Muwatta 166

الموطأ 166 — الأعرابي يبول في المسجد: اتركوه، وصب الذنوب

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«اتركوه. فتركوه فبال، ثم أمر رسول الله بذنوب من ماء فصب على ذلك المكان»

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The first hadith in the chapter on urinating standing and otherwise. Yahya transmits from Malik from Yahya ibn Sa'id al-Ansari as a mursal: a Bedouin entered the mosque, uncovered his private parts to urinate, and the people shouted at him until their voices rose. The Prophet ordered them to leave him, and when he had urinated, he ordered a great bucket of water poured on that place. The editor explains dhanub as a large bucket, and notes Ibn Abd al-Barr's view that the report is raised and connected through Yahya ibn Sa'id from Anas by several sound channels, and that it is in the Sahihayn from Anas (al-Bukhari 221, Muslim 1/163) and from Abu Hurayra (may God be pleased with him) in al-Bukhari (6010). 1

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Muwatta, Book of Prayer
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Muhammad· Yahya ibn Sa'id al-Ansari· Anas ibn Malik· Prophet's Mosque
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Ritual purity

People and things also explored

Medina· Muwatta 4· Muwatta 32· Muwatta 45· Muwatta 46· Muwatta 47· Muwatta 48· Muwatta 49

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  1. Muwatta, recension of Yahya ibn Yahya al-Laythi (ed. Bashar Awwad Ma'ruf) , p.110
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