Al-Adab Al-Mufrad

Book 50, Hadith 16

Arabic hadith text

حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى، قَالَ‏:‏ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ، عَنْ سُهَيْلٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ‏:‏ مَنْ بَاتَ وَبِيَدِهِ غَمَرٌ، فَأَصَابَهُ شَيْءٌ، فَلا يَلُومَنَّ إِلا نَفْسَهُ‏.‏

Translation

Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.

Musa related to us: Hammad ibn Salamah related to us, from Suhayl, from his father, from Abu Hurayrah, from the Prophet, Allah bless him and grant him peace, who said: ‘Whoever spends the night with food-grease residue on his hand and something happens to him, let him blame no one but himself.’

Notes and open questions — unreviewed
  • The wording repeats the preceding warning with a shorter chain and no explicit mention of washing.