أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْأَعْلَی قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا خَالِدٌ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ عَاصِمٍ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ زِرَّ بْنَ حُبَيْشٍ يُحَدِّثُ قَالَ أَتَيْتُ رَجُلًا يُدْعَی صَفْوَانَ بْنَ عَسَّالٍ فَقَعَدْتُ عَلَی بَابِهِ فَخَرَجَ فَقَالَ مَا شَأْنُکَ قُلْتُ أَطْلُبُ الْعِلْمَ قَالَ إِنَّ الْمَلَائِکَةَ تَضَعُ أَجْنِحَتَهَا لِطَالِبِ الْعِلْمِ رِضًا بِمَا يَطْلُبُ فَقَالَ عَنْ أَيِّ شَيْئٍ تَسْأَلُ قُلْتُ عَنْ الْخُفَّيْنِ قَالَ کُنَّا إِذَا کُنَّا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فِي سَفَرٍ أَمَرَنَا أَنْ لَا نَنْزِعَهُ ثَلَاثًا إِلَّا مِنْ جَنَابَةٍ وَلَکِنْ مِنْ غَائِطٍ وَبَوْلٍ وَنَوْمٍ
سنن نسائی · Hadith 160
Zirr bin Hubaish narrated: “I came to a man called Safwan bin ‘Assal and sat at his door. He came out and said: ‘What do you want?’ I said: ‘I am seeking knowledge.’ He said: ‘The angels lower their wings for the seeker of knowledge out of pleasure at what he is seeking.’ He said: ‘What do you want to know about?’ I said: ‘About the Khuffs.’ He said: ‘When we were with the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم on a journey, he told us not to take them off for three days except in the case of Janabah, but not in the case of defecation, urinating or sleep.” (Hasan)
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020