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abudawud:121Aḥmad b. Muḥammad b. Ḥanbal > Abū al-Mughīrah > Ḥarīz > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Maysarah al-Ḥaḍramī > al-Miqdām b. Maʿdīkarib al-Kindī

The ablution water was brought to the Messenger ﷺ and he performed ablution; he washed his hands up to wrists three times, then washed his forearms three times. He then rinsed his mouth and snuffed up water three times; then he wiped his head and ears inside and outside.  

أبو داود:١٢١حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ حَنْبَلٍ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْمُغِيرَةِ حَدَّثَنَا حَرِيزٌ حَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ مَيْسَرَةَ الْحَضْرَمِيُّ سَمِعْتُ الْمِقْدَامَ بْنَ مَعْدِيكَرِبَ الْكِنْدِيَّ قَالَ

أُتِيَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ بِوَضُوءٍ فَتَوَضَّأَ فَغَسَلَ كَفَّيْهِ ثَلاَثًا ثُمَّ تَمَضْمَضَ وَاسْتَنْشَقَ ثَلاَثًا وَغَسَلَ وَجْهَهُ ثَلاَثًا ثُمَّ غَسَلَ ذِرَاعَيْهِ ثَلاَثًا ثَلاَثًا ثُمَّ مَسَحَ بِرَأْسِهِ وَأُذُنَيْهِ ظَاهِرِهِمَا وَبَاطِنِهِمَا  


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nasai:96Qutaybah b. Saʿīd > Abū al-Aḥwaṣ > Abū Isḥāq > Abū Ḥayyah / Ibn Qays > Raʾayt

"I saw 'Ali perform Wudu'. He washed his hands until they looked clean, then he rinsed his mouth three times and his nose three times, and he washed each forearm three times. Then he wiped his head, then he washed his feet up to the ankles. Then he stood up, took the left over water for his Wudu' and drank from it while standing. Then he said: 'I wanted to show you how the Prophet ﷺ performed Wudu'.'"  

النسائي:٩٦أَخْبَرَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الأَحْوَصِ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ أَبِي حَيَّةَ وَهُوَ ابْنُ قَيْسٍ قَالَ

رَأَيْتُ عَلِيًّا ؓ تَوَضَّأَ فَغَسَلَ كَفَّيْهِ حَتَّى أَنْقَاهُمَا ثُمَّ تَمَضْمَضَ ثَلاَثًا وَاسْتَنْشَقَ ثَلاَثًا وَغَسَلَ وَجْهَهُ ثَلاَثًا وَغَسَلَ ذِرَاعَيْهِ ثَلاَثًا ثَلاَثًا ثُمَّ مَسَحَ بِرَأْسِهِ ثُمَّ غَسَلَ قَدَمَيْهِ إِلَى الْكَعْبَيْنِ ثُمَّ قَامَ فَأَخَذَ فَضْلَ طَهُورِهِ فَشَرِبَ وَهُوَ قَائِمٌ ثُمَّ قَالَ أَحْبَبْتُ أَنْ أُرِيَكُمْ كَيْفَ طَهُورُ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ  

nasai:115Muḥammad b. Ādam > Ibn Abū Zāʾidah > Abū And Ghayruh > Abū Isḥāq > Abū Ḥayyah al-Wādiʿī

I saw 'Ali performing Wudu'. He washed his hands three times, and rinsed his mouth three times and his nose three times, and he washed his face three times and each forearm three times. Then he wiped his head and washed each foot three times. Then he said: 'This is the Wudu' of the Prophet ﷺ.'"  

النسائي:١١٥أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ آدَمَ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي زَائِدَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي وَغَيْرُهُ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ أَبِي حَيَّةَ الْوَادِعِيِّ قَالَ

رَأَيْتُ عَلِيًّا تَوَضَّأَ فَغَسَلَ كَفَّيْهِ ثَلاَثًا وَتَمَضْمَضَ وَاسْتَنْشَقَ ثَلاَثًا وَغَسَلَ وَجْهَهُ ثَلاَثًا وَذِرَاعَيْهِ ثَلاَثًا ثَلاَثًا وَمَسَحَ بِرَأْسِهِ وَغَسَلَ رِجْلَيْهِ ثَلاَثًا ثَلاَثًا قَالَ هَذَا وُضُوءُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ  

ahmad:1350ʿAbdullāh > Isḥāq b. Ismāʿīl > Wakīʿ > Isrāʾīl > Abū Isḥāq > Abū Ḥayyah al-Wādiʿī

I saw ‘Ali ؓ urinate in ar-Rahbah, then he called for water and did wudoo’. He washed his hands three times, rinsed his mouth and nose three times, washed his face three times, washed his forearms three times each, wiped his head and washed his feet three times each. Then he said: I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ do as you have seen me do.  

