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ahmad:1015 – ʿAbdullāh > Isḥāq > Sufyān Marrah Ukhrá

On another occasion, Sufyan told us. I saw ʿAli ؓ doing wudoo’, and he wiped the top of them [the feet].  

أحمد:١٠١٥ – حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ مَرَّةً أُخْرَى قَالَ

رَأَيْتُ عَلِيًّا تَوَضَّأَ فَمَسَحَ ظُهُورَهُمَا  

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Collected by Tirmidhī, Ibn Mājah
tirmidhi:98 – ʿAlī b. Ḥujr > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Abū al-Zinād from his father > ʿUrwah b. al-Zubayr > al-Mughīrah b. Shuʿbah

"I saw the Prophet wiping over the Khuff: on the tops of them."  

الترمذي:٩٨ – حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ حُجْرٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ أَبِي الزِّنَادِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عُرْوَةَ بْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ عَنِ الْمُغِيرَةِ بْنِ شُعْبَةَ قَالَ

رَأَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ يَمْسَحُ عَلَى الْخُفَّيْنِ عَلَى ظَاهِرِهِمَا  

قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى حَدِيثُ الْمُغِيرَةِ حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ وَهُوَ حَدِيثُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبِي الزِّنَادِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عُرْوَةَ عَنِ الْمُغِيرَةِ وَلاَ نَعْلَمُ أَحَدًا يَذْكُرُ عَنْ عُرْوَةَ عَنِ الْمُغِيرَةِ عَلَى ظَاهِرِهِمَا غَيْرَهُ وَهُوَ قَوْلُ غَيْرِ وَاحِدٍ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ وَبِهِ يَقُولُ سُفْيَانُ الثَّوْرِيُّ وَأَحْمَدُ قَالَ مُحَمَّدٌ وَكَانَ مَالِكُ بْنُ أَنَسٍ يُشِيرُ بِعَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبِي الزِّنَادِ
ibnmajah:435 – Abū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah > ʿAbbād b. al-ʿAwwām > Ḥajjāj > ʿAṭāʾ > ʿUthmān b. ʿAffān

"I saw the Messenger of Allah performing ablution and he wiped his head once."  

ابن ماجة:٤٣٥ – حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبَّادُ بْنُ الْعَوَّامِ عَنْ حَجَّاجٍ عَنْ عَطَاءٍ عَنْ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ عَفَّانَ قَالَ

رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ تَوَضَّأَ فَمَسَحَ رَأْسَهُ مَرَّةً  

ibnmajah:437 – Muḥammad b. al-Ḥārith al-Miṣrī > Yaḥyá b. Rāshid al-Baṣrī > Yazīd a freed slave of Salamah > Salamah b. al-Akwaʿ

"I saw the Messenger of Allah performing ablution, and he wiped his head once."  

ابن ماجة:٤٣٧ – حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْحَارِثِ الْمِصْرِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ رَاشِدٍ الْبَصْرِيُّ عَنْ يَزِيدَ مَوْلَى سَلَمَةَ عَنْ سَلَمَةَ بْنِ الأَكْوَعِ قَالَ

رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ تَوَضَّأَ فَمَسَحَ رَأْسَهُ مَرَّةً