Narrated by Jabir ibn Abdullah
I have been given five things not given to anyone before me ... the earth has been made a masjid and a means of purification for me, so wherever a man of my Ummah is when the time of prayer comes, let him pray.
Sahih al-Bukhari 335, Sahih Muslim 521
What this hadith teaches
A Muslim can pray anywhere clean, and when no water is available or it cannot be used, tayammum with clean earth takes the place of wudu.
Reference and grade
- Grade
- Sahih: agreed upon by al-Bukhari and Muslim
- Narrator
- Jabir ibn Abdullah
- Chapter
- Wudu and purity
The hadith in Arabic نص الحديث
أُعْطِيتُ خَمْسًا لَمْ يُعْطَهُنَّ أَحَدٌ قَبْلِي نُصِرْتُ بِالرُّعْبِ مَسِيرَةَ شَهْرٍ، وَجُعِلَتْ لِيَ الأَرْضُ مَسْجِدًا وَطَهُورًا، فَأَيُّمَا رَجُلٍ مِنْ أُمَّتِي أَدْرَكَتْهُ الصَّلاَةُ فَلْيُصَلِّ، وَأُحِلَّتْ لِيَ الْمَغَانِمُ وَلَمْ تَحِلَّ لأَحَدٍ قَبْلِي، وَأُعْطِيتُ الشَّفَاعَةَ، وَكَانَ النَّبِيُّ يُبْعَثُ إِلَى قَوْمِهِ خَاصَّةً، وَبُعِثْتُ إِلَى النَّاسِ عَامَّةً
Arabic text of Sahih al-Bukhari 335, as given on sunnah.com.