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What Nullifies the Wudhu?

2010-08-27T18:06:00.000-07:00

What Nullifies the Wudhu?

1. P Passing wind nullifies the wudhu.[1]

The Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ said,

لَا تُقْبَلُ صَلَاةُ مَنْ أَحْدَثَ حَتَّى يَتَوَضَّأَ
قَالَ رَجُلٌ مِنْ حَضْرَمَوْتَ مَا الْحَدَثُ يَا أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ فُسَاءٌ أَوْ ضُرَاطٌ

"The prayer of a person who does Hadath (passes urine, stool or wind) is not accepted until he performs (repeats) the ablution." A person from Hadaramout[2] asked Abu Huraira, "What is 'Hadath'?" Abu Huraira replied, " 'Hadath' means the passing of wind from the anus**."

** فُسَاءٌ: passing of wind without sound.

** ضُرَاطٌ: passing of wind with sound.

[NARRATED BY ABU HURAIRAH رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ RECORDED IN SAHEEH BUKHARI (BOOK OF WUDHU) 1:137[3], SAHEEH MUSLIM]

2. R Doubt does not nullify wudhu.

Abdullah bin Zaid bin Aasim رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ narrated that,

أَنَّهُ شَكَا إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ الرَّجُلُ الَّذِي يُخَيَّلُ إِلَيْهِ أَنَّهُ يَجِدُ الشَّيْءَ فِي الصَّلَاةِ فَقَالَ لَا يَنْفَتِلْ أَوْ لَا يَنْصَرِفْ حَتَّى يَسْمَعَ صَوْتًا أَوْ يَجِدَ رِيحًا

“He asked about a person who imagined to have passed wind during the prayer. Allah' Messenger replied: "He should not leave his prayers unless he hears a sound or smells something."

[NARRATED BY ABDULLAH BIN ZAID رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ , RECORDED IN SAHEEH BUKHARI (BOOK OF WUDHU) 1:139, SAHEEH MUSLIM: BOOK OF MENSTRUATION: 702[4]]

The Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ said,

إِذَا وَجَدَ أَحَدُكُمْ فِي بَطْنِهِ شَيْئًا فَأَشْكَلَ عَلَيْهِ أَخَرَجَ مِنْهُ شَيْءٌ أَمْ لَا
فَلَا يَخْرُجَنَّ مِنَ الْمَسْجِدِ حَتَّى يَسْمَعَ صَوْتًا أَوْ يَجِدَ رِيْحًا

“If any one of you has pain in his abdomen, but is doubtful whether or not anything has issued from him, be should not leave the mosque unless he hears a sound or perceives a smell.”

[NARRATED BY ABU HURAIRAH رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ , RECORDED IN SAHEEH MUSLIM (THE BOOK OF MENSTRUATION): 703, ALSO IN TIRMIDHI]

3. P Sleep nullifies wudhu.

The Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ said,

وِكَاءُ السَّهِ الْعَيْنَانِ فَمَنْ نَامَ فَلْيَتَوَضَّأْ

“The eyes are the leather straps of the anus, so the one who sleeps should perform ablution.”

[NARRATED BY ALI رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ; RECORDED IN ABU DAWOOD (BOOK OF PURIFICATION): 203[5], AUTHENTICATED (SAHEEH) BY ALBANI IN SAHEEH AL JAAMI: 7117]

Sleep breaks wudhu only it is deep and in which a person looses his awareness. This is implied by the hadith of Anas who said, "The companions of the Prophet were waiting for the delayed night prayer until their heads began nodding up and down (from drowsiness and sleep). They would then pray without performing ablution." (Related by ash-Shaifi, Muslim, Abu Dawud and at-Tirmidhi.)

[QUOTED FROM FIQH US SUNNAH IN THE SECTION ON “WHAT NULLIFIES WUDHU”]

4. P Drowsiness does not nullify wudhu.

The Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ said,

عَنْ عَائِشَةَ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ
إِذَا نَعَسَ أَحَدُكُمْ وَهُوَ يُصَلِّي فَلْيَرْقُدْ حَتَّى يَذْهَبَ عَنْهُ النَّوْمُ
فَإِنَّ أَحَدَكُمْ إِذَا صَلَّى وَهُوَ نَاعِسٌ لَا يَدْرِي لَعَلَّهُ يَسْتَغْفِرُ فَيَسُبُّ نَفْسَهُ

"If anyone of you feels drowsy while praying he should go to bed (sleep) until his slumber is over because in praying while drowsy one does not know whether one is asking for forgiveness or for a bad thing for oneself."

[NARRATED BY AISHA رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ ا; RECORDED IN SAHEEH BUKHARI (THE BOOK OF ABLUTION) 1:211, SAHEEH MUSLIM]

5. Vomiting does not nullify wudhu.

Abu Darda’a رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ narrated,

اسْتَقَاءَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَأَفْطَرَ فَأُتِيَ بِمَاءٍ فَتَوَضَّأ

“Allah’s Messenger صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ vomited. So he broke his fast and when water was brought to him he performed wudhu.”

[NARRATED BY ABU DARDA’A رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ ; RECORDED IN MUSNAD AHMED: 26989 AND TIRMIDHI. SHOEB ARNAUT MNETIONS IN HIS COMMENTARY ON MUSNAD AHMED – “THIS HADITH IS SAHEEH”]

P “On the basis of this Hadith we can say that it Mustahab (recommended) to do Wudhu after vomiting” (Ibn Taymiyah, Majmoo al Risalil Kubra 2: pg no 234) However to prove that vomiting breaks Wudhu we need a clear command of the Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَwhich is not present. For example the Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ bathed after fainting. But this does not prove that after a person faints it becomes compulsory to bath.

There is a famous Daeef hadith on this subject. However we cannot prove an issue from a Daeef Hadith. Aisha رضي الله عنها narrates that the Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ said,

عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ قَالَ رَسُولَ اللهِ صَلى الله عليه وسلم QP

مَنْ أَصَابَهُ قَيءٌ أَوْ رِعَافٌ أَوْ قَلَسٌ أَوْ مَذِيٌ فَلْيَنْصَرِفْ فَلْيَتَوَضَّأَ

ثُمَّ لِيَبْنِ عَلَى صَلَاتِهِ وَهُوَ فِي ذلِكَ لَا يَتَكَلَّمُ

“Whoever vomits or bleeds through the nose, or blurps and food comes out or if Madhi (preseminal fluid) comes out then he should go and do Wudhu (ablution) again, then he should go back and complete whatever is left from his Salah and he should not talk to anyone in between.”

[RECORDED WITH A DAEEF CHAIN OF NARRATION IN SUNAN IBN MAJAH 252, DAEEF AL JAAMI 5426 THE NARRATOR ISMAIL BIN AYASH IN THIS HADITH IS NOT A RELIABLE NARRATOR]

6. Touching a woman does not nullify wudhu.

Aishaرَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُا narrated,

عَنْ عَائِشَةَ زَوْجِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَنَّهَا قَالَتْ
كُنْتُ أَنَامُ بَيْنَ يَدَيْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَرِجْلَايَ فِي قِبْلَتِهِ
فَإِذَا سَجَدَ غَمَزَنِيR

فَقَبَضْتُ رِجْلَيَّ فَإِذَا قَامَ بَسَطْتُهُمَا
قَالَتْ وَالْبُيُوتُ يَوْمَئِذٍ لَيْسَ فِيْهَا مَصَابِيْحُ

"I used to sleep in front of Allah's Messenger with my legs opposite his Qibla (facing him); and whenever he prostrated, he pushed my feet and I withdrew them and whenever he stood, I stretched them." 'Aisha added, "In those days there were no lamps in houses."

[NARRATED BY AISHA رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُا RECORDED IN SAHEEH BUKHARI (VIRTUES OF THE PRAYER HALL (SUTRA OF THE MUSALLA)): 1:492, SAHEEH MUSLIM]

7. Kissing does not nullify wudhu.

Urwahرحمه الله narrated,

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَبَّلَ بَعْضَ نِسَائِهِ ثُمَّ خَرَجَ إِلَى الصَّلَاةِ وَلَمْ يَتَوَضَّأْ R
قُلْتُ مَا هِيَ إِلَّا أَنْتِ فَضَحِكَتْ

“Allah’s Messenger صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ kissed one among his wives, and then left for salaah and did not perform wudhu”. I (Urwah) said, “It is none other than you”. So she laughed!”

[NARRATED BY URWA’H رحمه الله RECORDED IN IBN MAJAH: 502, ABU DAWOOD, TIRMIDHI, NASAI, MUSNAD AHMED]

8. Touching the private parts without any barrier or cloth in between nullifies the wudhu.

The Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ said,

مَنْ مَسَّ ذَكَرَهُ فَلَا يُصَلِّ حَتَّى يَتَوَضَّأَ

“Whoever touches his private part he must not pray, until he performs wudhu.”

[NARRATED BY BASRAH BINT SAFWAN رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُا RECORDED IN MAALIK, MUSNAD AHMED, HAAKIM, SUNAN ABU DAWOOD, SUNAN TIRMIDHI, SUNAN NASAI, SUNAN IBN MAJAH, AUTHENTICATED (SAHEEH) BY ALBANI IN SAHEEH AL JAAMI: 6554]

The Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ said,

مَنْ مَسَّ ذَكَرَهُ فَلْيَتَوَضَّأْ وَأَيُّمَا امْرَأَةٍ مَسَّتْ فَرْجَهَا فَلْتَتَوَضَّأْ

“Whoever touches his private part he must perform wudhu and whichever woman touches her private part she must perform wudhu.”

[NARRATED BY IBN AMR رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ; RECORDED IN MUSNAD AHMED, DAARQUTNI, AUTHENTICATED (SAHEEH) BY ALBANI IN SAHEEH AL JAAMI 2725]

R The Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ said,

إِذَا أَفْضَى أَحَدُكُمْ بِيَدِهِ إِلَى فَرْجِهِ
حَتَّى لاَ يَكُونَ بَيْنَهُ وَبَيْنَهُ حِجَابٌ وَلاَ سِتْرٌ فَلْيَتَوَضَّأْ وُضُوءَهُ لِلصَّلاَةِ

“When anyone of you touches towards his private part with his hand while there is no veil neither cover he must perform wudhu like the wudhu of salaah.”

‌[NARRATED BY ABU HURAIRAH رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ ; RECORDED IN ASH-SHAFAI, IBN HIBBAN, DAARQUTNI, HAAKIM, SUNAN AL BAIHAQI, AUTHENTICATED (SAHEEH) BY ALBANI IN SAHEEH AL JAAMI:362]

Qais narrated from his father Talq bin Ali رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ,

عَنْ قَيْسِ بْنِ طَلْقِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

خَرَجْنَا وَفْدًا حَتَّى قَدِمْنَا عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَبَايَعْنَاهُ وَصَلَّيْنَا مَعَهُ فَلَمَّا قَضَى الصَّلَاةَ جَاءَ رَجُلٌ كَأَنَّهُ بَدَوِيٌّ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ مَا تَرَى فِي رَجُلٍ مَسَّ ذَكَرَهُ فِي الصَّلَاةِ قَالَ وَهَلْ هُوَ إِلَّا مُضْغَةٌ مِنْكَ أَوْ بَضْعَةٌ مِنْكَ

“We came a group before the Messenger of Allah صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ . We took the “Bayah” (the oath of Fealty to the Prophetصَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ. We offered Salah with the Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ. When he completed Salah a man from the deserts came and asked, “O Messenger of Allah صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ. What do you say about the person who touches his private parts in the state of Salah. The Messenger of Allah صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ said, “That is just a part of your flesh (or a part of you.)”

[RECORDED IN IBN MAJAH, NASAI. AUTHENTICATED (SAHEEH) BY ALBANI IN SAHEEH IBN MAJAH 483]

The correct understanding in the light of the above mentioned hadith is that if a person touches his private parts without any barrier or cloth in between then his wudhu is nullified. However if he touches with cloth in between then wudhu does not brake since it is just “a part of the body” as mentioned in the hadith above.

9. P Al-Madhi (Pre-seminal fluid) nullifies the wudhu.

Ali رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ narrated,

كُنْتُ رَجُلًا مَذَّاءً وَكُنْتُ أَسْتَحْيِي أَنْ أَسْأَلَ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ لِمَكَانِ ابْنَتِهِ
فَأَمَرْتُ الْمِقْدَادَ بْنَ الْأَسْوَدِ فَسَأَلَهُ فَقَالَ يَغْسِلُ ذَكَرَهُ وَيَتَوَضَّأُ

“I was one whose prostatic fluid flowed readily and I was ashamed to ask the Messengerصَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ about it, because of the relation of his daughter. I, therefore, asked Miqdad bin Aswad and he inquired of him صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ. Heصَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ said: He should wash his male organ and perform ablution.”

وللبخاري : فِيهِ الْوُضُوءُ

The words of Bukhari are “in it is wudhu”

ولمسلم : مِنْهُ الْوُضُوءُ

The words of Muslim are “from it is wudhu”

[NARRATED BY ALI رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ RECORDED IN SAHEEH BUKHARI, SAHEEH MUSLIM (THE BOOK OF MENSTRUATION): 593]

10. Eating what has touched the fire does not nullify wudhu.

Abdullah Bin Ibrahim Bin Qaariz رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ narrated that,

عن عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ قَارِظٍ :
أَنَّهُ وَجَدَ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ يَتَوَضَّأُ عَلَى الْمَسْجِدِ
فَقَالَ إِنَّمَا أَتَوَضَّأُ مِنْ أَثْوَارِ أَقِطٍ أَكَلْتُهَا لِأَنِّي سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ : تَوَضَّئُوا مِمَّا مَسَّتِ النَّارُ

“He found Abu Huraira performing ablution in the mosque, who said: I am performing ablution because of having eaten pieces of cheese, for I heard the Messenger of Allah صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ say: “Perform ablution (after eating anything) touched by fire.”

قوله (مِنْ أَثْوَارِ أَقِطٍ) اَلْأَقِطُ لَبْنٌ جَامِدٌ مُسْتَحْجَرٌوَهِيَ مِمَّا مَسَّتْهُ النَّارُ .
اَلأَثْوَارُ جَمَعُ ثَوْرٍ وَهِيَ الْقِطْعَةُ مِنَ الْأَقِطِ .

قوله (مِنْ أَثْوَارِ أَقِطٍ)

(الأقط): Al-Aqit: is a solid state of milk which is petrified and it is from the things which are touched by fire.

‘الأثوار’: is the plural of ‘ثور’ which means piece of cheese.

[NARRATED BY ABDULLAH BIN IBRAHIM BIN QAARIZ رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ ; RECORDED IN SAHEEH MUSLIM (THE BOOK OF MENSTRUATION): 687, MUSNAD AHMED, AND NASAI]

Abdullah Bin Abbas رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ narrated,

عَنْ عَبْدِاللَّهِ بْنِ عَبَّاسٍ
أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَكَلَ كَتِفَ شَاةٍ ثُمَّ صَلَّى وَلَمْ يَتَوَضَّأْ

“Allah's Messenger ate a piece of cooked mutton from the shoulder region and prayed without repeating ablution.”

[NARRATED BY ABDULLAH BIN ABBAS رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ RECORDED IN SAHEEH BUKHARI (THE BOOK OF ABLUTION) 1:206, ALSO IN SAHEEH MUSLIM]

When we have both of the above Hadith in front of us we understand that the statement “Perform ablution (after eating anything) touched by fire.” This is in the form of a recommendation and that it is Mustahab to do Wudhu. But it is not compulsory since the Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ offered Salah without repeating his Wudhu after eating cooked mutton. Some scholars hold that the first Hadith is abrogated by the second one. However there is no evidence to say that it it not Mustahab (recommended) anymore. Hence it is not compulsory for a person to do wudhoo after eating cooked food, but it continues to remain recommended for him to do so based on the Hadith of Abu Hurairah رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ.

