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سنن ابي داود
Abu Dawud
كتاب الصلاةPrayer (Kitab Al-Salat)
باب فِي الْمَوَاضِعِ الَّتِي لاَ تَجُوزُ فِيهَا الصَّلاَةُChapter: The Places In Which Prayer Is Not Allowed.
Hadith 489
اُردوEn
حَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ ، حَدَّثَنَا جَرِيرٌ ، عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ ، عَنْ مُجَاهِدٍ ، عَنْ عُبَيْدِ بْنِ عُمَيْرٍ ، عَنْ أَبِي ذَرّ ، قَالَ : قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : " جُعِلَتْ لِي الْأَرْضُ طَهُورًا وَمَسْجِدًا " .
Narrated Abu Dharr: The earth has been made for me purifying and as a mosque (place for prayer).
Brief Explanation
1؎: That is, every pure land has been made suitable for performing tayammum (dry ablution) and for offering prayer. This is a special distinction of the Ummah of Muhammad (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam), that we can generally pray anywhere, except for a few specific places which will be mentioned ahead in the ahadith. The previous communities had to make great arrangements for this; they could only pray in places of worship, not elsewhere.
Explanation & Benefits
Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi
489. Commentary:
➊ This is a distinctive feature of the Ummah of Muhammad (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) that, in general, we can perform prayer (salah) anywhere. Except for a few specific places, which will be mentioned ahead. Whereas, for previous communities, there was a restriction that they could only perform prayer in their designated places of worship.
➋ It is permissible to perform tayammum (dry ablution) with pure earth and all its types.
➊ This is a distinctive feature of the Ummah of Muhammad (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) that, in general, we can perform prayer (salah) anywhere. Except for a few specific places, which will be mentioned ahead. Whereas, for previous communities, there was a restriction that they could only perform prayer in their designated places of worship.
➋ It is permissible to perform tayammum (dry ablution) with pure earth and all its types.
Source: Sunan Abu Dawood – Commentary by Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi, Page: 489
