Umm Ayman (may Allah be pleased with her) narrates that one night the Prophet ﷺ got up and came to a clay pot and urinated in it. That same night I got up and I was thirsty, so I drank what was in it. When morning came, I informed the Messenger of Allah ﷺ about this incident, and he ﷺ said:
اما ا نك لا يتجعن بطنك أبدا .
“Beware! Indeed you will never have a stomach ailment after today.”
Commentary:
Its chain is “da’if” (weak).
Its narrator Abd al-Malik al-Nakha’i is “matruk” (abandoned).
Note:
In the chain of Abu Ya’la, the link of Abu Malik al-Nakha’i has dropped out. The evidence for this is that Ya’la ibn Ata’i is among the teachers of Abu Malik al-Nakha’i, and Abu Malik al-Nakha’i is among the students of Ya’la ibn Ata’i, whereas Husayn ibn Harb is not among the students of Ya’la ibn Ata’i. The identification and authentication of the two narrators in this chain, Muslim ibn Qutaybah and al-Husayn ibn Harb, is required.
The second evidence for this is that:
◈ Hafiz Suyuti writes:
و أخرج أ بو يعلٰي والحاكم والدار قطني و أبو نعيم عن أم أيمن .
“Abu Ya’la, al-Hakim, al-Daraqutni and Abu Nu’aym narrated it from Umm Ayman.”
Hafiz Suyuti is indicating that this is one single chain, which depends on Abu Malik al-Nakha’i, who is matruk. Also, the hearing of al-Walid ibn Abd al-Rahman from Umm Ayman is required.
Apart from Abu Ya’la, in all the others there is also a break (inqita’) between Nubayh al-Anzi and Umm Ayman.
Note:
One narration has:
فما مرضت قط حتي كانت مرضها الذى ماتت فيه .
“After that, the woman did not fall ill until the time of her death.”
Its chain is severely “munqati'” (broken) and “mudallis” (concealed defect of tadlis).
In it, both Abd al-Razzaq and Imam Ibn Jurayj are mudallis, and the informant is unknown and unidentified.
From Umaymah (may Allah be pleased with her), it is narrated:
ان النبى صلى الله عليه و سلم كان له قدح من عيد ان يبول فيه، ثم يوضع تحت سريره، فجا ئت امرأة يقال لها بركة . جائت مع أم حبيبة من الحبشة، فشربته بركة، فسألها، فقالت : شربته، فقال : لقد احتضرني من النار بحضار، أو قال : جنة، أو هذا معناه .
“The Prophet ﷺ had a wooden bowl in which he would urinate, and then it would be placed under the bed. A woman named Barakah came; she had come from Abyssinia with Sayyidah Umm Habibah (may Allah be pleased with her). She drank that bowl. Sayyidah Zaynab (may Allah be pleased with her) asked her, and she said: I have drunk it. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: You have secured protection from the Fire, or he said: you have taken a shield, or he said something similar.”
It is likely that this act occurred through the mistake of that slave-girl, and for the disliked act done by mistake, the discomfort and aversion she felt afterward was compensated by Allah with freedom from Hell, because a believer’s hardship and pain are never empty of reward. والله اعلم بالصواب !
Note:
Salma, the wife of Abu Rafi’, drank the water left over from the bath of the Prophet ﷺ. The Prophet ﷺ said to her:
حرم الله بدنك على النار .
“May Allah make your body haram for the Fire.”
◈ Hafiz Haythami (may Allah have mercy on him) says:
و رواه الطبراني فى الأوسط، و فيه معمر بن محمد، و هو كذاب .
“It was narrated by Imam Tabarani in his book al-Awsat. In it is the narrator Ma’mar ibn Muhammad, and he is a liar (kadhdhab).”
◈ Hafiz Ibn Hajar (may Allah have mercy on him) writes:
و فى السند الضعف .
“There is weakness in its chain.”
There is no legal evidence that the excretions of the Prophet ﷺ are pure. However:
Mr. Zakariyya Tablighi Deobandi writes:
“The excretions of the Prophet, his feces, urine, etc., are all pure.”
In refutation of this claim, which is without evidence and exaggerated, let us also hear the statement of Mr. Ashraf Ali Thanawi Deobandi. He says:
“The claim of purity is without evidence.”