[SIMILAR EXPLANATION HAS BEEN GIVEN BY SHAIKH ABDUR RAHMAN MUBARAKPURI IN “TOHFATUL AHWAZI” VOL 1, BOOK OF TAHARAH, PG NO 219]

11. P Performing wudhu after eating the meat of camel and sheep.

Jabir Bin Samrah رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ narrated,

عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ سَمُرَةَ أَنَّ رَجُلًا سَأَلَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ
أَأَتَوَضَّأُ مِنْ لُحُومِ الْغَنَمِ قَالَ إِنْ شِئْتَ فَتَوَضَّأْ وَإِنْ شِئْتَ فَلَا تَوَضَّأْ
قَالَ أَتَوَضَّأُ مِنْ لُحُومِ الْإِبِلِ قَالَ نَعَمْ فَتَوَضَّأْ مِنْ لُحُومِ الْإِبِلِ ...

“A man asked Allah’s Messenger صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ “Should I perform wudhu after (eating) the meat of sheep?” He صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ said, “Perform wudhu if so desire, and if you do not wish, do not perform it.” He said, “Should I perform wudhu after (eating) camel’s meat?” He صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ said, “Perform wudhu after (eating) camel’s meat.”

[NARRATED BY JABIR BIN SAMRAH رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ RECORDED IN SAHEEH MUSLIM]

After eating Camel’s meat wudhu is nullified. This is only for the meat of the Camel not for all meat. For all other meat it is Mustahab to do Wudhu after eating as explained above.

12. Urinating and excrement nullifies wudhu.

Muhajir Bin Qunfudh رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ narrated that,

أَتَى النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَهُوَ يَبُولُ فَسَلَّمَ عَلَيْهِ
فَلَمْ يَرُدَّ عَلَيْهِ حَتَّى تَوَضَّأَ ثُمَّ اعْتَذَرَ إِلَيْهِ
فَقَالَ إِنِّي كَرِهْتُ أَنْ أَذْكُرَ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ إِلَّا عَلَى طُهْرٍ
- أَوْ قَالَ عَلَى طَهَارَةٍ -

“He went to Allah’s Messenger صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ while he was urinating. He said salaam to him صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ. He صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَdid not reply until he performed wudhu, he صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ then apologised to him and said, “Indeed I disliked mentioning Allah without purity.”

[NARRATED BY MUHAJIR BIN رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ ; RECORDED IN ABU DAWOOD: BOOK OF PURIFICATION: BOOK 1:17, AUTHENTICATED (SAHEEH) BY ALBANI IN SAHEEH ABU DAWOOD: 13]

And in another narration,

أَتَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَهُوَ يَتَوَضَّأُ فَسَلَّمْتُ عَلَيْهِ فَلَمْ يَرُدَّ عَلَيَّ السَّلَامَ
فَلَمَّا فَرَغَ مِنْ وُضُوئِهِ قَالَ :
إِنَّهُ لَمْ يَمْنَعْنِي مِنْ أَنْ أَرُدَّ إِلَيْكَ إِلَّا أَنِّي كُنْتُ عَلَى غَيْرِ وُضُوْءٍ

“I went to Allah’s Messenger صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ while he was performing wudhu. I said salaam to him, but he صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ did not give reply for my salaam. When he صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ finished his wudhu, he صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ said, “Nothing stopped me from replying you but I was without wudhu”

[RECORDED IN IBN MAJAH, AUTHENTICATED (SAHEEH) BY ALBANI AS-SAHEEHAH: 834]

R Aisha رضي الله عنها narrated that

وَقَالَتْ عَائِشَةُ كَانَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَذْكُرُ اللَّهَ عَلَى كُلِّ أَحْيَانِهِ

“The Messenger of Allah used to remember Allah at all times."

[RECORDED IN SAHEEH BUKHARI IN THE MUALLAQ FORM, BOOK OF MENSES: IN THE CHAPTER “ THE MENSTRUATING WOMEN WILL DO ALL THINGS DURING HAJJ EXCEPT TAWAAF OF THE HOUSE OF ALLAH.” SAHEEH MUSLIM, TIRMIDHI ]

13. Bleeding does not break Wudhu

There is no Saheeh Hadith to prove that bleeding breaks Wudhu, nor is there any evidence to prove that if blood flows after coming out this breaks wudhu. Some people quote the hadith mentioned in point 5, but that hadith is Daeef as mentioned there.

Imam Bukhari mentions,

وَيُذْكَرُ عَنْ جَابِرٍ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ كَانَ فِي غَزْوَةِ ذَاتِ الرِّقَاعِ فَرُمِيَ رَجُلٌ بِسَهْمٍ فَنَزَفَهُ الدَّمُ فَرَكَعَ وَسَجَدَ وَمَضَى فِي صَلَاتِهِ وَقَالَ الْحَسَنُ مَا زَالَ الْمُسْلِمُونَ يُصَلُّونَ فِي جِرَاحَاتِهِمْ

“It is narrated from Jaabir رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ that the Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ was in the battle of Zaat ar Riqa. One man got injured with an arrow, still the man did Ruku and Sujud and continued to pray.” Hasan Basri says, “Muslims used to conitinuously offer salah even with their wounds.”

عَصَرَ ابْنُ عُمَرَ بَثْرَةً فَخَرَجَ مِنْهَا الدَّمُ وَلَمْ يَتَوَضَّأْ

“Ibn Umar sqeezed his pimple and blood came out and he did not repeat his Wudhu.”

[SAHEEH BUKHARI, BOOK OF WUDHU CHAPTER NO 33]

[1] R LEARN THIS FIRST WITH ARABIC (THEN MEMORISE OTHER POINTS ALSO)
P LEARN THE TRANSLATION OF THIS FIRST (THEN LEARN OTHER POINTS ALSO)

Q THIS HADITH IS DAEEF / MAUZU. EVEN IF YOU LEARN IT REMEMBER THAT IT IS NOT RELIABLE.

[2] The name of a place

[3] All References from Saheeh Bukhari are from the English translation by Muhammed Mohsin Khan (9 volumes) printed by Kitaab Bhavan also available on the internet atwww.islamsmessage.com

[4] All References from Saheeh Muslim are from the English translation by Abdul Hamid Siddiqi (4 volumes with continuous numbering) printed by Kitaab Bhavan also available on the internet at www.islamsmessage.com

[5] All References from Sunan Abu Dawood are from the English translation by Ahmad Hasan (3 volumes with continuous numbering) printed by Kitaab Bhavan.

Wudhu in the light of Quran & Sunnah

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Wudhu in the light of Quran & Sunnah
Introduction:

R Allah says in the Qur’an[1] in Surah Al-Maidah 5:6,

يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِيْنَ آمَنُوْا
إِذَا قُمْتُمْ إِلَى الصَّلَاةِ فَاغْسِلُوْا وُجُوْهَكُمْ
وَأَيْدِيَكُمْ إِلَى الْمَرَافِقِ
وَامْسَحُوْا بِرُؤُوْسِكُمْ وَأَرْجُلَكُمْ إِلَى الْكَعْبَيْنِ

“O you who have believed, when you rise to [perform] prayer, wash your faces and your forearms to the elbows and wipe over your heads and wash your feet to the ankles.”

R The Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ said,

لَا تُقْبَلُ صَلَاةٌ بِغَيْرِ طَهُوْرٍ وَ لَا صَدَقَةٌ مِّنْ غُلُوْلٍ

“Neither is the prayer accepted without purification nor is charity accepted out of the ill-gotten (wealth).”

[NARRATED BY IBN UMAR رضي الله عنه RECORDED IN SAHEEH MUSLIM [2](THE BOOK OF PURIFICATION : 433, TIRMIDHI, IBN MAJAH. AUTHENTICATED (SAHEEH) BY ALBANI IN SAHEEH AL JAAMI 7384]

P The Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ said,

لَا يَقْبَلُ اللَّهُ صَلَاةَ أَحَدِكُمْ إِذَا أَحْدَثَ حَتَّى يَتَوَضَّأَ ‌

"The prayer of a person who does, Hadath (passes, urine, stool or wind) is not accepted till he performs (repeats) the ablution."

[NARRATED BY ABU HURAIRAH رضي الله عنه RECORDED IN SAHEEH BUKHARI 1:137 [3] (BOOK OF ABLUTIONS), SAHEEH MUSLIM 435 [4](THE BOOK OF PURIFICATION), ABU DAWOOD, TIRMIDHI, SAHEEH AL JAAMI 7745]

Chapter 1: Siwak

1. Miswak with every Salaah.

P The Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ said,

لَوْلَا أَنْ أَشُقَّ عَلَى الْمُؤْمِنِيْنَ لَأَمَرْتُهُمْ بِالسِّوَاكِ عِنْدَ كُلِّ صَلَاةٍ

"If I had not found it hard for the believers, I would have ordered them to clean their teeth with Siwak for every prayer."

[NARRATED BY ABU HURAIRAH رضي الله عنه; RECORDED IN SAHEEH BUKHARI (THE BOOK OF FRIDAY PRAYER ) 2:12, SAHEEH MUSLIM, MALIK, MUSNAD AHMED, TIRMIDHI, IBN MAJAH, ALSO NARRATED BY ZAID BIN KHALID AL-JAUHNI, RECORDED IN MUSNAD AHMED, ABU DAWUD, NASAI.]

2. Virtues of using Miswak (Siwak).

The Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ said,

إِنَّ السِّوَاكَ مَطْهَرَةٌ لِلْفَمِ مَرْضَاةٌ لِلرَّبِّ

“Verily the Siwak is purification for the mouth and means of pleasing the Lord”.

[NARRATED BY ABU BAKR رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ, RECORDED IN MUSNAD AHMED; ALSO NARRATED BY AISHA رضي الله عنها MUSNAD AHMED, ASH-SHAFAI, IBN HIBBAN, HAAKIM, BAIHAQI; ALSO NARRATED BY ABU UMAMAH رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ, RECORDED IN IBN MAJAH; AUTHENTICATED (SAHEEH) BY ALBANI IN SAHEEH AL JAAMI 3695]

Chapter 2: Ablution (Wudhu)

1. Virtue of Wudhu and its method in order.

The Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ said,

مَا مِنْكُمْ رَجُلٌ يُقَرِّبُ وَضُوءَهُ فَيَتَمَضْمَضُ وَيَسْتَنْشِقُ فَيَنْتَثِرُ
إِلَّا خَرَّتْ خَطَايَا وَجْهِهِ وَفِيْهِ وَخَيَاشِيْمِهِ
ثُمَّ إِذَا غَسَلَ وَجْهَهُ كَمَا أَمَرَهُ اللَّهُ
إِلَّا خَرَّتْ خَطَايَا وَجْهِهِ مِنْ أَطْرَافِ لِحْيَتِهِ مَعَ الْمَاءِ
ثُمَّ يَغْسِلُ يَدَيْهِ إِلَى الْمِرْفَقَيْنِ إِلَّا خَرَّتْ خَطَايَا يَدَيْهِ مِنْ أَنَامِلِهِ مَعَ الْمَاءِ
ثُمَّ يَمْسَحُ رَأْسَهُ إِلَّا خَرَّتْ خَطَايَا رَأْسِهِ مِنْ أَطْرَافِ شَعْرِهِ مَعَ الْمَاءِ
ثُمَّ يَغْسِلُ قَدَمَيْهِ إِلَى الْكَعْبَيْنِ إِلَّا خَرَّتْ خَطَايَا رِجْلَيْهِ مِنْ أَنَامِلِهِ مَعَ الْمَاءِ
فَإِنْ هُوَ قَامَ فَصَلَّى فَحَمِدَ اللَّهَ وَأَثْنَى عَلَيْهِ وَمَجَّدَهُ بِالَّذِي هُوَ لَهُ أَهْلٌ
وَفَرَّغَ قَلْبَهُ لِلَّهِ إِلَّا انْصَرَفَ مِنْ خَطِيئَتِهِ كَهَيْئَتِهِ يَوْمَ وَلَدَتْهُ أُمُّهُ

“None of you who uses water for ablution and rinses his mouth, snuffs up water and blows it, but the sins of his face, and his mouth and his nostrils fall out. When he washes his face, as Allah has commanded him, the sins of his face fall out from the end of his beard with water. Then (when) he washes his forearms up to the elbows, the sins of his arms fall out along with water from his finger-tips. And when he wipes his head, the sins of his head fall out from the tips of his hair along with water. And (when) he washes his feet up to the ankles, the sins of his feet fall out from his toes along with water. And if he stands to pray and praises Allah, lauds Him and glorifies Him with what becomes Him and shows wholehearted devotion to Allah, his sins would depart leaving him (as innocent) as he was on the day his mother bore him.”

[NARRATED BY 'AMR BIN 'ABASA, RECORDED IN SAHEEH MUSLIM (KITAB AL-SALAT)):1812]

2. The Proof that the Intention for Wudhu is Obligatory.

RThe Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ said,

إِنَّمَا الْأَعْمَالُ بِالنِّيَّاتِ وَإِنَّمَا لِكُلِّ امْرِئٍ مَا نَوَى

"The (reward of) deeds depend on intentions, and every person will get the reward according to what he intends.”

[NARRATED BY UMAR BIN AL-KHATTAB رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ, RECORDED IN SAHEEH BUKHARI 3:706, SAHEEH MUSLIM, SUNAN ABU DAWOOD, SUNAN TIRMIDHI, SUNAN NASAI, SUNAN IBN MAJAH; ALSO NARRATED BY ABU SA’EED رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ, RECORDED IN HILYAH BY ABU NUAIM, AD-DARQUTNI IN GARA’IB MAALIK; NARRATED BY ANAS رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ RECORDED BY IBN ASAAKIR IN AMAALIYAH; ALSO NARRATED BY ABU HURAIRAH رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ, RECORDED BY AR-RASHEED AL ATTAAR IN JUZA’A MIN TAKHRIJ]

3. Saying “Bismillah” for Wudhu.

P The Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ said,

لَا صَلَاةَ لِمَنْ لَا وُضُوءَ لَهُ
وَلَا وُضُوءَ لِمَنْ لَمْ يَذْكُرِ اسْمَ اللَّهِ تَعَالَى عَلَيْهِ

“There is no prayer for the person who has not performed Wudhu and there is no Wudhu for the one who does not mention the name of Allah.”

[NARRATED BY ABU HURAIRAH رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ; RECORDED IN MUSNAD AHMED, ABU DAWUD, IBN MAJAH, HAAKIM, ALSO NARRATED BY SA’EED BIN ZAID, RECORDED IN IBN MAJAH, AUTHENTICATED (SAHEEH) BY ALBANI IN SAHEEH AL JAAMI: 7514]

4. Washing hands before rinsing the mouth.

P The Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ said,

إِذَا اسْتَيْقَظَ أَحَدُكُمْ مِنْ نَوْمِهِ فَلَا يَغْمِسْ يَدَهُ فِي الْإِنَاءِ حَتَّى يَغْسِلَهَا ثَلَاثًا

فَإِنَّهُ لَا يَدْرِي أَيْنَ بَاتَتْ يَدُهُ

“When anyone amongst you wakes up from sleep, he must not put his hand in the vessel until he has washed it three times, for he does not know where his hand was during the night.”

[All books of hadith have mentioned this hadith, except that in Saheeh Bukhari this hadith has been mentioned without the mention of the number (three). Tirmidhi and Ibn Majah have recorded this hadith with the additional words, “When anyone amongst you wakes up from the night.”]

[RECORDED IN SAHEEH MUSLIM (BOOK OF PURIFICATION) 541, CHAPTER ON, “IT IS UNDESIRABLE FOR THE ONE WHO PERFORMS WUDHU OR ANYONE BESIDES HIM TO PUT HIS HAND IN THE VESSEL UNTIL WASHING IT THRICE”]

5. Rinsing the mouth.

P The Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ said,

إِذَا تَوَضَّأْتَ فَمَضْمِضْ

“When you perform wudhu, rinse your mouth.”

