hadith 8564–9729

It is narrated from Wabarah bin Abd al-Rahman (may Allah have mercy on him) that a cousin of his took an oath of ila' (swearing to stay away) from his wife for ten days. Then he set out on a journey and returned when four months had passed, and then he had relations with his wife. Meanwhile he met a man who reminded him of his oath, so he came to Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him). He questioned him and made him swear by Allah, saying: "I did not know." Then he sent for his wife and made her too swear by Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, saying: "I did not know." Then he ordered him to propose marriage to her anew for himself.

Al-Hakam and Talhah bin Musarrif narrate: Ma'qil bin Sinan came to Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) and asked him about a man who makes a vow but does not specify anything in the vow. He said: "He should free a slave."

Al-Qasim narrates: A slave-girl who had stolen was brought to Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him), and she had not yet begun to menstruate, so he did not cut off her hand.

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "Whoever swears an oath and says 'In sha' Allah (if Allah wills)' has made an exception."

Al-Qasim narrates: Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) bought a slave-girl from his wife - or from one of his wives - and laid down a condition for her, and the wife stipulated her service for herself. Then Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "That in which there is an exception for someone else does not fully become your property."

Ibrahim (al-Nakha'i) narrates: Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) said the takbir when he began the prayer and did like this. (The narrator Mis'ar, while relating this, demonstrated by raising both his hands up above his chest.)

It is narrated from a man that Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) stood up after two rak'ahs and did not sit (for the tashahhud).

Mustawrid bin al-Ahnaf narrates: A man came to Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) and said: "My paternal uncle married me to his slave-girl, and she has borne children to me, and now he wants to make them slaves." Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "He has no such right."

Mustawrid narrates: A man came to Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) and said: "My paternal uncle married me to his slave-girl, and now he wants to take my children away (by making them slaves)." Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "He has no such right."

Shaqiq bin Salamah narrates: Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) kept reciting the talbiyah until he had stoned the Jamrah.

Abdullah bin Ziyad al-Asadi narrates that he heard Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) saying while in the state of bowing (ruku'): "La hawla wa la quwwata illa billah (There is no power to avoid sin and no strength to do good except through Allah)."

It is narrated from a man that Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) said to a man: "When you ask your Lord for good, do not ask while there is a stone in your hand."

Abu Husayn narrates that Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "Even when fasting, begin your morning having applied oil."

Tariq bin Shihab narrates: A woman from among us intended to perform Hajj and wanted to combine Umrah with her Hajj, so she asked Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him). He said: "I find this only in the months of Hajj; Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, says: 'Well-known months' [Surah al-Baqarah: 197]."

The view of Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) concerning the verse "And your feet up to the ankles" [Surah al-Ma'idah: 6] returned to washing the feet.

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "A man must make the water reach between his fingers in ablution (wudu), or else the Fire will surely reach him there."

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "A man must rub between his fingers with the water of purification, or else the Fire will surely reach him there."

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "Pass water between your five fingers (khilal), so that Allah does not fill them with fire."

Arqam bin Shurahbil narrates: I scratched my body while I was in prayer and my hand reached my private part. I mentioned this to Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him), and he said, laughing: "(Then) cut it off! Where will you separate it from yourself? It is only a piece of your own body."

Alqamah narrates: Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) was asked about touching the private part, while I was listening, and he said: "Is it not part of your body just like the tip of your nose?"

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "I do not care whether I touched it or the tip of my nose."

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "I do not care whether I touched it or my knee."

Al-Hasan (al-Basri) narrates from five noble Companions (may Allah be pleased with them): Sayyiduna Ali bin Abi Talib, Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud, Sayyiduna Hudhayfah, Sayyiduna Imran bin Husayn and one other Companion (may Allah be pleased with them). One of them said: "I do not care whether I touched my private part or the tip of my nose." Another said: "My ear." Another said: "My thigh." And yet another said: "My knee."

Yahya bin al-Jazzar narrates: Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) prayed while there was dung and blood on his stomach from a camel he had slaughtered (by nahr), and he did not perform ablution (wudu).

Ibn Sirin narrates: Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) slaughtered a camel and became smeared with its blood and dung. Then the prayer was established, so he prayed and did not perform ablution (wudu).

Rabah bin al-Harith narrates that Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "For (the skin of) a carcass, its tanning is its slaughter (i.e. what purifies it)."

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "To perform ablution (wudu) because of an evil word is dearer to me than performing ablution because of good food."

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "To perform ablution (wudu) because of an evil word is dearer to me than performing ablution because of a good morsel."

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "Performing ablution (wudu) because of an evil word is dearer to me than performing ablution because of good food."

Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him), Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) and al-Sha'bi said concerning a man who falls asleep while sitting: "Ablution (wudu) is not required of him."

In the view of Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him), a man should perform ablution (wudu) after intimate contact (mubasharah), after touching with his hand, and after kissing his wife. And he used to say concerning this verse, "Or you have touched women" [Surah al-Nisa': 43]: "It means touching with the hand."

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "A kiss is a form of touching, and ablution (wudu) is required because of it."

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "Mulamasah (touching) is what falls short of intercourse."

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "Mulamasah is what falls short of intercourse, that is, a man touching his wife's body with desire; for it, ablution (wudu) is required."

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "Satan comes to one of you during his prayer and takes hold of a hair at his rear, so that he thinks his ablution has been broken. So let him not turn away from the prayer until he hears a sound or perceives a smell."

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "Satan circles around a man during his prayer in order to break his prayer for him. When he grows weary, he blows into his rear. So when one of you senses that, let him not turn away from the prayer until he perceives a smell or hears a sound."

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "Satan circles around a man in the prayer in order to break his prayer for him. When he grows weary, he blows into his rear so that it seems to him that his ablution has been broken. When he senses something of that, let him not turn away until he hears a sound or perceives a smell."

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "Satan blows into a man's rear. When one of you senses that, let him not turn away (from the prayer) until he hears a sound or perceives a smell."

Alqamah narrates: We came with a large bowl while we were with Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him). He gave an order and it was placed by the road; then he ate from it and we ate too, and he kept inviting whoever passed by. Then we went to the prayer, and he did no more than wash the tips of his fingers and rinse his mouth, then he prayed.

Alqamah narrates: A bowl containing bread and meat was brought to us from the house of Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him), and we ate, and Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) was with us. At the time of Maghrib he rinsed his mouth and washed his fingers.