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A narration from Aisha (may Allah be pleased with him): She said: "We went out with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ on one of his journeys, and when we reached a place called Al-Baidah or Dhat al-Jaysh, my necklace broke. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ stayed behind to search for it, and the people stayed with him. They had no water and no water with them. So, the people went to Abu Bakr and said: 'Do you not see what Aisha has done? She has stopped the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and the people, and they have no water.' Abu Bakr came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and found him lying with his head on my lap, and he said: 'You have detained the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and the people, and they have no water!' Aisha said: "Abu Bakr reprimanded me and said whatever Allah willed him to say, and he started to poke me in my side with his hand. The only thing that stopped me from moving was the position of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ on my lap. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ slept until morning without water. Then Allah, the Exalted, revealed the verse of tayammum." Usayd bin Hudayr said: "This is not the first blessing you have received, O family of Abu Bakr." Aisha said: "We sent the camel I was riding in search of the necklace, and we found it under it."
Qur’an-related source paragraphs
And the saying of Allah, the Almighty: "And if you are ill or on a journey or one of you comes from the place of relieving himself, or you have touched women, and you do not find water, then perform tayammum with clean soil and wipe over your faces and hands. And the saying of Allah: 'And do not approach prayer while you are in a state of janabah (major impurity) until you have washed yourselves.'" (Surah Al-Ma'idah: 6)
Possible references (unverified, pending editorial review)
- Candidate: Sahih al-Bukhari 334 (unverified) 99% confidence
- Candidate: Sahih Muslim 367a (unverified) 97% confidence
Confidence and text similarity are not editorial verification.