Can you pray while ritually impure?

Alhamdulillah. Continuing in the book of purification in the chapters regarding in the subchapter regarding the reasons or the instances in which is permissible.

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So he begins an narration here on the authority of and is telling us the instance in which or the story in which the prophet sallall.aii Wasam sent along with a group of soldiers to awa referred to as that is awa could literally be translated as the the battle of the chains. There's a number of reasons why the scholars mention that it was referred to as the battle of the chains. One opinion of historians is that it was called the battle of the chains because of a chains a chain of mountains that were on the path and close to the area where the battle took place. So it was referred to as the battle of the chains meaning the chains of these particular mountains. Another reason is this is the first time that the companions saw a phenomenon that would later become a rather a rather frequent occurrence. And that is that our prophet sallallah.aii Wasallam. One of his miracles that Allah gave him and he did not give to any other prophet before him was as he said I was I am given victory that arrives before my actual army and my actual presence arrives for a month's travel in any direction from where I am. And so he he is given victory by way of terror. noi right I have been given victory by way of extreme panic and fear that is placed into my enemies one month's travel from wherever I am. And so because of this fear when he sent and the soldiers to the enemy combat combatants were so disturbed by the companions arrival at their doorstep and were so disturbed by this terror that had seized them that they actually chained themselves to the ground on the battlefield so that they would not be able to run away when the battle started. And so the battle was referred to as the and this happened on numerous occasions afterwards when people would hear of the arrival of the iron battalion as they were later known as the companions of.

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He is the he was sent as the commander over this army and he mentions that during this journey we don't know whether it was when he was on his way there on his way back most likely on his way back as some versions of this narration articulate he fell asleep or during his sleep. He had a wet dream and it was very bitter cold during this time. And so he made and of course the commander always leads salah in an army. Always the commander is the im. And so he made and then led salah led the rest of the companions with him in salah as per usual. forch.

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So said, "When I had this wet dream, it was extremely bitter cold out that morning. And so when I woke up for I was afraid that if I did bathe especially at such short notice that I might actually hurt myself ser seriously or even die from this cold. And so I made and then I led my troops in. And so when we returned back to the messenger of Allah sallallah.aii wasallam in Medina, they mentioned this to him. They me you know whenever soldiers would return or any caravan that the prophet sallall.aii wasallam sent out, he would await for them when he was told they were arriving. How would he know that they're arriving? Well, , usually caravans are traveling in the following way. They have people that travel be in front of them by a day or two, right? And this is these horsemen are referred to as alid which lit literally translates to the postal. the postal, right? Later and also in the Romans times, they used these postmen that would wait out at certain posts along a track and horsemen would travel very fast in order to deliver messages at the fastest speed possible. A caravan would usually have scouts and postmen ahead, right? And they would have a few behind too, a day or two behind the actual caravan in case the caravan leaves anything, in case the caravan leaves leaves a person. I mean, Aayisha herself was left behind once by mistake. And so they come behind and they collect, right? And they also protect. If an army or a a band bandits are coming for the caravan or something, these scouts will pick up on it and and give word. And so when the postmen would come and inform him that they should arrive tomorrow, he would wait for them in the masid, right? And when they arrived they would make their salah and then they would come and tell the prophet sallallahu alaihi wasallam about all the things that happened you know the details whatever happened the outcome of things etc. And so amongst the things that they told him were was this occurrence with you know he he he he made and he led us in salah in jeneva right and so the prophet sallallahu alaihi wasallam asked him he said yeah did you leave your companions whilst you were junup in a state of janaba I want to take a minute here to mention something. Notice the wording of this rhetorical question. He said, "You led your companions whilst you were jun but he made correct. So did the remove the janaba?" It did. If it did then he after he finds water he does not have to make to right does he let's think about this this is an important point okay person is in jeneva they don't have access to water or whatever they can't use it so they make we have one of two options here either either removed the janaba orum lifted the ruling of jeneva but they still have to bathe. So what this means is that if it completely removed the the janaba this means that even later when the person finally has access to water they don't have to bathe cuz they already made takes its place right or it temporarily lifts the ruling of jeneva but when they find water They have to bathe still. Which one is it?

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What about the statement? So good. What about making extra salah after he found water? Does he have to make woo again? Do you understand the question? They didn't he didn't break his woo from his he reaches town now he has access to water. He doesn't have to make his but does he have to make woo to make salah again? Okay, then all of you agree that he's still in a state of janaba. He is. And that's why the prophet sallall.aii wasallam here says, "You prayed and led your companions in salah whilst you were in janaba." Yeah, but he made. Yes, but he's still in janaba. only momentarily lifted the prohibition the ruling the implications of janaba from him. This is why the scholars have a a principle that I think all of you have heard of. He says they say that if water makes itself present then becomes invalid. Correct? This is agreed upon. So he's still in janaba but lifts the implications of that janaba momentarily when until he's able to access the water until he's able to use the water until understood. This is an important point because later in this same chapter we're going to build some rulings on this narration. So memorize it, right? He says, "Did you lead your companions in janaba?" And so I responded, "Oh messenger of Allah, I remember the statement of Allah." And he refers to verse number 29 in which Allah says, "And do not kill or harm yourselves. Indeed, Allah is ever merciful to you." So Allah prohibits that we kill or harm ourselves, right? And so I made and prayed. He says, "And so the prophet sallall.aii wasallam smiled and did not say anything." What type of sunnah is this called? Sunnah is three types, right? There is a sunnah which is a command or words. There is a sunnah which is actions. And then there is a sunnah which is affirmation, affirmative sunnah. So words meaning any hadith where he says things. Then actions, anything that he says or does. This is a sunnah. And then we have something that he doesn't say or he doesn't personally do but it happens around him or in front of him and he doesn't prohibit it. He doesn't speak to the contrary. In this case he smiled which is a type of action. It's even stronger in its affirmation which means that was correct in this assessment. Right? But he wanted to make sure. Why ask him if he was correct? Well, he's asking him to to see if he had an evidence for what he did or if it was, you know, something that he just made it or maybe he heard it from someone else to know why he did this, right? But him smiling is a type of what? Affirmation. It's as if he said it's as if the prophet said that smile is as if he said implications wise it's as if he said you're correct. It's as if he said if you have a situation did here do as he did. It's the same ruling. It carries the same implications. All right. So we will end with that.

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