A man wading through rain mud

Ruzayn said: Once a man came to Abu Ja'far and said: "Sometimes I go out on a rainy night and mud gets on my feet; what is the ruling for me?" He said: "Pray." The man said: "I fear there may also be stench and filth in it." He seemed to become angry and said: "If you tread on something foul with your feet, take water with you and wash your feet with it."

Sa'id bin al-Musayyib said to a man: "Why did you not just wipe your feet and enter?"

Al-Hakam said: Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) would walk through the mud of the rain, come into the mosque and pray without performing ablution.

Hakim bin al-Daylam said: I saw Ibn Ma'qil on a rainy day praying facing a pillar in the mosque, and on his feet were marks of mud like anklets.

Abd al-Rahman bin al-Aswad said: I saw Alqamah and al-Aswad wade through the rainwater at a time when the spouts were running in full flow; then they entered the mosque and prayed, but did not perform ablution.

Yunus said: It was the habit of al-Hasan that on rainy days, when he was about to enter the mosque, he would look at his leather socks (khuffs). If a little mud was on them, he would wipe it off, then enter the mosque and pray; if there was a lot, he would take them off and order them to be washed.

Ibrahim said: Our predecessors used to wade through water and mud on their way to the mosques, and they prayed without washing their feet.

Al-Mukhtar bin Sa'd said: I saw al-Qasim bin Muhammad enter the mosque on a rainy day, and he did not wash his feet.

Shu'bah said: I used to wade through the rain, so I asked al-Hakam about it, and he said: "Pray in it." I heard Abu Ishaq say: "The predecessors used to wade through the rain and then pray; they did not carry water jugs with them."

Amr bin Abdullah said: Huzayl used to walk through the rain mud wearing his leather socks (khuffs), and then he would pray in them.