Ibn Umar said: The Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم came from the privy. A man met him near Bir Jamal and saluted him. The Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم did not return the salutation until he came to a wall and placed his hands on the wall and wiped his face and hands; he then returned the man's salutation.

Abu Dharr said: A few goats got collected with the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم . He said: Abu Dharr, drive them to the wood. I drove them to Rabadhah (a place near Madina). I would have sexual defilement (during my stay there) and I would remain (in this condition) for five or six days. Then I came to the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم . He said: O Abu Dharr. I kept silence. He then said: May your mother bereave you, Abu Dharr: woe be to your mother. He then called a black slave-girl for me. She brought a vessel which contained water. She then concealed me by drawing a curtain and I concealed myself behind a she-camel, and took a bath. I felt as if I had thrown away a mountain from me. He said: Clean earth is a means for ablution for a Muslim, even for ten years (he does not find water); but when you find water, you should make it touch your skin, for that is better. The version of Musaddad has: "the goats (were collected) from the alms, " and the tradition reported by Amr is complete.

A man from Banu Amir said: I embraced Islam and my (ignorance of the) religion made me anxious (to learn the essentials). I came to Abu Dharr. Abu Dharr said: The climate of Madina did not suit me. The Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ordered me to have a few camels and goats. He said to me: Drink their milk. (The narrator Hammad said): I doubt whether he (the Prophet) said: "their urine. " Abu Dharr said: I was away from the watering place and I had my family with me. I would have sexual defilement and pray without purification. I came to the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم at noon. He was resting in the shade of the mosque along with a group of Companions. He (the Prophet) said: Abu Dharr. I said: Yes, I am ruined, Messenger of Allah. He said: What ruined you ? I said: I was away from the watering place and I had family with me. I used to be sexually defiled and pray without purification. He commanded (to bring) water for me. Then a black slave-girl brought a vessel of water that was shaking as the vessel was not full. I concealed myself behind a camel and took bath and them came (to the Prophet). The Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم said: Abu Dharr, clean earth is a means of ablution, even if you do not find water for ten years. When you find water, you should make it touch your skin. Abu Dawud said: This is transmitted by Hammad bin Zaid from Ayyub. This version does not mention the words "their urine. " This is not correct. The words "their urine" occur only in the version reported by Anas and transmitted only by the people of Basrah.

Narrated Amr ibn al-As: I had a sexual dream on a cold night in the battle of Dhat as-Salasil. I was afraid, if I washed I would die. I, therefore, performed tayammum and led my companions in the dawn prayer. They mentioned that to the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم . He said: Amr, you led your companions is prayer while you were sexually defiled? I informed him of the cause which impeded me from washing. And I said: I heard Allah say: "Do not kill yourself, verily Allah is merciful to you. " The Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم laughed and did not say anything. Abu Dawud said: Abdur-Rahman bin Jubair is an Egyptian and a freed slave of Kharijah bin Hudhafah. He is not Jubair bin Nufair

Abu Qais, the freed slave of Amr bin al-As, said Amr bin al-As was in a battle. He then narrated the rest of the tradition. He then said: He washed his armpits and other joints where dirt was found, and he performed ablution like that for prayer. Then he led them in prayer. He then narrated the tradition in a similar way but did not mention of tayammum. Abu Dawud said: This incident has also been narrated by al-'Awzai on the authority of Hassan bin Atiyyah. This version has the words: Then he performed tayammum.

Jabir said: We set out on a journey. One of our people was hurt by a stone, that injured his head. The then had a sexual dream. He asked his fellow travelers: Do you find a concession for me to perform tayammum? They said: We do not find any concession for you while you can use water. He took a bath and died. When we came to the Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم , the incident was reported to him. He said: They killed him, may Allah kill them! Could they not ask when they did not know ? The fire of ignorance is inquiry. It was enough for him to perform tayammum and to our some drops of water or bind a bandage over the wound (the narrator Musa was doubtful); then he should have wiped over it and washed the rest of his body.

Narrated Abdullah ibn Abbas: A man was injured during the lifetime of the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ; he then had a sexual dream, and he was advised to wash and he washed himself. Consequently he died. When this was reported to the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم he said: They killed him; may Allah kill them! Is not inquiry the cure of ignorance?

Abu Saeed al-Khudri said: Two persons set out on a journey. Meanwhile the time of prayer came and they had no water. They performed tayammum with clean earth and prayed. Later on they found water within the time of the prayer. One of them repeated the prayer and ablution but the other did not repeat. Then they came to the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم and related the matter to him. Addressing himself to the one who did not repeat, he said: You followed the sunnah (model behavior of the Prophet) and your (first) prayer was enough for you. He said to the one who performed ablution and repeated: For you there is the double reward. Abu Dawud said: Besides Ibn Nafi this is transmitted by al-Laith from Umairah bin Abi Najiyyah from Bakr bin Sawadah on the authority of Ata bin Yasar from the Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم . Abu Dawud said: The mention of (the name of the Companion) Abu Saeed in this tradition is not guarded. This is a mural tradition (i. e. the Successor Ata bin Yasar directly narrates it from the Prophet, leaving the name of the Companion in the chain.)

Ata bin Yasar said: Two persons from the Companions of the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ; he then narrated the rest of the tradition to the same effect.

Abu Hurairah said: While Umar bin al-Khattab was making a speech on Friday (in the mosque), a man came in. Umar said: Are you detained from prayer ? The man said: As soon as I heard the call for prayer, I perfumed ablution. Then Umar said: Only ablution ? Did you not hear the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم say: When any one of you comes for Friday (prayer) he should take a bath.