It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that in the time of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) a man was wounded, then he became ritually impure (janabah). He asked for a ruling and was ordered to take a ritual bath (ghusl). He took the bath and died. News of this reached the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), and he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "They killed him, may Allah destroy them! Was not the cure for ignorance to ask?!" Ata says: It reached me that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) was asked after that, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Had he washed his body and left the place where the wound was, that would have sufficed him."