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الفتح الربانی
Fath al-Rabbani
كتاب الطهارةBook of Purification
فَصْلٌ فِي كَرَاهَةِ رَدِّ السَّلَامِ أَوِ الِاشْتِغَالِ بِذِكْرِ اللَّهِ تَعَالَى حَالَ قَضَاءِ الْحَاجَةِSection on the Dislike of Responding to Greetings or Engaging in the Remembrance of Allah While Relieving Oneself
Hadith 500
اُردوEn
عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ حَنْظَلَةَ بْنِ الرَّاهِبِ أَنَّ رَجُلًا سَلَّمَ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَقَدْ بَالَ فَلَمْ يَرُدَّ عَلَيْهِ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ حَتَّى قَالَ بِيَدِهِ إِلَى الْحَائِطِ، يَعْنِي أَنَّهُ تَيَمَّمَ
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Hanzalah (may Allah be pleased with him) that a man greeted the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) with salam after he had urinated, but the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) did not reply to him until he struck his hand on the wall and performed tayammum. (Then he replied to the salam.)
Brief Explanation
Benefits: … The summary of the hadiths mentioned in this chapter and other narrations on this subject is that when a person is relieving himself, one should not greet him with salam; otherwise, he will not be deserving of a reply. The evidence for this has already been discussed at the end of the previous chapter. It is unanimously permissible to reply to salam and to engage in remembrance (dhikr) without ablution (wudu); however, it is preferable and more virtuous to observe ablution for the remembrance of Allah.
