What did the Prophet ﷺ do when a man urinated in the mosque? — credits

Sources for the story

• Sahih al-Bukhari 6128 (Abu Hurayrah): the people rushed at the Bedouin to beat him; “Leave him… You were sent to make things easy, not to make them difficult.” Also Bukhari 220 (the same words, with the bucket of water).
• Sahih al-Bukhari 221 and Sahih Muslim 284 (Anas): a Bedouin urinated in a corner of the mosque; the Prophet ﷺ stopped the people; a bucket of water was poured over it.
• Sahih Muslim 285 (Anas): the Companions said “Mah! Mah!” (Stop! Stop!); they let him finish; the Prophet ﷺ called him and explained that mosques are for the remembrance of Allah, prayer and the recitation of the Qur’an (“or words to that effect”); then a man from the people poured a bucket of water over it.
• Sunan Ibn Majah 529 (Abu Hurayrah; hasan): after he had understood, the Bedouin said: “He did not scold me, and did not insult me.”
• Ibn Hajar, Fath al-Bari 1/324: the Companions’ rebuke was “with tongues, not hands”. Ibn Daqiq al-ʿId (via Ibn Hajar) and al-Nawawi: stopping him mid-way would have harmed him and spread the impurity (Fath al-Munʿim 2/244).
• Cross-checked on sunnah.com; commentary retrieved through Qaf.

Out of respect, the Prophet ﷺ is never depicted: his words appear only as text. People are shown only from behind, and the man is not named, as the narrators chose to cover him.

Made with

• Narration: Google Gemini 3.8 Flash TTS (voice “Algieba”), directed and edited for this film.
• Illustrations: Google Gemini 3.1 Flash Image (backgrounds) and OpenAI GPT Image 2.5 (cut-outs), art-directed and reviewed frame by frame.
• Typefaces (SIL Open Font License): Caveat Brush, Caveat, Patrick Hand, Aref Ruqaa.
• Animation engine, sound design and mix: written for this series.

Sound

No music is used. All sound effects are CC0 unless noted.

