حَدَّثَنَا الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ ، نا يَعْقُوبُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ ، نا ابْنُ عُلَيَّةَ ، نا أَيُّوبُ ، عَنْ أَبِي قِلابَةَ ، عَنْ رَجُلٍ مِنْ بَنِي عَامِرٍ ، قَالَ : نُعِتَ لِي أَبُو ذَرٍّ فَأَتَيْتُهُ ، فَقُلْتُ : أَنْتَ أَبُو ذَرٍّ ؟ قَالَ : إِنَّ أَهْلِي لَيَزْعُمُونَ ذَلِكَ ، قَالَ : قُلْتُ : يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ، هَلَكْتُ ، قَالَ : " وَمَا أَهْلَكَكَ ؟ " ، قُلْتُ : إِنِّي أَعْزُبُ عَنِ الْمَاءِ وَمَعِيَ أَهْلِي فَتُصِيبُنِي الْجَنَابَةُ ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : " إِنَّ الصَّعِيدَ الطَّيِّبَ طَهُورٌ مَا لَمْ يَجِدِ الْمَاءَ وَلَوْ إِلَى عَشْرِ حِجَجٍ ، فَإِذَا وَجَدْتَ الْمَاءَ فَأَمْسِسْهُ بَشْرَتَكَ " .
Abu Qilabah narrates from a person belonging to Banu Amir: I was informed about Sayyiduna Abu Dharr (may Allah be pleased with him), so I went to him. I asked him: "Are you Sayyiduna Abu Dharr?" He replied: "That is what my family calls me." Then Sayyiduna Abu Dharr al-Ghifari (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated: Once I said: "O Messenger of Allah! I have been ruined." The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "What has caused your ruin?" I said: "I was in a place where water could not be found. My wife was also with me. I became in a state of janabah (major ritual impurity)." So the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Pure earth is a means of attaining purification as long as a person does not find water, even if ten years pass. When you find water, then pour it over your body."