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Sunan Abi Dawud 338 (Book 1, Hadith 338) #20629
Tayammum - A Blessing in Disguise

SUMMARY: This hadith is about two people who performed tayammum (dry ablution) when they could not find water to perform wudu (ablution). The Prophet praised the one who did not repeat the prayer and gave him double reward for repeating it.

Abu Sa'id al-Khudri said: Two persons set out on a journey. Meanwhile the time of prayer came and they had no water. They performed tayammum with clean earth and prayed. Later on they found water within the time of the prayer. One of them repeated the prayer and ablution but the other did not repeat. Then they came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and related the matter to him. Addressing himself to the one who did not repeat, he said: You followed the sunnah (model behavior of the Prophet) and your (first) prayer was enough for you. He said to the one who performed ablution and repeated: For you there is the double reward. Abu Dawud said: Besides Ibn Nafi' this is transmitted by al-Laith from 'Umairah b. Abi Najiyyah from Bakr b. Sawdah on the authority of 'Ata b. Yasar from the Prophet ﷺ. Abu Dawud said: The mention of (the name of the Companion) Abu Sa'id in this tradition is not guarded. This is a mural tradition (ie the Successor 'Ata b. Yasar directly narrates it from the Prophet, leaving the name of the Companion in the chain)
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ الْمُسَيَّبِيُّ، أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ نَافِعٍ، عَنِ اللَّيْثِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ، عَنْ بَكْرِ بْنِ سَوَادَةَ، عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ يَسَارٍ، عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ، قَالَ خَرَجَ رَجُلاَنِ فِي سَفَرٍ فَحَضَرَتِ الصَّلاَةُ وَلَيْسَ مَعَهُمَا مَاءٌ فَتَيَمَّمَا صَعِيدًا طَيِّبًا فَصَلَّيَا ثُمَّ وَجَدَا الْمَاءَ فِي الْوَقْتِ فَأَعَادَ أَحَدُهُمَا الصَّلاَةَ وَالْوُضُوءَ وَلَمْ يُعِدِ الآخَرُ ثُمَّ أَتَيَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَذَكَرَا ذَلِكَ لَهُ فَقَالَ لِلَّذِي لَمْ يُعِدْ ‏"‏ أَصَبْتَ السُّنَّةَ وَأَجْزَأَتْكَ صَلاَتُكَ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ وَقَالَ لِلَّذِي تَوَضَّأَ وَأَعَادَ ‏"‏ لَكَ الأَجْرُ مَرَّتَيْنِ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُدَ وَغَيْرُ ابْنِ نَافِعٍ يَرْوِيهِ عَنِ اللَّيْثِ عَنْ عَمِيرَةَ بْنِ أَبِي نَاجِيَةَ عَنْ بَكْرِ بْنِ سَوَادَةَ عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ يَسَارٍ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ ‏.‏ قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُدَ وَذِكْرُ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ فِي هَذَا الْحَدِيثِ لَيْسَ بِمَحْفُوظٍ وَهُوَ مُرْسَلٌ
TOPICS
prayer  *  ablution  *  reward  *  tayammum  *  wudu

QUICK LESSONS:
Try your best even when you are facing difficulties; Show gratitude towards Allah's blessings; Strive hard for rewards from Allah; Perform tayamumm when there is no access to water; Follow sunnah/model behavior of Prophet Muhammad (ﷺ) .

EXPLANATIONS:
This hadith is about two people who were travelling and needed to perform their prayers but could not find any water. They then resorted to tayammum which is a dry ablution that can be done with clean earth instead of water. When they came back from their journey and told the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ what happened he praised the one who did not repeat his prayer after finding water and gave him double reward for repeating it. This hadith teaches us that even if we are in difficult situations where we cannot do something as prescribed by Islam due to lack of resources or other reasons Allah will still accept our efforts if we try our best. It also teaches us that Allah rewards those who strive hard even if they don’t get what they want in this world as He will give them more than what they deserve in the hereafter.

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