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Sunan Ibn Majah 490 — Cooked Food and Prayer Without Wudu
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Cooked Food and Prayer Without New Wudu
Sunan Ibn Majah : 490
Sunan Ibn MajahHadith Number 490
حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ الدِّمَشْقِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا الْوَلِيدُ بْنُ مُسْلِمٍ، حَدَّثَنَا الأَوْزَاعِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا الزُّهْرِيُّ، قَالَ حَضَرْتُ عَشَاءَ الْوَلِيدِ - أَوْ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ - فَلَمَّا حَضَرَتِ الصَّلاَةُ قُمْتُ لأَتَوَضَّأَ فَقَالَ جَعْفَرُ بْنُ عَمْرِو بْنِ أُمَيَّةَ أَشْهَدُ عَلَى أَبِي أَنَّهُ شَهِدَ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ أَنَّهُ أَكَلَ طَعَامًا مِمَّا غَيَّرَتِ النَّارُ ثُمَّ صَلَّى وَلَمْ يَتَوَضَّأْ . وَقَالَ عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبَّاسٍ وَأَنَا أَشْهَدُ، عَلَى أَبِي بِمِثْلِ ذَلِكَ .
Zuhri Narrated from:
I had dinner with Walid or Abdul-Malik. When the time for prayer came, I got up to perform ablution. Ja'far bin 'Amr bin Umayyah said: 'I bear witness that my father bore witness, that the Messenger of Allah ate food that had been changed by fire, then he performed prayer, and he did not perform ablution.' (Sahih) And 'Ali bin 'Abdullah bin 'Abbas said: 'And I bear witness to similar from my father.'
Reference : Sunan Ibn Majah 490In-book reference : Book 1, Hadith 224English translation : Vol. 1, Book 1, Hadith 490
Summary of Sunan Ibn Majah Hadith 490
This narration begins with Zuhri at dinner. When prayer time came, he stood to perform ablution. Ja'far bin Amr bin Umayyah then bore witness through his father that the Messenger of Allah ate food changed by fire, then prayed and did not perform ablution. Ali bin Abdullah bin Abbas also bore witness to a similar report from his father. Searchers may type “food changed by fire no wudu hadith” or “Prophet ate cooked food and prayed without wudu.” The strength of the narration’s wording is in the witnesses. The text directly reports eating cooked food, then praying, without mentioning a new ablution in that case.
What we learn from this hadith
- The narration reports eating food changed by fire before prayer.
- It states that the Prophet prayed without performing ablution afterward.
- The report includes witness statements supporting the same meaning.
