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Sunan Abi Dawud 319 — Tayammum Without Holding Dust
The Tayammum
Hadith About Tayammum: Striking Earth Without Holding Dust
Sunan Abi Dawud : 319
Sunan Abi DawudHadith Number 319
حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ دَاوُدَ الْمَهْرِيُّ، وَعَبْدُ الْمَلِكِ بْنُ شُعَيْبٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ وَهْبٍ، نَحْوَ هَذَا الْحَدِيثِ قَالَ قَامَ الْمُسْلِمُونَ فَضَرَبُوا بِأَكُفِّهِمُ التُّرَابَ وَلَمْ يَقْبِضُوا مِنَ التُّرَابِ شَيْئًا فَذَكَرَ نَحْوَهُ وَلَمْ يَذْكُرِ الْمَنَاكِبَ وَالآبَاطَ . قَالَ ابْنُ اللَّيْثِ إِلَى مَا فَوْقَ الْمِرْفَقَيْنِ .
The tradition has also been reported through a different chain of narrators. This version has: The Muslims stood up and struck the earth with their palms, but did not get any earth (in their hands). He (Ibn Wahb) then narrated the rest of the tradition in like manner, but he did not mention the words "shoulders" and "armpits". Ibn al-Laith said: (They) wiped above the elbows.
Reference : Sunan Abi Dawud 319In-book reference : Book 1, Hadith 319English translation : Book 1, Hadith 319
Summary of Sunan Abi Dawud Hadith 319
This report gives another chain for the tayammum narration. It says the Muslims stood and struck the earth with their palms, but did not take any earth in their hands. The rest of the meaning is similar to the previous report, though this version does not mention shoulders and armpits. Ibn al-Laith's wording says they wiped above the elbows. This matters because the report is about wording details in the method of tayammum. People searching tayammum without dust or tayammum hands and face hadith should notice how carefully the narration records what was included and what was not included in this version.
What we learn from this hadith
- The Muslims struck the earth but did not hold dust in their hands.
- This version omits the wording about shoulders and armpits.
- Ibn al-Laith's wording mentions wiping above the elbows.