[RECORDED IN SUNAN ABU DAWOOD, AUTHENTICATED (SAHEEH) IN SAHEEH ABU DAWUD: 131]

6. Snuffing the water and blowing it out.

P The Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ said,

إِذَا تَوَضَّأَ أَحَدُكُمْ فَلْيَجْعَلْ فِي أَنْفِهِ ثُمَّ لِيَنْثُرْ

“When one of you performs wudhu, he must put (water) in his nose and then blow it.”
[NARRATED BY ABU HURAIRAH رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ; RECORDED IN SAHEEH BUKHARI (THE BOOK OF WUDHU) 1:162, SAHEEH MUSLIM]

The Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ said,

إِذَا تَوَضَّأَ أَحَدُكُمْ فَلْيَسْتَنْشِقْ بِمَنْخِرَيْهِ مِنَ الْمَاءِ ثُمَّ لِيَنْتَثِرْ

“When any one of you performs ablution he must snuff in his nose water and then clean it.”

[NARRATED BY ABU HURAIRAH رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ; RECORDED IN SAHEEH MUSLIM (BOOK OF PURIFICATION): 458]

7. Be thorough in snuffing the nose.

P The Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ said,

إِذَا تَوَضَّأْتَ فَأَبْلِغْ فِي الِاسْتِنْشَاقِ مَا لَمْ تَكُنْ صَائِمًا

“When you perform ablution snuff water in your nose thoroughly if you are not fasting.”

[RECORDED IN MUSNAD AHMED]

The words in the four Sunan[5] are:

وَبَالِغْ فِي الْاِسْتِنْشَاقِ إِلَّا أَنْ تَكُوْنَ صَائِماً

“Be thorough in snuffing the nose unless you are fasting”

[NARRATED BY LAQEET-BIN- SABOORAH رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ, RECORDED BY ASH-SHAAFI, MUSNAD AHMED, ABU-DAWOOD, TIRMIDHI, IBN-MAJAH, NASAI, IBN-HIBBAN, HAAKIM; AUTHENTICATED (SAHEEH) IN SAHEEH AL JAAMI: 927]

8. Rinsing and snuffing of water from the palm of one hand.

Abdullah Bin Zaid رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ narrated,

أَنَّهُ أَفْرَغَ مِنَ الْإِنَاءِ عَلَى يَدَيْهِ فَغَسَلَهُمَا

ثُمَّ غَسَلَ أَوْ مَضْمَضَ وَاسْتَنْشَقَ مِنْ كَفَّةٍ وَاحِدَةٍ فَفَعَلَ ذَلِكَ ثَلَاثًا

فَغَسَلَ يَدَيْهِ إِلَى الْمِرْفَقَيْنِ مَرَّتَيْنِ مَرَّتَيْنِ
وَمَسَحَ بِرَأْسِهِ مَا أَقْبَلَ وَمَا أَدْبَرَ

وَغَسَلَ رِجْلَيْهِ إِلَى الْكَعْبَيْنِ

ثُمَّ قَالَ هَكَذَا وُضُوءُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّه عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ

“He poured water on his hands from a utensil containing water and washed them and then with one handful of water he rinsed his mouth and cleaned his nose by putting water in it and then blowing it out. He repeated it thrice. He, then, washed his hands and forearms up to the elbows twice and passed wet hands over his head, both forwards and backwards, and washed his feet up to the ankles and said, "This is the ablution of Allah's Messenger."

[NARRATED BY ABDULLAH BIN ZAID رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ; RECORDED IN BUKHARI (THE BOOK OF WUDHU) 1:190, SAHEEH MUSLIM]

P 9. Blowing nose with left hand.

Ali رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ narrated,

أَنَّهُ دَعَا بِوَضُوءٍ فَتَمَضْمَضَ وَاسْتَنْشَقَ
وَنَثَرَ بِيَدِهِ الْيُسْرَى
فَفَعَلَ هَذَا ثَلَاثًا
ثُمَّ قَالَ هَذَا طُهُوْرُ نَبِيِّ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّه عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ

“…he called for water for wudhu, he rinsed his mouth and inhaled (the water) and exhaled it through his left hand. He did this thrice and then he said, “This is the wudhu of Allah’s Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ”.

[NARRATED BY ALI رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ RECORDED IN NASAI (THE BOOK OF PURIFICATION) CHAPTER-WHICH HANDS TO USE FOR BLOWING WATER FROM THE NOSE. SHAIKH ALBANI SAID “ITS ISNAAD IS SAHEEH.” MUSNAD AHMED: SHUAIB-AL-URNOOT SAID, “ITS ISNAAD IS SAHEEH”.]

10. Washing the face with both the hands.

Ibn Abbas رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ narrated,

أَنَّهُ تَوَضَّأَ .......................................

ثُمَّ أَخَذَ غَرْفَةً مِنْ مَاءٍ فَجَعَلَ بِهَا هَكَذَا أَضَافَهَا إِلَى يَدِهِ الْأُخْرَى

فَغَسَلَ بِهِمَا وَجْهَهُ .....................

....................ثُمَّ قَالَ هَكَذَا رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّه عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَتَوَضَأُ

“When he performed wudhu ….. He then, took another handful (of water) and did like this (gesturing) joining both hands, and washed his face, ...……. and said, "I saw Allah's Messenger (S) performing ablution in this way."

[PART OF THE HADITH NARRATED BY IBN ABBAS رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ; ALSO NARRATED BY 'ATA' BIN YASAR رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ RECORDED IN SAHEEH BUKHARI (THE BOOK OF WUDHU, TO WASH THE FACE WITH BOTH HANDS BY A HANDFUL OF WATER )1:142]

11. To start wudhu from the right side of the body.

P Aisha رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُا narrated,

كَانَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّه عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يُعْجِبُهُ التَّيَمُّنُ
فِي تَنَعُّلِهِ وَتَرَجُّلِهِ وَطُهُوْرِهِ وَفِي شَأْنِهِ كُلِّهِ

“Allah’s Messenger صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ used to like to start from the right side on wearing shoes, combing his hair and cleaning or washing himself and on doing anything else.”

[NARRATED BY AISHA رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُا RECORDED IN SAHEEH BUKHARI (ABLUTIONS (WUDU')) 1: 169, SAHEEH MUSLIM]

The Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ said,

إِذَا لَبِسْتُمْ وَإِذَا تَوَضَّأْتُمْ فَابْدَءُوْا بِأَيَامِنِكُمْ

“When you put on (a garment) and when you perform ablution, you should begin with your right side.”

[NARRATED BY ABU HURAIRAH رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ RECORDED IN ABU DAWUD: 1922, IBN-HIBBAN, AUTHENTICATED (SAHEEH) BY ALBANI IN SAHEEH AL JAAMI: 787]

12. Doing Khilaal (passing wet fingers) through the fingers and toes.

P The Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ said,

إِذَا تَوَضَّأْتَ فَخَلِّلْ بَيْنَ أَصَابِعِ يَدَيْكَ وَرِجْلَيْكَ

“Whenever you perform ablution, pass wet fingers between the fingers of your hands and your toes.”

[NARRATED BY IBN ABBAS رضي الله عنهما RECORDED IN TIRMIDHI: 147, HAAKIM, AUTHENTICATED (SAHEEH) BY ALBANI IN SAHEEH AL JAAMI: 452]

13. How to rub water between the fingers and toes.

P Mustawrid Bin Shaddad رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ narrated,

عَنِ الْمُسْتَوْرِدِ بْنِ شَدَّادٍ قَالَ

رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّه عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ تَوَضَّأَ

فَخَلَّلَ أَصَابِعَ رِجْلَيْهِ بِخِنْصِرِهِ

“I saw the Messenger of Allah صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ rubbing his toes with his little finger when he performed ablution.”

ولأبي داود : ((يَدْلُكُ)) وللترمذي : ((دَلَكَ )) بدل ((خَلَّلَ))

And in Abu Dawood the word-((يَدْلُكُ)) …”rubbing” has been used;

In Tirmidhi ((دَلَكَ))"rubbed” has been used instead of the word “khilaal” (((خَلَّلَ)).

[RECORDED IN MUSNAD AHMED: SHOEB-AL-ARNOOT MENTIONS IN HIS FOOTNOTES: “SAHEEH -LI-GAIRIHI”, ABU DAWOOD: 148[6]]

14. It is preferable to do khilaal to the beard.

P Usman Ibn Affan رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ narrated,

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ تَوَضَّأَ فَخَلَّلَ لِحْيَتَهُ

“That Allah’s Messenger صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ performed wudhu, he did khilaal of his beard.”

[NARRATED BY USMAN-IBN-AFFAN رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ RECORDED IN IBN MAJAH, AUTHENTICATED (SAHEEH) IN SAHEEH IBN MAJAH: 345, SAHEEH ABU-DAWOOD: 98, TAKHRIJUL-MUKHTARAH: 325-328]

Anas Ibn Malik رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ narrated,

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّه عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ
كَانَ إِذَا تَوَضَّأَ أَخَذَ كَفًّا مِنْ مَاءٍ فَأَدْخَلَهُ تَحْتَ حَنَكِهِ فَخَلَّلَ بِهِ لِحْيَتَهُ

وَقَالَ هَكَذَا أَمَرَنِي رَبِّي عَزَّ وَجَلَّ

“Whenever the Messenger of Allah صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ performed ablution, he took a handful of water, and putting it under his chin, made it go through his beard, saying: ‘Thus did my Lord command me.’”

[NARRATED BY ANAS MEANS BIN-MAALIK رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ RECORDED IN ABU DAWOOD, AUTHENTICATED (SAHEEH) BY ALBANI IN SAHEEH ABU-DAWOOD: 132]

15. To rub.

P Abdullah ibn Zaid رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ narrated,

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّه عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ تَوَضَّأَ فَجَعَلَ يَقُوْلُ هَكَذَا يَدْلُكُ

“The Allah’s Messenger صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ performed wudhu and he started doing like this i.e. started rubbing.”

[NARRATED BY ABDULLAH-IBN-ZAID رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ RECORDED IN MUSNAD AHMED, SHOEB-AL-ARNOOT MENTIONS IN HIS FOOTNOTES, “THIS HADITH IS SAHEEH”]

16. Wiping the head and how to do it.

P Miqdaam ibn Ma’deekarib رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ narrated,

رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّه عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ تَوَضَّأَ

فَلَمَّا بَلَغَ مَسْحَ رَأْسِهِ وَضَعَ كَفَّيْهِ عَلَى مُقَدَّمِ رَأْسِهِ فَأَمَرَّهُمَا حَتَّى بَلَغَ الْقَفَا

ثُمَّ رَدَّهُمَا إِلَى الْمَكَانِ الَّذِي بَدَأَ مِنْهُ

“I saw Allah’s Messenger صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ perform wudhu and when he reached the wiping of his head, he put his palms on the front of his head, moved them back to the beginning of his neck and back to where he started from.”

[NARRATED BY MIQDAAM-IBN-MA’DEEKARIB رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ RECORDED IN ABU DAWOOD, IBN MAJAH, AND WITH SIMILAR WORDS IN TIRMIDHI, AUTHENTICATED (SAHEEH) BY ALBANI IN SAHEEH ABU-DAWOOD: 109, SAHEEH-IBN-MAJAH: 348]

17. The ears are a part of the head and they will be wiped with the water of the same.

P The Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ said,

الْأُذُنَانِ مِنَ الرَّأْسِ

“The ears are part of the head.”

[NARRATED BY ABU UMAMAH رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ RECORDED IN MUSNAD AHMED, ABU DAWOOD, TIRMIDHI, IBN-MAJAH, NARRATED BY ABU HURAIRA & ABDULLAH-IBN-YAZEED رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُما, RECORDED IN IBN MAJAH, ALSO NARRATED BY ANAS, ABU-MOOSA, IBN-ABBAS, IBN-UMAR & A’ISHA رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُم RECORDED IN DAAR-AL-QUTNI, AUTHENTICATED (SAHEEH) BYALBANI IN SAHEEH-AL-JAAMI: 2765]

18. Wiping the ears inside and outside.

P Ibn Abbas رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ narrated,

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّه عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مَسَحَ أُذُنَيْهِ

دَاخِلَهُمَا بِالسَّبَّابَتَيْنِ وَخَالَفَ إِبْهَامَيْهِ إِلَى ظَاهِرِ أُذُنَيْهِ

فَمَسَحَ ظَاهِرَهُمَا وَبَاطِنَهُمَا

“Allah’s Messenger صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ wiped his ears, he put his index fingers inside and his thumbs towards the outside of the ears, so he wiped their outside and inside (in this manner).”

[NARRATED BY IBN-ABBAS رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ RECORDED IN IBN MAJAH, AUTHENTICATED (HASAN) BY ALBANI SAHEEH-IBN-MAJAH: 353, AL-IRWAA: 90]

P Rubayy’i-bint-Mua’wwidh-Ibn-A’fraa رضي الله عنها narrated,

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّه عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ تَوَضَّأَ
فَأَدْخَلَ إِصْبَعَيْهِ فِي حُجْرَيْ أُذُنَيْه

“The Allah’s Messenger صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ performed wudhu. So he put his fingers in the holes of both the ears.”

[RECORDED IN ABU DAWOOD, AUTHENTICATED (HASAN) BY ALBANI IN SAHEEH ABU DAWUD: 121]

19. Wiping the head with fresh water, not with that which is left on the hands.

P Abdullah-Ibn-Zaid-Ibn-Aasim-Al-Maazini رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ narrated,

يَذْكُرُ أَنَّهُ رَأَى رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّه عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ تَوَضَّأَ ……

وَمَسَحَ بِرَأْسِهِ بِمَاءٍ غَيْرِ فَضْلِ يَدِهِ…..

“That, he saw Allah does Messenger صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ perform wudhu…….. he wiped his head with fresh water, not the water left from washing his hands…”

[NARRATED BY ABDULLAH-IBN-ZAID-IBN-AASIM-AL-MAAZINI رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ RECORDED IN SAHEEH MUSLIM (THE BOOK OF PURIFICATION: WUDHU OF ALLAH’S MESSENGER صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ,)1: 457]

20. Wiping the head with water left over in his hands.

P Ar-Rubayy’i رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُا narrated,

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّه عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مَسَحَ بِرَأْسِهِ مِنْ فَضْلِ مَاءٍ كَانَ فِي يَدِهِ

“Allah’s Messenger صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ wiped his head with the water left over in his hands.”

[NARRATED BY AR-RUBAYY’I رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ RECORDED IN ABU DAWOOD, AUTHENTICATED (HASAN) IN SAHEEH ABU-DAWOOD: 120]

21. Wiping the head once.

Abd-Khair رحمه الله narrated,

أَتَيْنَا عَلِيَّ بْنَ أَبِي طَالِبٍ رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ وَقَدْ صَلَّى

فَدَعَا بِطَهُوْرٍ فَقُلْنَا مَا يَصْنَعُ بِهِ وَقَدْ صَلَّى

مَا يُرِيْدُ إِلَّا لِيُعَلِّمَنَا ..........

وَمَسَحَ بِرَأْسِهِ مَرَّةً وَاحِدَةً ................