أحمد:١٣٥٠حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْرَائِيلُ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ أَبِي حَيَّةَ الْوَادِعِيِّ قَالَ

رَأَيْتُ عَلِيًّا بَالَ فِي الرَّحَبَةِ ثُمَّ دَعَا بِمَاءٍ فَتَوَضَّأَ فَغَسَلَ كَفَّيْهِ ثَلاثًا وَتَمَضْمَضَ وَاسْتَنْشَقَ ثَلاثًا وَغَسَلَ وَجْهَهُ ثَلاثًا وَغَسَلَ ذِرَاعَيْهِ ثَلاثًا ثَلاثًا وَمَسَحَ بِرَأْسِهِ وَغَسَلَ قَدَمَيْهِ ثَلاثًا ثَلاثًا ثُمَّ قَالَ رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فَعَلَ كَالَّذِي رَأَيْتُمُونِي فَعَلْتُ  

ahmad:17188Abū al-Mughīrah > Ḥarīz > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Maysarah al-Ḥaḍramī > al-Miqdām b. Maʿdī Karib al-Kindī

The ablution water was brought to the Messenger ﷺ and he performed ablution; he washed his hands up to wrists three times, then washed his forearms three times. He then rinsed his mouth and snuffed up water three times; then he wiped his head and ears inside and outside. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 121)  

أحمد:١٧١٨٨حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْمُغِيرَةِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حَرِيزٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ مَيْسَرَةَ الْحَضْرَمِيُّ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ الْمِقْدَامَ بْنَ مَعْدِي كَرِبَ الْكِنْدِيَّ قَالَ

أُتِيَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ بِوَضُوءٍ فَتَوَضَّأَ فَغَسَلَ كَفَّيْهِ ثَلَاثًا وَغَسَلَ وَجْهَهُ ثَلَاثًا ثُمَّ غَسَلَ ذِرَاعَيْهِ ثَلَاثًا ثَلَاثًا ثُمَّ مَضْمَضَ وَاسْتَنْشَقَ ثَلَاثًا وَمَسَحَ بِرَأْسِهِ وَأُذُنَيْهِ ظَاهِرِهِمَا وَبَاطِنِهِمَا وَغَسَلَ رِجْلَيْهِ ثَلَاثًا ثَلَاثًا  

tabarani:17852Aḥmad b. ʿAbd al-Wahhāb b. Najdah And ʾAbū Zayd al-Ḥawṭiyyān > Abū al-Mughīrah > Ḥarīz b. ʿUthmān > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Maysarah > al-Miqdām b. Maʿdī Karib

[Machine] I heard al-Miqdam bin Ma'di Karib say, "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ was brought with ablution." So he performed ablution, washed his hands three times, then washed his face three times, then washed his arms three times, then gargled and sniffed water three times, then wiped his head, his ears (both outer and inner parts), and washed his feet three times.  

الطبراني:١٧٨٥٢حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْوَهَّابِ بْنِ نَجْدَةَ وَأَبُو زَيْدٍ الْحَوْطِيَّانِ قَالَا ثنا أَبُو الْمُغِيرَةِ ثنا حَرِيزُ بْنُ عُثْمَانَ حَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ مَيْسَرَةَ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ الْمِقْدَامَ بْنَ مَعْدِي كَرِبٍ يَقُولُ «أُتِيَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ بِوَضُوءٍ» فَتَوَضَّأَ فَغَسَلَ كَفَّيْهِ ثَلَاثًا ثُمَّ غَسَلَ وَجْهَهُ ثَلَاثًا ثُمَّ غَسَلَ ذِرَاعَيْهِ ثَلَاثًا فَمَضْمَضَ وَاسْتَنْشَقَ ثَلَاثًا ثَلَاثًا ثُمَّ مَسَحَ بِرَأْسِهِ وَأُذُنَيْهِ ظَاهِرِهِمَا وَبَاطِنِهِمَا وَغَسَلَ رِجْلَيْهِ ثَلَاثًا ثَلَاثًا  

tabarani:21139Isḥāq b. Ibrāhīm al-Dabarī > ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Maʿmar > ʿAbdullāh b. Muḥammad b. ʿAqīl

[Machine] Regarding the ablution of the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ , she said, "Yes, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to come to us and visit us, and he would perform ablution with this container and with a similar container, which was about a Mudd in size. She said, "He would first wash his hands, then he would rinse his mouth and nose, then he would wash his face three times, then he would wash his hands three times, then he would wipe his head twice, and he would wipe both the outward and inward parts of his ears, and then he would wash his feet three times, three times."  

