his bed in which he passed water at night. Abu Dawud and Nasaâi transmitted it.
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Hadith #338 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
The Prophet saw me standing and passing water and said, ââUmar, do not pass water standing.â So I never did it again. Tirmidhi and Ibn Majah transmitted it. The shaikh and imam Muhyi as-Sunna has given a sound tradition from Hudhaifa who said that the Prophet came to a midden and passed water standing. (Bukhari and Muslim.) It is said that that had a valid reason.
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Hadith #339 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âAâisha said, âIf anyone tells you that the Prophet used to pass water standing, do not believe him. He never passed water but when sitting.â Ahmad, Tirmidhi, and Nasaâi transmitted it.
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Hadith #340 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Zaid b. Haritha reported on the Prophetâs authority that when he first received inspiration Gabriel came to him and taught him the ablution and the prayer. When he finished the ablution he took a handful of water and sprinkled his private parts with it. Ahmad and Daraqutni transmitted it.
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Hadith #341 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Abu Huraira reported Godâs messenger as saying that Gabriel came to him and said, âWhen you perform ablution, Muhammad, sprinkle yourself.â Tirmidhi transmitted it and said, âThis is a gharib tradition, and I heard Muhammad (i.e. Bukhari) say that the traditions of al-Hasan b. âAli al-Hashimi the transmitter are rejected.â
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Hadith #342 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âAâisha told of Godâs messenger passing water and âUmar standing behind him with a jug of water. He said, âWhat is this, âUmar?â He replied, âWater for you to perform ablution with.â He said, âI have not been commanded to perform ablution every time I pass water. If I were to do so it would become a sunnaâ Abu Dawud and Ibn Majah transmitted it.
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Hadith #343 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Abu Ayyub, Jabir and Anas said that when this verse came down, âIn it are men who love to be purified, and God loves those who purify themselves,â* Godâs messenger said, âGod has praised you Ansar for purification. What does your purification consist of?â They replied, âWe perform ablution for prayer, wash after seminal emission, and cleanse ourselves with water.â He said, âThat is it, so keep on doing it.â *1. Qurâan, ix, 108. Ibn Majah transmitted it.
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Hadith #344 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Salman said that a polytheist jestingly remarked, âI see that your friend teaches you even about your excrement,â to which he replied, âYes, he has commanded us not to face the qibla, or cleanse ourselves with our right hands, or be satisfied with less than three stones among which there is no dung or bone.â Muslim and Ahmad transmitted it, the wording being Ahmadâs.
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Hadith #345 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Godâs messenger came out to us with a leather shield in his hand. He laid it down, then sat and passed water facing it. Someone said, âLook at him passing water as a woman does.â The Prophet heard him and said, âWoe to you! Do you not know what befell the ruler of the B. Israâil? When any urine fell on them they cut it off with scissors; but he forbade them and was punished in his grave.â Abu Dawud and Ibn Majah transmitted it, and Nasaâi transmitted it from âAbd ar-Rahman from A
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Hadith #346 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
I saw Ibn âUmar make his camel kneel facing the qibla, then sit down and pass water in its direction, so I said, âAbu âAbd ar-Rahman, has this not been forbidden?â He replied, âNo, that was forbidden only in open country; but when there is something between you and the qibla to conceal you, there is no harm.â Abu Dawud transmitted it.
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Hadith #347 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Anas reported that when the Prophet came out of the privy he said, âPraise be to God who has removed harm from me and kept me in health.â Ibn Majah transmitted it.
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Hadith #348 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Ibn Masâud told that when the deputation of the jinn came to the Prophet that said, âMessenger of God, forbid your people to cleanse themselves with bone, animal dung, or charcoal, for in them God has provided provision for us.â So Godâs messenger forbade them to do that. Abu Dawud transmitted it.
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Hadith #349 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Abu Huraira reported Godâs messenger as saying, âWere it not that I might distress my people, I would order them to delay the evening prayer and use the tooth stick at every time of prayer.â (Bukhari and Muslim.)
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Hadith #350 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Shuraih b. Haniâ said that he asked âAâisha what Godâs messenger did first when he entered his house, and she replied that he used the tooth-stick. Muslim transmitted it.
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Hadith #351 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Hudhaifa said that when the Prophet got up to pray during the night he cleansed his mouth with the tooth-stick. (Bukhari and Muslim.)
