Sahih al-Bukhari

Sahih al-Bukhari 346

Arabic hadith text

حَدَّثَنَا عُمَرُ بْنُ حَفْصٍ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي قَالَ، حَدَّثَنَا الأَعْمَشُ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ شَقِيقَ بْنَ سَلَمَةَ، قَالَ كُنْتُ عِنْدَ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ وَأَبِي مُوسَى فَقَالَ لَهُ أَبُو مُوسَى أَرَأَيْتَ يَا أَبَا عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ إِذَا أَجْنَبَ فَلَمْ يَجِدْ، مَاءً كَيْفَ يَصْنَعُ فَقَالَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ لاَ يُصَلِّي حَتَّى يَجِدَ الْمَاءَ‏.‏ فَقَالَ أَبُو مُوسَى فَكَيْفَ تَصْنَعُ بِقَوْلِ عَمَّارٍ حِينَ قَالَ لَهُ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏"‏ كَانَ يَكْفِيكَ ‏"‏ قَالَ أَلَمْ تَرَ عُمَرَ لَمْ يَقْنَعْ بِذَلِكَ‏.‏ فَقَالَ أَبُو مُوسَى فَدَعْنَا مِنْ قَوْلِ عَمَّارٍ، كَيْفَ تَصْنَعُ بِهَذِهِ الآيَةِ فَمَا دَرَى عَبْدُ اللَّهِ مَا يَقُولُ فَقَالَ إِنَّا لَوْ رَخَّصْنَا لَهُمْ فِي هَذَا لأَوْشَكَ إِذَا بَرَدَ عَلَى أَحَدِهِمُ الْمَاءُ أَنْ يَدَعَهُ وَيَتَيَمَّمَ‏.‏ فَقُلْتُ لِشَقِيقٍ فَإِنَّمَا كَرِهَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ لِهَذَا قَالَ نَعَمْ‏.‏

Translation

Umar ibn Hafs narrated to us: My father narrated to us: al-A‘mash narrated to us: I heard Shaqiq ibn Salamah say: I was with Abd Allah and Abu Musa. Abu Musa said to him, ‘Abu Abd al-Rahman, what do you think a person should do if he becomes sexually impure and cannot find water?’ Abd Allah replied, ‘He should not pray until he finds water.’ Abu Musa said, ‘What do you make of Ammar’s report that the Prophet told him, “That would have been enough for you”?’ He replied, ‘Did you not see that Umar was not satisfied with that?’ Abu Musa said, ‘Then leave Ammar’s report aside. What do you say about this verse?’ Abd Allah did not know what to say. He then said, ‘If we granted people this concession, soon whenever the water was cold, one of them would leave it and perform tayammum.’ I asked Shaqiq, ‘Was that the reason Abd Allah disliked it?’ He said, ‘Yes.’