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موطا امام مالك رواية يحييٰ
Muwatta Malik (Yahya)
كتاب الطهارةBook: On the Explanation of Purification
بَابُ جَامِعِ الْوُضُوْءِComprehensive rulings on ablution
Hadith 60
اُردوEn
وَحَدَّثَنِي ، عَنْ مَالِك ، عَنْ سُهَيْلِ بْنِ أَبِي صَالِحٍ ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ، أَنّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، قَالَ : " إِذَا تَوَضَّأَ الْعَبْدُ الْمُسْلِمُ أَوِ الْمُؤْمِنُ فَغَسَلَ وَجْهَهُ خَرَجَتْ مِنْ وَجْهِهِ كُلُّ خَطِيئَةٍ ، نَظَرَ إِلَيْهَا بِعَيْنَيْهِ مَعَ الْمَاءِ أَوْ مَعَ آخِرِ قَطْرِ الْمَاءِ ، فَإِذَا غَسَلَ يَدَيْهِ خَرَجَتْ مِنْ يَدَيْهِ كُلُّ خَطِيئَةٍ بَطَشَتْهَا يَدَاهُ مَعَ الْمَاءِ أَوْ مَعَ آخِرِ قَطْرِ الْمَاءِ ، فَإِذَا غَسَلَ رِجْلَيْهِ خَرَجَتْ كُلُّ خَطِيئَةٍ مَشَتْهَا رِجْلَاهُ مَعَ الْمَاءِ أَوْ مَعَ آخِرِ قَطْرِ الْمَاءِ ، حَتَّى يَخْرُجَ نَقِيًّا مِنَ الذُّنُوبِ "
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Huraira (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "When a Muslim servant begins ablution – or a believer – then washes his face, the sins that his eyes committed by looking are washed away from his face with the water, or with the last drop of water. Then when he washes his hands, the sins that his hands committed by touching are washed away from his hands with the water, or with the last drop of water. Then when he washes his feet, the sins that his feet committed by walking are washed away with the water, or with the last drop of water. Until he comes out purified from sins."
Related hadith on this topic
Explanation & Benefits
Hafiz Abu Samee'ah
Benefit:
Whoever keeps in mind the aforementioned ahadith while performing ablution (wudu), his heart experiences a remarkable sense of Allah’s vast forgiveness and mercy, and he attains a notable increase in piety (taqwa) and purification (tazkiyah), the spiritual delight and sweetness of which cannot be expressed in words.
Whoever keeps in mind the aforementioned ahadith while performing ablution (wudu), his heart experiences a remarkable sense of Allah’s vast forgiveness and mercy, and he attains a notable increase in piety (taqwa) and purification (tazkiyah), the spiritual delight and sweetness of which cannot be expressed in words.
Source: Muwatta Imam Malik by Abu Samia Mahmood Tabassum, Page: 60
Shaykh Maulana Abdul Aziz Alvi
Hadith Commentary:
Vocabulary of the Hadith:
:
وَيْلٌ:
To be afflicted with evil,
Destruction and ruin.
Benefits and Issues:
When a person recites a verse of prostration (ayah of sajdah) during prayer or outside of prayer and then performs prostration (sajdah), at that moment Satan says this, and this is the correspondence between the hadith and the chapter.
In this way, Satan became deserving of Hellfire due to his refusal of a single prostration, and only a disbeliever (kafir) is deserving of Hellfire.
Vocabulary of the Hadith:
:
وَيْلٌ:
To be afflicted with evil,
Destruction and ruin.
Benefits and Issues:
When a person recites a verse of prostration (ayah of sajdah) during prayer or outside of prayer and then performs prostration (sajdah), at that moment Satan says this, and this is the correspondence between the hadith and the chapter.
In this way, Satan became deserving of Hellfire due to his refusal of a single prostration, and only a disbeliever (kafir) is deserving of Hellfire.
Source: Tuhfat al-Muslim: Commentary on Sahih Muslim, Page: 244
Shaykh Dr. Abdur Rahman Freywai
English Commentary:
1:
The meaning of "sins fall away" is that sins are forgiven, and by "sins" here is meant minor sins (saghirah), because major sins (kabirah) are not forgiven without sincere repentance (tawbah).
2:
From this hadith it is understood that ablution (wudu) is a means of inner purification as well as physical cleanliness.
3:
Apparently, this is a difficult expression, because in technical terms, the rank of "hasan" is less than that of "sahih." So, despite this difference, how can both be combined in the same place? Various answers have been given regarding this. The best explanation has been provided by Hafiz Ibn Hajar rahimahullah:
(a)
If a hadith has two or more chains of transmission (isnads), then the meaning will be that this hadith is "hasan" according to one chain and "sahih" according to another chain. And if the hadith has only one chain, then its meaning is that for one group this hadith is "hasan" and for another it is "sahih"—that is, the hadith scholar is expressing doubt regarding this hadith, whether it is "hasan" or "sahih."
1:
The meaning of "sins fall away" is that sins are forgiven, and by "sins" here is meant minor sins (saghirah), because major sins (kabirah) are not forgiven without sincere repentance (tawbah).
2:
From this hadith it is understood that ablution (wudu) is a means of inner purification as well as physical cleanliness.
3:
Apparently, this is a difficult expression, because in technical terms, the rank of "hasan" is less than that of "sahih." So, despite this difference, how can both be combined in the same place? Various answers have been given regarding this. The best explanation has been provided by Hafiz Ibn Hajar rahimahullah:
(a)
If a hadith has two or more chains of transmission (isnads), then the meaning will be that this hadith is "hasan" according to one chain and "sahih" according to another chain. And if the hadith has only one chain, then its meaning is that for one group this hadith is "hasan" and for another it is "sahih"—that is, the hadith scholar is expressing doubt regarding this hadith, whether it is "hasan" or "sahih."
Source: Sunan al-Tirmidhi – Majlis ‘Ilmi Dar al-Da‘wah, New Delhi Edition, Page: 2
Shaykh Muhammad Farooq Rafi
Benefits:
In this hadith, the virtue of ablution (wudu) and the merit of washing the limbs during ablution are mentioned: that with the washing of each limb, the minor sins committed by that limb are erased, and upon completion of ablution, one becomes completely purified from those minor sins. Thereafter, prayer and other righteous deeds become a means for an increase in his good deeds.
In this hadith, the virtue of ablution (wudu) and the merit of washing the limbs during ablution are mentioned: that with the washing of each limb, the minor sins committed by that limb are erased, and upon completion of ablution, one becomes completely purified from those minor sins. Thereafter, prayer and other righteous deeds become a means for an increase in his good deeds.
Source: Sahih Ibn Khuzaymah: Commentary by Muhammad Farooq Rafee, Page: 4
