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Sunan Abu DawudPurification (Kitab Al-Taharah)

Sunan Abu Dawud 22

Chapter: Avoiding (The Splatter) Of Urine

Differing grades 4 scholars’ grades Sunan Abu Dawud 22

Narrator:Abu Mūsa al-Ash‘ari

حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَاحِدِ بْنُ زِيَادٍ، حَدَّثَنَا الأَعْمَشُ، عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ وَهْبٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ ابْنِ حَسَنَةَ، قَالَ انْطَلَقْتُ أَنَا وَعَمْرُو بْنُ الْعَاصِ، إِلَى النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَخَرَجَ وَمَعَهُ دَرَقَةٌ ثُمَّ اسْتَتَرَ بِهَا ثُمَّ بَالَ فَقُلْنَا انْظُرُوا إِلَيْهِ يَبُولُ كَمَا تَبُولُ الْمَرْأَةُ ‏.‏ فَسَمِعَ ذَلِكَ فَقَالَ ‏"‏

أَلَمْ تَعْلَمُوا مَا لَقِيَ صَاحِبُ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ كَانُوا إِذَا أَصَابَهُمُ الْبَوْلُ قَطَعُوا مَا أَصَابَهُ الْبَوْلُ مِنْهُمْ فَنَهَاهُمْ فَعُذِّبَ فِي قَبْرِهِ ‏"

Narrated Amr ibn al-'As:

AbdurRahman ibn Hasanah reported: I and Amr ibn al-'As went to the Prophet (ﷺ). He came out with a leather shield (in his hand). He covered himself with it and urinated. Then we said: Look at him. He is urinating as a woman does. The Prophet (ﷺ), heard this and said: Do you not know what befell a person from amongst Banu Isra'il (the children of Israel)? When urine fell on them, they would cut off the place where the urine fell; but he (that person) forbade them (to do so), and was punished in his grave.

Abu Dawud said: One version of Abu Musa has the wording: "he cut off his skin".

Another version of Abu Musa goes: "he cut off (part of) his body."

Reported by Abu Dawud (No. 22).

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Classical commentary

Al-Azimabadi — Awn al-Ma'bud

( دَرَقَة ) : بِفَتْحَتَيْنِ : التُّرْس مِنْ جُلُود لَيْسَ فِيهِ خَشَب وَلَا عَصَب ( اُنْظُرُوا إِلَيْهِ ) : تَعَجُّب وَإِنْكَار , وَهَذَا لَا يَقَع مِنْ الصَّحَابِيّ , فَلَعَلَّهُ كَانَ قَلِيل الْعِلْم " ذَلِكَ " : الْكَلَام ( فَقَالَ ) : النَّبِيّ صَلَّى اللَّه عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ( مَا لَقِيَ ) : مَا مَوْصُولَة وَالْمُرَاد بِهِ الْعَذَاب ( صَاحِبُ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيل ) : بِالرَّفْعِ وَيَجُوز نَصْبه , أَيْ وَاحِد مِنْهُمْ بِسَبَبِ تَرْك التَّنَزُّه مِنْ الْبَوْل حَال الْبَوْل ( كَانُوا ) : أَيْ بَنُو إِسْرَائِيل ( إِذَا أَصَابَهُمْ الْبَوْل ) : مِنْ عَدَم الْمُرَاعَاة وَاهْتِمَام التَّنَزُّه ( قَطَعُوا مَا ) : أَيْ الثَّوْب الَّذِي ( مِنْهُمْ ) : أَيْ مِنْ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيل وَكَانَ هَذَا الْق…

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Scholars’ grades

The 4 scholars cited do not give the same grade: each one is shown below.

ScholarGradeApplies toWork
Al-Albanid. 1420 AH AuthenticSahih Muquf The hadith No. 22
Shu'ayb al-Arna'utd. 1438 AH AuthenticSahih The hadith No. 22
Zubair Ali Zaid. 1435 AH WeakDaif The hadith No. 22
Muhammad Muhyi al-Din Abd al-Hamidd. 1392 AH AuthenticSahih The hadith No. 22

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Authentic Mishkat al-Masabih 371

God’s messenger came out to us with a leather shield in his hand. He laid it down, then sat and passed water facing it. Someone said, “Look at him passing water as a woman does.” The Prophet heard him and said, “Woe to you! Do you not know what befell the ruler of the B. Isra'il? When any urine…

" خَرَجَ عَلَيْنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَفِي يَده كَهَيئَةِ الدَّرَقَةُ فَوَضَعَهَا ثُمَّ جَلَسَ فَبَالَ إِلَيْهَا فَقَالَ بَعْضُهُمْ: انْظُرُوا إِلَيْهِ يَبُولُ كَمَا تَبُولُ الْمَرْأَةُ…

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Weak Sunan Abu Dawud 3

When Abdullah ibn Abbas came to Basrah, people narrated to him traditions from AbuMusa. Therefore Ibn Abbas wrote to him asking him about certain things. In reply AbuMusa wrote to him saying: One day I was in the company of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ). He wanted to urinate. Then he came to a soft…

إِذَا أَرَادَ أَحَدُكُمْ أَنْ يَبُولَ فَلْيَرْتَدْ لِبَوْلِهِ مَوْضِعًا ‏"

Narrated by Abu Mūsa al-Ash‘ari + 2 other versions

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