ثُمَّ قَالَ مَنْ سَرَّهُ أَنْ يَعْلَمَ وُضُوءَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّه عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَهُوَ هَذَا

“We went to Ali ibn Abi Talib while he had (already) offered his salaah. He called water for (doing) wudhu. We said “what will he do while he has (already) offered his salaah?” His intention was only to teach us…. (during wudhu) andwiped his head once,… then he said, “Whoever desires to know the ablution of the Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ , then this is the way (to do it)”

[NARRATED BY ABD-KHAIR رحمه الله RECORDED IN NASAI: THE BOOK OF PURIFICATION: WASHING THE FACE, AUTHENTICATED (SAHEEH) BY ALBANI]

22. The one who says that wiping of the head is three times.

Zaid-Ibn-Daarah رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ, the freed slave of Uthman narrated,

رَأَيْتُ عُثْمَانَ رضي اللَّه عنه وَهُوَ بِالْمَقَاعِدِ
دَعَا بِوَضُوْءٍ فَمَضْمَضَ ثَلَاثًا وَاسْتَنْشَقَ ثَلَاثًا

وَغَسَلَ وَجْهَهُ ثَلَاثًا وَذِرَاعَيْهِ ثَلَاثًا وَمَسَحَ بِرَأْسِهِ ثَلَاثًا

وَغَسَلَ قَدَمَيْهِ
ثُمَّ قَالَ مَنْ أَحَبَّ أَنْ يَنْظُرَ إِلَى وُضُوءِ رَسُوْلِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّه عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ

فَهَذَا وُضُوءُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّه عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ

“I saw Uthman, he was at Maqa’id.[7] He called water for (doing) wudhu. He rinsed his mouth thrice, snuffed up water thrice, washed his face thrice, his forearms thrice, and wiped his head thrice, and he washed his feet. Then he said” Those who would like to see the wudhu of Allah’s Messenger صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ, so this is the wudhu of Allah’s Messenger صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ.”

[NARRATED BY ZAID-IBN-DAARAH رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ RECORDED IN MUSNAD AHMED, SHOEB-AL-ARNOOT IN HIS FOOTNOTE MENTIONS, “THE CHAIN OF NARRATORS IS AUTHENTICATED (HASAN)”]

23. Wiping the temple (flat part of either side of the head, between the forehead & the ear).

P Ar-Rubayy’i-bint-Muawwidhرَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُا narrated,

رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّه عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَتَوَضَّأُ

قَالَتْ فَمَسَحَ رَأْسَهُ وَمَسَحَ مَا أَقْبَلَ مِنْهُ وَمَا أَدْبَرَ

وَصُدْغَيْهِ وَأُذُنَيْهِ مَرَّةً وَاحِدَةً

“I saw Allah’s Messenger صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ performing wudhu. He wiped his head front and back, his temples and his ears once.”

[NARRATED BY AR-RUBAYY’I-BINT-MUAWWIDH رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُا RECORDED IN ABU DAWOOD: 129, TIRMIDHI, AUTHENTICATED (HASAN) BY ALBANI IN SAHEEH ABU-DAWOOD: 119.]

24. Washing the legs and that it is compulsory (Fardh).

P Abu Hurairah رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ narrated,

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّه عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ رَأَى رَجُلًا لَمْ يَغْسِلْ عَقِبَيْهِ

فَقَالَ وَيْلٌ لِلْأَعْقَابِ مِنَ النَّارِ

“Allah’s Messenger صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ saw a man who did not wash his heels. So he صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ said “Woe to the heels, because of fire.”

[NARRATED BY ABU HURAIRAH رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ RECORDED IN SAHEEH MUSLIM (THE BOOK OF PURIFICATION) 471]

P Umar-Ibn-Khattab رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ narrated,

أَنَّ رَجُلًا تَوَضَّأَ فَتَرَكَ مَوْضِعَ ظُفُرٍ عَلَى قَدَمِهِ فَأَبْصَرَهُ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّه عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ

فَقَالَ ارْجِعْ فَأَحْسِنْ وُضُوْءَكَ فَرَجَعَ ثُمَّ صَلَّى

“A person performed wudhu and left a small part equal to the size of a fingernail (unwashed) on his foot. Allah’s Messenger صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ saw it and said, “Go back and make your wudhu properly.” He then went back (performed wudhu well) and then he prayed.”

[NARRATED BY UMAR-IBN-KHATTAB رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ RECORDED IN SAHEEH MUSLIM (THE BOOK OF PURIFICATION): 474]

25. Washing the legs, without considering the number of times washed.

Abdullah ibn al A’laa رحمه الله narrated,

أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ يَزِيْدَ - يَعْنِي ابْنَ أَبِي مَالِكٍ - وَأَبَا الْأَزْهَرِ يُحَدِّثَانِ

عَنْ وُضُوْءِ مُعَاوِيَةَ

قَالَ يُرِيْهِمْ وُضُوْءَ رَسُوْلِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّه عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ

فَتَوَضَّأَ ثَلَاثًا ثَلَاثًا وَغَسَلَ رِجْلَيْهِ بِغَيْرِ عَدَدٍ

“That he heard Yazeed i.e. Ibn abi Maalik and Abu al-Azhar narrating the wudhu of Mua’viyah رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ. He said that, he (Mua’viyah) showed them wudhu of Allah’s Messenger صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ. He صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ performed wudhu thrice (i.e. - washing the body-parts in wudhu) and washed his legs without considering the number of times washed.”

[NARRATED BY ABDULLAH IBN AL A’LAA رحمه الله RECORDED IN MUSNAD AHMED, SHOEB-AL-ARNOOT IN HIS FOOTNOTE MENTIONS, “SAHEEH LIGAIRIHI”]

26. Washing the body parts in wudhu once.

P Ibn-Abbas رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُما narrated,

تَوَضَّأَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّه عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مَرَّةً مَرَّةً

“Allah’s Messenger صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ performed wudhu (by washing the body parts) only once.”

[NARRATED BY IBN-ABBAS رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُما, RECORDED IN SAHEEH BUKHARI (THE BOOK OF ABLUTIONS (WUDU')) 1: 159, ABU-DAWOOD, TIRMIDHI, NASAI, ETC]

27. Washing the body parts twice in wudhu.

P Abdullah ibn Zaid رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ narrated,

عَنْ عَبْدِاللَّهِ بْنِ زَيْدٍ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّه عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ تَوَضَّأَ مَرَّتَيْنِ مَرَّتَيْنِ

“Allah’s Messenger صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ performed wudhu (by washing the body parts) twice.”

[NARRATED BY ABDULLAH -IBN -ZAID رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ RECORDED IN BUKHARI(THE BOOK OF ABULUTION) 1:160]

28. Washing the body parts thrice in wudhu.

P Abu-Anas رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ narrated,

أَنَّ عُثْمَانَ تَوَضَّأَ بِالْمَقَاعِدِ

فَقَالَ أَلَا أُرِيكُمْ وُضُوءَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّه عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ

ثُمَّ تَوَضَّأَ ثَلَاثًا ثَلَاثًا

“Uthman performed wudhu at Maqa’id and said “Should I not show you the wudhu of Allah’s Messenger صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ? He then washed (the different parts of the body) thrice.”

[NARRATED BY ABU-ANAS رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ RECORDED IN MUSNAD AHMED, MUSLIM: 230)

29. Washing some parts (of body during wudhu) twice and some parts thrice.

Amr ibn Yahya al Maazini رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ narrated from his father,

أَنَّ رَجُلًا قَالَ لِعَبْدِاللَّهِ بْنِ زَيْدٍ وَهُوَ جَدُّ عَمْرِو بْنِ يَحْيَى

أَتَسْتَطِيعُ أَنْ تُرِيَنِي كَيْفَ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّه عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَتَوَضَّأُ

فَقَالَ عَبْدُاللَّهِ ابْنُ زَيْدٍ نَعَمْ

فَدَعَا بِمَاءٍ فَأَفْرَغَ عَلَى يَدَيْهِ فَغَسَلَ مَرَّتَيْنِ

ثُمَّ مَضْمَضَ وَاسْتَنْثَرَ ثَلَاثًا

ثُمَّ غَسَلَ وَجْهَهُ ثَلَاثًا

ثُمَّ غَسَلَ يَدَيْهِ مَرَّتَيْنِ مَرَّتَيْنِ إِلَى الْمِرْفَقَيْنِ

ثُمَّ مَسَحَ رَأْسَهُ بِيَدَيْهِ فَأَقْبَلَ بِهِمَا وَأَدْبَرَ

بَدَأَ بِمُقَدَّمِ رَأْسِهِ حَتَّى ذَهَبَ بِهِمَا إِلَى قَفَاهُ

ثُمَّ رَدَّهُمَا إِلَى الْمَكَانِ الَّذِي بَدَأَ مِنْهُ

ثُمَّ غَسَلَ رِجْلَيْهِ

“A person asked 'Abdullah bin Zaid who was the grandfather of 'Amr bin Yahya, "Can you show me how Allah's Messenger used to perform ablution?" 'Abdullah bin Zaid replied in the affirmative and asked for water.
He poured it on his hands and washed them twice,
Then he rinsed his mouth thrice and washed his nose with water thrice by putting water in it and blowing it out.
He washed his face thrice and after that he washed his forearms up to the elbows twice.
And then passed his wet hands over his head from its front to its back and vice versa (beginning from the front and taking them to the back of his head up to the nape of the neck and then brought them to the front again from where he had started)
And washed his feet (up to the ankles).”

[NARRATED BY AMR-IBN-YAHYA-AL-MAAZINI رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ RECORDED IN SAHEEH BUKHARI (THE BOOK OF ABLUTIONS (WUDU')) 1:185]

30. Whoever increases the number (i.e. - of washing the body-parts) by more than three has done bad.

Abdullah bin Amr bin Aasرَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُما narrated,

جَاءَ أَعْرَابِيٌّ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّه عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَسْأَلُهُ عَنِ الْوُضُوءِ

فَأَرَاهُ الْوُضُوءَ ثَلَاثًا ثَلَاثًا

ثُمَّ قَالَ هَكَذَا الْوُضُوءُ

فَمَنْ زَادَ عَلَى هَذَا فَقَدْ أَسَاءَ وَتَعَدَّى وَظَلَم R

“A bedouin came to Allah’s Messenger صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ and asked him about wudhu. He صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ showed him the wudhu (i.e. – washing the body-parts) by doing it three times, and said “This is the wudhu. So whoever increases on this he did bad, has exceeded the limit and has done wrong.”

[NARRATED BY ABDULLAH BIN AMR BIN AAS رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُما RECORDED IN MUSNAD AHMED, IBN MAJAH, NASAI, AUTHENTICATED (HASAN) BY ALBANI IN SAHEEH AL JAAMI: 6989]

31. Virtue of Wudhu and its method in order

Humraan رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ, the freed slave of 'Uthman bin 'Affan رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ narrated,

أَنَّهُ رَأَى عُثْمَانَ بْنَ عَفَّانَ دَعَا بِوَضُوءٍ
فَأَفْرَغَ عَلَى يَدَيْهِ مِنْ إِنَائِهِ فَغَسَلَهُمَا ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ
ثُمَّ أَدْخَلَ يَمِينَهُ فِي الْوَضُوءِ
ثُمَّ تَمَضْمَضَ وَاسْتَنْشَقَ وَاسْتَنْثَرَ
ثُمَّ غَسَلَ وَجْهَهُ ثَلَاثًا وَيَدَيْهِ إِلَى الْمِرْفَقَيْنِ ثَلَاثًا
ثُمَّ مَسَحَ بِرَأْسِهِ
ثُمَّ غَسَلَ كُلَّ رِجْلٍ ثَلَاثًا
ثُمَّ قَالَ رَأَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّه عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَتَوَضَّأُ نَحْوَ وُضُوئِي هَذَا
وَقَالَ مَنْ تَوَضَّأَ نَحْوَ وُضُوئِي هَذَا
ثُمَّ صَلَّى رَكْعَتَيْنِ لَا يُحَدِّثُ فِيهِمَا نَفْسَهُ
غَفَرَ اللَّهُ لَهُ مَا تَقَدَّمَ مِنْ ذَنْبِهِ

“I saw 'Uthman bin 'Affan رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ asking (for a tumbler of water) to perform ablution (and when it was brought) he poured water from it over his hands and washed them thrice and then put his right hand in the water container and rinsed his mouth and washed his nose by putting water in it and then blowing it out. Then he washed his face thrice and (then) forearms up to the elbows thrice, then passed his wet hands over his head and then washed each foot thrice. After that 'Uthman رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ said, "I saw the Prophet performing ablution like this of mine, and he said, 'If anyone performs ablution like that of mine and offers a two-rak'at prayer during which he does not think of anything else (not related to the present prayer) then his past sins will be forgiven.”

[NARRATED BY HUMRAAN رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ , RECORDED IN SAHEEH BUKHARI(THE BOOK OF WUDHU) 1:165]

32. Preferred supplication after the wudhu and virtue of two rak’ah after that.

U’qba-Ibn-Amir رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ narrated,

كَانَتْ عَلَيْنَا رِعَايَةُ الْإِبِلِ
فَجَاءَتْ نَوْبَتِي فَرَوَّحْتُهَا بِعَشِيٍّ
فَأَدْرَكْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّه عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَائِمًا يُحَدِّثُ النَّاسَ
فَأَدْرَكْتُ مِنْ قَوْلِهِ : مَا مِنْ مُسْلِمٍ يَتَوَضَّأُ فَيُحْسِنُ وُضُوءَهُ
ثُمَّ يَقُومُ فَيُصَلِّي رَكْعَتَيْنِ مُقْبِلٌ عَلَيْهِمَا بِقَلْبِهِ وَوَجْهِهِ إِلَّا وَجَبَتْ لَهُ الْجَنَّةُ
قَالَ فَقُلْتُ مَا أَجْوَدَ هَذِهِ
فَإِذَا قَائِلٌ بَيْنَ يَدَيَّ يَقُولُ الَّتِي قَبْلَهَا أَجْوَدُ فَنَظَرْتُ فَإِذَا عُمَرُ
قَالَ إِنِّي قَدْ رَأَيْتُكَ جِئْتَ آنِفًا
قَالَ مَا مِنْكُمْ مِنْ أَحَدٍ يَتَوَضَّأُ فَيُبْلِغُ أَوْ فَيُسْبِغُ الْوَضُوءَ
ثُمَّ يَقُولُ أَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَأَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ وَرَسُولُهُ
إِلَّا فُتِحَتْ لَهُ أَبْوَابُ الْجَنَّةِ الثَّمَانِيَةُ يَدْخُلُ مِنْ أَيِّهَا شَاءَ

“We were entrusted with the task of tending the camels. During my turn, when I came back in the evening after grazing them in the pastures, I found Allah's Messenger صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ standing and addressing the people. I heard these words of his, “If any Muslim performs ablution well, then stands and prays two rak’ah, facing in it with his heart and his face. Paradise will be guaranteed for him.” I said “What a fine thing is this!” And a narrator who was before me said “The first was even better than this.” When I cast a glance, I saw that it was Umar who said “I see that you have just come.” And said “If anyone amongst you performs the wudhu, completes it well and then says: I testify that there is no God but Allah and that Muhammadصَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ is the servant of Allah and His Messenger, the eight gates of Paradise will be opened for him and he may enter by whichever of them he wishes.”

R And in another narration,

أَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَحْدَهُ لَا شَرِيكَ لَهُ

وَأَشْهَدُ أَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا عَبْدُهُ وَرَسُولُهُ

“I testify that there is no God but Allah, the one, there is no associate with him, and that Muhammad صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ is the servant of Allah and His Messenger.”

[NARRATED BY U’QBA IBN AAMIR رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ , RECORDED IN SAHEEH MUSLIM(THE BOOK OF PURIFICATION): 451]

R The Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ said,

من توضأ فقال بعد فراغه من وضوئه :
سبحانك اللهم وبحمدك أشهد إن لا إله لا أنت أستغفرك وأتوب إليك
كُتِبَ في رَقٍّ، ثم جُعِلَ في طابِعٍ فَلَمْ يُكْسَرْ إلى يوم القيامة.

