سنن ترمذي
Tirmidhi
كتاب الطهارة عن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلمThe Book on Purification
بَابُ مَا جَاءَ فِي الْبَوْلِ يُصِيبُ الأَرْضَChapter: What Has Been Related About Urine That Touches The Ground
Hadith 147
اُردوEn
حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي عُمَرَ , وَسَعِيدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ الْمَخْزُومِيُّ , قَالَا : حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ بْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ، عَنْ الزُّهْرِيِّ، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيَّبِ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، قَالَ : دَخَلَ أَعْرَابِيٌّ الْمَسْجِدَ وَالنَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ جَالِسٌ فَصَلَّى ، فَلَمَّا فَرَغَ ، قَالَ : اللَّهُمَّ ارْحَمْنِي وَمُحَمَّدًا وَلَا تَرْحَمْ مَعَنَا أَحَدًا ، فَالْتَفَتَ إِلَيْهِ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، فَقَالَ : " لَقَدْ تَحَجَّرْتَ وَاسِعًا " , فَلَمْ يَلْبَثْ أَنْ بَالَ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ فَأَسْرَعَ إِلَيْهِ النَّاسُ ، فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : " أَهْرِيقُوا عَلَيْهِ سَجْلًا مِنْ مَاءٍ أَوْ دَلْوًا مِنْ مَاءٍ " ثُمَّ قَالَ : " إِنَّمَا بُعِثْتُمْ مُيَسِّرِينَ وَلَمْ تُبْعَثُوا مُعَسِّرِينَ " .
´Abu Hurairah narrated:` "A Bedouin entered the Masjid while the Prophet was sitting. He prayed, then when he was finished, he said: 'O Allah! Have mercy upon me and Muhammad, and do not have mercy on anyone along with us.' The Prophet turned, towards him and said: 'You have restricted something that is unrestricted.' It was not long before he was urinating in the Masjid. So the people rushed to him. But Prophet said: 'Pour a bucket of water over it - or - a tumbler of water over it.' Then he said: 'You have been sent to make things easy (for the people); you have not been sent to make things difficult for them.'"
Related hadith on this topic
Explanation & Benefits
Shaykh Dr. Abdur Rahman Freywai
1:
The Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said this to the Companions when they rebuked that Bedouin,
meaning: deal with him gently,
do not treat him harshly.
The Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said this to the Companions when they rebuked that Bedouin,
meaning: deal with him gently,
do not treat him harshly.
Source: Sunan al-Tirmidhi – Majlis ‘Ilmi Dar al-Da‘wah, New Delhi Edition, Page: 147
Maulana Dawood Raz
Explanation:
There was a risk of disease if he were stopped in the middle, so the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, out of compassion, let him finish and then later explained to him not to do such an act again, and had that place purified. If only Muslims today could attain such character!
There was a risk of disease if he were stopped in the middle, so the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, out of compassion, let him finish and then later explained to him not to do such an act again, and had that place purified. If only Muslims today could attain such character!
Source: Sahih Bukhari: Commentary by Maulana Dawood Raz, Page: 220
Shaykh Abdul Sattar al-Hammad
Hadith Commentary:
Imam Bukhari rahimahullah’s intent is to show that there is no difference between a mosque and a non-mosque regarding the impurity of urine; just as the floor of a non-mosque becomes impure due to urine, similarly, the floor of a mosque also becomes impure if someone urinates on it. Just as the ground outside becomes pure by pouring water over it, likewise, pouring water over the ground of the mosque is sufficient for purification.
Perhaps someone might think that, due to the mosque’s special status as a place of worship, there should be a particular method for its purification. Imam Bukhari rahimahullah has made it clear that, without doubt, mosques certainly possess a special honor. However, in the case of impurity, the method of purification is the same as that for ordinary land.
Apparently, an objection may arise that pouring water over urine would only cause it to spread further, thereby increasing the impurity in the mosque. But the matter is that when water is poured over the urine, it becomes overpowered and takes the ruling of flowing water; in this way, that place becomes pure.
Imam Nawawi rahimahullah has titled this hadith with the words that when the ground becomes impure, pouring water over it is sufficient; there is no need to dig it up.
The requirement of “ease and facilitation” (yusr and taysir) is also that the method of purification for the ground should be limited to the Prophetic way.
Hafiz Ibn Hajar rahimahullah has written that the ahadith which are relied upon regarding digging up the ground are not authentic, and some are mursal narrations which are not suitable as evidence.
(Fath al-Bari: 1/424)
And Allah knows best.
Imam Bukhari rahimahullah’s intent is to show that there is no difference between a mosque and a non-mosque regarding the impurity of urine; just as the floor of a non-mosque becomes impure due to urine, similarly, the floor of a mosque also becomes impure if someone urinates on it. Just as the ground outside becomes pure by pouring water over it, likewise, pouring water over the ground of the mosque is sufficient for purification.
Perhaps someone might think that, due to the mosque’s special status as a place of worship, there should be a particular method for its purification. Imam Bukhari rahimahullah has made it clear that, without doubt, mosques certainly possess a special honor. However, in the case of impurity, the method of purification is the same as that for ordinary land.
Apparently, an objection may arise that pouring water over urine would only cause it to spread further, thereby increasing the impurity in the mosque. But the matter is that when water is poured over the urine, it becomes overpowered and takes the ruling of flowing water; in this way, that place becomes pure.
Imam Nawawi rahimahullah has titled this hadith with the words that when the ground becomes impure, pouring water over it is sufficient; there is no need to dig it up.
The requirement of “ease and facilitation” (yusr and taysir) is also that the method of purification for the ground should be limited to the Prophetic way.
Hafiz Ibn Hajar rahimahullah has written that the ahadith which are relied upon regarding digging up the ground are not authentic, and some are mursal narrations which are not suitable as evidence.
(Fath al-Bari: 1/424)
And Allah knows best.
Source: Hidayat al-Qari: Commentary on Sahih Bukhari, Urdu, Page: 220
