If a person in a state of major ritual impurity finds enough water to wash some of his limbs, should he use this water and perform dry ablution for the rest?
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The questioner : The last question, forgive me, in another area for a final question?
The Shaykh: Go ahead.
The questioner : If a person in a state of major ritual impurity finds enough water for some of his limbs, there is an opinion among some scholars that he is obligated to use this water and perform dry ablution for the rest. I do not know; I would like to seek your opinion. Then another question related to this: can we derive from the hadith of 'Amr ibn al-'As, O Shaykh, in another narration you mentioned in "Sahih Sunan Abi Dawud": "that he washed the armpits and performed ablution"? He performed dry ablution, but he washed the armpits and performed ablution, combining these matters.
The Shaykh : Yes, but the narration is authentic.
The questioner : Yes, O Shaykh, in "Sahih Sunan Abi Dawud."
The Shaykh : "Sunan Abi Dawud"?
The questioner : Yes, yes, my Shaykh.
The Shaykh : Do you have "Sunan Abi Dawud"?
The questioner : Ah, I have the abbreviated chain, O Shaykh, yes.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : Yes, with the abbreviated chain that I have, yes.
The Shaykh : I understand, meaning you are giving me its number.
The questioner : O Shaykh, I will go down for just a moment to give you its number.
The Shaykh : No need to go down, we found it without going down. Well, he does as came in the hadith, but what was in my mind was that this addition is not authentic, and we used to say in the Hanbali school that he does this with this hadith as a precaution due to the Hanbalis' statement on it, do you understand? Otherwise, dry ablution suffices and is enough for him. But if the hadith is authentic with this addition as you recall, then it is necessary to say so.
The questioner : Yes, O Shaykh, I am completely sure.
The Shaykh : I mean, the difference between what is in my mind and what you are telling me now: what is in my mind is that I say he performs ablution and washes his armpits because the Hanbalis adopted this hadith, and this hadith regarding the addition of washing the armpits and ablution is weak in my view. This is what was settled in my mind.
The questioner : And you considered it a precaution, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : But if the hadith is authentic as you say, we do not say it is a precaution; we say it is obligatory.
The questioner : Yes... obligatory, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : Well, if you wish, if Allah wills, just the second call, I will call you and tell you, meaning its number.
The Shaykh : May Allah reward you with good.
The questioner : May Allah honor you, my Shaykh.
The Shaykh : Welcome.
The questioner : May Allah reward you.
The Shaykh : May Allah grant you health.
The questioner: Peace be upon you.
The Shaykh : And upon you be peace, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings.
The questioner : ... even with ablution.
The Shaykh : How?
The questioner : I mean, we make it obligatory that he used the water for what completes the limbs and performs dry ablution for the rest, even in ablution and not in the full ritual bath for major ritual impurity.
The Shaykh : The full ritual bath for major ritual impurity.
The Shaykh: Go ahead.
The questioner : If a person in a state of major ritual impurity finds enough water for some of his limbs, there is an opinion among some scholars that he is obligated to use this water and perform dry ablution for the rest. I do not know; I would like to seek your opinion. Then another question related to this: can we derive from the hadith of 'Amr ibn al-'As, O Shaykh, in another narration you mentioned in "Sahih Sunan Abi Dawud": "that he washed the armpits and performed ablution"? He performed dry ablution, but he washed the armpits and performed ablution, combining these matters.
The Shaykh : Yes, but the narration is authentic.
The questioner : Yes, O Shaykh, in "Sahih Sunan Abi Dawud."
The Shaykh : "Sunan Abi Dawud"?
The questioner : Yes, yes, my Shaykh.
The Shaykh : Do you have "Sunan Abi Dawud"?
The questioner : Ah, I have the abbreviated chain, O Shaykh, yes.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : Yes, with the abbreviated chain that I have, yes.
The Shaykh : I understand, meaning you are giving me its number.
The questioner : O Shaykh, I will go down for just a moment to give you its number.
The Shaykh : No need to go down, we found it without going down. Well, he does as came in the hadith, but what was in my mind was that this addition is not authentic, and we used to say in the Hanbali school that he does this with this hadith as a precaution due to the Hanbalis' statement on it, do you understand? Otherwise, dry ablution suffices and is enough for him. But if the hadith is authentic with this addition as you recall, then it is necessary to say so.
The questioner : Yes, O Shaykh, I am completely sure.
The Shaykh : I mean, the difference between what is in my mind and what you are telling me now: what is in my mind is that I say he performs ablution and washes his armpits because the Hanbalis adopted this hadith, and this hadith regarding the addition of washing the armpits and ablution is weak in my view. This is what was settled in my mind.
The questioner : And you considered it a precaution, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : But if the hadith is authentic as you say, we do not say it is a precaution; we say it is obligatory.
The questioner : Yes... obligatory, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : Well, if you wish, if Allah wills, just the second call, I will call you and tell you, meaning its number.
The Shaykh : May Allah reward you with good.
The questioner : May Allah honor you, my Shaykh.
The Shaykh : Welcome.
The questioner : May Allah reward you.
The Shaykh : May Allah grant you health.
The questioner: Peace be upon you.
The Shaykh : And upon you be peace, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings.
The questioner : ... even with ablution.
The Shaykh : How?
The questioner : I mean, we make it obligatory that he used the water for what completes the limbs and performs dry ablution for the rest, even in ablution and not in the full ritual bath for major ritual impurity.
The Shaykh : The full ritual bath for major ritual impurity.
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