“Whoever performs wudhu and says after completing it: Glory is to You, “O Allah, and praise; I bear witness that there is none worthy of worship but You. I seek Your forgiveness and turn to You in repentance”
Then it is written on a paper, is sealed and it will be not broken till the day of resurrection.”

[NARRATED BY ABU SA’EED, RECORDED IN AT-TABARANI, AUTHENTICATED BY ALBANI IN SAHEEH-AL-JAAMI: 1062, SAHEEH AT-TARGEEB: 225]

33. Keeping of the handkerchief.

Aishaرَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُا narrated,

كَانَ لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّه عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ خِرْقَةٌ يُنَشِّفُ بِهَا بَعْدَ الْوُضُوءِ

“Allah’s Messenger صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ had a piece of cloth he used to dry (himself), after the wudhu with it.”

[NARRATED BY AISHA رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُا, RECORDED IN TIRMIDHI, HAAKIM, AUTHENTICATED (HASAN) BY ALBANI IN SAHEEH-AL- JAMI: 4830]

34. The one who drinks the remaining water of wudhu.

Abu-Hayya رحمه الله narrated,

رَأَيْتُ عَلِيًّا تَوَضَّأَ

فَغَسَلَ كَفَّيْهِ حَتَّى أَنْقَاهُمَا

ثُمَّ مَضْمَضَ ثَلَاثًا وَاسْتَنْشَقَ ثَلَاثًا

وَغَسَلَ وَجْهَهُ ثَلَاثًا وَذِرَاعَيْهِ ثَلَاثًا

وَمَسَحَ بِرَأْسِهِ مَرَّةً ثُمَّ غَسَلَ قَدَمَيْهِ إِلَى الْكَعْبَيْنِ
ثُمَّ قَامَ فَأَخَذَ فَضْلَ طَهُورِهِ فَشَرِبَهُ وَهُوَ قَائِمٌ

ثُمَّ قَالَ أَحْبَبْتُ أَنْ أُرِيَكُمْ كَيْفَ كَانَ طُهُورُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّه عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ

“I saw Ali رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ performing wudhu. He washed his palms until he cleaned them, then he rinsed his mouth thrice, snuffed his nose thrice, washed his face thrice, his forearms thrice and wiped his head once, then he washed his feet upto the ankles. He then stood, took the remaining water and drank while he was standing then he said, “I wish to show you how was the wudhu of Allah’s Messenger صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ.”

[NARRATED BY ABU-HAYYAرحمه الله , RECORDED IN TIRMIDHI: THE BOOK OF PURIFICATION: CHAPTER: “ABOUT THE WUDHU OF ALLAH’S MESSENGER صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ, HOW WAS IT?” AUTHENTICATED (SAHEEH) BY ALBANI]

35. Economy in the usage of water, for wudhu.

Anas ibn Maalik رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ narrated,

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّه عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَنَّهُ قَالَ

يَكْفِي أَحَدَكُمْ مُدٌّ فِي الْوُضُوءِ

P “One ‘Mudd’ (water) will be enough for one of you for wudhu.”

[NARRATED BY ANAS-IBN-MAALIK رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ RECORDED IN MUSNAD AHMED, SHOEB-AL-ARNOOT MENTIONS IN HIS FOOTNOTES, “THE ISNAAD IS SAHEEH ACCORDING THE CONDITIONS OF BUKHARI AND MUSLIM”]

Anas رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ narrated,

كَانَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّه عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَغْسِلُ

- أَوْ كَانَ يَغْتَسِلُ - بِالصَّاعِ إِلَى خَمْسَةِ أَمْدَادٍ

وَيَتَوَضَّأُ بِالْمُدِّ

P “The Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ used to take a bath with one Sa’ or up to five Mudds of water and used to perform ablution with one Mudd of water.”

[NARRATED BY ANASرَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ RECORDED IN SAHEEH MUSLIM, SAHEEH BUKHARI (THE BOOK OF ABLUTION) 1: 200]

R LEARN THIS FIRST WITH ARABIC (THEN MEMORISE OTHER POINTS ALSO)
P ATLEAST LEARN THE TRANSLATION OF THIS FIRST (THEN LEARN OTHER POINTS ALSO)

[1] The Qur’an translation quoted is from the English translation by Saheeh International, available in print by Abul-Qaasim Publishing House, also available on the internet at www.islamsmessage.com

[2] All References from Saheeh Muslim are from the English translation by Abdul Hamid Siddiqi (4 volumes with continuous numbering) printed by Kitaab Bhavan also available on the internet at www.islamsmessage.com

[3] All References from Saheeh Bukhari are from the English translation by Muhammed Mohsin Khan (9 volumes) printed by Kitaab Bhavan also available on the internet atwww.islamsmessage.com

[5] i.e. Abu Dawood, Tirmidhi, Nasai, Ibn Majah

[6] All References from Sunan Abu Dawood are from the English translation by Ahmad Hasan (3 volumes with continuous numbering) printed by Kitaab Bhavan.

[7] Different meanings have been given to this word. Some scholars believe that it stands for a raised platform where the pious Caliph used to sit.

Possibility & Necessity of Second Life

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Possibility & Necessity of Second Life

Logical evidences that prove the life after death.

Allah says in the Qur’an in Surah Al-Hajj 22:5-7

يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ إِنْ كُنْتُمْ فِي رَيْبٍ مِّنَ الْبَعْثِ
فَإِنَّا خَلَقْنَاكُم مِّن تُرَابٍ ثُمَّ مِن نُّطْفَةٍ ثُمَّ مِنْ عَلَقَةٍ
ثُمَّ مِن مُّضْغَةٍ مُّخَلَّقَةٍ وَّغَيْرِ مُخَلَّقَةٍ لِّنُبَيِّنَ لَكُمْ
وَنُقِرُّ فِي الْأَرْحَامِ مَا نَشَاءُ إِلَى أَجَلٍ مُّسَمًّى
ثُمَّ نُخْرِجُكُمْ طِفْلًا ثُمَّ لِتَبْلُغُوْا أَشُدَّكُمْ
وَمِنْكُم مَّن يُّتَوَفَّى وَمِنكُم مَّن يُرَدُّ إِلَى أَرْذَلِ الْعُمُرِ
لِكَيْلَا يَعْلَمَ مِن بَعْدِ عِلْمٍ شَيْئًا
وَتَرَى الْأَرْضَ هَامِدَةً
فَإِذَا أَنزَلْنَا عَلَيْهَا الْمَاءَ اهْتَزَّتْ وَرَبَتْ
وَأَنبَتَتْ مِنْ كُلِّ زَوْجٍ بَهِيْجٍ .
ذَلِكَ بِأَنَّ اللَّهَ هُوَ الْحَقُّ وَأَنَّهُ يُحْيِي الْمَوْتَى
وَأَنَّهُ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيْرٌ .
وَأَنَّ السَّاعَةَ آتِيَةٌ لَا رَيْبَ فِيْهَا
وَأَنَّ اللَّهَ يَبْعَثُ مَنْ فِي الْقُبُوْرِ

“O People, if you should be in doubt about the Resurrection, then [consider that] indeed, We created you from dust, then from a sperm-drop, then from a clinging clot, and then from a lump of flesh, formed and unformed - that We may show you. And We settle in the wombs whom We will for a specified term, then We bring you out as a child, and then [We develop you] that you may reach your [time of] maturity. And among you is he who is taken in [early] death, and among you is he who is returned to the most decrepit [old] age so that he knows, after [once having] knowledge, nothing. And you see the earth barren, but when We send down upon it rain, it quivers and swells and grows [something] of every beautiful kind.”

“That is because Allah is the Truth and because He gives life to the dead and because He is over all things competent.”

“And [that they may know] that the Hour is coming - no doubt about it - and that Allah will resurrect those in the graves.”[1]

1. Surely Allah has the power to bring back to life.

Allah says in the Qur’an in Surah Al-Ahqaf 46:33

أَوَلَمْ يَرَوْا أَنَّ اللَّهَ الَّذِي خَلَقَ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضَ
وَلَمْ يَعْيَ بِخَلْقِهِنَّ بِقَادِرٍ عَلَى أَنْ يُحْيِيَ الْمَوْتَى
بَلَى إِنَّهُ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيْرٌ

“Do they not see that Allah, who created the heavens and earth and did not fail in their creation, is able to give life to the dead? Yes. Indeed, He is over all things competent.”

2. The requirement of Allah’s Justice.

Allah says in the Qur’an in Surah Sad 38:27-28

وَمَا خَلَقْنَا السَّمَاءَ وَالْأَرْضَ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا بَاطِلًا
ذَلِكَ ظَنُّ الَّذِيْنَ كَفَرُوْا
فَوَيْلٌ لِّلَّذِيْنَ كَفَرُوْا مِنَ النَّارِ .
أَمْ نَجْعَلُ الَّذِيْنَ آمَنُوْا وَعَمِلُوْا الصَّالِحَاتِ كَالْمُفْسِدِيْنَ فِي الْأَرْضِ
أَمْ نَجْعَلُ الْمُتَّقِيْنَ كَالْفُجَّارِ

“And We did not create the heaven and the earth and that between them aimlessly. That is the assumption of those who disbelieve so woe to those who disbelieve from the Fire.

Or should we treat those who believe and do righteous deeds like corrupters in the land? Or should We treat those who fear Allah like the wicked?”

Allah says in the Qur’an in Surah Ibrahim 14:42

وَلاَ تَحْسَبَنَّ اللّهَ غَافِلاً عَمَّا يَعْمَلُ الظَّالِمُونَ
إِنَّمَا يُؤَخِّرُهُمْ لِيَوْمٍ تَشْخَصُ فِيْهِ الأَبْصَارُ

“And never think that Allah is unaware of what the wrongdoers do. He only delays them for a Day when eyes will stare [in horror].”

3. The Fear of the life after death stops a person from sins.

Allah says in the Qur’an in Surah An-Naziaat 79:40-41

وَأَمَّا مَنْ خَافَ مَقَامَ رَبِّهِ وَنَهَى النَّفْسَ عَنِ الْهَوَى .
فَإِنَّ الْجَنَّةَ هِيَ الْمَأْوَى

“But as for he who feared the position of his Lord and prevented the soul from [unlawful] inclination, Then indeed, Paradise will be [his] refuge.”

4. The consequences of the rejection of the Life after Death.

Allah says in the Qur’an in Surah Ta-Ha 20:15-16

إِنَّ السَّاعَةَ أَتِيَةٌ أَكَادُ أُخْفِيْهَا لِتُجْزَى كُلُّ نَفْسٍ بِمَا تَسْعَى .
فَلاَ يَصُدَّنَّكَ عَنْهَا مَن لاَ يُؤْمِنُ بِهَا وَاْتَّبَعَ هَوَاهُ فَتَرْدَىُ

“Indeed, the Hour is coming - I almost conceal it - so that every soul may be recompensed according to that for which it strives. So do not let one avert you from it who does not believe in it and follows his desire, for you [then] would perish.”

Allah says in the Qur’an in Surah Al-Maun 107:1-7

أَرَأَيْتَ الَّذِي يُكَذِّبُ بِالدِّيْنِ .
فَذَلِكَ الَّذِي يَدُعُّ الْيَتِيْمَ .
وَلَا يَحُضُّ عَلَى طَعَامِ الْمِسْكِيْنِ .
فَوَيْلٌ لِّلْمُصَلِّيْنَ . الَّذِيْنَ هُمْ عَنْ صَلَاتِهِمْ سَاهُوْنَ .
الَّذِيْنَ هُمْ يُرَاؤُوْنَ . وَيَمْنَعُوْنَ الْمَاعُوْنَ

“Have you seen the one who denies the Recompense?
For that is the one who drives away the orphan.
And does not encourage the feeding of the poor.
So woe to those who pray
[But] who are heedless of their prayer -
Those who make show [of their deeds]
And withhold [simple] assistance.”

[1] The Qur’an translation quoted is from the English translation by Saheeh International, available in print by Al-Qaasim Publishing House, also available on the internet atwww.islamsmessage.com

Evident Fabricated Ahaadith

2010-08-24T18:48:00.001-07:00

Evident Fabricated Ahaadith

Chapter 1: The sin of fabricating a Hadith and narrating a fabricated hadith knowingly

The Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ said,

مَنْ كَذَبَ عَلَيَّ مُتَعَمِّدًا فَلْيَتَبَوَّأْ مَقْعَدَهُ مِنْ النَّارِ

“Whoever tells a lie on me intentionally, will surely take his place in the (Hell) Fire."

[NARRATED BY ANAS رضي الله عنه; RECORDED IN MUSNAD AHMED, SAHEEH BUKHARI 4:667[1], SAHEEH MUSLIM, TIRMIDHI, NASAI, IBN MAJAH, ALSO NARRATED BY ZUBAIRرَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ RECORDED IN MUSNAD AHMED, SAHEEH BUKHARI, ABU DAWUD, NASAI, IBN MAJAH, ABU HURAIRAH رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ RECORDED IN SAHEEH MUSLIM, ALI رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ RECORDED IN TIRMIDHI, ALSO NARRATED BY JABIR AND ABU SAEED رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ RECORDED IN MUSNAD AHMED, IBN MAJAH, ALSO NARRATED BY IBN MASUD رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ RECORDED IN SUNAN TIRMIDHI, SUNAN IBN MAJAH, ALSO NARRATED BY KHALID BIN ARFATAH رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ AND ZAID BIN RAKHAM,رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ RECORDED IN SUNAN IBN MAJAH, HAAKIM, ALSO NARRATED BY SALMA BIN AKWAH AND AKHABAH BIN AAMIR AND MUAAVYA BIN ABU SUFYAN رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ RECORDED IN SUNAN IBN MAJAH, ALSO NARRATED BY AS SAYIB BIN YAZIDرَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ AND SALMAN BIN KHALID BIN AL KHUZAYI رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ AND SUHAIB رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُAND TARIQ BIN ASLAMرَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ AND TALHAH BIN UBAIDULLAHرَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ AND IBN ABBASرَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ AND IBN UMARرَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ AND UTHBAH BIN GHAZWANرَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ AND URS BIN AMEERAHرَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ AND AMMAR BIN YASSIRرَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ AND IMRAN BIN HUSSAINرَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ AND AMR BIN HURAISرَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ AND AMR BIN ABASAHرَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ AND AMR BIN MURRAH AL JUHANIرَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ AND MUGHIRAH BIN SHOABAرَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ AND YAALA BIN MURRAHرَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ AND ABU UBAIDAH BIN AL JARRAHرَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ AND ABU MUSA AL ASHARIرَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ RECORDED IN AL KABEER BY TABARANI, ALSO NARRATED BY AL BARAAرَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ AND MAAZ BIN JABALرَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ AND ABU MAIMUN رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ RECORDED IN AL AWSAT BY TABARANI, ALSO NARRATED BY ABU RAMANAHرَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ AND IBN AL ZUBAIRرَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ AND ABU RAFAEرَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ AND UMME AIMANرَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ ALSO NARRATED BY SALMAN AL FARSIرَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ AND ABU UMAMAHرَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ RECORDED IN KHATEEB BAGDADI, AND ALSO NARRATED BY RAAFE IBN KHADEEJرَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ AND YAZEED BIN ASADرَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ AND AISHAH RECORDED IN IBN ASAKIR ALSO NARRATED BY ABU BAKR AS SIDDIQرَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ AND UMAR BIN AL KHATTABرَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ AND SAAD BIN ABU WAKKAS رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ AND HUZAIFAH BIN USAIDرَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ AND HUZAIFAH BIN ALYAMANرَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ, ALSO NARRATED BY UTHMAN BIN AFFANرَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ RECORDED BY ABU MASUD BIN AL FARATH IN HIS BOOK, ALSO NARRATED BY SAID BIN ZAIDرَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ RECORDED BY ALBAZZAR AND USAMAH BIN ZAIDرَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ AND BURAIDAHرَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ AND SAFEENAH AND ABU QATADAHرَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ AL KAAMIL BY IBN ADI AND NARRATED BY JUNDAH BIN AMRرَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ AND SAAD BIN AL MADHAAS رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ ABDULLAH BIN ZAGHAB ALSO NARRATED BY ABDULLAH BIN ABU AWFAHرَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ ALSO NARRATED BY AFFAN BIN HABIBرَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ ALSO NARRATED BY GHAZWAN رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ ABU KABSHAH رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ RECORDED IN AZ ZAUFA BY AQILI ALSO NARRATED BY ABU ZARRرَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُAND ABU MUSA AL GHAFQIرَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ AUTHENTICATED (SAHEE) BY ALBANI IN SAHEEH AL JAAME 6519]

The Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ said,

إِنَّ كَذِبًا عَلَيَّ لَيْسَ كَكَذِبٍ عَلَى أَحَدٍ
مَنْ كَذَبَ عَلَيَّ مُتَعَمِّدًا فَلْيَتَبَوَّأْ مَقْعَدَهُ مِنْ النَّارِ

“Surely lying in my name is not like lying in the name of anyone else. Whoever lies in my name knowingly then he makes for himself a place in Hell fire.”

