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Authentic hadithUpdated on 24 September 2026 at 12:34 AM
📖 1 min readعن عبد الله بن عَبَّاس رضي الله عنهما قال: أقبلْتُ راكبا على حِمار أَتَانٍ، وأنا يومئذ قد نَاهَزْتُ الاحْتِلامَ، ورسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم يصلِّي بالناس بِمِنًى إلى غير جِدار، مررتُ بين يدي بعض الصفّ، فنزلت، فأرسلتُ الأَتَانَ تَرْتَعُ، ودخلتُ في الصفّ، فلم يُنْكِرْ ذلك عليَّ أحد.
‘Abdullāh ibn ‘Abbās (may Allah be pleased with him) reported that once he was with the Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) at Mina during the Farewell Pilgrimage, and he came riding a female donkey. He passed in front of part of the row while the Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) was leading his Companions in prayer with no wall in front of him. Ibn ‘Abbās thus dismounted and let the female donkey loose to graze and he joined the row. At that time, as he reported, he was about to attain the age of puberty. This means that he reached an age in which he should have been blamed if he had done something wrong that would invalidate others' prayer. However, neither the Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) nor any of his Companions objected to what he had done.
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