حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَحْمَدَ الْحَنَّاطُ ، وَالْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ ، قَالا : نا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَمْرِو بْنِ أَبِي مَذْعُورٍ ، ثنا وَكِيعٌ ، عَنْ أُسَامَةَ بْنِ زَيْدٍ ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ ، عَنِ ابْنِ ثَوْبَانَ ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ جَاءَ إِلَى الصَّلاةِ فَلَمَّا كَبَّرَ انْصَرَفَ ، وَأَوْمَأَ إِلَيْهِمْ : أَيْ كَمَا أَنْتُمْ ، ثُمَّ خَرَجَ ثُمَّ جَاءَ وَرَأْسُهُ يَقْطُرُ فَصَلَّى بِهِمْ فَلَمَّا انْصَرَفَ ، قَالَ : " إِنِّي كُنْتُ جُنُبًا فَنَسِيتُ أَنْ أَغْتَسِلَ " .
Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: Once the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) came for prayer. When he said the takbir, he then turned back from there. The Prophet (peace be upon him) gestured to the people to remain as they were. Then he went away. When he returned, drops of water were dripping from his head. He led the people in prayer. After finishing the prayer, he said: "I was in a state of janabah (major ritual impurity) and I had not remembered to perform ghusl (ritual bath)."