[NARRATED BY AL-MUGHIRAH رضي الله عنه; RECORDED IN SAHEEH MUSLIM[2], SAHEEH BUKHARI, ALSO NARRATED BY SAEED BIN ZAID RECORDED IN MUSNAD ABU YA’LA , AUTHENTICATED (SAHEEH) BY ALBANI IN SAHEEH AL JAAMI 2142]

The Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ said,

مَنْ حَدَّثَ عَنِّي بِحَدِيْثٍ يُرَى أَنَّهُ كَذِبٌ فَهُوَ أَحَدُ الْكَاذِبِيْنَ

“Whoever narrates a hadith which is known to be a lie. Then surely he is one of the liars.”

[NARRATED BY SAMARAH رضي الله عنه; RECORDED IN MUSNAD AHMED, SAHEEH MUSLIM, IBN MAJAH, AUTHENTICATED (SAHEEH) BY ALBANI IN SAHEEH AL JAAMI 6199]

The Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ said,

يَكُوْنُ فِي آخِرِ الزَّمَانِ دَجَّالُوْنَ كَذَّابُوْنَ
يَأْتُوْنَكُمْ مِنْ الْأَحَادِيْثِ بِمَا لَمْ تَسْمَعُوْا أَنْتُمْ وَلَا آبَاؤُكُمْ
فَإِيَّاكُمْ وَإِيَّاهُمْ لَا يُضِلُّوْنَكُمْ وَلَا يَفْتِنُوْنَكُمْ

“There will come at the end of time, such frauds and liars, they will bring to you such hadith which neither you have heard nor have your forefathers heard. So keep away from them and let them keep away from you so that they are not able to misguide you nor are able to put you into trials.”

[NARRATED BY رضي الله عنه; RECORDED IN SAHEEH MUSLIM, MUSNAD AHMED]

Chapter 2: Some Clear Fabricated Hadith

اِتَّخِذُوْا الدِّيْكَ الْأَبْيَضَ
فَإِنَّ دَاراً فِيْهَا دِيْكٌ أَبْيَضُ لَا يَقْرُبُـهَا شَيْطَانٌ وَ لَا سَاحِرٌ وَ لَا الدُّوَيْرَاتُ حَوْلَهَا

“Keep a white hen because the house in which there is a white hen then neither Shaitan, nor a magician, nor do they go near that house nor do they go near the houses around it.”

[ATTRIBUTED TO ANAS رضي الله عنه; RECORDED IN AL AWSAT BY TABRANI, CLASSIFIED BY ALBANI AS MAUZU (FABRICATED) IN DA’EEF AL JAAMI 91, DA’EEF 1695]

إِذَا كَانَ الْغُلَامُ يَتِيْمًا فَامْسَحُوْا بِرَأْسِهِ هَكَذَا إِلَى قُدَّامٍ
وَ إِذَا كَانَ لَهُ أَبٌ فَامْسَحُوْا بِرَأْسِهِ هَكَذَا إِلَى خَلْفٍ مِنْ مُقَدَّمِهِ

“If a child is an orpan then touch his head from the front to the back this way. And if he has a father then touch his head this way from the back to the front.”

[ATTRIBUTED TO IBN ABBAS رضي الله عنه; RECORDED IN AL AWSAT BY TABARANI, CLASSIFIED BY ALBANI AS MAUZU (FABRICATED) IN DA’EEF AL JAAMI 643, DA’EEFAH 1072]

إِنَّمَا حَرُّ جَهَنَّمَ عَلَى أُمَّتِيْ كَحَرِّ حَمَّامٍ

“Indeed the heat of Hell-fire for my Ummah will be like the heat of a bathroom.”

[ATTRIBUTED TO ABU BAKR رضي الله عنه; RECORDED IN AL AWSAT BY TABARANI; CLASSIFIED BY ALBANI AS MAUZU (FABRICATED) IN DA’EEF AL JAAMI 2057]

بُعِثْتُ إِلَى النَّاسِ كَافَّةً
فَإِنْ لَّمْ يَسْتَجِيْبُوْا لِي فَإِلَى الْعَرَبِ
فَإِنْ لَّمْ يَسْتَجِيْبُوْا لِي فَإِلَى قُرَيْشٍ
فَإِنْ لَّمْ يَسْتَجِيْبُوْا لِي فَإِلَى بَنِي هَاشِمٍ
فَإِنْ لَّمْ يَسْتَجِيْبُوْا لِي فَإِلَيَّ وَحْدِي

“I have been sent for all people,
If they do not listen to me then I have been sent only for the Arabs,
If the Arabs do not listen to me then I have been sent only for the Quraish,
If even the Quraish do not listen to me then I have been sent only for the Banu Hashim,
If the Banu Hashim also do not listen to me then I have been sent for my own self.”

[ATTRIBUTED TO KHALID BIN MUADAN رضي الله عنه; RECORDED IN IBN SA’AD; CLASSIFIED BY ALBANI AS MAUZU (FABRICATED) IN DA’EEF AL JAAMI 2335, DA’EEFAH 3405]

الدُّنْيَا حَرَامٌ عَلَى أَهْلِ الْآَخِرَةِ
وَ الْآَخِرَةُ حَرَامٌ عَلَى أَهْلِ الدُّنْيَا
وَ الدُّنْيَا وَ الْآَخِرَةُ حَرَامٌ عَلَى أَهْلِ اللهِ

“Dunya is haraam (prohibited) for the people of the Akhirah. The Akhirah is haraam for the people of the Dunya. The Dunya and the Akhirah both are Haraam for the people of Allah.”

[ATTRIBUTED TO IBN ABBAS رضي الله عنه; RECORDED IN MUSNAD AL FIRDOS BY DAILAVI, CLASSIFIED BY ALBANI AS MAUZU (FABRICATED) IN DA’EEF AL JAAMI 3009, DA’EEFAH 32]

مِنْ سَعَادَةِ الْمَرْءِ خِفَّةُ لِحْيَتِهِ

“It is from the righteousness of a person to have a light beard.”

[ATTRIBUTED TO IBN ABBAS رضي الله عنه; RECORDED IN AL KABEER BY TABARANI, AL KAAMIL BY IBN ADI, CLASSIFIED BY ALBANI AS MAUZU (FABRICATED) IN DA’EEF AL JAAMI 5303]

مَنْ أَذْنَبَ ذَنْبًا فَعَلِمَ أَنَّ اللهَ تَعَالَى قَدْ اِطَّلَعَ عَلَيْهِ غُفِرَ لَهُ وَ إِنْ لَّمْ يَسْتَغْفِرْ

“Whoever does a sin and he realizes that Allah has come to know about it – then he will be forgiven even if he does not seek forgiveness.”

[ATTRIBUTED TO IBN MAS’UD رضي الله عنه; RECORDED IN AS- SAGHEER BY TABARANI, CLASSIFIED BY ALBANI AS MAUZU (FABRICATED) IN DA’EEF AL JAAMI 5382]

مَنْ سَبَّ الْعَرَبَ فَأُوْلَئِكَ هُمُ الْمُشْرِكُوْنَ

“Whoever abuses the Arabs then he is from among the polytheists (Mushriks).”

[QUOTED BY AL UQAILI IN “AD-DHUA’FAH” AND IBN AADI IN “KAAMIL” AND KHATEEB IN “AT TAREEKH” AND IN SHOBUL IMAAN BY BAIHAQI, CLASSIFIED BY ALBANI AS MAUZU (FABRICATED) IN DA’EEF AL JAAMI 5617, AD-DA’EEFAH 4601]

مَنْ عَشِقَ فَكَتَمَ وَ عَفَّ فَمَاتَ فَهُوَ شَهِيْدٌ

“Who falls in love and conceals and maintains his chastity and dies (in this state) then he is a martyr.”

[RECORDED BY IBN HIBBAN IN “AL-MAJRUHEEN”, AND BY AL-KHATEEB IN “AT TAAREEKH”; CLASSIFIED BY ALBANI AS MAUZU (FABRICATED) IN DAEEF AL JAAMI 5698]

مَنْ وُلِدَ لَهُ ثَلَاثَةُ أَوْلَادٍ فَلَمْ يُسَمِّ أَحَدَهُمُ مُحَمَّدًا فَقَدْ جَهِلَ

“When three children are born in anyones family and he does not name even one of them Muhammed then he has done an act of ignorance.”

[ATTRIBUTED TO IBN ABBAS رضي الله عنه; RECORDED IN AL KABEER BY TABARANI, AL KAAMIL BY IBN DI, CLASSIFIED BY ALBANI AS MAUZU (FABRICATED) IN DA’EEF AL JAAMI 5880]

مَنْ وُلِدَ لَهُ مَوْلُوْدٌ فَسَمَّاهُ مُحَمَّدًا تَبَرُّكًا بِهِ كَانَ هُوَ وَمَوْلُوْدُهُ فِي الْجَنَّةِ

“When a child is born in someone’s family and he names him Muhammed for the sake of receiving blessings then both he and his child will be in paradise.”

[RECORDED BY IBN BUKAIR IN THE SECTION ON, “THE VIRTUES OF THE ONE WHO HAS THE NAME AHMED AND MUHAMMAD” 1:58, CLASSIFIED BY ALBANI AS MAUZU (FABRICATED) IN AD-DA’EEFAH 171]

ثَلَاثَةٌ يَزِدْنَ فِي قُوَّةِ الْبَصَرِ
اَلنَّظْرُ إِلَى اَلْخُضْرَةِ وَإِلَى الْمَاءِ الْجَارِيْ وَإِلَى الْوَجْهِ الْحَسَنِ

“Three things increase the strength of the eyes – looking at greenery, flowing water and towards a beautiful face.”

[QUOTED BY IBN AL-JAUZI IN AL- MAUZUAAT 1:163; CLASSIFIED BY ALBANI AS MAUZU (FABRICATED) IN AD-DA’EEFAH 134]

وُكِّلَ بِالشَّمْسِ تِسْعَةُ أَمْلَاكٍ يَرْمُوْنَهَا بِالثَّلْجِ كُلَّ يَوْمٍ
وَ لَوْلَا ذَلِكَ مَا أَتَتْ عَلَى شَيْءٍ إِلَّا أَحْرَقَتْهُ

“Nine angels have been fixed which throw ice continuously at the sun. If there were not to do so then it (i.e. the sunlight) would not fall on anything without burning it.”

[ATTRIBUTED TO ABU UMAMAH رضي الله عنه; RECORDED IN AL KABEER BY TABARANI, CLASIFIED AS MAUZU (FABRICTED) BY ALBANI IN DA’EEF AL JAAMI 6128]

حُبُّ الْهِرَّةِ مِنَ الْإِيْمَانِ

“Loving the cat is a part of Imaan.”

[MAUZU (FABRICATED), RECORDED IN TAZKIRAT-UL- MAUZUAAT LIL FATNI, VOL 1 PAGE 28]

رَأَيْتُ رَبِّي بِمِنًى يَوْمَ النَّفَرِ عَلَى جَمَلٍ أَزْرَقَ عَلَيْهِ جُبَّةُ صَوْفٍ أَمَامَ النَّاسِ

“I saw my Lord in front of people in Mina on the Day of Nafr on a blue camel in a tunic of wool.”

[MAUZU (FABRICATED) “LA ASLA LAHU” (ITS CHAIN OF NARRATORS DOES NOT EXIST!) RECORDED IN AL- MAUZUAAT LIL-FATNI VOL1 PAGE 39]

سَمِعْتُ اللهَ مِنْ فَوْقِ الْعَرْشِ يَقُوْلُ لِشَيْءٍ كُنْ
فَلَا تَبلُغُ (الْكَافُ) (النُّوْنَ) إِلَّا يَكُوْنُ الَّذِيْ يَكُوْنُ

“I heard Allah from above the Arsh saying for something كُنْ “Be” and the كُ (alphabet) did not reach the نْ (alphabet) and that thing which had to happen happens.

[MAUZU (FABRICATED) WITHOUT DOUBT, RECORDED IN TAZKIRAT-UL-MAUZUAAT LIL- FATNI VOL1: PG 41]

كُلُّ بِدْعَةٍ ضَلَالَةٍ إِلَّا بِدْعَةٌ فِي عِبَادَةٍ

“All innovations (Bidah) are deviation except the innovations in Ibadah (worship).”

[IN IT IS A NARRTOR “HAITHAM” WHO IS “KAZZAB” (COMPULSIVE LIAR) AND ANOTHER NARRATOR, “NAQQASH” IS “MUTAHAMUN” (WHO IS BLAMED BY MUHADITHEEN) RECORDED IN TAZKIRAT-UL-MAUZUAAT LIL-FATNI, VOL 1 PAGE NO 69]

مَنْ تَعَلَّمَ بَابًا مِنَ الْعِلْمِ لِيُعلِّمَهُ النَّاسَ ابْتِغَاءَ وَجْهِ اللهِ
أَعْطَاهُ اللهُ أَجْرَ سَبْعِيْنَ نَبِيًّا

“Whoever learns a single portion of knowledge so that he may teach people for the pleasure of Allah – Allah will give him the reward of 70 prophets.”

[FROM VARIOUS STATEMENTS WE KNOW THAT IN IT IS A NARRATOR “AL-JAARUD BIN YAZEED” IS “KAZZAB” (COMPULSIVE LIAR) OR “GAIR SIKAH” (NOT RELIABLE) OR “LAISA BI SHAI’IN” (NOT WORTHY OF EVEN BEING CONSIDERED) OR “MATROOK” (ABANDONED).
RECORDED IN TAZKIRAAT-UL-MAUZUAAT LIL-FATNI VOL1: PG 90]

مَنْ أَعَانَ تَارِكَ الصَّلَاةِ بِلُقْمَةٍ فَكَأَنَّمَا أَعَانَ عَلَى قَتْلِ الْأَنْبِيَاءِ كُلِّهِمْ

“Whoever helps the one who has left salah with a morsel of food it is as if he has help in the murder of all the Prophets.”

[MAUZU, RECORDED IN TAZKIRAT-UL-MAUZUAAT LIL-FATNI VOL 1: PG 266]

مَنْ لَّمْ يَكُنْ عِنْدَهُ صَدَقَةٌ فَلْيَلْعَنِ الْيَهُوْدَ

“Whoever does not have money to do Sadaqa then he should curse the Jews.”

[RECORDED IN TAAREEKH-E-BAGHDAD, CLASSIFIED AS “MAUZU” (FABRICATED) BY ALBANI IN AD-DA’EEFAH:104]

إِنَّ اللهَ تَعَالَى لَا يُعَذِّبُ حِسَانَ الوُجُوْهِ سُوْدَ الحَدَقِ .

“Indeed Allah will not punish the ones with beautiful faces with the blackening of the face.”

