Hadith 35

Sahih Bukhari

Book 4: Ablutions (Wudu')

Chapter 32

To look for water (for ablution) when the time for the prayer is due

باب الْتِمَاسِ الْوَضُوءِ إِذَا حَانَتِ الصَّلاَةُ

‘Aishah رضي الله عنها said: Once the Fajr prayer was due and water was searched for (for ablution) but it was not found. Thereupon the Divine Revelation of Tayammum was revealed. (Tayammum means to put or strike lightly on clean earth with one’s hands and then pass the palm of each on the back of the other, blow off the dust, and then pass them on the face). ​​
وَقَالَتْ عَائِشَةُ حَضَرَتِ الصُّبْحُ فَالْتُمِسَ الْمَاءُ، فَلَمْ يُوجَدْ، فَنَزَلَ التَّيَمُّمُ.
Sahih al-Bukhari 169
حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ يُوسُفَ، قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا مَالِكٌ، عَنْ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي طَلْحَةَ، عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ، أَنَّهُ قَالَ رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم وَحَانَتْ صَلاَةُ الْعَصْرِ، فَالْتَمَسَ النَّاسُ الْوَضُوءَ فَلَمْ يَجِدُوهُ، فَأُتِيَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم بِوَضُوءٍ، فَوَضَعَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فِي ذَلِكَ الإِنَاءِ يَدَهُ، وَأَمَرَ النَّاسَ أَنْ يَتَوَضَّئُوا مِنْهُ‏.‏ قَالَ فَرَأَيْتُ الْمَاءَ يَنْبُعُ مِنْ تَحْتِ أَصَابِعِهِ حَتَّى تَوَضَّئُوا مِنْ عِنْدِ آخِرِهِمْ‏.‏
Anas bin Malik:

saw Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) when the `Asr prayer was due and the people searched for water to perform ablution but they could not find it. Later on (a pot full of) water for ablution was brought to Allah's Apostle . He put his hand in that pot and ordered the people to perform ablution from it. I saw the water springing out from underneath his fingers till all of them performed the ablution (it was one of the miracles of the Prophet).

Chain of Narrators

companion
1

Anas bin Malik

أنس بن مالك بن النضر

2,476 narrations

follower
2

Ishaq bin 'Abdullah bin Abi Talha

إسحاق بن عبد الله بن أبي طلحة

139 narrations

successor
3

Imam Maalik

مالك بن أنس بن مالك بن أبي عامر

1,491 narrations

3rd Generation
4

'Abdullah bin Yusuf al-Tunaysi

عبد الله بن يوسف التنيسي

352 narrations