حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ الْمِصْرِيُّ أَبُو الْحَارِثِ الْمُرَادِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ وَهْبٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَبِي يَحْيَی عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْحَارِثِ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ کُنَّا زَمَانَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَقَلِيلٌ مَا نَجِدُ الطَّعَامَ فَإِذَا نَحْنُ وَجَدْنَاهُ لَمْ يَکُنْ لَنَا مَنَادِيلُ إِلَّا أَکُفُّنَا وَسَوَاعِدُنَا وَأَقْدَامُنَا ثُمَّ نُصَلِّي وَلَا نَتَوَضَّأُ قَالَ أَبُو عَبْد اللَّهِ غَرِيبٌ لَيْسَ إِلَّا عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سَلَمَةَ
ابن ماجہ · Hadith 3282
It was narrated that Jabir bin 'Abdullah said: "During the time of the Messenger of Allah we often did not find anything to eat, and if we did, we did not have handkerchiefs, except our hands, arms and feet. Then we would pray without performing ablution." Abu 'Abdullah said: (This Hadith is) Gharib (Unfamiliar – containing a single narrator at one stage). It has only been narrated through Muhammad bin Salamah.
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020