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Sahih Muslim, 352
sahih

'Abdullah b. Ibrahim b. Qariz reported that he found Abu Huraira performing ablution in the mosque, who said:

I am performing ablution because of having eaten pieces of cheese, for I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say: Perform ablution (after eating anything) touched by fire.

قَالَ ابْنُ شِهَابٍ أَخْبَرَنِي عُمَرُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ، أَنَّ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ قَارِظٍ، أَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّهُ، وَجَدَ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ يَتَوَضَّأُ عَلَى الْمَسْجِدِ فَقَالَ إِنَّمَا أَتَوَضَّأُ مِنْ أَثْوَارِ أَقِطٍ أَكَلْتُهَا لأَنِّي سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَقُولُ ‏

‏ تَوَضَّئُوا مِمَّا مَسَّتِ النَّارُ ‏

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References2 variants
In-Book Reference
Book 3, Hadith 110
USC-MSA web (English) reference
Book 3, Hadith 687 (deprecated numbering scheme)
Sharh · explanationclick to expand
Islam legislates rules that suit the Muslim nation so it may gradually legislate some rules or even abrogate them later. The above-mentioned concept is one of the goals of abrogation in Islam. In this hadith, Abu Hurairah said that he once performed ablution because he ate pieces of cheese that were cooked by fire, for he heard the Prophet saying, “Perform ablution due to eating something cooked by fire." The Prophetic command to perform ablution due to eating something cooked by fire was later abrogated. Imam Abu Daoud reported that Jaber ibn Abdullah said, “The last of the two matters that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to do was to leave off ablution due to eating something cooked by fire." In the two Sahihs, Abdullah ibn Abbas narrated that the Prophet (ﷺ) ate meat and then prayed without performing ablution or touching water. Finally, this hadith confirms that a scholar should explain the reason for his actions if he thinks that people may blame him..
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