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Sunan Abi Dawud 380 — Ease in Correcting Mistakes
The Ground Which Has Been (Polluted) With Urine
Bedouin Urinated in the Mosque: Mercy, Ease, and Purity
Sunan Abi Dawud : 380
Sunan Abi DawudHadith Number 380
حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَمْرِو بْنِ السَّرْحِ، وَابْنُ، عَبْدَةَ - فِي آخَرِينَ وَهَذَا لَفْظُ ابْنِ عَبْدَةَ - أَخْبَرَنَا سُفْيَانُ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيَّبِ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، أَنَّ أَعْرَابِيًّا، دَخَلَ الْمَسْجِدَ وَرَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم جَالِسٌ فَصَلَّى - قَالَ ابْنُ عَبْدَةَ - رَكْعَتَيْنِ ثُمَّ قَالَ اللَّهُمَّ ارْحَمْنِي وَمُحَمَّدًا وَلاَ تَرْحَمْ مَعَنَا أَحَدًا . فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم " لَقَدْ تَحَجَّرْتَ وَاسِعًا " . ثُمَّ لَمْ يَلْبَثْ أَنْ بَالَ فِي نَاحِيةِ الْمَسْجِدِ فَأَسْرَعَ النَّاسُ إِلَيْهِ فَنَهَاهُمُ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم وَقَالَ " إِنَّمَا بُعِثْتُمْ مُيَسِّرِينَ وَلَمْ تُبْعَثُوا مُعَسِّرِينَ صُبُّوا عَلَيْهِ سَجْلاً مِنْ مَاءٍ " . أَوْ قَالَ " ذَنُوبًا مِنْ مَاءٍ " .
Abu Hurairah Narrated from:
A bedouin entered the mosque while the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) was sitting. He offered two rak'ahs of prayer, according to the version of Ibn 'Abdah. He then said: O Allah, have mercy on me and on Muhammad and do not have mercy on anyone along with us. The Prophet (ﷺ) said: You have narrowed down (a thing) that was broader. After a short while he passed a water in the corner of the mosque. The people rushed towards him. The Prophet (ﷺ) prevented them and said: You have been sent to facilitate and not create difficulties. Pour a bucket of water upon it.
Reference : Sunan Abi Dawud 380In-book reference : Book 1, Hadith 380English translation : Book 1, Hadith 380
Summary of Sunan Abi Dawud Hadith 380
This hadith tells of a Bedouin who entered the mosque while the Messenger of Allah صلى الله عليه وسلم was sitting. He prayed two rak'ahs, then made a supplication asking mercy only for himself and Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم. The Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم told him that he had narrowed something broad. Soon after, the man urinated in a corner of the mosque. People rushed toward him, but the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم stopped them and said they were sent to make things easy, not to make things hard. He then ordered that a bucket of water be poured over the place. The main topics are mosque purity and ease in correcting mistakes. The hadith shows correction without making the situation worse.
What we learn from this hadith
- The Prophet corrected the man's narrow supplication with gentle wording.
- When the man urinated in the mosque, the Prophet stopped people from rushing at him.
- The hadith states that people were sent to make things easy, not hard.
- The soiled area of the mosque was cleaned by pouring a bucket of water over it.