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Hadith #352 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
clipping the moustache, letting the beard grow, using the tooth-stick, snuffing up water, cutting the nails, washing the finger joints, plucking the hair under the armpits, shaving the pubes, and intiqas, i.e. cleansing oneself with water.â The narrator said, âI have forgotten the tenth, but it may have been rinsing the mouth.â Muslim transmitted it. A version substitutes circumcision for letting the beard grow. I have not found this version in the two Sahihs or in al-Humaidiâs book ment
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Hadith #353 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âAâisha reported Godâs messenger as saying, âThe tooth-stick is a means of purifying the mouth, and is pleasing to the Lord.â Shafiâi, Ahmad, Darimi and Nasaâi transmitted it, and Bukhari transmitted it in his Sahih without an isnad.
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Hadith #354 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
modesty (but some say circumcision), the use of perfume, the use of the tooth-stick, and marriage.â Tirmidhi transmitted it.
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Hadith #355 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âAâisha said that the Prophet did not awake after sleeping by night or by day without using the tooth-stick before performing ablution. Ahmad and Abu Dawud transmitted it.
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Hadith #356 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
She also said, âThe Prophet was accustomed to use the tooth-stick and then give it to me to wash it. I would first use it myself, then wash it and hand it to him.â Abu Dawud transmitted it.
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Hadith #357 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Ibn âUmar reported the Prophet as saying, âI had a dream in which I was using a tooth-stick, when two men, one older than the other, came to me. I handed the tooth-stick to the younger of the two and was told to respect the senior, so I handed it to the older.â (Bukhari and Muslim.)
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Hadith #358 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Abu Umama reported Godâs messenger as saying, âGabriel never came to me without ordering me to use the tooth-stick, with the result that I have been afraid of chafing the front of my mouth.â Ahmad transmitted it.
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Hadith #359 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Anas reported Godâs messenger as saying, âI have said much to you about the tooth-stick.â Bukhari transmitted it.
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Hadith #360 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âAâisha said that Godâs messenger was using the tooth-stick when two men, one older than the other, were with him. A revelation came to him about the excellence of the tooth-stick in which he was told to show proper respect, and give it to the older of the two. Abu Dawud transmitted it.
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Hadith #361 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
She reported Godâs messenger as saying, âThe prayer before which the tooth-stick is used is seventy times more excellent than that before which it is not used.â Baihaqi transmitted it in the Shuâab al-iman.
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Hadith #362 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
I heard Godâs messenger say, âWere it not that I would distress my people, I would order them to use the tooth-stick before every prayer, and I would postpone the evening prayer till a third of the night had passed.â He said that Zaid b. Khalid used to attend the prayers in the mosque with his tooth-stick on his ear where a clerk carries a pen, and did not get up to pray without using it, after which he put it back in its place. Tirmidhi transmitted it, and also Abu Dawud, but he did not m
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Hadith #363 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Abu Huraira reported Godâs messenger as saying, âWhen one of you awakes from sleep he must not dip his hand in the vessel till he has washed it three times, for he does not know where his hand was during the night.â (Bukhari and Muslim.)
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Hadith #364 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
He also reported Godâs messenger as saying, âWhen one of you awakes from sleep and performs ablution he must clear his nose three times, for the devil spends the night in the interior of his nose.â (Bukhari and Muslim) âAbdallah b. Zaid b. âAsim, on being asked how Godâs messenger used to perform ablution, called for ablution water and poured it over his hands, washing each hand twice. He then rinsed his mouth and cleared his nose with water three times. He then washed his face three
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Hadith #365 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âAbdallah b. âAbbas said that Godâs messenger performed each detail of his ablution once, doing no more than that. Bukhari transmitted it.
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Hadith #366 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âAbdallah b. Zaid said that the Prophet performed each detail of his ablution twice. Bukhari transmitted it.
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Hadith #367 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âUthman performed ablution in places where people sat and said, âShall I not show you how Godâs messenger performed ablution?â He then performed each detail thrice. Muslim transmitted it.
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Hadith #368 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
We returned from Mecca to Medina with Godâs messenger, and when we came to some water on the way some of the people hurriedly performed ablution at the time of the afternoon prayer; but they were too hasty, and when we reached them their heels were dry, no water having touched them. Godâs messenger therefore said, âWoe to the heels because of hell! Complete the ablution.â Muslim transmitted it.
