Remembrance 1 from Chapter 311

WE RELATE IN the Ṣaḥīḥs of al-Bukhārī and Muslim that Abū Hurayrah narrated that the Messenger of Allah once met him while he was in a state of major ritual impurity. He slipped away and went to bathe. The Prophet missed him, and when he came back he asked: “Where were you, Abū Hurayrah?” He replied: “Messenger of Allah, you met me when I was in a state of major ritual impurity, and I did not want to sit with you until I had bathed.” He said: “Glory be to Allah! A believer does not become unclean.” ^[1].

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