Bulugh al-Maram
Bulugh al-Maram 129
وَعَنْ عَمَّارِ بْنِ يَاسِرٍ رَضِيَ اَللَّهُ عَنْهُمَا قَالَ: { بَعَثَنِي اَلنَّبِيُّ - صلى الله عليه وسلم -فِي حَاجَةٍ, فَأَجْنَبْتُ, فَلَمْ أَجِدِ اَلْمَاءَ, فَتَمَرَّغْتُ فِي اَلصَّعِيدِ كَمَا تَمَرَّغُ اَلدَّابَّةُ, ثُمَّ أَتَيْتُ اَلنَّبِيَّ - صلى الله عليه وسلم -فَذَكَرْتُ ذَلِكَ لَهُ, فَقَالَ: "إِنَّمَا كَانَ يَكْفِيكَ أَنْ تَقُولَ بِيَدَيْكَ هَكَذَا" ثُمَّ ضَرَبَ بِيَدَيْهِ اَلْأَرْضَ ضَرْبَةً وَاحِدَةً, ثُمَّ مَسَحَ اَلشِّمَالَ عَلَى اَلْيَمِينِ, وَظَاهِرَ كَفَّيْهِ وَوَجْهَهُ } مُتَّفَقٌ عَلَيْهِ, وَاللَّفْظُ لِمُسْلِم ٍ 1 .1 - صحيح. رواه البخاري (347)، ومسلم (368).
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
ʿAmmar ibn Yasir (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: “The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) sent me on an errand. I became sexually impure and could not find water, so I rolled in the ground as an animal rolls. Then I came to the Prophet and told him about it. He said it would have been sufficient for me to do this with my hands. He then struck the ground once with his hands, wiped his left hand over his right, and wiped the backs of his hands and his face.” Agreed upon; the wording is that of Muslim.
[Grading note:] Sound. Reported by al-Bukhari (347) and Muslim (368).
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The Arabic specifies wiping the left over the right; the English witness reverses this detail. The translation follows the Arabic source.