A man came to Sayyiduna Umar bin Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him) and said, "I am in need of ghusl and have not found water (so what should I do now)?" Upon this, Sayyiduna Ammar bin Yasir said to Sayyiduna Umar bin Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him), "Do you not remember when you and I were on a journey and both of us became junub? You did not pray, but I rolled on the ground and performed the prayer. Then I mentioned this to the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and he said, 'It would have been sufficient for you to do this.' The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) struck his hands on the earth, blew on them, and then wiped his face and palms with both hands."

The freed slave of Sayyiduna Abbas, Umair bin Abdullah, said that I and Abdullah bin Yasar, the freed slave of Hazrat Maymunah, the wife of the Prophet (peace be upon him), came to Abu Juhaim bin Harithah Sammah Al-Ansari (a companion). So Abu Juhaim narrated that the Prophet (peace be upon him) was coming from the direction of Bi’r Jamal when a man met him on the way and greeted him with salam (that is, Abu Juhaim himself). But the Prophet did not reply. Then he came near a wall and wiped his face and hands, and then replied to his salam.

Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) reports: I met the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) while I was in a state of major ritual impurity (junub). He took hold of my hand and I walked with him until he sat down at a certain place. I quietly went to my house, performed ghusl (ritual bath), and returned to his presence while he was still sitting there. He asked: O Abu Hurairah! Where did you go? I explained what had happened. He said: Subhan Allah! O Abu Hurairah! A believer is never impure (najis).

Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated that when the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) entered the toilet (to relieve himself), he would recite this supplication: "O Allah! I seek refuge with You from the male and female devils."

Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) said that the call for prayer (iqamah) had been given and the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was quietly speaking in the ear of a person in a corner of the mosque. Then when the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) came for the prayer, the people were sleeping.