Majma al-Zawaid — Hadith 1413

Sayyiduna al-Asla' (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: I used to serve the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and saddle his mount for him. One night he said to me: "O Asla', get up and saddle the mount." I said: "O Messenger of Allah, I have become sexually impure (junub)." The narrator said: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) remained silent for a while, then Sayyiduna Jibril (peace be upon him) came to him (peace and blessings be upon him) with the verse concerning the command of dry ablution (tayammum), and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "O Asla', get up and perform dry ablution." The narrator said: I got up and performed dry ablution, then I saddled the mount for him (peace and blessings be upon him), and he set off. He passed by some water, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) said to me: "O Asla', let this touch your skin" (that is, take a ritual bath); here the narrator is in doubt about one word. The narrator said: My father demonstrated dry ablution to me, just as his father had demonstrated it to him: one strike for the face and one strike for both arms up to the elbows.
Al-Tabarani recorded it in al-Mu'jam al-Kabir; its chain contains al-Rabi' bin Badr, on whose being da'if (weak) the hadith scholars are agreed.