Sahih al-Bukhari

Sahih al-Bukhari 348

Arabic hadith text

حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدَانُ، قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ، قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا عَوْفٌ، عَنْ أَبِي رَجَاءٍ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عِمْرَانُ بْنُ حُصَيْنٍ الْخُزَاعِيُّ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم رَأَى رَجُلاً مُعْتَزِلاً لَمْ يُصَلِّ فِي الْقَوْمِ فَقَالَ ‏"‏ يَا فُلاَنُ مَا مَنَعَكَ أَنْ تُصَلِّيَ فِي الْقَوْمِ ‏"‏‏.‏ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ، أَصَابَتْنِي جَنَابَةٌ وَلاَ مَاءَ‏.‏ قَالَ ‏"‏ عَلَيْكَ بِالصَّعِيدِ فَإِنَّهُ يَكْفِيكَ ‏"‏‏.‏

Translation

Abdan narrated to us: Abd Allah informed us: Awf informed us, from Abu Raja, who said: Imran ibn Husayn al-Khuza‘i narrated to us that the Messenger of Allah saw a man standing apart who had not prayed with the people. He said, ‘So-and-so, what kept you from praying with the people?’ The man replied, ‘Messenger of Allah, I became sexually impure and there is no water.’ He said, ‘Use clean earth; it will suffice you.’