Those who did not perform ablution after what fire has touched

Sayyiduna Jabir bin Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: I ate bread and meat with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), Sayyiduna Abu Bakr, Sayyiduna Umar and Sayyiduna Uthman (may Allah be pleased with them), and after eating, all of them prayed without performing ablution.

Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: Once the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) ate meat from a shoulder, then wiped his hands clean with a cloth and prayed without performing ablution.

Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) ate meat attached to a bone, then prayed without performing ablution.

Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: Once the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) went out for the prayer and saw a pot cooking on the fire. He took some shoulder meat out of it and ate it, then he only rinsed his mouth and did not perform ablution.

Abdullah bin Shaddad said: Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated to Marwan the hadith: "Perform ablution after eating what has been cooked on fire." Marwan sent a message to Sayyidah Umm Salamah (may Allah be pleased with her) asking about this matter, and she said: "Once the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) ate meat from a shoulder in my house, then he went out for the prayer and did not even touch water."

Sayyidah Zaynab bint Umm Salamah (may Allah be pleased with her) said: Once a shoulder of a sheep was brought to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him); he ate from it and offered the prayer without touching water.

Sayyiduna Suwayd bin al-Nu'man (may Allah be pleased with him) said: We went out with the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) towards Khaybar. When we reached al-Sahba', the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) led the Asr prayer, then he called for food. On that occasion only sawiq (barley meal) was brought; the people ate it and drank water. Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) called for water and rinsed his mouth, then he stood up for the Maghrib prayer and led us in the Maghrib prayer.

In a narration of Sayyiduna Suwayd (may Allah be pleased with him) there is this addition: "We rinsed our mouths, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) did not even touch water."

Sayyiduna Abu Rafi' (may Allah be pleased with him) said: Once the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) ate meat from a shoulder, then got up for the prayer and did not even touch water.

Sayyiduna Amr bin Umayyah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) ate meat from the shoulder of a sheep, then offered the prayer without performing ablution.

Sayyiduna al-Mughirah bin Shu'bah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: Once the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) ate some food; meanwhile the time for prayer came, and he already had ablution. I brought him water for ablution, but he rebuked me and said: "Stay back! If I performed ablution, the people after me would also start performing ablution."

Sayyiduna Jabir bin Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: I ate bread and meat with Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him), and he prayed without performing ablution.

Ibrahim said: Once Alqamah and al-Aswad were both going to the mosque with Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him). Meanwhile a bowl of tharid was brought, so the three of them sat down in one place and ate. Then water was called for; they rinsed their mouths and cleaned the grease of the meat from their hands, then entered the mosque and offered the prayer.

Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) said: Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) ate bread and meat, then rinsed his mouth, washed his hands and offered the prayer.

Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: Ablution is broken by what comes out of the body; ablution is not broken by what enters the body.

Mujahid said: I never saw Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) perform ablution because of food. After eating he would lick his three fingers, then clean his hand with earth and go to the prayer.

Mis'ar said: I asked Jabalah: "Did you hear Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) say: 'I eat meat and drink milk and then pray, and I do not perform ablution'?" He said: "Yes, I heard it."

Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: Ablution is broken by what comes out of the body; ablution is not broken by what enters the body, nor by filth that gets on the feet.

Ikrimah said: Ablution is broken by what comes out of the body; ablution is not broken by what enters it.

Sayyidah Umm al-Tufayl (may Allah be pleased with her), the wife of Sayyiduna Ubayy (may Allah be pleased with him), said: After eating tharid, Sayyiduna Ubayy would rinse his mouth and then pray.

Sayyidah Umm Hakim bint al-Zubayr (may Allah be pleased with her) said: Once the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) came to the house of Sayyidah Duba'ah (may Allah be pleased with her) and ate meat from a shoulder. Then he went out for the prayer, and he did not perform ablution.

Abd al-Aziz said: I saw Abu al-Sawwar al-Adawi eat tharid and meat, then he offered the prayer without performing ablution.

Al-Sha'bi said: Evil is the food after which ablution is performed.

Abd al-A'la said: Ibn al-Hanafiyyah would eat tharid and drink nabidh, then pray without performing ablution.

Ibn Sirin said: I came to Ubaydah. He ordered a sheep to be slaughtered, and it was slaughtered; then he called for bread, milk and ghee, and we ate everything. Then he prayed without performing ablution. My assumption about him was that he liked to perform ablution, but perhaps he wanted to show that there is no harm in not performing ablution either.

Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) said: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) would pass by a cooking pot, take some meat from it and eat it, then offer the prayer without performing ablution and without touching water.

Muhammad bin Ka'b said: Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Yazid (may Allah be pleased with him) would eat meat and tharid, then pray without performing ablution.

Abu Ziyad said: I saw Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) and Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) waiting for a young goat that was being roasted in the oven to finish cooking. Then Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: "Bring it out, lest our prayer be spoiled" (that is, because of intense hunger). So it was taken out and they all ate from it. Then Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah began to perform ablution, and Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) asked: "Have we eaten something impure?" At this Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "You are better than me and more knowledgeable than me." Then they all prayed.