Purity

Yahya related to me from Malik from Damra ibn Said al-Mazini fromAban ibn Uthman that Uthman ibn Affan ate bread and meat, rinsed hismouth out, washed his hands and wiped his face with them, and thenprayed without doing wudu.

Yahya related to me from Malik that he had heard that Ali ibn AbiTalib and Abdullah ibn Abbas did not do wudu after eating cooked food.

Yahya related to me from Malik from Yahya ibn Said that he askedAbdullah ibn Amir ibn Rabia whether a man who did wudu for prayer andthen ate cooked food had to do wudu again. He said, "I saw my fatherdo that without doing wudu ."

Yahya related to me from Malik from Abu Nuaym Wahb ibn Kaysanthat he heard Jabir ibn Abdullah al-Ansari saying, "I saw Abu Bakr as-Siddiq eat meat and then pray without doing wudu."

Yahya related to me from Malik from Muhammad ibn al-Munkadir thatthe Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, wasinvited to eat, and some bread and meat was brought to him. He atesome of it, and then did wudu and prayed. Then more of the same foodwas brought and he ate some more and then prayed without doing wudu.

It was related to me from Malik from Musa ibn Uqba from Abd ar-Rahman ibn Yazid al-Ansari that when Anas ibn Malik came back fromIraq, Abu Talha and Ubayy ibn Kab visited him. He brought them somecooked food and they ate, and then Anas got up and did wudu. Abu Talhaand Ubayy ibn Kab asked, "What's this, Anas? Is it an Iraqi custom?"and Anas said, "I wish I had not done it." (i.e. wudu). Abu Talha andUbayy ibn Kab both got up and prayed without doing wudu.

Yahya related to me from Malik from Hisham ibn Urwa from hisfather that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant himpeace, was asked about cleaning after excretion. He replied, "Are anyof you unable to find three stones?"

He said,"Doesn't a man who has horses with white legs and white blazes ontheir foreheads among totally black horses recognise which ones arehis own?" They said, "Of course, Messenger of Allah." He went on,"Even so will they come on the day of rising with white marks on theirforeheads, hands and feet from wudu, and I will precede them to theHawd. Some men will be driven away from the Hawd as if they werestraying camels and I shall call out to them, 'Will you not come? Willyou not come? Will you not come?' and someone will say, 'They changedthings after you,' so I shall say, 'Then away with them, away withthem, away with them!' "

Yahya related to me from Malik from Hisham ibn Urwa from hisfather from Humran, the mawla of Uthman ibn Affan, that Uthman ibnAffan was once sitting on the Maqaid (the benches surrounding theMadina Mosque, or else a stone near Uthman ibn Affan's house where hesat to discuss with people), when the muadhdhin came and told him thatit was time for the asr prayer. He called for water and did wudu. Thenhe said, "By Allah, I shall tell you something which I would not tellyou if it were not in the Book of Allah. I heard the Messenger ofAllah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, say, 'If a man doeswudu, and makes sure he does it correctly, and then does the prayer,he will be forgiven everything that he does between then and the timewhen he prays the next prayer.' "

Yahya said that Malik said,"I believe he meant this ayat - 'Establish prayer at the two ends ofthe day and in some watches of the night. Good actions take away wrongactions. That is a reminder for those who remember.' " (Sura 11 ayat114).

Yahya related to me from Malik from Zayd ibn Aslam from Ata ibnYasar from Abdullah as-Sanabihi that the Messenger of Allah, may Allahbless him and grant him peace, said, "A trusting slave does wudu andas he rinses his mouth the wrong actions leave it. As he cleans hisnose the wrong actions leave it. As he washes his face, the wrongactions leave it, even from underneath his eyelashes. As he washes hishands the wrong actions leave them, even from underneath hisfingernails. As he wipes his head the wrong actions leave it, evenfrom his ears. And as he washes his feet the wrong actions leave them,even from underneath the toenails of both his feet." He added, "Thenhis walking to the mosque and his prayer are an extra reward for him."

Yahya related to me from Malik from Suhayl ibn Abi Salih from hisfather from Abu Hurayra that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah blesshim and grant him peace, said, "A muslim slave (or a trusting slave)does wudu and as he washes his face every wrong action he has seenwith his eyes leaves with the water (or the last drop of water). As hewashes his hands every wrong action he has done with his hands leaveswith the water (orthe last drop of water). And as he washes his feetevery wrong action his feet have walked to leaves with the water (orthe last drop of water) so that he comes away purified of wrongactions."

Yahya related to me from Malik from Ishaq ibn Abdullah ibn AbiTalha that Anas ibn Malik said, "I saw the Messenger of Allah, mayAllah bless him and grant him peace, on one occasion when the asrprayer was at hand . Everyone was looking for water for wudu but no-one could find any. Then the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless himand grant him peace, brought some water in a vessel . He put his handinto the vessel and then he told them all to do wudu from it." Anasadded, "I saw water coming out from his fingers. Then all of them tothe last man did wudu."

Yahya related to me from Malik from Nuaym ibn Abdullah al-Madanial-Mujmir that he heard Abu Hurayra say, "If someone does wudu anddoes it correctly and then goes off intending to do the prayer, thenhe is in prayer as long as he intends to do the prayer. A good actionis written for every alternate step he makes and a wrong action iserased for the second. When you hear the iqama do not lengthen yourstride, and the one who has the greatest reward is the one whose houseis farthest away." They said, "Why, Abu Hurayra?" He replied, "Becauseof the greater number of steps."

Yahya related to me from Malik from Yahya ibn Said that he heardsomeone ask Said ibn al-Musayyab about washing off excreta with water.Said said, "That is the way women wash."

Yahya related to me from Malik from Abu'z-Zinad from al-Araj fromAbu Hurayra that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and granthim peace, said, "If a dog drinks from your vessel, wash it seventimes."

Yahya related to me from Malik that he had heard that theMessenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said,"Try to go straight, although you will not be able to do so. Act, andthe best of your actions is the prayer. And only a mumin is constantin his wudu."

Yahya related to me from Malik from Nafi that Abdullah ibn Umarused two fingers to take water to his ears.

Yahya related to me from Malik that he had heard that Jabir ibnAbdullah al-Ansari was asked about wiping over a turban. He said, "Notunless you have wiped over your hair with water."

Yahya related to me from Malik from Hisham ibn Urwa that Abu Urwaibn az-Zubayr used to take off his turban and wipe his head withwater.

Yahya related to me from Malik from Nafi that she saw Safiyyabint Abi Ubayd, the wife of Abdullah ibn 'Umar, take off her head-covering and wipe her head with water. Nafi was a child at the time.

Malik was asked about a man who did wudu but forgot to wipehis head until the water had dried. He said, "I consider that heshould wipe his head and then repeat the prayer if he has alreadyperformed it."

Malik was asked about a man who did wudu butforgot to wipe his head until the water had dried. He said, "Iconsider that he should wipe his head and then repeat the prayer if hehas already performed it."