Muhammad bin al-Munkadir said: I heard Jabir bin Abdullah say: I presented bread and meat to the Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم . He ate them and called for ablution water. he performed ablution and offered the noon (Dhuhr) prayer. He then called for the remaining food and ate it. He then got up and prayed and did not perform ablution.

Jabir said: The last practice of the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم was that he did not perform ablution after taking anything that was cooked with the help of fire. Abu Dawud said: This is the abridgment of the former tradition.

Narrated Abdullah ibn Harith ibn Jaz: One of the Companions of the Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم , came upon us in Egypt. When he was narrating traditions in the Mosque of Egypt, I heard him say: I was the seventh or the sixth person in the company of the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم in the house of a person. In the meantime Bilal came and called him for prayer. He came out and passed by a person who had his fire-pan on the fire. The Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم said to him: Has the food in the fire-pan been cooked? He replied: Yes, my parents be sacrificed upon you. He then took a piece out of it and continued to chew it until he uttered the first takbir (AllahuAkbar) of the prayer. All this time I was looking at him.

Abu Hurairah reported: The Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم said: Perform ablution after eating anything which has been cooked by fire.

Narrated Umm Habibah: Abu Sufyan ibn Saeed ibn al-Mughirah reported that he entered upon Umm Habibah who presented him a glass of sawiq (a drink prepared with flour and water) to drink. He called for water and rinsed his mouth. She said: O my cousin, don't you perform ablution? The Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم said: Perform ablution after eating anything cooked with fire, or he said: anything touched by fire. Abu Dawud said: The version of al-Zuhri has: O my paternal cousin.

Abdullah bin Abbas said that the Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم drank some milk and then rinsed his mouth saying: it contains greasiness.

Narrated Anas ibn Malik: The Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم drank some milk and he did not rinse his mouth nor did he perform ablution, and he offered the prayer.

Narrated Jabir ibn Abdullah: We proceeded in the company of the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم for the battle of Dhat ar-Riqa. One of the Muslims killed the wife of one of the unbelievers. He (the husband of the woman killed) took an oath saying: I shall not rest until I kill one of the companions of Muhammad. He went out following the footsteps of the Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم . The Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم encamped at a certain place. He said: Who will keep a watch on us? A person from the Muhajirun (Emigrants) and another from the Ansar (Helpers) responded. He said: Go to the mouth of the mountain-pass. When they went to the mouth of the mountain-pass the man from the Muhajirun lay down while the man from the Ansar stood praying. The man (enemy) came to them. When he saw the person he realised that he was the watchman of the Muslims. He shot him with an arrow and hit the target. But he (took the arrow out and) threw it away. He (the enemy) then shot three arrows. Then he (the Muslim) bowed and prostrated and awoke his companion. When he (the enemy) perceived that they (the Muslims) had become aware of his presence, he ran away. When the man from the Muhajirun saw the (man from the Ansar) bleeding, he asked him: Glory be to Allah! Why did you not wake me up the first time when he shot at you. He replied: I was busy reciting a chapter of the Quran. I did not like to leave it.

Abdullah bin Umar said: One night the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم was busy and he delayed the night (isha) prayer so much so that we dosed in the mosque. We awoke, then dozed, and again awoke and again dozed. He (the prophet) then came upon us and said: There is none except you who is waiting for prayer.

Narrated Anas: The Companions during the lifetime of the messenger of Allah used to wait for the night prayer so much so that their heads were lowered down (by dozing). Then they offered prayer and did not perform ablution. Abu Dawud said: Shubah on the authority of Qatadah added: We lowered down our heads (on accounts of dozing) in the day of the Messenger of Allah . Abu Dawud said; This tradition has been transmitted through a different chain of narrators.