Excerpt from Shaykh Ghulam Mustafa Zaheer Amaanpuri’s book: Safbandi ke Ahkām wa Masā’il
Islam has greatly honored the believer. Wherever there was a possibility that the dignity and respect of a Muslim might be harmed, Islam provided a complete protection for it.
Reflect upon this:
If a person is standing in a row and his wudu breaks during salah, he should hold his nose and leave the row. People will assume he has a nosebleed. No one will even think that he passed wind. This is from the beauties of Islam.
Sāyidah ʿĀ’ishah رضي الله عنها narrates that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said:
Arabic:
«إِذَا أَحْدَثَ أَحَدُكُمْ فِي صَلَاتِهِ، فَلْيَأْخُذْ بِأَنْفِهِ، ثُمَّ لِيَنْصَرِفْ»
Translation:
“If one of you breaks wudu during the prayer, then he should hold his nose and leave.”
[Sunan Abī Dāwūd: 1114; Sunan Ibn Mājah: 1222 — chain authentic]
Imām Ibn al-Jārūd (222), Imām Ibn Khuzaymah (1019), and Imām Ibn Ḥibbān (2239) all declared this hadith ṣaḥīḥ.
Imām al-Ḥākim also graded it ṣaḥīḥ according to the conditions of al-Bukhārī and Muslim, and Ḥāfiẓ al-Dhahabī agreed.
Ḥāfiẓ al-Būṣayrī said its chain is authentic and its narrators are trustworthy.
[Miṣbāḥ al-Zujājah 1/145]
Arabic:
إِنَّمَا أَمَرَهُ أَنْ يَأْخُذَ بِأَنْفِهِ لِيُوهِمَ الْقَوْمَ أَنَّ بِهِ رُعَافًا...
Translation:
“The Prophet ﷺ instructed him to hold his nose so that the people may think he has a nosebleed.
From this noble teaching we learn the etiquette of concealing faults, covering undesirable matters, and using polite indirect expression in a manner better than the original.
This does not involve ostentation or lying. Rather, it is a manner of grace, modesty, and seeking safety from the comments of people.”
[Maʿālim al-Sunan 1/249]
Islam has greatly honored the believer. Wherever there was a possibility that the dignity and respect of a Muslim might be harmed, Islam provided a complete protection for it.
Reflect upon this:
If a person is standing in a row and his wudu breaks during salah, he should hold his nose and leave the row. People will assume he has a nosebleed. No one will even think that he passed wind. This is from the beauties of Islam.
① Hadith on Leaving the Row While Holding the Nose
Sāyidah ʿĀ’ishah رضي الله عنها narrates that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said:
Arabic:«إِذَا أَحْدَثَ أَحَدُكُمْ فِي صَلَاتِهِ، فَلْيَأْخُذْ بِأَنْفِهِ، ثُمَّ لِيَنْصَرِفْ»
Translation:
“If one of you breaks wudu during the prayer, then he should hold his nose and leave.”
[Sunan Abī Dāwūd: 1114; Sunan Ibn Mājah: 1222 — chain authentic]Imām Ibn al-Jārūd (222), Imām Ibn Khuzaymah (1019), and Imām Ibn Ḥibbān (2239) all declared this hadith ṣaḥīḥ.
Imām al-Ḥākim also graded it ṣaḥīḥ according to the conditions of al-Bukhārī and Muslim, and Ḥāfiẓ al-Dhahabī agreed.
Ḥāfiẓ al-Būṣayrī said its chain is authentic and its narrators are trustworthy.
[Miṣbāḥ al-Zujājah 1/145]② Explanation of Imām al-Khaṭṭābī (388 AH)
Arabic:إِنَّمَا أَمَرَهُ أَنْ يَأْخُذَ بِأَنْفِهِ لِيُوهِمَ الْقَوْمَ أَنَّ بِهِ رُعَافًا...
Translation:
“The Prophet ﷺ instructed him to hold his nose so that the people may think he has a nosebleed.
From this noble teaching we learn the etiquette of concealing faults, covering undesirable matters, and using polite indirect expression in a manner better than the original.
This does not involve ostentation or lying. Rather, it is a manner of grace, modesty, and seeking safety from the comments of people.”
[Maʿālim al-Sunan 1/249]