Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ حَدَّثَنَا الْأَعْمَشُ عَنْ شَقِيقٍ قَالَ كُنْتُ جَالِسًا مَعَ أَبِي مُوسَى وَعَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ فَقَالَ أَبُو مُوسَى يَا أَبَا عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ أَرَأَيْتَ لَوْ أَنَّ رَجُلًا لَمْ يَجِدْ الْمَاءَ وَقَدْ أَجْنَبَ شَهْرًا مَا كَانَ يَتَيَمَّمُ قَالَ لَا وَلَوْ لَمْ يَجِدْ الْمَاءَ شَهْرًا قَالَ فَقَالَ لَهُ أَبُو مُوسَى فَكَيْفَ تَصْنَعُونَ بِهَذِهِ الْآيَةِ فِي سُورَةِ الْمَائِدَةِ { فَلَمْ تَجِدُوا مَاءً فَتَيَمَّمُوا صَعِيدًا طَيِّبًا } قَالَ فَقَالَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ لَوْ رُخِّصَ لَهُمْ فِي هَذَا لَأَوْشَكُوا إِذَا بَرَدَ عَلَيْهِمْ الْمَاءُ أَنْ يَتَيَمَّمُوا الصَّعِيدَ ثُمَّ يُصَلُّوا قَالَ فَقَالَ لَهُ أَبُو مُوسَى إِنَّمَا كَرِهْتُمْ ذَا لِهَذَا قَالَ نَعَمْ قَالَ لَهُ أَبُو مُوسَى أَلَمْ تَسْمَعْ لِقَوْلِ عَمَّارٍ بَعَثَنِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فِي حَاجَةٍ فَأَجْنَبْتُ فَلَمْ أَجِدْ الْمَاءَ فَتَمَرَّغْتُ فِي الصَّعِيدِ كَمَا تَمَرَّغُ الدَّابَّةُ ثُمَّ أَتَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَذَكَرْتُ ذَلِكَ لَهُ فَقَالَ إِنَّمَا كَانَ يَكْفِيكَ أَنْ تَقُولَ وَضَرَبَ بِيَدِهِ عَلَى الْأَرْضِ ثُمَّ مَسَحَ كُلَّ وَاحِدَةٍ مِنْهُمَا بِصَاحِبَتِهَا ثُمَّ مَسَحَ بِهَا وَجْهَهُ لَمْ يُجِزْ الْأَعْمَشُ الْكَفَّيْنِ قَالَ فَقَالَ لَهُ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ أَلَمْ تَزْعُمُوا لَمْ يَقْنَعْ بِقَوْلِ عَمَّارٍ وَقَالَ أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ مَرَّةً قَالَ فَضَرَبَ بِيَدِهِ عَلَى الْأَرْضِ ثُمَّ نَفَضَهَا ثُمَّ ضَرَبَ بِشِمَالِهِ عَلَى يَمِينِهِ وَبِيَمِينِهِ عَلَى شِمَالِهِ عَلَى الْكَفَّيْنِ ثُمَّ مَسَحَ وَجْهَهُ.
English Translation
Abu Mu'awiyah narrated to us: Al-A'mash narrated to us, from Shaqiq, who said: I was sitting with Abu Musa and Abdullah, and Abu Musa said: O Abu Abdur-Rahman, what do you think - if a man does not find water and has been in a state of major impurity for a month, would he perform tayammum? He said: No, even if he does not find water for a month. Abu Musa said to him: Then how do you deal with this verse in Surat al-Ma'idah: {and if you do not find water, then perform tayammum with clean earth}? Abdullah said: If they were given this concession, they would soon, whenever the water felt cold to them, resort to tayammum with earth and then pray. Abu Musa said to him: Is that why you disliked this? He said: Yes. Abu Musa said to him: Have you not heard the statement of Ammar - the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, sent me on an errand and I became junub and could not find water, so I rolled in the earth as an animal rolls, then I came to the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, and mentioned that to him, and he said: It would only have sufficed you to do thus - and he struck the ground with his hand, then wiped each hand with the other, then wiped his face with them - al-A'mash did not include the palms in this. Abdullah said to him: Did you not claim that you were not satisfied with the statement of Ammar? Abu Mu'awiyah said once: He struck the ground with his hand, then shook it off, then struck his left on his right and his right on his left over the palms, then wiped his face.