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Sunan Abi Dawud 323 — One Strike for Tayammum
The Tayammum
One Strike in Tayammum: The Hadith of Ammar
Sunan Abi Dawud : 323
Sunan Abi DawudHadith Number 323
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْعَلاَءِ، حَدَّثَنَا حَفْصٌ، حَدَّثَنَا الأَعْمَشُ، عَنْ سَلَمَةَ بْنِ كُهَيْلٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ أَبْزَى، عَنْ عَمَّارِ بْنِ يَاسِرٍ، فِي هَذَا الْحَدِيثِ فَقَالَ " يَا عَمَّارُ إِنَّمَا كَانَ يَكْفِيكَ هَكَذَا " . ثُمَّ ضَرَبَ بِيَدَيْهِ الأَرْضَ ثُمَّ ضَرَبَ إِحْدَاهُمَا عَلَى الأُخْرَى ثُمَّ مَسَحَ وَجْهَهُ وَالذِّرَاعَيْنِ إِلَى نِصْفِ السَّاعِدَيْنِ وَلَمْ يَبْلُغِ الْمِرْفَقَيْنِ ضَرْبَةً وَاحِدَةً . قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُدَ وَرَوَاهُ وَكِيعٌ عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ عَنْ سَلَمَةَ بْنِ كُهَيْلٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبْزَى وَرَوَاهُ جَرِيرٌ عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ عَنْ سَلَمَةَ بْنِ كُهَيْلٍ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبْزَى يَعْنِي عَنْ أَبِيهِ .
'Ammar bin Yasir Narrated from:
'Ammar, it would have been enough for you (to do) so. He then stuck only one stroke on the ground with both his hands; he then stuck one with the other; then wiped his face and both arms up to half the forearms and did not reach the elbows. Abu Dawud said: This is also transmitted by Waki' from al-A'mash from Salamah b. Kuhail from 'Abd al-Rahman b. Abza. It is also transmitted through a different chain by Jarir from al-A'mash from Salamah from Sa'id b. 'Abd al-Rahman b. Abza from his father.
Reference : Sunan Abi Dawud 323In-book reference : Book 1, Hadith 323English translation : Book 1, Hadith 323
Summary of Sunan Abi Dawud Hadith 323
This Hadith gives another wording of the tayammum report from Ammar ibn Yasir. The Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم said that it would have been enough for Ammar to do it in this way. The narration mentions one strike on the ground with both hands, then one hand being struck against the other, followed by wiping the face and the arms up to half the forearms, without reaching the elbows. The report is focused on the action itself, so the explanation should stay close to that. It teaches that the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم made tayammum practical and limited. The Hadith also includes Abu Dawud’s note about different chains, showing that the wording was carefully transmitted.
What we learn from this hadith
- The Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم taught Ammar a shorter method than rolling on the ground.
- This narration mentions one strike for tayammum.
- The report describes wiping the face and arms without reaching the elbows.
- Hadith transmitters carefully preserved different chains and wordings.
