أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ سَلَمَةَ عَنْ ذَرٍّ عَنْ ابْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبْزَی عَنْ أَبِيهِ أَنَّ رَجُلًا أَتَی عُمَرَ فَقَالَ إِنِّي أَجْنَبْتُ فَلَمْ أَجِدْ الْمَائَ قَالَ عُمَرُ لَا تُصَلِّ فَقَالَ عَمَّارُ بْنُ يَاسِرٍ يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ أَمَا تَذْکُرُ إِذْ أَنَا وَأَنْتَ فِي سَرِيَّةٍ فَأَجْنَبْنَا فَلَمْ نَجِدْ الْمَائَ فَأَمَّا أَنْتَ فَلَمْ تُصَلِّ وَأَمَّا أَنَا فَتَمَعَّکْتُ فِي التُّرَابِ فَصَلَّيْتُ فَأَتَيْنَا النَّبِيَّ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَذَکَرْنَا ذَلِکَ لَهُ فَقَالَ إِنَّمَا کَانَ يَکْفِيکَ فَضَرَبَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَدَيْهِ إِلَی الْأَرْضِ ثُمَّ نَفَخَ فِيهِمَا ثُمَّ مَسَحَ بِهِمَا وَجْهَهُ وَکَفَّيْهِ وَسَلَمَةُ شَکَّ لَا يَدْرِي فِيهِ إِلَی الْمِرْفَقَيْنِ أَوْ إِلَی الْکَفَّيْنِ فَقَالَ عُمَرُ نُوَلِّيکَ مَا تَوَلَّيْتَ
سنن نسائی · Hadith 315
It was narrated from Ibn ‘Abdur-Rahman bin Abza from his father that a man came to ‘Umar and said: “I have become Junub and I do not have any water.” ‘Umar said: “Do not pray.” But ‘Ammar bin Yasir said: “Commander of the Believers! Don’t you remember when you and I were on a campaign and we became Junub and could not find water? You did not pray, but I rolled in the dust and prayed. Then we came to the Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم and told him about that, and he said: ‘It would have been sufficient for you (to do this),’ then the Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم struck his hands on the ground and blew on them, then wiped his face and hands with them” — (one of the narrators) Salamah was uncertain and did not know whether that was up to the elbows or just the hands. And ‘Umar said: “We will let you bear the burden of what you took upon yourself.” (Sahih)
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020