Hadith 1755
حَدَّثَنَا الرَّبِيعُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ الْمُرَادِيُّ ، حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ ، أَخْبَرَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ وَهُوَ ابْنُ بِلالٍ , عَنْ عَمْرٍو وَهُوَ ابْنُ أَبِي عَمْرٍو مَوْلَى الْمُطَّلِبِ , عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ ، أَنَّ رَجُلَيْنِ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْعِرَاقِ ، أَتَيَاهُ فَسَأَلاهُ عَنِ الْغُسْلِ يَوْمَ الْجُمُعَةِ أَوَاجِبٌ هُوَ ؟ فَقَالَ لَهُمَا ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ : مَنِ اغْتَسَلَ فَهُوَ أَحْسَنُ وَأَطْهَرُ , وَسَأُخْبِرُكُمْ لِمَاذَا بَدَأَ الْغُسْلُ : كَانَ النَّاسُ فِي عَهْدِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مُحْتَاجِينَ , يَلْبَسُونَ الصُّوفَ , وَيَسْقُونَ النَّخْلَ عَلَى ظُهُورِهِمْ , وَكَانَ الْمَسْجِدُ ضَيِّقًا , مُقَارِبَ السَّقْفِ , فَخَرَجَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَوْمَ الْجُمُعَةِ فِي يَوْمٍ صَائِفٍ شَدِيدِ الْحَرِّ , وَمِنْبَرُهُ قَصِيرٌ , إِنَّمَا هُوَ ثَلاثُ دَرَجَاتٍ , فَخَطَبَ النَّاسَ , فَعَرِقَ النَّاسُ فِي الصُّوفِ , فَثَارَتْ أَرْوَاحُهُمْ رِيحَ الْعَرَقِ وَالصُّوفِ حَتَّى كَانَ يُؤْذِي بَعْضُهُمْ بَعْضًا , حَتَّى بَلَغَتْ أَرْوَاحُهُمْ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَهُوَ عَلَى الْمِنْبَرِ , فَقَالَ : " أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ , إِذَا كَانَ هَذَا الْيَوْمُ فَاغْتَسِلُوا , وَلْيَمَسَّ أَحَدُكُمْ أَطْيَبَ مَا يَجِدُ مِنْ طِيبِهِ أَوْ دُهْنِهِ "
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that two men from Iraq came to him and asked him about performing ghusl (ritual bath) on the day of Jumu’ah, whether it is obligatory. So Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) replied to them that whoever performs ghusl, it is better and more purifying. And soon I will tell you how the command for ghusl (on the day of Jumu’ah) began. In the blessed era of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), people were needy and poor. They used to wear woolen clothes and would carry water on their backs to irrigate their date palms, and the Prophet’s Mosque was small and its roof was not high. So the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) came out from his house on a very hot summer day on the day of Jumu’ah, and his pulpit was also small, only three steps. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) addressed the people, and the people began to sweat in their woolen clothes, and the mixed smell of wool and sweat spread among them, to the extent that they became a source of discomfort to one another. Until their odor reached the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) while he was standing on the pulpit. So the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: “O people, when this day comes, perform ghusl, and whoever among you has good perfume or oil, let him apply it.”
