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Mishkat al-Masabih 375

Chapter: How to act when relieving oneself - Section 3

Authentic graded by Al-Albani Mishkat al-Masabih 375

Narrator:Abdullah ibn Mas‘ūd

وَعَنِ ابْنِ مَسْعُودٍ قَالَ:

" لَمَّا قَدِمَ وَفْدُ الْجِنِّ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالُوا: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ انْهَ أُمَّتَكَ أَنْ يَسْتَنْجُوا بِعَظْمٍ أَوْ رَوْثَةٍ أَوْ حُمَمَةٍ فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ جَعَلَ لَنَا فِيهَا رِزْقًا فَنَهَانَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَنْ ذَلِكَ "

Ibn Mas'ud told that when the deputation of the jinn came to the Prophet that said, “Messenger of God, forbid your people to cleanse themselves with bone, animal dung, or charcoal, for in them God has provided provision for us.” So God’s messenger forbade them to do that. Abu Dawud transmitted it.

Reported by Abu Dawud (No. 39). Cited in Mishkat al-Masabih (No. 375).

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Al-Albanid. 1420 AH Authenticصَحِيح The hadith تحقيق مشكاة المصابيح
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  • Authentic chainAl-Albani إسناده صحيح — هداية الرواة (360)

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Authentic Sunan Abu Dawud 39

A deputation of the jinn came to the Prophet (ﷺ) and said: O Muhammad, forbid your community to cleans themselves with a bone or dung or charcoal, for in them Allah has provided sustenance for us. So the Prophet (ﷺ) forbade them to do so.

يَسْتَنْجُوا بِعَظْمٍ أَوْ رَوْثَةٍ أَوْ حُمَمَةٍ فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ تَعَالَى جَعَلَ لَنَا فِيهَا رِزْقًا ‏.‏ قَالَ فَنَهَى النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم عَنْ ذَلِكَ ‏.‏

Narrated by Abdullah ibn Mas‘ūd

Also reported by… (4)
  • البحر الزخار بمسند البزار (3222)يَسْتَنْجِيَ أَحَدٌ بِعَظْمٍ أَوْ رَوْثَةٍ أَوْ حُمَمَةٍ
  • السنن الكبرى للبيهقي (481)انْهَ أُمَّتَكَ أَنْ يَسْتَنْجُوا بِعَظْمٍ أَوْ رَوْثَةٍ أَوْ حُمَمَةٍ ، فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ جَعَلَ لَنَا فِيهَا رِزْقًا ، قَالَ : فَنَهَى النَّبِيُّ ﷺ
  • شرح السنة (179)انْهَ أُمَّتَكَ أَنْ يَسْتَنْجُوا بِعَظْمٍ ، أَوْ رَوْثَةٍ ، أَوْ حُمَمَةٍ ، فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ سُبْحَانَهُ وَتَعَالَى جَعَلَ لَنَا فِيهَا رِزْقًا ، قَالَ : فَنَهَى النَّبِيُّ ﷺ
  • كشف الأستار (225)يَسْتَنْجِيَ أَحَدٌ بِعَظْمٍ أَوْ رَوْثَةٍ أَوْ حُمَمَةٍ

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Authentic Sahih Muslim 450a

A caller from the Jinn came to me, and I went along with him and recited the Qur’an to them

‘Āmir reported: I asked ‘Alqamah if Ibn Mas‘ūd was present with the Messenger of Allah (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) on the night of the Jinn (the night when the Prophet met the Jinn). He said: "No, but we were in the company of the Messenger of Allah (may Allah's peace and…

أَتَانِي دَاعِي الْجِنِّ فَذَهَبْتُ مَعَهُ فَقَرَأْتُ عَلَيْهِمُ الْقُرْآنَ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ قَالَ فَانْطَلَقَ بِنَا فَأَرَانَا آثَارَهُمْ وَآثَارَ نِيرَانِهِمْ وَسَأَلُوهُ الزَّادَ فَقَالَ ‏"‏ لَكُمْ كُلُّ عَظْمٍ ذُكِرَ اسْمُ…

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Authentic Mishkat al-Masabih 350

Ibn Mas'ud reported God’s messenger as saying, “Do not cleanse yourselves with excrement or bones, for that is the provision of your brethren among the jinn.” Tirmidhi transmitted it, as also Nasa'i, but he did not mention “the provision of your brethren among the jinn.”

وَعَنِ ابْنِ مَسْعُودٍ قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «لَا تَسْتَنْجُوا بِالرَّوْثِ وَلَا بِالْعِظَامِ فَإِنَّهَا زَادُ إِخْوَانِكُمْ مِنَ الْجِنِّ» . رَوَاهُ التِّرْمِذِيُّ…

Narrated by Abdullah ibn Mas‘ūd + 1 other version

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