Mishkat al-Masabih

Mishkat al-Masabih 375

Arabic hadith text

وَعَنِ ابْنِ مَسْعُودٍ قَالَ: " لَمَّا قَدِمَ وَفْدُ الْجِنِّ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالُوا: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ انْهَ أُمَّتَكَ أَنْ يَسْتَنْجُوا بِعَظْمٍ أَوْ رَوْثَةٍ أَوْ حُمَمَةٍ فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ جَعَلَ لَنَا فِيهَا رِزْقًا فَنَهَانَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَنْ ذَلِكَ ". رَوَاهُ أَبُو دَاوُد

Translation

Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.

Ibn Masʿūd said: ‘When a delegation of jinn came to the Prophet, they said: “Messenger of God, forbid your community to cleanse themselves with bones, dung, or charcoal, for God has made these a provision for us.”’ So the Messenger of God forbade them to do so. Abū Dāwūd transmitted it.

Notes and open questions — unreviewed
  • The accompanying grading labels this report ṣaḥīḥ (sound). The Arabic names bones, dung, and charcoal as provisions for the jinn.