• amb_palm_orchard_breeze — #423800 "Wind through Palm Trees.wav" by klangfabrik, CC0 1.0; #517526 "dove calling with out other side noise" by idreesbari, CC0 1.0. Edits: palm wind src 4.0-78.5 s, HPF 120 Hz, LPF ~4.2 kHz, -3 dB high shelf, -4 dB at 560 Hz; 72 s seamless loop (2.5 s crossfade) with slow loop-periodic ±4 dB swells that darken in the lulls; 3 laughing-dove phrases (src 0.60-1.75, 6.15-7.60, 17.50-18.90 s; band-limited 250 Hz-3 kHz, short diffuse echo) placed at 11.0 / 34.5 / 55.0 s; -24 LUFS
• amb_quiet_room_day — #837996 "windy roomtone ile callot" by bruno.auzet, CC0 1.0. Edits: cut 190.0-216.0 s; HPF 40 Hz, LPF 14 kHz; 24 s seamless loop (2 s crossfade), -26 LUFS
• sfx_blind_click — #635786 "window residential slide open close click latch various" by kyles, CC0 1.0. Edits: cut 1.38-1.66 s (one latch click); HPF 120 Hz; trim, fades, peak -1 dBFS
• sfx_blind_unroll — #532775 "roller shade up.mp3" by twinpix, CC0 1.0. Edits: full 0.00-1.05 s; HPF 80 Hz; trim, fades, peak -1 dBFS
• sfx_card_thud — #824385 "Softcover book hitting table" by nyxlitten, CC0 1.0. Edits: cut 3.80-4.25 s; HPF 60 Hz; trim, fades, peak -1 dBFS
• sfx_cloth_swish_1 — #391448 "Shirt Whoosh 1.wav" by saturdaysoundguy, CC0 1.0. Edits: cut 6.70-7.40 s; HPF 80 Hz,FFT denoise 10 dB (floor -72); trim, fades, peak -1 dBFS
• sfx_cloth_swish_2 — #391448 "Shirt Whoosh 1.wav" by saturdaysoundguy, CC0 1.0. Edits: cut 9.60-10.30 s; HPF 80 Hz,FFT denoise 10 dB (floor -72); trim, fades, peak -1 dBFS
• sfx_cloth_swish_3 — #320144 "Blanket Movement 6" by OwlStorm, CC0 1.0. Edits: cut 0.00-1.16 s; HPF 80 Hz; trim, fades, peak -1 dBFS
• sfx_crank_paper_scroll — #473799 "Paper Towel Dispenser" by BennettFilmTeacher, CC0 1.0. Edits: cut 1.20-2.45 s (one pull); HPF 100 Hz; trim, fades, peak -1 dBFS
• sfx_dream_shimmer_short — synthesized for this series: Same engine, 1.6 s dense sparkle sting.
• sfx_footsteps_run_sand — #249933 "walking slow, walking fast and running on sand" by launemax, CC0 1.0. Edits: cut 139.00-144.75 s; HPF 60 Hz,FFT denoise 8 dB (floor -70); trim, fades, peak -1 dBFS
• sfx_footsteps_sand_walk — #705743 "Footsteps wearing sneakers and jeans walking on dry sand in the desert" by felix.blume, CC0 1.0. Edits: cut 0.50-5.50 s; HPF 80 Hz; trim, fades, peak -1 dBFS
• sfx_jm_leather_thump — #435534 "Leather bag being dropped and picked up" by vintage2005, CC0 1.0. Edits: cut 0.70-1.60 s (first drop; spoken slate at 13 s not used); HPF 40 Hz; trim, fades, peak -1 dBFS
• sfx_jm_wood_thunk — #669467 "SFX_wood_stone_floor_axe_handling_drop.wav" by EricsSoundschmiede, CC0 1.0. Edits: cut 0.05-1.50 s; HPF 40 Hz; trim, fades, peak -1 dBFS
• sfx_leather_creak — #734598 "Leather - Creak, soft" by Vrymaa, CC0 1.0. Edits: cut 10.00-11.80 s; HPF 80 Hz; trim, fades, peak -1 dBFS
• sfx_paper_rustle_1 — #181774 "rustling paper.wav" by keweldog, CC0 1.0. Edits: cut 0.30-2.55 s; HPF 80 Hz; trim, fades, peak -1 dBFS
• sfx_paper_rustle_2 — #181774 "rustling paper.wav" by keweldog, CC0 1.0. Edits: cut 2.50-4.45 s; HPF 80 Hz; trim, fades, peak -1 dBFS
• sfx_paper_rustle_3 — #449127 "Rustling Paper" by HarpyHarpHarp, CC0 1.0. Edits: cut 1.45-2.15 s; HPF 80 Hz,FFT denoise 10 dB (floor -60); trim, fades, peak -1 dBFS
• sfx_paper_rustle_4 — #449127 "Rustling Paper" by HarpyHarpHarp, CC0 1.0. Edits: cut 5.70-6.41 s; HPF 80 Hz,FFT denoise 10 dB (floor -60); trim, fades, peak -1 dBFS
• sfx_paper_rustle_5 — #211246 "PageRustle" by Tomoyo Ichijouji, CC0 1.0. Edits: cut 0.10-1.90 s; HPF 80 Hz; trim, fades, peak -1 dBFS
• sfx_paper_slide_1 — #464302 "PaperSlide.wav" by eyesonlegs, CC0 1.0. Edits: cut 0.00-1.64 s; HPF 60 Hz,FFT denoise 10 dB (floor -55); trim, fades, peak -1 dBFS
• sfx_paper_slide_2 — #444431 "Sliding Envelope.wav" by MTJohnson, CC0 1.0. Edits: cut 0.20-1.10 s; HPF 80 Hz; trim, fades, peak -3 dBFS
• sfx_paper_tear_1 — #272028 "Ripping Paper" by aldenroth2, CC0 1.0. Edits: cut 0.00-1.96 s; HPF 60 Hz,FFT denoise 8 dB (floor -60); trim, fades, peak -1 dBFS
• sfx_paper_tear_2 — #342541 "Fast Paper Rip" by sgrowe, CC0 1.0. Edits: cut 0.00-0.89 s; HPF 60 Hz; trim, fades, peak -1 dBFS
• sfx_paper_tear_3 — #170311 "Tearing paper" by ludde44, CC0 1.0. Edits: cut 0.20-1.52 s; HPF 60 Hz; trim, fades, peak -1 dBFS
• sfx_pen_tick_1 — #85703 "Pencil_scibble.aif" (via house `sfx_pencil_scribble_2.wav`) by tmkappelt, CC0 1.0. Edits: one tick cut from sfx_pencil_scribble_2 at 0.545-0.785 s; trim, fades, peak -1 dBFS
• sfx_pen_tick_2 — #85703 "Pencil_scibble.aif" (via house `sfx_pencil_scribble_2.wav`) by tmkappelt, CC0 1.0. Edits: one tick cut from sfx_pencil_scribble_2 at 1.245-1.505 s; trim, fades, peak -1 dBFS
• sfx_pencil_scribble_1 — #257518 "Scribble_short.wav" by waldram, CC0 1.0. Edits: cut 0.00-1.27 s; HPF 150 Hz,FFT denoise 12 dB (floor -50); trim, fades, peak -1 dBFS
• sfx_pencil_scribble_2 — #85703 "Pencil_scibble.aif" by tmkappelt, CC0 1.0. Edits: cut 0.00-3.20 s; HPF 150 Hz,FFT denoise 12 dB (floor -62); trim, fades, peak -1 dBFS
• sfx_roller_thunk — #812363 "Knocking once on wood, single footstep" by CuboRodante, CC0 1.0. Edits: cut 0.35-0.66 s (one dry knock + small settle); HPF 60 Hz; trim, fades, peak -1 dBFS
• sfx_stamp_thump_1 — #448474 "es-stamp.wav" by eddies2000, CC0 1.0. Edits: cut 0.95-1.65 s; HPF 40 Hz; trim, fades, peak -1 dBFS
• sfx_stone_clack — #319226 "Single rock hitting wood.wav" by worthahep88, CC0 1.0. Edits: cut 0.10-0.38 s; HPF 80 Hz; trim, fades, peak -1 dBFS
• sfx_tick — synthesized for this series: A short synthesized key click for typing in the Qaf app screen (made for this series). Non-instrumental.
• sfx_tissue_slide_1 — #147281 "fh_Paper_Swipe_Surface2_Long_01.wav" by Frank1100, CC0 1.0. Edits: cut 0.10-1.42 s; HPF 120 Hz; trim, fades, peak -1 dBFS
• sfx_water_pour — #826732 "WATRPour_ pouring water ground_MPA_FCS2" by miguelperezang, CC0 1.0. Edits: cut 4.40-6.00 s; HPF 60 Hz; trim, fades, peak -1 dBFS
• sfx_whoosh_soft_synth — synthesized for this series: White noise through a time-varying log-Gaussian band-pass sweeping 300 Hz -> 2.2 kHz, swell envelope, slow L->R pan.