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Hadith #369 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Al-Mughira b. Shuâba said that the Prophet performed ablution, wiping his forelock and over his turban and shoes. Muslim transmitted it.
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Hadith #370 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âAâisha said that the Prophet liked to begin with the right as much as possible in all his affairs, in his purification, combing his hair, and putting on his sandals. (Bukhari and Muslim.)
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Hadith #371 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Abu Huraira reported Godâs messenger as saying, âWhen you put on your clothes and when you perform ablution begin with the right side.â Ahmad and Abu Dawud transmitted it.
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Hadith #372 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Saâid b. Zaid reported Godâs messenger as saying, âHe who does not mention Godâs name while performing ablution is not credited with having performed it.â Tirmidhi and Ibn Majah transmitted it. Ahmad and Abu Dawud transmitted it from Abu Huraira, and Darimi from Abu Saâid al-Khudri from his father, and they added at the beginning, âHe who has not performed ablution is not credited with observing prayerâ.
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Hadith #373 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Laqit b. Sabira said that he asked Godâs messenger to tell him about ablution and he replied, âPerform ablution completely, let the water run between the fingers and toes,* and snuff up water freely unless you are fasting!â *In the text only asabiâ is used, but this word is used for either fingers or toes, and on the analogy of the following traditions I have translated it as above. There it says âthe asabiâ of your hands and your feetâ. Abu Dawud, Tirmidhi and Nasaâi transmitted
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Hadith #374 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Ibn âAbbas reported Godâs messenger as saying, âWhen you perform ablution let the water run between your fingers and your toes.â Tirmidhi transmitted it and Ibn Majah transmitted something similar. Tirmidhi said that this is a gharib tradition.
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Hadith #375 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Al-Mustaurid b. Shaddad said that he saw Godâs messenger rubbing his toes with his little finger when he performed ablution. Tirmidhi, Abu Dawud and Ibn Majah transmitted it.
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Hadith #376 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Anas said that when Godâs messenger performed ablution he took a handful of water, and putting it under his chin, made it go through his beard, saying, âThus did my Lord command me.â Abu Dawud transmitted it.
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Hadith #377 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âUthman said that the Prophet used to make the water go through his beard. Tirmidhi and Darimi transmitted it.
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Hadith #378 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
I saw âAli perform ablution. He washed the palms of his hands till he cleaned them, then rinsed his mouth three times, snuffed up water three times, washed his face three times and his forearms three times, wiped his head once, then washed his feet up to the ankles, after which he stood up and, taking the remainder of his ablution water, he drank it standing. Then he said, âI wanted to show you how Godâs messenger performed ablution.â Tirmidhi and Nasaâi transmitted it.
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Hadith #379 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
We were sitting looking at âAli when he performed ablution. He inserted his right hand, filled his mouth, rinsed it, snuffed up water and ejected the mucus with the left hand, doing this three times, then said, âIf anyone is pleased to look at Godâs messengerâs method of performing ablution, this is how he did it.â Darimi transmitted it.
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Hadith #380 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âAbdallah b. Zaid said that he saw Godâs messenger rinse his mouth and snuff up water from one hand, doing that three times. Abu Dawud and Tirmidhi transmitted it.
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Hadith #381 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Ibn âAbbas said that the Prophet wiped his head and also the inside of his ears with his forefingers and the outside with his thumbs. Nasaâi transmitted it.
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Hadith #382 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Ar-Rubaiyiâ daughter of Muâawwidh said that she saw the Prophet performing ablution, saying that he wiped his head front and back, his temples and his ears once. A version says that he performed ablution and inserted his two fingers in his ear-holes. Abu Dawud transmitted it. Tirmidhi transmitted the first version, and Ahmad and Ibn Majah the second.
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Hadith #383 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âAbdallah b. Zaid said that he saw the Prophet perform ablution, and that he wiped his head with water which was not what was left over after washing his hands, . Tirmidhi transmitted it, and Muslim transmitted it with additions.
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Hadith #384 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Abu Umama mentioned how Godâs messenger performed ablution, saying that he used to wipe the corners of his eyes, and he said that the ears are treated as part of the head. Ibn Majah, Abu Dawud and Tirmidhi transmitted it, and the last two mentioned that Hammad said he did not know whether âthe ears are treated as part of the headâ belongs to what Abu Umama said, or to what Godâs messenger said.
