Mishkat al-Masabih
Mishkat al-Masabih 531, 532
وَعَنْ جَابِرٍ قَالَ: خَرَجْنَا فِي سَفَرٍ فَأَصَابَ رجلا منا حجر فَشَجَّهُ فِي رَأسه ثمَّ احْتَلَمَ فَسَأَلَ أَصْحَابه فَقَالَ هَل تَجِدُونَ لي رخصَة فِي التَّيَمُّم فَقَالُوا مَا نجد لَك رخصَة وَأَنت تقدر على الْمَاءِ فَاغْتَسَلَ فَمَاتَ فَلَمَّا قَدِمْنَا عَلَى النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أخبر بذلك فَقَالَ قَتَلُوهُ قَتلهمْ الله أَلا سَأَلُوا إِذْ لَمْ يَعْلَمُوا فَإِنَّمَا شِفَاءُ الْعِيِّ السُّؤَالُ إِنَّمَا كَانَ يَكْفِيهِ أَن يتَيَمَّم ويعصر أَو يعصب شكّ مُوسَى عَلَى جُرْحِهِ خِرْقَةً ثُمَّ يَمْسَحَ عَلَيْهَا وَيَغْسِلَ سَائِر جسده. رَوَاهُ أَبُو دَاوُد وَرَوَاهُ ابْنُ مَاجَهْ عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ أَبِي رَبَاح عَن ابْن عَبَّاس
Jābir said: ‘We set out on a journey, and one of our men was struck by a stone that split his head. He then had a wet dream and asked his companions: “Can you find a concession for me to perform dry ablution?” They replied: “We see no concession for you while you are able to use water.” So he performed the ritual bath and died. When we came to the Prophet and told him, he said: “They killed him—may Allah punish them! Why did they not ask when they did not know? The cure for ignorance is asking. It would have been enough for him to perform dry ablution and bind a cloth over his wound, then wipe over it and wash the rest of his body.”’ Abū Dāwūd transmitted it. Ibn Mājah transmitted it from ʿAṭāʾ ibn Abī Rabāḥ, from Ibn ʿAbbās.