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Sahih al-Bukhari

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Chapter 4 · Ablutions (Wudu')
Sahih

الاِسْتِنْجَاءِ بِالْحِجَارَةِ

Cleaning oneself with stones (istinja)

اتَّبَعْتُ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم وَخَرَجَ لِحَاجَتِهِ، فَكَانَ لاَ يَلْتَفِتُ فَدَنَوْتُ مِنْهُ فَقَالَ " ابْغِنِي أَحْجَارًا أَسْتَنْفِضْ بِهَا ـ أَوْ نَحْوَهُ ـ وَلاَ تَأْتِنِي بِعَظْمٍ وَلاَ رَوْثٍ ". فَأَتَيْتُهُ بِأَحْجَارٍ بِطَرَفِ ثِيَابِي فَوَضَعْتُهَا إِلَى جَنْبِهِ وَأَعْرَضْتُ عَنْهُ، فَلَمَّا قَضَى أَتْبَعَهُ بِهِنَّ.

Show the chain of narration (Arabic)

حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْمَكِّيُّ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ يَحْيَى بْنِ سَعِيدِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو الْمَكِّيُّ، عَنْ جَدِّهِ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، قَالَ

Translation

Abu Hurairah reported: I followed the Prophet ﷺ when he had gone out to relieve himself. He would not look around, and I drew near to him. He said, “Find me stones to clean myself with – or words to that effect – and do not bring me a bone or dung.” So I brought him stones in the edge of my garment, placed them beside him and turned away from him. When he had finished, he cleaned himself with them.

Translator’s note: “Or words to that effect” is an interjection by the narrator, who was not sure of the exact wording.

Other translations

Deutsch

Abu Huraira berichtete: Ich folgte dem Propheten ﷺ, als er zu seiner Notdurft hinausgegangen war. Er pflegte sich nicht umzudrehen. Ich näherte mich ihm, und er sagte: „Such mir Steine, mit denen ich mich reinigen kann – oder etwas in dieser Art –, und bring mir keinen Knochen und keinen Dung.“ Da brachte ich ihm Steine im Zipfel meines Gewandes, legte sie neben ihn und wandte mich von ihm ab. Als er fertig war, reinigte er sich damit.

Translator’s note: „Oder etwas in dieser Art“ ist ein Einschub des Überlieferers, der sich des genauen Wortlauts nicht sicher war.

Türkçe

Ebû Hüreyre (r.a.) şöyle rivayet etti: Nebî ﷺ ihtiyacını gidermek için çıkmıştı, ben de arkasından gittim. O, etrafına bakmazdı. Ona yaklaştım. “Bana temizlenmem için taşlar bul – veya buna benzer bir söz söyledi – ve bana kemik ve tezek getirme” buyurdu. Ben de eteğimin ucunda ona taşlar getirdim, yanına koydum ve yüzümü ondan çevirdim. İhtiyacını bitirince onlarla temizlendi.

Translator’s note: “Veya buna benzer bir söz söyledi” ifadesi, tam lafzından emin olmayan râvinin ara cümlesidir.

The journey of this hadith

From Medina to Samarqand – over 245 years and 6 stations this text was passed on, mouth to ear, teacher to student.

256AH

al-Bukhari · Samarqand

050100150200250The Prophet Muhammad ﷺ† 11 AH · MedinaAbu Hurairah† 59 AH · MedinaSa'id bin 'Amr bin Sa'id bin…† 120 AH · Kufa'Amr bin Yahya bin Sa'id bin…~ 171 AH · MeccaAhmed bin Muhammad al-Azruqi† 222 AH · Meccaal-Bukhari† 256 AH · Samarqand
  • Prophet ﷺ
  • Companions (Sahaba)
  • Successors (Tabiʿun)
  • Successors of the Successors
  • Later scholars
  • Compiler
Chain as a list
  1. The Prophet Muhammad ﷺرسول الله ﷺ
  2. Abu Hurairahأَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

    d. 59 AH / 681 CE · Medinah · Comp. RA 1st Generation

  3. d. 120 AH · Follower Tabi' 3rd Generation

  4. 'Amr bin Yahya bin Sa'id bin 'Amrعَمْرُو بْنُ يَحْيَى بْنِ سَعِيدِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو الْمَكِّيُّ

    Succ. Taba' Tabi' 7th generation

  5. Ahmed bin Muhammad al-Azruqiأَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْمَكِّيُّ

    d. 222 AH · 3rd Century AH 10th generation

  6. al-Bukhariالبخاري

    Compiler