حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ وَمُوسَى بْنُ دَاوُدَ قَالَا حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ لَهِيعَةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ هُبَيْرَةَ قَالَ يَحْيَى عَنِ الْأَعْرَجِ وَلَمْ يَقُلْ مُوسَى عَنْ الْأَعْرَجِ عَنْ حَنَشٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ كَانَ يَخْرُجُ فَيُهَرِيقُ الْمَاءَ فَيَتَمَسَّحُ بِالتُّرَابِ فَأَقُولُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّ الْمَاءَ مِنْكَ قَرِيبٌ قَالَ مَا أَدْرِي لَعَلِّي لَا أَبْلُغُهُ
مسند امام احمد بن حنبل · Hadith 2764
It was narrated from Ibn 'Abbas (RA) that the Messenger of Allah (PBUH) used to go out to pass water, then he would wipe his hands with dust. I would say: O Messenger of Allah, water is close to you. He would say: "How do I know? I may never reach it." On another occasion Yahya said: I was with the Messenger of Allah (PBUH) and he went out and passed water, then he did tayammum, and it was said to him: Water is close to us.
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020
Sanad
حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ وَمُوسَى بْنُ دَاوُدَ قَالَا حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ لَهِيعَةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ هُبَيْرَةَ قَالَ يَحْيَى عَنِ الْأَعْرَجِ وَلَمْ يَقُلْ مُوسَى عَنْ الْأَعْرَجِ عَنْ حَنَشٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