Hadith of al-Muhajir ibn Qunfudh (may Allah be pleased with him)

حَدِيثُ الْمُهَاجِرِ بْنِ قُنْفُذٍ (١)، ١٩٠٣٤ - حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ، قَالَ: سُئِلَ عَنْ رَجُلٍ يُسَلِّمُ عَلَيْهِ وَهُوَ غَيْرُ مُتَوَضِّئٍ؟ فَقَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدٌ، عَنْ قَتَادَةَ، عَنِ الْحَسَنِ، عَنِ الْحُضَيْنِ أَبِي سَاسَانَ، عَنِ الْمُهَاجِرِ بْنِ قُنْفُذٍ، أَنَّهُ سَلَّمَ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَهُوَ يَتَوَضَّأُ، فَلَمْ يَرُدَّ عَلَيْهِ حَتَّى تَوَضَّأَ فَرَدَّ عَلَيْهِ وَقَالَ: " إِنَّهُ لَمْ يَمْنَعْنِي أَنْ أَرُدَّ عَلَيْكَ إِلَّا أَنِّي كَرِهْتُ أَنْ أَذْكُرَ اللهَ إِلَّا عَلَى طَهَارَةٍ " (٢)، ، قَالَ: فَكَانَ الْحَسَنُ مِنْ أَجْلِ هَذَا الْحَدِيثِ يَكْرَهُ أَنْ يَقْرَأَ أَوْ يَذْكُرَ اللهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ حَتَّى يَتَطَهَّرَ، ،

It is narrated from Muhajir Qunfudh (may Allah be pleased with him) that he greeted the Holy Prophet (ﷺ). The Holy Prophet (ﷺ) was performing ablution at that time, so he did not reply. When he had completed the ablution, he replied to his greeting and said: "Nothing prevented me from replying to you except that I did not consider it appropriate to mention the name of Allah while not in a state of ablution." The narrator says that on the basis of this hadith, Khawaja Hasan Basri (may Allah have mercy on him) did not consider it good to recite the Qur'an or remember Allah without ablution.