أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْحَقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالَ أَنْبَأَنَا جَرِيرٌ عَنْ الشَّيْبَانِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي بُرْدَةَ عَنْ حُذَيْفَةَ قَالَ کَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِذَا لَقِيَ الرَّجُلَ مِنْ أَصْحَابِهِ مَاسَحَهُ وَدَعَا لَهُ قَالَ فَرَأَيْتُهُ يَوْمًا بُکْرَةً فَحِدْتُ عَنْهُ ثُمَّ أَتَيْتُهُ حِينَ ارْتَفَعَ النَّهَارُ فَقَالَ إِنِّي رَأَيْتُکَ فَحِدْتَ عَنِّي فَقُلْتُ إِنِّي کُنْتُ جُنُبًا فَخَشِيتُ أَنْ تَمَسَّنِي فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِنَّ الْمُسْلِمَ لَا يَنْجُسُ
سنن نسائی · Hadith 270
It was narrated that Huthaifah said: “When the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم met a man from among his Companions, he would shake hands with him and supplicate for him. I saw him one day in the early morning, and I tried to avoid him, then I came to him later in the day. He said: ‘I saw you but you were avoiding me.’ I said: ‘I was Junub and I was afraid that you would touch me.’ The Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم said: ‘The Muslim is not made impure (Najis).” (Sahih)
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020