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The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “I have been given five things which were not given to any one else before me.
-1. Allah made me victorious by awe, (by His frightening my enemies) for a distance of one month’s
journey.
-2. The earth has been made for me (and for my followers) a place for praying and a thing to perform
Tayammum, therefore anyone of my followers can pray wherever the time of a prayer is due.
-3. The booty has been made Halal (lawful) for me yet it was not lawful for anyone else before me.
-4. I have been given the right of intercession (on the Day of Resurrection).
-5. Every Prophet used to be sent to his nation only but I have been sent to all mankind.

Aisha said, “I borrowed a necklace from Asma’ and it was lost. So Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) sent a man to
search for it and he found it. Then the time of the prayer became due and there was no water. They
prayed (without ablution) and informed Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) about it, so the verse of Tayammum was
revealed.” Usaid bin Hudair said to `Aisha, “May Allah reward you. By Allah, whenever anything
happened which you did not like, Allah brought good for you and for the Muslims in that.”

The Prophet (ﷺ) came from the direction of Bir Jamal. A man met him and greeted him. But he did not
return back the greeting till he went to a (mud) wall and wiped his face and hands with its dust
(performed Tayammum) and then returned back the greeting.

A man came to `Umar bin Al-Khattab and said, “I became Junub but no water was available.”
`Ammar bin Yasir said to `Umar, “Do you remember that you and I (became Junub while both of us)
were together on a journey and you didn’t pray but I rolled myself on the ground and prayed? I
informed the Prophet (ﷺ) about it and he said, ‘It would have been sufficient for you to do like this.’ The
Prophet then stroked lightly the earth with his hands and then blew off the dust and passed his hands
over his face and hands.”

While I was lying with the Prophet (ﷺ) under a woolen sheet, I got my menses. I slipped away and put on
the clothes for menses. The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “Have you got your menses?” I replied, “Yes.” He called me
and I slept with him under the woolen sheet.

(on the authority of his father who said) `Ammar said so (the above Statement). And Shu`ba stroked
lightly the earth with his hands and brought them close to his mouth (blew off the dust) and passed
them over his face and then the backs of his hands. `Ammar said, “Ablution (meaning Tayammum
here) is sufficient for a Muslim if water is not available.”

Hafsa said, ‘We used to forbid our young women to go out for the two `Id prayers. A woman came
and stayed at the palace of Bani Khalaf and she narrated about her sister whose husband took part in
twelve holy battles along with the Prophet (ﷺ) and her sister was with her husband in six (out of these
twelve). She (the woman’s sister) said, “We used to treat the wounded, look after the patients and once
I asked the Prophet, ‘Is there any harm for any of us to stay at home if she doesn’t have a veil?’ He
said, ‘She should cover herself with the veil of her companion and should participate in the good deeds
and in the religious gathering of the Muslims.’ When Um `Atiya came I asked her whether she had
heard it from the Prophet. She replied, “Yes. May my father be sacrificed for him (the Prophet)!
(Whenever she mentioned the Prophet (ﷺ) she used to say, ‘May my father be sacrificed for him) I have
heard the Prophet (ﷺ) saying, ‘The unmarried young virgins and the mature girl who stay often screened or
the young unmarried virgins who often stay screened and the menstruating women should come out
and participate in the good deeds as well as the religious gathering of the faithful believers but the
menstruating women should keep away from the Musalla (praying place).’ ” Hafsa asked Um `Atiya
surprisingly, “Do you say the menstruating women?” She replied, “Doesn’t a menstruating woman
attend `Arafat (Hajj) and such and such (other deeds)?”

that while he was in the company of `Umar, `Ammar said to `Umar, “We were in a detachment and
became Junub and I blew the dust off my hands (performed the rolling over the earth and prayed.)”

Fatima bint Abi Hubaish asked the Prophet, “I got persistent bleeding (in between the periods) and do
not become clean. Shall I give up prayers?” He replied, “No, this is from a blood vessel. Give up the
prayers only for the days on which you usually get the menses and then take a bath and offer your
prayers.”

`Ammar said to `Umar “I rolled myself in the dust and came to the Prophet (ﷺ) who said, ‘Passing dusted
hands over the face and the backs of the hands is sufficient for you.’ ”