Sunan Abi Dawud

Sunan Abi Dawud 471

Arabic hadith text

حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ، حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ، عَنْ ثَابِتٍ، عَنْ أَبِي رَافِعٍ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ ‏"‏ لاَ يَزَالُ الْعَبْدُ فِي صَلاَةٍ مَا كَانَ فِي مُصَلاَّهُ يَنْتَظِرُ الصَّلاَةَ تَقُولُ الْمَلاَئِكَةُ اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لَهُ اللَّهُمَّ ارْحَمْهُ حَتَّى يَنْصَرِفَ أَوْ يُحْدِثَ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ فَقِيلَ مَا يُحْدِثُ قَالَ يَفْسُو أَوْ يَضْرِطُ ‏.‏

Translation

Musa ibn Ismaʿil narrated to us: Hammad narrated to us, from Thabit, from Abu Rafiʿ, from Abu Hurayrah, that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: ‘A servant remains in prayer so long as he is in his place of prayer, waiting for the prayer. The angels say: “O Allah, forgive him; O Allah, have mercy on him,” until he leaves or breaks his ritual purity.’ He was asked: ‘What does “breaks his ritual purity” mean?’ He replied: ‘He passes wind, silently or audibly.’