hadith 8564–9729

Alqamah narrates: A bowl was brought to us and we ate, and Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) was with us. Then Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) rinsed his mouth and washed his fingers, then we set off for the Maghrib prayer.

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "Ablution (wudu) is broken only by what comes out, not by what goes in; and the fast is broken by what goes in, not by what comes out."

Abu Ubaydah bin Abdullah narrates: My mother told me that Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) would put on his leather socks (khuffs) at the time of the Fajr prayer, and then would not take them off until he went to his bed.

Hammam bin al-Harith narrates: Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) used to wipe (masah) over his socks and his sandals.

Al-Harith bin Suwayd narrates: Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) fixed the period of wiping (masah) at three days for the traveller and one day for the resident.

Amr bin al-Harith bin al-Mustaliq narrates: I travelled to Madinah with Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) for three days, and he did not take off his leather socks.

Amr bin al-Harith bin al-Mustaliq narrates: I travelled to Madinah with Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him), and he did not take off his leather socks for three days and their nights. Sulayman (al-A'mash) said: I narrated this hadith of Shaqiq to Ibrahim (al-Nakha'i), and he said: Abu Ubaydah also narrated this same hadith to me from Amr bin al-Harith.

Amr bin al-Harith bin al-Mustaliq narrates: I travelled with Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him), and he used to wipe over his leather socks for three days.

Shaqiq bin Salamah narrates: Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "For the traveller, wiping over the leather socks is for three days, and for the resident, a day and a night." And I travelled with Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him), and he kept wiping over his leather socks for three days.

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "For the traveller the period of wiping is three days and their nights, and for the resident, one day and one night."

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "The traveller may wipe over the leather socks for three days and their nights, and the resident may wipe for one day and one night."

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "The traveller may wipe for three days and their nights, and the resident for one day and one night."

Alqamah narrates that a man was suffering from smallpox, so Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) ordered that some earth be brought in a basin - or a vessel - and then he wiped himself with that earth (performing tayammum).

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "If I were to become ritually impure (junub) and then not find water for a month, even then I would not pray."
Sufyan (al-Thawri) said: This is not acted upon.

Al-Dahhak bin Muzahim narrates: Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) retracted his view that a person in a state of major ritual impurity (junub) does not bathe.

Al-Sha'bi narrates that al-Harith narrated to him from Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him), Alqamah from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him), and Masruq from Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her), that all of them said: "When the two circumcised parts meet, the ritual bath (ghusl) becomes obligatory." Masruq said: And Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) was the most knowledgeable of them all about this.

Alqamah narrates: Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) was asked about this, and he said: "When I reach that point, I take a ritual bath (ghusl)."
Sufyan (al-Thawri) said: And all the people of knowledge agree on this.

Ibrahim narrates: Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) was asked about a man who has intercourse with his wife but does not ejaculate. He said: "As for me, when I reach that point with a woman, I take a ritual bath (ghusl)."

Al-Harith bin al-Azma' narrates that he heard Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) say: "Whoever is in a state of major ritual impurity (junub) and bathes with khitmi (a soap-like plant) has done enough."

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "If he washes his head with khitmi while in a state of major ritual impurity (junub), he has done enough, and it does him no harm if he does not pour water over it."

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "When one of you washes his head with khitmi while in a state of major ritual impurity (junub), and then takes a ritual bath after that, he may wash his head (as well) with water if he wishes."

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him), while in a state of major ritual impurity (junub), would wash his head with khitmi, then take a ritual bath, and would not wash his head (again).

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "When a person in a state of major ritual impurity (junub) washes his head with khitmi, that suffices him from washing it with water."

A man from the tribe of Tayyi' narrates from his father that Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) set out for the mosque and began to walk briskly. It was said to him: Do you do this when you yourself forbid it? He said: "I was only hurrying to catch the beginning of the prayer, that is, the first takbir."

A man from the tribe of Tayyi' narrates from his father: Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) was coming out of his house walking briskly when I met him, so I too walked briskly with him and said: You have done something that you used to forbid us from. He said: "I was hurrying to catch the beginning of the prayer."

Abu al-Ahwas narrates that Sayyiduna Abu Musa al-Ash'ari (may Allah be pleased with him) led them in prayer and took off his sandals. Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) said to him: "Why did you take off your sandals? Are you in the sacred valley?"

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) came to the house of Sayyiduna Abu Musa al-Ash'ari (may Allah be pleased with him), and meanwhile the time of prayer came. Sayyiduna Abu Musa (may Allah be pleased with him) said to him: Step forward, O Abu Abd al-Rahman, for you are older in age and more knowledgeable. He said: No, rather you step forward, for we have come to you in your house and your mosque. So Abu Musa (may Allah be pleased with him) stepped forward and took off his sandals. When he had finished the prayer, Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "What did you intend by taking them off? Are you in the sacred valley of Tuwa? I have seen the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) pray in leather socks and sandals."

Abu Ubaydah narrates: Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) would not pray on anything other than the ground - or he said: would not prostrate.

Sufyan (al-Thawri) said: Muhammad informed me from Ibrahim (al-Nakha'i) that he used to stand on burdi (a mat) and prostrate on the ground. We asked: What is burdi? He said: "A mat."

Abu Wa'il narrates: Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) prayed on a coarse cloth (a blanket-like sheet).

Abu Amr al-Shaybani narrates: Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) used to patrol the mosque at night, and he would not leave anyone in it without sending him out, except for a person who was praying.

Abd al-Rahman bin Yazid narrates: We were with Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him). He wanted to spit, and the space on his right side was empty, yet he disliked spitting to his right, even though he was not in prayer.

Ibn Sirin, or someone else, narrated: Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) heard a man in the mosque calling out for something he had lost, so he silenced him, rebuked him and said: "We have been forbidden from this."

Qabisah bin Burmah al-Asadi narrates: Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "I do not like that your muezzins should be your blind people - the narrator said: And I think he also said: - nor your Qur'an reciters."

A similar hadith is also narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him).

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "What makes the prayer sacred (forbidding all else) is the takbir, and what releases from it is the salam. And when you have given the salam and some need is pressing you, then leave before (the imam) turns his face."

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) led his companions in prayer in his house without an iqamah, and said: "The iqamah of the town is sufficient."

Ibrahim narrates: Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him), Alqamah and al-Aswad (may Allah have mercy on them) prayed without an adhan or an iqamah.
Sufyan (al-Thawri) said: The iqamah of the town sufficed them.

Ibrahim narrates: Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) saw a man raising his hands towards the sky making supplication while he was in prayer. Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "What does he know? Perhaps his sight will be snatched away before it returns to him."

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "When the obligatory prayer has begun, do not leave it for something else."