[RECORDED IN AD-DAILMEE, CLASSIFIED AS “MAUZU” (FABRICATED) BY ALBANI IN AD-DA’EEFAH 130.
THIS HADITH OPPOSES WHAT HAS COME IN SHARIAH, THAT RECOMPENSATION IS ACCORDING TO THE DEEDS WHAT A PERSON DOES AND ACCORDING TO HIS ACTIONS. PROPHET MUHAMMED صَلىَّ اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ HAS INDICATED THIS IN HIS SAYING,

إِنَّ اللهَ لَايَنْظُرُ إِلَى أَجْسَادِكُمْ وَلَا إِلَى صُوَرِكُمْ وَلَكِنْ يَنْظُرُ إِلَى قُلُوْبِكُمْ وَأَعْمَالِكُمْ

“ALLAH DOES NOT LOOK AT YOUR BODIES NOR TOWARDS YOUR FACES, RATHER ALLAH LOOKS AT YOUR HEARTS AND AT YOUR DEEDS” – SAHEEH MUSLIM]

مَنْ حَجَّ حِجَّةَ الْإِسْلَامِ وَزَارَ قَبْرِيْ
وَغَزَا غَزْوَةً وَصَلَّى عَلَيَّ فِي اَلْقُدْسِ
لَمْ يَسْأَلْهُ اللهُ فِيْمَا افْتَرَضَ عَلَيْهِ

“Whoever does Hajj which has been ordained in Islam and visited my grave and he participated in a battle and sent Darood on me from Baitul Maqdis then Allah will not ask him about the “Faraid” (compulsory things)

[RECORDED BY SAKHAWI IN “AL KAWLUL BADEE”, CLASSIFIED AS “MAUZU” (FABRICATED) BY ALBANI IN AD-DA’EEFAH: 204]

مَنْ تَزَوَّجَ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَّحُجَّ فَقَدْ بَدَأَ بِالْمَعْصِيَّةِ

“Whoever marries before he does Hajj then he has started disobedience.”

[NARRATED BY IBN ADI, CLASSIFIED BY ALBANI AS “MAUZU” (FABRICATED) IN AD-DA’EEFAH, 222]

مَنْ أَكَلَ مَعَ مَغْفُوْرٍ لَهُ غُفِرَ لَهُ

“Whoever eats with someone who has been forgiven then he is also forgiven.”

[TAFSEER IBN KATHIR IN THE COMMENTARY OF SURAH AT-TAHREEM 66:10 AND IBN KATHEER HAS MENTIONED “لَا أَصْلَ لَهُ” (IT DOES NOT HAVE ANY ORIGIN); ALBANI SAYS, “KAZIB” (LIE) IN AD-DA’EEFAH: 315]

شَاوِرُوْهُنَّ - يَعْنِي النِّسَاءَ – وَخَالِفُوْهُنَّ

“Consult them – i.e. women – and oppose them.”

[RECORDED BY SUYOOTI IN “AL-LA’AALI” AND BY ASKARI IN “AL AMSAAL” WHERE HE HAS ATTRIBUTED IT TO UMAR رضي الله عنه. CLASSIFIED AS “لَا أَصْلَ لَهُ مَرْفُوْعًا وَضَعِيْفٌ مَوْقُوْفًا “(IT DOES NOT HAVE ANY BASIS AS A MARFU HADITH I.E. AS A SAYING OF THE PROPHET صَلىَّ اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ, AS A SAYING OF UMAR رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ ALSO IT IS DA’EEF) BY ALBANI IN AD-DA’EEFAH 430]

لَوْ اِعْتَقَدَ أَحَدُكُمْ بِحَجَرٍ لَنَفَعَهُ

“If one of you puts his belief on a stone then even the stone will benefit him.”

[RECORDED BY SHAYKH AL QADRI IN “MAUZU’AAT”; CLASSIFIED AS MAUZU (FABRICATED) BY ALBANI IN AD-DA’EEFAH 450]

مَنْ قَرَأَ رُبْعَ الْقُرْآنِ فَقَدْ أُوْتِيَ رُبُعُ النُّبُوَّةِ
وَمَنْ قَرَأَ ثُلُثَ الْقًرْآنِ فَقَدْ أُوْتِيَ ثُلُثَ النُّبُوَّةِ
وَمَنْ قَرَأَ ثُلُثَي الْقُرْآنِ فَقَدْ أُوْتِيَ ثُلُثَيِ النُّبُوَّةِ
وَمَنْ قَرَأَ الْقُرْآنَ فَقَدْ أُوْتِيَ النُّبُوَّةَ .

“Whoever reads one-fourth (1/4) of the Qur’an he has been given one-fourth of prophethood. Whoever reads one-third (1/3) of the Qur’an he has been given one-third of prophethood. Whoever reads two-third (2/3) of the Qur’an he has been given two-third of prophethood. Whoever reads the full Qur’an he has been given prophethood.

[RECORDED BY ABU BAKR AL–AAJRI IN “AADAAB HAMLATIL QUR’AN”; CLASSIFIED AS MAUZU (FABRICATED) BY ALBANI IN AD-DA’EEFAH 476]

مَنْ شَمَّ الْوَرَدَ الْأَحْمَرَ وَلَمْ يُصَلِّ عَلَيَّ فَقَدْ جَفَانِيْ

“Whoever smelled a red rose and did not send Darood on me then he has treated me harshly.”

[RECORDED IN “NUZHATUL MAJALIS” BY ABDUR RAHMAN AS SAFURI, SUYUTI HAS MENTIONED THIS HADITH IN, “ZAIL AL-AHADEETH AL-MAUZOO’AA”; CLASSIFIED AS MAUZU (FABRICATED) BY ALBANI IN AD-DA’EEFAH 537]

يَكُوْنُ فِيْ أُمَّتِيْ رَجُلٌ يُقَالُ لَهُ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِدْرِيْسَ أَضَرُّ عَلَى أُمَّتِي مِنْ إِبْلِيْسَ
وَيَكُوْنُ فِي أُمَّتِيْ رَجُلٌ يُقَالُ لَهُ أَبُوْ حَنِيْفَةَ هُوَ سِرَاجُ أُمَّتِي

“In my Ummah there will be a man who will be called Muhammed ibn Idrees – he will be more harmful for my Ummah than Iblees. And there will be in my Ummah a man who will be called Abu Hanifa – he will be the lamp of my Ummah.”

[RECORDED BY IBN JAWZI IN “MAUZO’AAT”; CLASSIFIED AS MAUZU (FABRICATED) BY ALBANI IN AD-DA’EEFAH 570]

إِنَّ اللهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ لَمَّا قَضَى خَلْقَهُ واسْتَلْقَى
وَوَضَعَ إِحْدَى رِجْلَيْهِ عَلَى الْأُخْرَى
وَقَالَ لَا يَنْبَغِيْ لِأَحَدٍ مِّنْ خَلْقِهِ أَنْ يَّفْعَلَ هَذَا

“When Allah intended to create all things he lay on his back and placed his one leg on the other and said, “It is not appropriate for any of my creation to do like this.”

[RECORDED BY ABU NASR AL GAAZI IN A SECTION OF “AL-MAALI”; CLASSIFIED AS MUNKAR JIDDAN (STRONGLY REJECTED) BY ALBANI IN AD-DA’EEFAH 755.
FROM THE WEAKNESS OF THIS HADITH IS THAT UBADAH IBN TAMEEM HAS NARRATED FROM HIS UNCLE WITH A SAHEEH SANAD THAT HE SAW THE PROPHET صَلىَّ اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ LYING ON HIS BACK AND HE HAD KEPT HIS ONE LEG ON ANOTHER- RECORDED IN SAHEEH BUKHARI]

خُلِقَ الْوَرَدُ الْأَحْمَرُ مِنْ عَرَقِ جِبْرِيْلَ لَيْلَةَ الْمِعْرَاجِ
وَخُلِقَ الْوَرَدُ الْأَبْيَضُ مِنْ عَرَقِي
وَخُلِقَ الْوَرَدُ الْأَصْفَرُ مِنْ عَرَقِ البُرَاقِ

“On night of Miraj from the sweat of Jibrael the red rose was made. And from my sweat the white rose was made. And from the sweat of the Buraaq[3] the yellow rose was made.”

[RECORDED IN IBN ASAKIR; CLASSIFIED AS MAUZU (FABRICATED) BY ALBANI IN AD-DA’EEFAH 767]

مَنْ حَفِظَ عَلَى أُمَّتِيْ حَدِيْثًا وَاحِدًا كَانَ لَهُ أَجْرُ أَحَدٍ وَّسَبْعِيْنَ نَبِيًا صِدِّيْقًا

“Whoever learns one Hadith for my Ummah, he will get the reward of seventy one truthful prophets”

[CHECKED BY HAAFIZ ADH-DHAHABI IN “TAZKIRATUL HUFFAAZ”; CLASSIFIED AS BAATIL (FALSE) BY ALBANI IN AD-DA’EEFAH 1174]

لَا يَدْخُلُ وَلَدُ الزِّنَا الْجَنَّةَ وَلَا شَيْءٌ مِنْ نَّسْلِهِ إِلَى سَبْعَةِ آَبَاءٍ .

“The child who is born out of adultery will not enter into Paradise and nobody from his linage will enter into Paradise until seven generations”

[RECORDED IN AL AWSAT BY AL TABARANI; CLASSIFIED BY ALBANI AS BAATIL (FALSE) IN AD-DA’EEFAH 1287]

[1] All References from Saheeh Bukhari are from the English translation by Muhammed Mohsin Khan (9 volumes) printed by Kitaab Bhavan also available on the internet atwww.islamsmessage.com

[3] The creature which transported the messenger of Allah صَلىَّ اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ on the night of Miraj

Hadith: A Brief Introduction

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Hadith: A Brief Introduction

1. Obeying the Prophet صَلىَّ اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ and following him

Allah says in the Qur’an in Surah Al-Hashr 59:7

وَمَا آتَاكُمُ الرَّسُوْلُ فَخُذُوْهُ وَمَا نَهَاكُمْ عَنْهُ فَانْتَهُوْا

“And whatever the Messenger has given you – take it; and what he has forbidden you - refrain from it.”[1]
Allah says in the Qur’an in Surah Ale Imran 3:31

قُلْ إِنْ كُنْتُمْ تُحِبُّوْنَ اللّهَ فَاتَّبِعُوْنِي يُحْبِبْكُمُ اللّهُ
وَيَغْفِرْ لَكُمْ ذُنُوْبَكُمْ وَاللّهُ غَفُوْرٌ رَّحِيْمٌ

“Say, [O Muhammad], "If you should love Allah then follow me, [so] Allah will love you and forgive you your sins. And Allah is Forgiving and Merciful."”

2. The best ‘Hadith’: The words of Allah

Allah says in the Qur’an in Surah Az-Zumr 39:23

اللَّهُ نَزَّلَ أَحْسَنَ الْحَدِيْثِ كِتَابًا

“Allah has sent down the best statement: a consistent Book wherein is reiteration.”

3. The ‘Hadith’ : The words of Allah’s Messenger صَلىَّ اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ

Allah says in the Qur’an in Surah At-Tahreem 66:3

وَإِذْ أَسَرَّ النَّبِيُّ إِلَى بَعْضِ أَزْوَاجِهِ حَدِيْثًا

“And [remember] when the Prophet confided to one of his wives a statement.”

4. ‘Al-Hadith’: In the words of Allah’s Messenger صَلىَّ اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ

Abu Hurairah رَضِي اللهُ عَنْهُ narrated,

قِيْلَ يَا رَسُوْلَ اللَّهِ مَنْ أَسْعَدُ النَّاسِ بِشَفَاعَتِكَ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ قَالَ رَسُوْلُ اللَّهِ صَلىَّ اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ
َقَدْ ظَنَنْتُ يَا أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَأَنْ لَا يَسْأَلُنِي عَنْ هَذَا الْحَدِيْثِ أَحَدٌ أَوَّلُ مِنْكَ لِمَا رَأَيْتُ مِنْ حِرْصِكَ
َلَى الْحَدِيْثِ أَسْعَدُ النَّاسِ بِشَفَاعَتِي يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ مَنْ قَالَ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ خَالِصًا مِنْ قَلْبِهِ أَوْ نَفْسِهِ

He said, “O Allah's Messenger صَلىَّ اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ! Who will be the luckiest person who will gain your intercession on the Day of Resurrection?” Allah's Messenger صَلىَّ اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ said: ‘O Abu Huraira! I have thought that none will ask me about it before you as I know your longing for the (learning of) Hadith. The luckiest person who will have my intercession on the Day of Resurrection will be the one who said sincerely from the bottom of his heart "None has the right to be worshipped but Allah.”

[NARRATED BY ABU HURAIRAH رَضِي اللهُ عَنْهُ ; RECORDED IN SAHEEH BUKHARI (BOOK OF KNOWLEDGE) 1: 98[2], ALSO IN MUSNAD AHMED AUTHENTICATED (SAHEEH) BY ALBANI IN SAHEEH AL JAAMI 967]

5. ‘Al-Hadith’: In the words of the companions.

Abu Qatadah رَضِي اللهُ عَنْهُ narrated,

الرُّؤْيَا مِنَ اللَّهِ وَالْحُلْمُ مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ فَإِذَا رَأَى أَحَدُكُمْ شَيْئًا يَكْرَهُهُ
فَلْيَنْفِثْ حِيْنَ يَسْتَيْقِظُ ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ وَيَتَعَوَّذْ مِنْ شَرِّهَا فَإِنَّهَا لَا تَضُرُّهُ
وَقَالَ أَبُوْ سَلَمَةَ وَإِنْ كُنْتُ لَأَرَى الرُّؤْيَا أَثْقَلَ عَلَيَّ مِنْ الْجَبَلِ
فَمَا هُوَ إِلَّا أَنْ سَمِعْتُ هَذَا الْحَدِيْثَ فَمَا أُبَالِيْهَا

“I heard the Prophet صَلىَّ اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ saying, “A good vision is from Allah and a bad dream (hulm) is from the satan; so if one of you sees anything (in a dream which he dislikes, he should spit on his left side thrice and seek refuge with Allah from its evil, and then it will never harm him. Abu Salama said: I used to see dreams weighing more heavily upon me than a mountain; but since I heard this hadith I don't care for it (its burden).”

[NARRATED BY ABU QATADAH رَضِي اللهُ عَنْهُ; RECORDED IN SAHEEH BUKHARI, SIMILARLY IN SAHEEH MUSLIM (THE BOOK OF VISION (KITAB AL-RUYA)): 5616[3]]

6. ‘Al-Hadith’: In the terminology

اَلْحَدِيْثُ مَا ذُكِرَ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلىَّ اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مِنْ :قَوْلٍ أَوْ فِعْلٍ أَوْ تَقْرِيْرٍ أَوْ صِفَةٍ خَلْقِيَّةٍ أِوْ خُلُقِيَّةٍ أَوْ سِيْرَةٍ سَوَآءً كَانَ قَبْلَ الْبِعْثَةِ أَوْ بَعْدَهَا.

“Hadith is anything that is mentioned about Allah’s Messenger صَلىَّ اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ from: Speech, Action, Approval, Description of the physical characteristics or manners or biography; be it before the prophet hood or after that.”

[RECORDED IN AS-SUNNAH WA MAKAANATUHA FIT- TASHREE-AL-ISLAMI: PG.47]

7. Al-Hadith’: In the terms of Al-Usooliyyin (Islamic Jurisprudence)

مَا نُقِلَ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلىَّ اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مِنْ قَوْلٍ أَوْ فِعْلِ أَوْ تَقْرِيْرٍ.

“Whatever is taken from the Speech, Action, and Approval of Allah’s Messenger صَلىَّ اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ .”

