Did the earth swallow the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ’s excrements?
There is no authentic evidence that the earth swallowed the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ’s excrements.
It is narrated from Sayyida Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her):
When the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ went to the toilet, I would enter afterward, but I would not see anything (of urine or feces) there; however, I would sense a fragrance. I mentioned this to the Prophet ﷺ, and he said: Aisha! You do not know! Our (Prophets’) bodies are nourished by the souls of Paradise, and whatever comes out of these bodies, the earth swallows it.
The narration is false. Husayn bin Alwan is a liar.
❀ Hafiz Al-Bayhaqi (may Allah have mercy on him) declared this narration “Mawdu'” (fabricated).
There are other chains of transmission for this hadith:
The chain of narration in Tabaqat Ibn Saad
, Dala’il al-Nubuwwah by Abu Nu’aym
, and Mu’jam Awsat al-Tabarani
is false.
① Anbasa bin Abdul Rahman Quraishi is abandoned and a liar.
② Muhammad bin Zadan Madani is abandoned.
The chain mentioned in Al-Khasais al-Kubra by Al-Suyuti
from Imam Abu Nu’aym al-Asbahani, may Allah have mercy on him, is invalid.
① Abdul Karim al-Khazzaz is not trustworthy and unreliable.
② Abu Abdullah al-Madani is unknown.
❀ Also, Hafiz Ibn Abd al-Barr, may Allah have mercy on him, has declared this hadith weak.
❀ The chain in Mustadrak Hakim
is also very weak.
① The life details of Minhal bin Ubaidullah are not found.
② His teacher is ambiguous and unknown.
❀ The narration transmitted from Al-Afraad by Al-Daraqutni in Al-‘Ilal al-Mutanahiyah by Ibn al-Jawzi
is also very weak. Muhammad bin Hassan al-Umwi’s authentication was not found.
Hafiz Ibn al-Jawzi, may Allah have mercy on him, declared this narration weak and unproven.
❀ A narration of this meaning is also transmitted from our master Ibn Abbas, may Allah be pleased with them.
The chain is false.
① Muhammad bin Sa’ib Kalbi is abandoned and a liar.
② Abu Salih Bazam is weak and mixed.
③ Abu Salih’s hearing from our master Ibn Abbas, may Allah be pleased with them, is not established.
A narration of this meaning is also reported from our master Jabir bin Abdullah, may Allah be pleased with them.
The chain is very weak.
① Authentication of Abdullah bin Laith Istrabazi was not found.
② Ishaq bin Salat is an unreliable narrator; his authentication is not established.
Hafiz Zahbi, may Allah have mercy on him, says:
He (Ishaq bin Sult) has narrated a harshly rejected tradition attributed to Imam Malik, may Allah have mercy on him. The chain of narration here is “Muzlim” (obscure).
