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Jami at-Tirmidhi 143 — Purity of Long Garments
What Has Been Related About Wudu Due To What One Has Walked In
Hadith About Purifying Long Garments
Jami at-Tirmidhi : 143
Jami at-TirmidhiHadith Number 143
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو رَجَاءٍ، قُتَيْبَةُ حَدَّثَنَا مَالِكُ بْنُ أَنَسٍ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عُمَارَةَ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، عَنْ أُمِّ وَلَدٍ، لِعَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ عَوْفٍ قَالَتْ قُلْتُ لأُمِّ سَلَمَةَ إِنِّي امْرَأَةٌ أُطِيلُ ذَيْلِي وَأَمْشِي فِي الْمَكَانِ الْقَذِرِ فَقَالَتْ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " يُطَهِّرُهُ مَا بَعْدَهُ " . قَالَ وَفِي الْبَابِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ قَالَ كُنَّا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم لاَ نَتَوَضَّأُ مِنَ الْمَوْطَإِ . قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى وَهُوَ قَوْلُ غَيْرِ وَاحِدٍ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ قَالُوا إِذَا وَطِئَ الرَّجُلُ عَلَى الْمَكَانِ الْقَذِرِ أَنَّهُ لاَ يَجِبُ عَلَيْهِ غَسْلُ الْقَدَمِ إِلاَّ أَنْ يَكُونَ رَطْبًا فَيَغْسِلَ مَا أَصَابَهُ . قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى وَرَوَى عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ الْمُبَارَكِ هَذَا الْحَدِيثَ عَنْ مَالِكِ بْنِ أَنَسٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عُمَارَةَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أُمِّ وَلَدٍ لِهُودِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ عَوْفٍ عَنْ أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ . وَهُوَ وَهَمٌ وَلَيْسَ لِعَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ عَوْفٍ ابْنٌ يُقَالُ لَهُ هُودٌ وَإِنَّمَا هُوَ عَنْ أُمِّ وَلَدٍ لإِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ عَوْفٍ عَنْ أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ . وَهَذَا الصَّحِيحُ .
Abdur-Rahman bin Awf's Umm Walad said, : "I Said To Umm Salamah: 'Indeed I Am A Woman With Lengthy Hems, And I Walk In Places Of Filth.' So She Said: 'Allah'S Messenger Said: "It Is Purified By What Comes After It."
[1] The term used for a slave woman who begets a child for her master.Reference : Jami` at-Tirmidhi 143In-book reference : Book 1, Hadith 143English translation : Vol. 1, Book 1, Hadith 143
Summary of Jami at-Tirmidhi Hadith 143
This hadith about purifying long garments answers a practical concern. A woman said that her hem was long and that she walked through places of filth. Umm Salamah replied with the Prophet’s words: it is purified by what comes after it. The hadith is short, but its meaning is very useful. It points to ease in daily cleanliness when a garment passes through dirty ground and then through cleaner ground after it. The explanation should stay close to the text: the hadith speaks about the hem of clothing and what comes after it, not about every kind of impurity in every case.
What we learn from this hadith
- Daily purity is treated with ease when the text allows it.
- A long garment may be purified by what comes after it, as stated in the hadith.
- Questions about cleanliness should be answered with clear knowledge.
- The hadith addresses the specific case of hems touching dirty places.
