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Majma al-Zawaid — Hadith 3043

وَعَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ وَسَأَلَهُ رَجُلٌ عَنِ الْغُسْلِ يَوْمَ الْجُمُعَةِ أَوَاجَبٌ هُوَ ؟ قَالَ : لَا وَسَأُحَدِّثُكُمْ عَنْ بَدْءِ الْغُسْلِ : كَانَ النَّاسُ مُحْتَاجِينَ وَكَانُوا يَلْبَسُونَ الصُّوفَ وَكَانُوا يَسْقُونَ النَّخْلَ عَلَى ظُهُورِهِمْ، وَكَانَ مَسْجِدُ النَّبِيِّ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - ضَيِّقًا مُتَقَارِبَ السَّقْفِ فَرَاحَ النَّاسُ فِي الصُّوفِ فَعَرِقُوا، وَكَانَ مِنْبَرُ النَّبِيِّ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - قَصِيرًا إِنَّمَا هُوَ ثَلَاثُ دَرَجَاتٍ فَعَرِقَ النَّاسُ فِي الصُّوفِ فَثَارَتْ أَرْوَاحُهُمْ - أَرْوَاحُ الصُّوفِ - فَتَأَذَّى بَعْضُهُمْ بِبَعْضٍ حَتَّى بَلَغَتْ أَرْوَاحُهُمْ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - وَهُوَ عَلَى الْمِنْبَرِ فَقَالَ : " يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ إِذَا جِئْتُمُ الْجُمُعَةَ فَاغْتَسِلُوا وَلِيَمَسَّ أَحَدُكُمْ مِنْ أَطْيَبِ طِيبٍ إِنْ كَانَ عِنْدَهُ " .
قُلْتُ : فِي الصَّحِيحِ بَعْضُهُ .
رَوَاهُ أَحْمَدُ وَرِجَالُهُ رِجَالُ الصَّحِيحِ .
It is reported about Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that a man asked him about taking a ritual bath (ghusl) on the day of Friday: Is it obligatory? He said: No. But how did (the command of) the bath begin? I will tell you about that. In earlier times people were poor; they wore woollen clothing and watered the date palms by carrying (water) on their backs. The mosque of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was small and its roof was low. The people came wearing woollen clothing and they sweated. The pulpit of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was also short; it had three steps. When the people sweated in their woollen clothing, their odour spread and they were bothered by one another, until their odour reached the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) as well, while he was seated on the pulpit. He said: "O people! When you come to the Friday prayer, take a bath, and if a person has it with him, he should apply the finest perfume." (Al-Haythami says:) I say: Part of it is reported in the Sahih.
Ahmad recorded it, and its narrators are the narrators of the Sahih.
Hadith Reference مجمع الزوائد ومنبع الفوائد / كتاب الصلاة / 3043
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