Mishkat al-Masabih

Mishkat al-Masabih 518

Arabic hadith text

وَعَن عُرْوَة بن الْمُغيرَة بن شُعْبَة عَن أَبِيه قَالَ: أَنَّهُ غَزَا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ غَزْوَةَ تَبُوكَ. قَالَ الْمُغِيرَةُ: فَتَبَرَّزَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قِبَلَ الْغَائِط فَحملت مَعَه إدواة قَبْلَ الْفَجْرِ فَلَمَّا رَجَعَ أَخَذْتُ أُهَرِيقُ عَلَى يَدَيْهِ من الإدواة فَغسل كفيه وَوَجْهَهُ وَعَلَيْهِ جُبَّةٌ مِنْ صُوفٍ ذَهَبَ يَحْسِرُ عَن ذِرَاعَيْهِ فَضَاقَ كم الْجُبَّة فَأخْرج يَده مِنْ تَحْتِ الْجُبَّةِ وَأَلْقَى الْجُبَّةَ عَلَى مَنْكِبَيْهِ وَغسل ذِرَاعَيْهِ وَمسح بناصيته وعَلى الْعِمَامَة وعَلى خفيه ثُمَّ رَكِبَ وَرَكِبْتُ فَانْتَهَيْنَا إِلَى الْقَوْمِ وَقَدْ قَامُوا فِي الصَّلَاة يُصَلِّي بِهِمْ عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ عَوْفٍ وَقَدْ رَكَعَ بِهِمْ رَكْعَةً فَلَمَّا أَحَسَّ بِالنَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسلم ذهب يتَأَخَّر فَأَوْمأ إِلَيْهِ فصلى بهم فَلَمَّا سلم قَامَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَقُمْتُ فَرَكَعْنَا الرَّكْعَة الَّتِي سبقتنا. رَوَاهُ مُسلم

Translation

ʿUrwa ibn al-Mughīra ibn Shuʿba reported from his father, al-Mughīra, who said: ‘I went on the expedition to Tabūk with the Messenger of Allah. Before dawn, he went to relieve himself in a low-lying place, and I carried a small waterskin with me. When he returned, I began pouring water from it over his hands. He washed his palms and face. He wore a woolen cloak and tried to uncover his forearms, but its sleeves were too tight. He brought his hands out from beneath the cloak, draped it over his shoulders, washed his forearms, and wiped over his forelock, turban, and khuffs. Then he mounted, and I mounted with him. We reached the people, who had begun praying with ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn ʿAwf leading them; he had already led one rakʿah. When he sensed the Prophet’s arrival, he started to step back, but the Prophet gestured for him to continue and prayed with them. When the prayer ended, the Prophet stood, and I stood with him, and we performed the rakʿah that we had missed.’ Muslim transmitted it.