Tag: Q n A, Bukhari

Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) saw a person sitting aloof and not praying with the people. He asked him, “O so and
so! What prevented you from offering the prayer with the people?” He replied, “O Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ)! I
am Junub and there is no water.” The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “Perform Tayammum with clean earth and that
will be sufficient for you.”

Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) said, “While I was at Mecca the roof of my house was opened and Gabriel descended,
opened my chest, and washed it with Zamzam water. Then he brought a golden tray full of wisdom
and faith and having poured its contents into my chest, he closed it. Then he took my hand and
ascended with me to the nearest heaven, when I reached the nearest heaven, Gabriel said to the
gatekeeper of the heaven, ‘Open (the gate).’ The gatekeeper asked, ‘Who is it?’ Gabriel answered:
‘Gabriel.’ He asked, ‘Is there anyone with you?’ Gabriel replied, ‘Yes, Muhammad I is with me.’ He
asked, ‘Has he been called?’ Gabriel said, ‘Yes.’ So the gate was opened and we went over the nearest
heaven and there we saw a man sitting with some people on his right and some on his left. When he
looked towards his right, he laughed and when he looked toward his left he wept. Then he said,
‘Welcome! O pious Prophet and pious son.’ I asked Gabriel, ‘Who is he?’ He replied, ‘He is Adam and
the people on his right and left are the souls of his offspring. Those on his right are the people of
Paradise and those on his left are the people of Hell and when he looks towards his right he laughs and
when he looks towards his left he weeps.’
Then he ascended with me till he reached the second heaven and he (Gabriel) said to its gatekeeper,
‘Open (the gate).’ The gatekeeper said to him the same as the gatekeeper of the first heaven had said
and he opened the gate. Anas said: “Abu Dhar added that the Prophet (ﷺ) met Adam, Idris, Moses, Jesus
and Abraham, he (Abu Dhar) did not mention on which heaven they were but he mentioned that he
(the Prophet (ﷺ) ) met Adam on the nearest heaven and Abraham on the sixth heaven. Anas said, “When
Gabriel along with the Prophet (ﷺ) passed by Idris, the latter said, ‘Welcome! O pious Prophet and pious
brother.’ The Prophet (ﷺ) asked, ‘Who is he?’ Gabriel replied, ‘He is Idris.” The Prophet (ﷺ) added, “I passed
by Moses and he said, ‘Welcome! O pious Prophet and pious brother.’ I asked Gabriel, ‘Who is he?’
Gabriel replied, ‘He is Moses.’ Then I passed by Jesus and he said, ‘Welcome! O pious brother and
pious Prophet.’ I asked, ‘Who is he?’ Gabriel replied, ‘He is Jesus.
Then I passed by Abraham and he said, ‘Welcome! O pious Prophet and pious son.’ I asked Gabriel,
‘Who is he?’ Gabriel replied, ‘He is Abraham. The Prophet (ﷺ) added, ‘Then Gabriel ascended with me to a
place where I heard the creaking of the pens.” Ibn Hazm and Anas bin Malik said: The Prophet (ﷺ) said,
“Then Allah enjoined fifty prayers on my followers when I returned with this order of Allah, I passed
by Moses who asked me, ‘What has Allah enjoined on your followers?’ I replied, ‘He has enjoined
fifty prayers on them.’ Moses said, ‘Go back to your Lord (and appeal for reduction) for your followers
will not be able to bear it.’ (So I went back to Allah and requested for reduction) and He reduced it to
half. When I passed by Moses again and informed him about it, he said, ‘Go back to your Lord as your
followers will not be able to bear it.’ So I returned to Allah and requested for further reduction and
half of it was reduced. I again passed by Moses and he said to me: ‘Return to your Lord, for your
followers will not be able to bear it. So I returned to Allah and He said, ‘These are five prayers and
they are all (equal to) fifty (in reward) for My Word does not change.’ I returned to Moses and he told
me to go back once again. I replied, ‘Now I feel shy of asking my Lord again.’ Then Gabriel took me
till we ” reached Sidrat-il-Muntaha (Lote tree of; the utmost boundary) which was shrouded in colors,
indescribable. Then I was admitted into Paradise where I found small (tents or) walls (made) of pearls
and its earth was of musk.”

the mother of believers: Allah enjoined the prayer when He enjoined it, it was two rak`at only (in
every prayer) both when in residence or on journey. Then the prayers offered on journey remained the
same, but (the rak`at of) the prayers for non-travelers were increased.

We were ordered to bring out our menstruating women and veiled women in the religious gatherings
and invocation of Muslims on the two `Id festivals. These menstruating women were to keep away
from their Musalla. A woman asked, “O Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) ‘ What about one who does not have a veil?”
He said, “Let her share the veil of her companion.”

Once Jabir prayed with his Izar tied to his back while his clothes were Lying beside him on a wooden
peg. Somebody asked him, “Do you offer your prayer in a single Izar?” He replied, “I did so to show it
to a fool like you. Had anyone of us two garments in the lifetime of the Prophet?”

I saw Jabir bin `Abdullah praying in a single garment and he said that he had seen the Prophet (ﷺ) praying
in a single garment.

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)?”