الطبراني:٢١١٣٩حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ الدَّبَرِيُّ أَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ أَنَا مَعْمَرٌ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَقِيلٍ قَالَ دَخَلْتُ عَلَى الرُّبَيِّعِ بِنْتِ مُعَوِّذِ بْنِ عَفْرَاءَ فَقَالَتْ مَنْ أَنْتَ؟ فَقُلْتُ أَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَقِيلِ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ قَالَتْ فَمَنْ أُمُّكَ؟ قُلْتُ رَيْطَةُ بِنْتُ عَلِيٍّ أَوْ فُلَانَةُ بِنْتُ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ قَالَتْ مَرْحَبًا بِكَ يَا ابْنَ أَخِي قُلْتُ جِئْتُ أَسْأَلُكِ

عَنْ وُضُوءِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَتْ نَعَمْ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَصِلُنا ويَزُورُنا وَكَانَ يَتَوَضَّأُ فِي هَذَا الْإِنَاءِ وَفِي مِثْلِ هَذَا الْإِنَاءِ وَهُوَ نَحْوٌ مِنْ مُدٍّ قَالَتْ «فَكَانَ يَغْسِلُ يَدَيْهِ ثُمَّ يُمَضْمِضُ وَيَسْتَنْشِقُ ثُمَّ يَغْسِلُ وَجْهَهُ ثَلَاثًا ثُمَّ يَغْسِلُ يَدَيْهِ ثَلَاثًا ثُمَّ يَمْسَحُ بِرَأْسِهِ مَرَّتَيْنِ وَيَمْسَحُ بِأُذُنَيْهِ ظَاهِرِهِمَا وَبَاطِنِهِمَا وَيَغْسِلُ قَدَمَيْهِ ثَلَاثًا ثَلَاثًا»  

nasai-kubra:162Muḥammad b. Ādam > Ibn Abū Zāʾidah > Abū And Ghayruh > Abū Isḥāq > Abū Ḥayyah al-Wādiʿī

I saw 'Ali performing Wudu'. He washed his hands three times, and rinsed his mouth three times and his nose three times, and he washed his face three times and each forearm three times. Then he wiped his head and washed each foot three times. Then he said: 'This is the Wudu' of the Prophet ﷺ.'" (Using translation from Nasāʾī 115)  

الكبرى للنسائي:١٦٢أَخْبَرَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ آدَمَ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي زَائِدَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي وَغَيْرُهُ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ أَبِي حَيَّةَ الْوَادِعِيِّ قَالَ

رَأَيْتُ عَلِيًّا تَوَضَّأَ فَغَسَلَ كَفَّيْهِ ثَلَاثًا وَتَمَضْمَضَ ثَلَاثًا وَاسْتَنْشَقَ ثَلَاثًا وَغَسَلَ وَجْهَهُ ثَلَاثًا وَذِرَاعَيْهِ ثَلَاثًا ثَلَاثًا وَمَسَحَ بِرَأْسِهِ وَغَسَلَ رِجْلَيْهِ ثَلَاثًا ثَلَاثًا ثُمَّ قَالَ هَذَا وُضُوءُ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ  

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السيوطي:٣-١٠b

" عن أبى وائلٍ قال: رأيتُ عثمانَ بن عفانَ توضأَ فغسل كفَّيهِ ثلاثًا، ومضمضَ واستنشقَ ثلاثًا ثلاثًا، وغسلَ وجههُ ثلاثًا، وذراعَيْهِ ثلاثًا، ثم مسحَ برأسِه وأُذُنَيْه ظَاهِرِ همَا وبَاطِنِهِمَا، وغسلَ قدميهِ ثلاثًا، وخلَّل أَصابِعَهُ، وخلَّلَ لحيْتَهُ حين غسلَ وجْهَهُ قبلَ أن يغسلَ قدمَيْهِ، ثم قالَ: رأيتُ رسولَ الله ﷺ يفعلُ كالذِى رَأَيْتُمُونِى فَعَلتُ ".  

[عب] عبد الرازق وابن منيع، والدارمى، [د] أبو داود وابن خزيمة، وابن الجارود، والطحاوى، [حب] ابن حبّان [قط] الدارقطنى في السنن والبغوى في مسند عثمان، [ك] الحاكم في المستدرك [ص] سعيد بن منصور ولفظ البغوى: وخلل أصابعه ثلاثًا، وخلل لحيته ثلاثًا
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السيوطي:٤٢٣-١٩b

"تَوَضَّأ رَسُولُ الله ﷺ فَغَسَلَ كَفَّيْهِ ثَلاَثًا وَتَمَضْمَضَ، وَاسْتَنشَقَ ثَلاَثًا، وَغَسَلَ وَجْهَهُ ثَلاثًا، وَذرَاعَيْه ثَلاثًا ثَلاثًا، وَمَسَحَ رَأسَهُ، وَمَسَحَ ظَاهِرَ أُذُنَيْه وَبَاطِنَهُمَا، وَغَسَلَ رِجْلَيْه ثَلاثًا ثَلاثًا، وَقَالَ: هَذَا الوُضُوءُ، مَنْ زَاد أَوْ نَقَصَ، فَقَدْ ظَلَمَ وأسَاءَ".  

[ص] سعيد بن منصور