Hadith #487
Arabic Text
حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ مَهْدِيٍّ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ سَلَمَةَ يَعْنِي ابْنَ كُهَيْلٍ عَنْ أَبِي مَالِكٍ وَعَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبْزَى عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبْزَى قَالَ كُنَّا عِنْدَ عُمَرَ فَأَتَاهُ رَجُلٌ فَقَالَ يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ إِنَّا نَمْكُثُ الشَّهْرَ وَالشَّهْرَيْنِ لَا نَجِدُ الْمَاءَ فَقَالَ عُمَرُ أَمَّا أَنَا فَلَمْ أَكُنْ لِأُصَلِّيَ حَتَّى أَجِدَ الْمَاءَ فَقَالَ عَمَّارٌ يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ تَذْكُرُ حَيْثُ كُنَّا بِمَكَانِ كَذَا وَنَحْنُ نَرْعَى الْإِبِلَ فَتَعْلَمُ أَنَّا أَجْنَبْنَا قَالَ
نَعَمْ قَالَ فَإِنِّي تَمَرَّغْتُ فِي التُّرَابِ فَأَتَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَحَدَّثْتُهُ فَضَحِكَ وَقَالَ كَانَ الصَّعِيدُ الطَّيِّبُ كَافِيَكَ وَضَرَبَ بِكَفَّيْهِ الْأَرْضَ ثُمَّ نَفَخَ فِيهِمَا ثُمَّ مَسَحَ بِهِمَا وَجْهَهُ وَبَعْضَ ذِرَاعَيْهِ قَالَ اتَّقِ اللَّهَ يَا عَمَّارُ قَالَ يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ إِنْ شِئْتَ لَمْ أَذْكُرْهُ مَا عِشْتُ أَوْ مَا حَيِيتُ قَالَ كَلَّا وَاللَّهِ وَلَكِنْ نُوَلِّيكَ مِنْ ذَلِكَ مَا تَوَلَّيْتَ
Isnad Chain
عبد الرحمن بن مهدي
سفيان
سلمة ي
ابن كهيل
عبد الرحمن بن أبزى
English Translation
ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Mahdī narrated to us, Sufyān narrated to us, from Salamah — meaning Ibn Kuhayl — from Abū Mālik and ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Abzā, from ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Abzā who said: We were with ʿUmar when a man came to him and said: 'O Commander of the Believers, we sometimes stay a month or two without finding water.' ʿUmar said: 'As for me, I would not pray until I found water.' ʿAmmār said: 'O Commander of the Believers, do you remember when we were at such-and-such a place, and we were tending the camels, and you know that we became ritually impure?' He said: 'Yes.' He said: 'I rolled around in the dust and came to the Prophet ﷺ and told him. He laughed and said: Pure earth would have sufficed you. He struck the ground with his palms, then blew into them, then wiped his face and part of his forearms with them.' He said: 'Fear Allah, O ʿAmmār.' He said: 'O Commander of the Believers, if you wish, I shall never mention it as long as I live.' He said: 'No, by Allah! Rather, we leave you to bear what you have taken upon yourself.'
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Quran References
Reference: Musnad Ahmad, Book 35, Hadith 487
Sunnah.com ref: Musnad Ahmad 18125
Islam.wiki ID: IWH-54515