صحيح البخاري
Sahih Bukhari
كتاب الأطعمة
The Book of Foods (Meals)
بَابُ الْمِنْدِيلِ:
(53) Chapter. The handkerchief.
Hadith 5457
حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ الْمُنْذِرِ ، قَالَ : حَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ فُلَيْحٍ ، قَالَ : حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي ، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْحَارِثِ ، عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمَا ، " أَنَّهُ سَأَلَهُ عَنْ الْوُضُوءِ ، مِمَّا مَسَّتِ النَّارُ ؟ فَقَالَ : لَا ، قَدْ كُنَّا زَمَانَ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ لَا نَجِدُ مِثْلَ ذَلِكَ مِنَ الطَّعَامِ إِلَّا قَلِيلًا ، فَإِذَا نَحْنُ وَجَدْنَاهُ لَمْ يَكُنْ لَنَا مَنَادِيلُ إِلَّا أَكُفَّنَا وَسَوَاعِدَنَا وَأَقْدَامَنَا ثُمَّ نُصَلِّي وَلَا نَتَوَضَّأُ " .
Narrated Sa`id bin Al-Harith: that he asked Jabir bin `Abdullah about performing ablution after taking a cooked meal. He replied, "It is not essential," and added, "We never used to get such kind of food during the lifetime of the Prophet except rarely; and if at all we got such a dish, we did not have any handkerchiefs to wipe our hands with except the palms of our hands, our forearms and our feet. We would perform the prayer thereafter with-out performing new ablution."