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Hadith #385 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âAmr b. Shuâaib, quoting his father on the authority of his grandfather, said that a nomadic Arab came to the Prophet and asked him about ablution. He demonstrated it, performing each detail three times and then said, âThis is how ablution should be performed. If anyone does more than this, he has done wrong, transgressed, and done wickedly.â Nasaâi and Ibn Majah transmitted it, and Abu Dawud transmitted something to the same effect.
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Hadith #386 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âAbdallah b. al-Mughaffal on hearing his son say, âO God, I ask Thee for the white palace on the right of paradise,â said, âSonny, ask God for paradise and seek refuge in Him from hell, for I heard Godâs Messenger say, âThere will be some among this people who will go over the score in ablution and supplication.â Ahmad, Abu Dawud and Ibn Majah transmitted it.
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Hadith #387 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Ubayy b. Kaâb reported the Prophet as saying, âAblution has a devil called al-Walahan, so guard against the confusion caused by water.â Tirmidhi and Ibn Majah transmitted it, and Tirmidhi said, âThis is a gharib tradition whose isnad is not considered by traditionists to be strong, because we know of no one but Kharija who traced it to the Prophet, and in the opinion of our school he is not strong.â
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Hadith #388 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Muâadh b. Jabal said that he saw Godâs messenger wiping his face with the hem of his garment when he performed ablution. Tirmidhi transmitted it.
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Hadith #389 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âAâisha said that Godâs messenger had a cloth with which he dried his limbs after ablution. Tirmidhi who transmitted it said, âThis is a tradition which is not of value, and Abu Muâadh the transmitter is considered by traditionists to be weak.â
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Hadith #390 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Thabit b. Abu Safiya said that he asked Abu Jaâfar, i.e. Muhammad al-Baqir, whether Jabir had told him that the Prophet performed the details of ablution sometimes once each, sometimes twice, and sometimes thrice, and he replied that he had. Tirmidhi and Ibn Majah transmitted it.
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Hadith #391 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âAbdallah b. Zaid said that Godâs messenger performed the details of ablution twice each, and said, âIt was a light upon a light.â
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Hadith #392 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âUthman said that Godâs messenger performed each detail of ablution three times and then said, âThis is how I perform ablution, how the prophets before me performed it, and how Abraham performed it.â Razin transmitted these two traditions, but in his commentary on Muslim Nawawi declared the second to be weak.
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Hadith #393 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Anas said that Godâs messenger used to perform ablution for every prayer, but that they made the ablution serve as long as they did nothing which broke the state of ceremonial purity. Darimi transmitted it.
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Hadith #394 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Muhammad b. Yahya b. Hibban said that he asked âUbaidallah b. âAbdallah b. âUmar from whom âAbdallah b. âUmar got the practice of performing ablution for every prayer whether he was in a state of purity or not, and he replied that Asmaâ daughter of Zaid b. al-Khattab told him that âAbdallah b. Hanzala b. Abu âAmir al-Ghasil told her that Godâs messenger was commanded to perform ablution for every prayer whether in a state of purity or not; but when that became a burden to Godâ
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Hadith #395 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âAbdallah b. âAmr b. al-âAs said that the Prophet came upon Saâd when he was performing ablution and asked, âWhat is the meaning of this extravagance, Saâd?â He replied, âIs there extravagance in ablution?â He said, âYes, even if you are beside a flowing river.ââ Ahmad and Ibn Majah transmitted it.
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Hadith #396 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Abu Huraira, Ibn Masâud and Ibn âUmar reported the Prophet as saying, âHe who performs ablution and mentions Godâs name purifies his whole body, but he who performs ablution and does not mention Godâs name is pure only where the ablution reached.â
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Hadith #397 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Abu Rafiâ said that when Godâs messenger performed ablution he moved his ring on his finger. Daraqutni transmitted the two traditions and Ibn Majah transmitted the second.
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Hadith #398 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Abu Huraira reported Godâs messenger as saying, âIf one lies on his wife and compresses her, washing is necessary, even if he does not insert his penis.â (Bukhari and Muslim.)
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Hadith #399 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Abu Saâid reported Godâs messenger as saying, âWater is necessary only when there is an emission.â Muslim transmitted it. The shaikh and imam Muhyi as-Sunna said that this is abrogated.
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Hadith #400 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Ibn âAbbas said that âWater is necessary only when there is an emissionâ applies to a dream. Tirmidhi transmitted it, but I have not found it in the two Sahihs.
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