[RECORDED IN AS-SUNNAH WA MAKAANATUHA FIT- TASHREE-AL-ISLAMI: PG.47]

1. The Speech

Ibn Umar رَضِي اللهُ عَنْهُما narrated,

بُنِيَ الْإِسْلَامُ عَلَى خَمْسٍ شَهَادَةِ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَأَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا رَسُوْلُ اللَّهِ
وَإِقَامِ الصَّلَاةِ وَإِيْتَاءِ الزَّكَاةِ وَالْحَجِّ وَصَوْمِ رَمَضَانَ

“Islam is based on (the following) five (principles):

1. To testify that none has the right to be worshipped but Allah and Muhammad is Allah's Messenger.

2. To offer the (compulsory congregational) prayers dutifully and perfectly.

3. To pay Zakat (i.e. obligatory charity).

4. To perform Hajj. (I.e. Pilgrimage to Makkah)

5. To observe fast during the month of Ramadan.”

[NARRATED BY IBN UMAR رَضِي اللهُ عَنْهُما RECORDED IN SAHEEH BUKHARI (THE BOOK OF BELIEF) 1:7, SAHEEH MUSLIM, MUSNAD AHMED, TIRMIDHI, NASAI, AUTHENTICATED (SAHEEH) BY ALBANI IN SAHEEH AL JAAMI 2840]

2. The Action

Aishaرَضِي اللهُ عَنْهُا narrated,

كَانَ النَّبِيُّ صَلىَّ اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يُصَلِّي رَكْعَتَيْنِ خَفِيْفَتَيْنِ بَيْنَ النِّدَاءِ وَالْإِقَامَةِ مِنْ صَلَاةِ الصُّبْحِ

“The Prophet صَلىَّ اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ used to offer two light Rakaat between the Adhan and the Iqama of the Fajr prayer.”

[NARRATED BY AISHA رَضِي اللهُ عَنْهُا; RECORDED IN SAHEEH BUKHARI ( THE BOOK CALL TO PRAYERS (ADHAAN)) 1:593; ALSO IN SAHEEH MUSLIM. ABU DAWUD, TIRMIDHI, NASAI, IBN MAJAH, DAARMI]

3. The Approval

Qais bin Amr رَضِي اللهُ عَنْهُ narrated,

رَأَى رَسُوْلُ اللَّهِ صَلىَّ اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ رَجُلًا يُصَلِّي بَعْدَ صَلَاةِ الصُّبْحِ رَكْعَتَيْنِ فَقَالَ رَسُوْلُ اللَّهِ صَلىَّ اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ صَلَاةُ الصُّبْحِ رَكْعَتَانِ فَقَالَ الرَّجُلُ إِنِّي لَمْ أَكُنْ صَلَّيْتُ الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ اللَّتَيْنِ قَبْلَهُمَا
فَصَلَّيْتُهُمَا الْآنَ فَسَكَتَ رَسُوْلُ اللَّهِ صَلىَّ اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّم

“The Messenger of Allah صَلىَّ اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ saw a person praying after the congregational prayer at dawn was over. The Messenger of Allah صَلىَّ اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ said: There are two rak'ahs of the dawn prayer (i.e. the prescribed rak'ahs). The man replied: I did not pray the two rak'ahs before the dawn prayer. Hence I offered them now. The Messenger of Allah صَلىَّ اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ kept silent.”

[NARRATED BY QAIS BIN AMR رَضِي اللهُ عَنْهُ ; RECORDED IN ABU DAWUD (THE BOOK OF PRAYER), 4:1262[4], ALSO IN TIRMIDHI, IBN MAJAH, AUTHENTICATED (SAHEEH) BY ALBANI IN SAHEEH ABU DAWUD 1128]

4. Description of his صَلىَّ اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ physical characteristics

Anas رَضِي اللهُ عَنْهُ narrated,

مَا مَسِسْتُ حَرِيْرًا وَلَا دِيْبَاجًا أَلْيَنَ مِنْ كَفِّ النَّبِيِّ صَلىَّ اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَلَا شَمِمْتُ رِيْحًا قَطُّ أَوْ عَرْفًا قَطُّ أَطْيَبَ مِنْ رِيْحِ أَوْ عَرْفِ النَّبِيِّ صَلىَّ اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ .

“I have never touched silk or Dibaj (i.e. thick silk) softer than the palm of the Prophet صَلىَّ اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ nor have I smelt a perfume nicer than the sweat of the Prophet صَلىَّ اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ”

[NARRATED BY ANAS رَضِي اللهُ عَنْهُ ; RECORDED IN SAHEEH BUKHARI (THE BOOK OF VIRTUES AND MERITS OF THE PROPHET (PBUH) AND HIS COMPANIONS) 4:761, SAHEEH MUSLIM, ABU DAWUD, TIRMIDHI, NASAI, IBN MAJAH, MUSNAD AHMED, AND DAARMI]

5. Description of his صَلىَّ اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ nature

Anas Bin Malik رَضِي اللهُ عَنْهُ narrated,

كَانَ رَسُوْلُ اللَّهِ صَلىَّ اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَحْسَنَ النَّاسِ خُلُقًا

“The Messenger of Allah صَلىَّ اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ was the best among people in character.”

[NARRATED BY ANAS BIN MALIK رَضِي اللهُ عَنْهُ RECORDED IN SAHEEH BUKHARI (THE BOOK OF GOOD MANNERS AND FORM (AL-ADAB)) 8: 222, ALSO IN TIRMIDHI, ABU DAWUD, IBN MAJAH, MUSNAD AHMED]

6. Biography

Hammam رحمه الله narrated that I heard Ammarرَضِي اللهُ عَنْهُ saying...

رَأَيْتُ رَسُوْلَ اللَّهِ صَلىَّ اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَمَا مَعَهُ إِلَّا خَمْسَةُ أَعْبُدٍ وَامْرَأَتَانِ وَأَبُوْ بَكْرٍ

“I saw Allah's Messenger صَلىَّ اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ and there was none with him but five slaves, two women and Abu Bakr (i.e. those were the only converts to Islam then).”

[NARRATED BY HAMMAM رحمه الله RECORDED IN SAHEEH BUKHARI, (BOOK OF THE COMPANIONS OF THE PROPHET) 5:12]

Aishaرَضِي اللهُ عَنْهُا narrated,

لَمْ يَتَزَوَّجِ النَّبِيُّ صَلىَّ اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَلَى خَدِيْجَةَ حَتَّى مَاتَتْ

“Allah’s Messenger صَلىَّ اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّم did not marry any other woman till Khadija’s death.”

[NARRATED BY AISHAرَضِي اللهُ عَنْهُا RECORDED IN SAHEEH MUSLIM (THE BOOK PERTAINING TO THE MERITS OF THE COMPANIONS رضي الله عنهم OF THE HOLY PROPHET صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ (KITAB AL-FADA'IL AS-SAHABAH)): 5975]

7. Before Prophethood

Anas Bin Malik رَضِي اللهُ عَنْهُ narrated,

أَنَّ رَسُوْلَ اللَّهِ صَلىَّ اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَتَاهُ جِبْرِيْلُ وَهُوَ يَلْعَبُ مَعَ الْغِلْمَانِ فَأَخَذَهُ فَصَرَعَهُ فَشَقَّ عَنْ قَلْبِهِ فَاسْتَخْرَجَ الْقَلْبَ فَاسْتَخْرَجَ مِنْهُ عَلَقَةً فَقَالَ هَذَا حَظُّ الشَّيْطَانِ مِنْكَ
ثُمَّ غَسَلَهُ فِي طَسْتٍ مِنْ ذَهَبٍ بِمَاءِ زَمْزَمَ ثُمَّ لَأَمَهُ ثُمَّ أَعَادَهُ فِي مَكَانِهِ
وَجَاءَ الْغِلْمَانُ يَسْعَوْنَ إِلَى أُمِّهِ يَعْنِي ظِئْرَهُ فَقَالُوْا إِنَّ مُحَمَّدًا قَدْ قُتِلَ فَاسْتَقْبَلُوْهُ وَهُوَ مُنْتَقِعُ اللَّوْنِ قَالَ أَنَسٌ وَقَدْ كُنْتُ أَرْئِي أَثَرَ ذَلِكَ الْمِخْيَطِ فِي صَدْرِهِ

“Jibreel came to the Messenger of Allah صَلىَّ اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمwhile he was playing with his playmates. He took hold of him and lay him prostrate on the ground and tore open his breast and took out the heart from it and then extracted a blood-clot out of it and said: That was the part of Satan in you. And then he washed it with the water of Zamzam in a golden basin and then it was joined together and restored to its place. The boys came running to his mother, i. e. his nurse, and said: Verily Muhammad has been murdered. They all rushed towards him (and found him all right) His color had changed”. Anas رَضِي اللهُ عَنْه said, “I myself saw the marks of the needle on his breast”.

[NARRATED BY ANAS BIN MALIK رَضِي اللهُ عَنْهُ ; RECORDED IN SAHEEH MUSLIM (THE BOOK OF FAITH (KITAB AL-IMAN)): 311,]

8. The Hadith which will be considered as ‘Hadith of Speech’

Anas رَضِي اللهُ عَنْهُ narrated,

الْحَجَرُ الْأَسْوَدُ مِنَ الْجَنَّةِ .

“The Black stone is from Paradise.”

[NARRATED BY ANAS رَضِي اللهُ عَنْهُ ; RECORDED IN MUSNAD AHMED, ALSO NARRATED BY IBN ABBAS رَضِي اللهُ عَنْهُما RECORDED IN NASAI, AUTHENTICATED (SAHEEH) BY ALBANI IN SAHEEH AL JAAMI 3174]

Ibn Abbas رَضِي اللهُ عَنْهُما narrated,

( الَّذِيْنَ بَدَّلُوْا نِعْمَةَ اللَّهِ كُفْرًا ) قَالَ هُمْ وَاللَّهِ كُفَّارُ قُرَيْشٍ

“Regarding the Statement of Allah:--"Those who have changed Allah's Blessings for disbelief..." (14.28) The people meant here by Allah are the infidels of Quraish.”

Amr ibn Dinaar Al Asram رحمه الله a sub narrator said,

هُمْ قُرَيْشٌ وَمُحَمَّدٌ e نِعْمَةُ اللَّهِ ( وَأَحَلُّوْا قَوْمَهُمْ دَارَ الْبَوَارِ ) قَالَ النَّارَ يَوْمَ بَدْرٍ .

"Those are (the infidels of) Quraish and Muhammad صَلىَّ اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ is Allah's Blessing.” Regarding Allah's Statement:"..and have led their people into the house of destruction? (14.29) Ibn 'Abbas said, "It means the Fire they will suffer from (after their death) on the day of Badr."”

[NARRATED BY IBN ABBAS رَضِي اللهُ عَنْهُما RECORDED IN SAHEEH BUKHARI (MILITARY EXPEDITIONS LED BY THE PROPHET (PBUH) (AL-MAGHAAZI)) 5:315]

Aishaرَضِي اللهُ عَنْهُا narrated,

أُنْزِلَتْ هَذِهِ الْآيَةُ (لَا يُؤَاخِذُكُمُ اللَّهُ بِاللَّغْوِ فِي أَيْمَانِكُمْ )
فِي قَوْلِ الرَّجُلِ لَا وَاللَّهِ وَبَلَى وَاللَّهِ .

“This Verse: "Allah will not punish you for what is unintentional in your oaths." (5.89) was revealed about a man's statement (during his talk), "No, by Allah," and "Yes, by Allah."

[NARRATED BY AISHA رَضِي اللهُ عَنْهُا; RECORDED IN SAHEEH BUKHARI (PROPHETIC COMMENTARY ON THE QUR'AN (TAFSEER OF THE PROPHET صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ) 6:137, ALSO IN ABU DAWUD, MUWATTA]

9. The Hadith which will be considered as ‘Hadith of action’

Al-Aswad رَضِي اللهُ عَنْهُ narrated,

كَانَ آخِرُ أَذَانِ بِلَالٍ اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ .

“The ending of Bilal’s Adhaan was ‘Allah is the greatest’, ‘Allah is the greatest’; there is no god worthy of worship except Allah.”

[NARRATED BY AL-ASWAD رَضِي اللهُ عَنْهُ ; RECORDED IN NASAI (THE BOOK OF ADHAN): CHAPTER: END OF THE ADHAN; AUTHENTICATED (SAHEEH) BY ALBANI]

Naafi` رَضِي اللهُ عَنْهُ narrated,

أَنَّ عَبْدَاللَّهِ بْنَ عُمَرَ كَانَ يُسَلِّمُ بَيْنَ الرَّكْعَةِ وَالرَّكْعَتَيْنِ فِي الْوِتْرِ
حَتَّى يَأْمُرَ بِبَعْضِ حَاجَتِهِ .

“That 'Abdullah bin 'Umar used to say Taslim between (the first) two Rakat and (the third) odd one in the Witr prayer, when he wanted to attend to a certain matter (during that interval between the Rakat).”

[NARRATED BY NAAFAI رَضِي اللهُ عَنْه ; RECORDED IN SAHEEH BUKHARI (THE BOOK OF WITR PRAYER) 2:105]

10. The Hadith which will be considered as ‘Hadith of Approval’

Muaazahرَضِي اللهُ عَنْها narrated, I asked to Aishaرَضِي اللهُ عَنْهُا ,

مَا بَالُ الْحَائِضِ تَقْضِي الصَّوْمَ وَلَا تَقْضِي الصَّلَاةَ فَقَالَتْ أَحَرُوْرِيَّةٌ أَنْتِ قُلْتُ لَسْتُ بِحَرُوْرِيَّةٍ وَلَكِنِّي أَسْأَلُ قَالَتْ كَانَ يُصِْيبُنَا ذَلِكَ فَنُؤْمَرُ بِقَضَاءِ الصَّوْمِ وَلَا نُؤْمَرُ بِقَضَاءِ الصَّلَاةِ.

“What is the reason that a menstruating woman completes the fasts (that she abandons during her monthly course). But she does not complete the prayers? She (Hadrat 'A'isha) said: Are you a Haruriya? I said: I am not a Haruriya, but I simply want to inquire. She said: We passed through this (period of menstruation), and we were ordered to complete the fasts, but were not ordered to complete the prayers.”

[NARRATED BY MUAAZAH رَضِي اللهُ عَنْها; RECORDED IN SAHEEH BUKHARI, SAHEEH MUSLIM (THE BOOK OF MENSTRUATION (KITAB AL-HAID)): 662, ALSO IN ABU DAWUD, TIRMIDHI, NASAI, IBN MAJAH, MUSNAD AHMED, AND DAARMI]

Jabir Bin Abdullah رَضِي اللهُ عَنْهُم narrated,

كُنَّا إِذَا صَعِدْنَا كَبَّرْنَا وَإِذَا نَزَلْنَا سَبَّحْنَا .

“Whenever we went up a place we would say, "Allahu--Akbar (i.e. Allah is Greatest)", and whenever we went down a place we would say, "Subhan Allah."

[NARRATED BY JABIR BIN ABDULLAH رَضِي اللهُ عَنْهُ RECORDED IN SAHEEH BUKHARI (THE BOOK OF ‘FIGHTING FOR THE CAUSE OF ALLAH’ (JIHAAD)) 4: 236]

[1] The Qur’an translation quoted is from the English translation by Saheeh International, available in print by Al-Qaasim Publishing House, also available on the internet atwww.islamsmessage.com

[2] All References from Saheeh Bukhari are from the English translation by Muhammed Mohsin Khan (9 volumes) printed by Kitaab Bhavan also available on the internet atwww.islamsmessage.com

[3] All References from Saheeh Muslim are from the English translation by Abdul Hamid Siddiqi (4 volumes with continuous numbering) printed by Kitaab Bhavan also available on the internet at www.islamsmessage.com

[4] All References from Sunan Abu Dawood are from the English translation by Ahmad Hasan (3 volumes with continuous numbering) printed by Kitaab Bhavan.