Hadith 19

حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ , وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ بْنِ أَبِي الشَّوَارِبِ البصري , قَالَا : حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَوَانَةَ، عَنْ قَتَادَةَ، عَنْ مُعَاذَةَ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ، قَالَتْ : " مُرْنَ أَزْوَاجَكُنَّ أَنْ يَسْتَطِيبُوا بِالْمَاءِ فَإِنِّي أَسْتَحْيِيهِمْ ، فَإِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ كَانَ يَفْعَلُهُ " . وَفِي الْبَاب عَنْ جَرِيرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْبَجَلِيِّ , وَأَنَسٍ , وَأَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ . قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى : هَذَا حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ ، وَعَلَيْهِ الْعَمَلُ عِنْدَ أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ : يَخْتَارُونَ الِاسْتِنْجَاءَ بِالْمَاءِ ، وَإِنْ كَانَ الِاسْتِنْجَاءُ بِالْحِجَارَةِ يُجْزِئُ عِنْدَهُمْ ، فَإِنَّهُمُ اسْتَحَبُّوا الِاسْتِنْجَاءَ بِالْمَاءِ وَرَأَوْهُ أَفْضَلَ ، وَبِهِ يَقُولُ : سُفْيَانُ الثَّوْرِيُّ , وَابْنُ الْمُبَارَكِ , وَالشَّافِعِيُّ , وَأَحْمَدُ , وَإِسْحَاق .
´Aishah said:` "Encourage your Husbands to clean themselves with water, for I am too shy of them, and Allah's Messenger would do that."
Hadith Reference سنن ترمذي / كتاب الطهارة عن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم / 19
Hadith Grading الألبانی: صحيح، الإرواء (42)
Hadith Takhrij «سنن النسائی/الطہارة 41 (46) ( تحفة الأشراف : 17970) (صحیح)»
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Explanation & Benefits
Shaykh Dr. Abdur Rahman Freywai
Urdu Footnote:
1:
Here, you are repeatedly reading this phrase in the hadiths:
"This is the practice of the people of knowledge."
By "people of knowledge" (ahl al-'ilm) is meant the hadith scholars (muhaddithin), jurists (fuqaha), and those who possess a correct understanding of the Qur'an and Sunnah.
Source: Sunan al-Tirmidhi – Majlis ‘Ilmi Dar al-Da‘wah, New Delhi Edition, Page: 19
Hafiz Muhammad Ameen
46. Commentary: From this hadith as well, the same ruling is derived that using water for istinja (cleaning oneself after relieving oneself) is superior, because this was also the noble habit of the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam. Furthermore, it is also understood that performing istinja with only water is not disliked (makruh). For further details, see: (Fath al-Bari: 1/329, under Hadith: 150)
Source: Sunan Nasa'i: Translation and Benefits by Shaykh Hafiz Muhammad Amin Hafizullah, Page: 46