Skip to content

Sahih al-Bukhari

154

Chapter 4 · Ablutions (Wudu')
Sahih

لاَ يُمْسِكُ ذَكَرَهُ بِيَمِينِهِ إِذَا بَالَ

One does not hold one's private part with the right hand when urinating

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ " إِذَا بَالَ أَحَدُكُمْ فَلاَ يَأْخُذَنَّ ذَكَرَهُ بِيَمِينِهِ، وَلاَ يَسْتَنْجِي بِيَمِينِهِ، وَلاَ يَتَنَفَّسْ فِي الإِنَاءِ ".

Show the chain of narration (Arabic)

حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يُوسُفَ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الأَوْزَاعِيُّ، عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ أَبِي كَثِيرٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي قَتَادَةَ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ،

Translation

Abu Qatadah reported from the Prophet ﷺ that he said, “When one of you urinates, he must not take hold of his private part with his right hand, nor clean himself with his right hand, nor breathe into the vessel.”

Other translations

Deutsch

Abu Qatada berichtete vom Propheten ﷺ, dass er sagte: „Wenn einer von euch uriniert, soll er sein Glied keinesfalls mit seiner Rechten anfassen, sich nicht mit seiner Rechten reinigen und nicht in das Gefäß atmen.“

Türkçe

Ebû Katâde (r.a.), Nebî'nin ﷺ şöyle buyurduğunu rivayet etti: “Biriniz küçük abdestini bozarken tenasül uzvunu asla sağ eliyle tutmasın, sağ eliyle istincâ etmesin ve kabın içine solumasın.”

Other versions of this report

The same report through another chain of narration. Matched by Claude, not reviewed.

  • قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " إِذَا شَرِبَ أَحَدُكُمْ فَلاَ يَتَنَفَّسْ فِي الإِنَاءِ، وَإِذَا أَتَى الْخَلاَءَ فَلاَ يَمَسَّ ذَكَرَهُ بِيَمِينِهِ، وَلاَ يَتَمَسَّحْ بِيَمِينِهِ ".

    Abu Qatadah reported: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, “When one of you drinks, let him not breathe into the vessel. And when he goes to the toilet, let him not touch his private part with his right hand, nor wipe himself with his right …

The journey of this hadith

From Medina to Samarqand – over 245 years and 7 stations this text was passed on, mouth to ear, teacher to student.

256AH

al-Bukhari · Samarqand

050100150200250The Prophet Muhammad ﷺ† 11 AH · MedinaAbu Qatada ibn Rab'i† 54 AH · Medina'Abdullah bin Abi Qatada Ibn…† 95 AH · MedinaYahya bin Abi Kathir† 132 AH · Basra'Abdur Rahman bin 'Amr al-Aw…† 157 AH · BeirutMuhammad bin Yusuf al-Faryabi† 212 AH · Syria (al-Sham)al-Bukhari† 256 AH · Samarqand
  • Prophet ﷺ
  • Companions (Sahaba)
  • Successors (Tabiʿun)
  • Successors of the Successors
  • Compiler
Chain as a list
  1. The Prophet Muhammad ﷺرسول الله ﷺ
  2. Abu Qatada ibn Rab'iأَبِيهِ

    d. 54 AH / 674 CE · Medinah · Comp. RA 1st Generation

  3. 'Abdullah bin Abi Qatada Ibn Rab'iعَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي قَتَادَةَ

    d. 95 AH · Medinah · Follower Tabi' 3rd Generation

  4. Yahya bin Abi Kathirيَحْيَى بْنِ أَبِي كَثِيرٍ

    d. 132 AH · Follower Tabi' 5th generation

  5. 'Abdur Rahman bin 'Amr al-Awza'iالأَوْزَاعِيُّ

    d. 157 AH · Beruit · Succ. Taba' Tabi' 7th generation

  6. Muhammad bin Yusuf al-Faryabiمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يُوسُفَ

    d. 212 AH · Succ. Taba' Tabi' 9th generation

  7. al-Bukhariالبخاري

    Compiler