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abudawud:123Maḥmūd b. Khālid And Hishām b. Khālid al-Maʿná > al-Walīd Bihadhā al-Isnād

He wiped his ears inside and outside. Hisham adds: He inserted his fingers in the ear-holes.  

أبو داود:١٢٣حَدَّثَنَا مَحْمُودُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ وَهِشَامُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ الْمَعْنَى قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا الْوَلِيدُ بِهَذَا الإِسْنَادِ قَالَ

وَمَسَحَ بِأُذُنَيْهِ ظَاهِرِهِمَا وَبَاطِنِهِمَا زَادَ هِشَامٌ وَأَدْخَلَ أَصَابِعَهُ فِي صِمَاخِ أُذُنَيْهِ  


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bayhaqi:305al-Ḥusayn b. Muḥammad al-Rūdhbārī > Abū Bakr Muḥammad b. Bakr > Abū Dāwud > Maḥmūd b. Khālid And Hishām b. Khālid al-Dimashqī > al-Walīd b. Muslim > Ḥarīz b. ʿUthmān > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Maysarah > al-Miqdām b. Maʿdīkarib

He wiped his ears inside and outside. Hisham adds: He inserted his fingers in the ear-holes. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 123)   

البيهقي:٣٠٥أَخْبَرَنَا الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الرُّوذْبَارِيُّ ثنا أَبُو بَكْرٍ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَكْرٍ ثنا أَبُو دَاوُدَ ثنا مَحْمُودُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ وَهِشَامُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ الدِّمَشْقِيُّ قَالَا حَدَّثَنَا الْوَلِيدُ بْنُ مُسْلِمٍ عَنْ حَرِيزِ بْنِ عُثْمَانَ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ مَيْسَرَةَ عَنِ الْمِقْدَامِ بْنِ مَعْدِيكَرِبَ قَالَ

رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ تَوَضَّأَ قَالَ وَمَسَحَ بِأُذُنَيْهِ بَاطِنِهِمَا وَظَاهِرِهِمَا زَادَ هِشَامٌ أَدْخَلَ أُصْبُعَيْهِ فِي صِمَاخَيْ أُذُنَيْهِ