صحيح البخاري
Bukhari
كتاب الأطعمةThe Book of Foods (Meals)
بَابُ الْمِنْدِيلِ:Chapter. The handkerchief.
Hadith 5457
اُردوEn
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."
Explanation & Benefits
Shaykh Abdul Sattar al-Hammad
Hadith Commentary:
(1)
By "rumal" is meant that cloth which is used to remove the grease from the hands after eating. In the present era, this function is performed by tissue paper.
(2)
The meaning of the statement of Jabir radi Allahu anhu is that after eating, we did not use a rumal, rather we would clean the moisture and the like from the food with our hands and wrists. Umar radi Allahu anhu would clean the grease from the food with his foot. (Umdat al-Qari: 14/455)
In any case, one should first lick the fingers, then use a rumal or wash the hands.
And Allah knows best.
(1)
By "rumal" is meant that cloth which is used to remove the grease from the hands after eating. In the present era, this function is performed by tissue paper.
(2)
The meaning of the statement of Jabir radi Allahu anhu is that after eating, we did not use a rumal, rather we would clean the moisture and the like from the food with our hands and wrists. Umar radi Allahu anhu would clean the grease from the food with his foot. (Umdat al-Qari: 14/455)
In any case, one should first lick the fingers, then use a rumal or wash the hands.
And Allah knows best.
Source: Hidayat al-Qari: Commentary on Sahih Bukhari, Urdu, Page: 5457
