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ahmad:134 – Mūsá b. Dāwud > Ibn Lahīʿah > Abū al-Zubayr > Jābirʾan ʿUmar b. al-Khaṭṭāb

ʿGo back and do your wudoo’ properly.” So he went back and did wudoo’ then he prayed.  

أحمد:١٣٤ – حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى بْنُ دَاوُدَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ لَهِيعَةَ عَنْ أَبِي الزُّبَيْرِ عَنْ جَابِرٍأَنَّ عُمَرَ بْنَ الْخَطَّابِ

أَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّهُ رَأَى رَجُلًا تَوَضَّأَ لِلصَّلاةِ فَتَرَكَ مَوْضِعَ ظُفْرٍ عَلَى ظَهْرِ قَدَمِهِ فَأَبْصَرَهُ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ فَقَالَ ارْجِعْ فَأَحْسِنْ وُضُوءَكَ فَرَجَعَ فَتَوَضَّأَ ثُمَّ صَلَّى  

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muslim:243 – Salamah b. Shabīb > al-Ḥasan b. Muḥammad b. Aʿyan > Maʿqil > Abū al-Zubayr > Jābir > ʿUmar b. al-Khaṭṭāb

'Umar b. Khattab said that a person performed ablution and left a small part equal to the space of a nail (unwashed). The Apostle of Allah ﷺ saw that and said: Go back and perform ablution well. He then went back (performed ablution well) and offered the prayer.  

مسلم:٢٤٣ – حَدَّثَنِي سَلَمَةُ بْنُ شَبِيبٍ حَدَّثَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَعْيَنَ حَدَّثَنَا مَعْقِلٌ عَنْ أَبِي الزُّبَيْرِ عَنْ جَابِرٍ أَخْبَرَنِي عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ

أَنَّ رَجُلاً تَوَضَّأَ فَتَرَكَ مَوْضِعَ ظُفُرٍ عَلَى قَدَمِهِ فَأَبْصَرَهُ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ فَقَالَ ارْجِعْ فَأَحْسِنْ وُضُوءَكَ فَرَجَعَ ثُمَّ صَلَّى  

ahmad:153 – al-Ḥasan > Ibn Lahīʿah > Abū al-Zubayr > Jābirʾan ʿUmar b. al-Khaṭṭāb

ʿGo back and do your wudoo' properlyʿ So he went back and did wudoo', then he prayed.  

أحمد:١٥٣ – حَدَّثَنَا الْحَسَنُ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ لَهِيعَةَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الزُّبَيْرِ عَنْ جَابِرٍأَنَّ عُمَرَ بْنَ الْخَطَّابِ

أَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ رَأَى رَجُلًا تَوَضَّأَ لِصَلاةِ الظُّهْرِ فَتَرَكَ مَوْضِعَ ظُفُرٍ عَلَى ظَهْرِ قَدَمِهِ فَأَبْصَرَهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ ارْجِعْ فَأَحْسِنْ وُضُوءَكَ فَرَجَعَ فَتَوَضَّأَ ثُمَّ صَلَّى  

bayhaqi:327 – Abū ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥāfiẓ > Muḥammad b. Ṣāliḥ b. Hāniʾ > Ibrāhīm b. Muḥammad al-Ṣaydalānī > Salamah b. Shabīb > al-Ḥasan b. Muḥammad b. Aʿyan > Maʿqil > Abū al-Zubayr > Jābir > ʿUmar b. al-Khaṭṭāb

'Umar b. Khattab said that a person performed ablution and left a small part equal to the space of a nail (unwashed). The Apostle of Allah ﷺ saw that and said: Go back and perform ablution well. He then went back (performed ablution well) and offered the prayer. (Using translation from Muslim 243)   

البيهقي:٣٢٧ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ قَالَ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ صَالِحِ بْنِ هَانِئٍ ثنا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الصَّيْدَلَانِيُّ ثنا سَلَمَةُ بْنُ شَبِيبٍ ثنا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَعْيَنَ ثنا مَعْقِلٌ عَنْ أَبِي الزُّبَيْرِ عَنْ جَابِرٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ

أَنَّ رَجُلًا تَوَضَّأَ فَتَرَكَ مَوْضِعَ ظُفُرٍ عَلَى قَدْمِهِ فَأَبْصَرَهُ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ فَقَالَ ارْجِعْ فَأَحْسِنْ وُضُوءَكَ فَرَجَعَ ثُمَّ صَلَّى  

أَخْرَجَهُ مُسْلِمٌ فِي الصَّحِيحِ عَنْ سَلَمَةَ بْنِ شَبِيبٍ
suyuti:2-48b –
Translation not available.

  

السيوطي:٢-٤٨b –

"رَأَيْتُ رجلًا توضَّأَ للِصَّلاِة فَتَركَ مَوْضِعَ ظُفُر عَلَى ظَهْر قَدَمِهِ فَأَبْصَرَهُ النَّبِىُّ ﷺ فَقَالَ: ارجعْ فَأَحْسِنْ وَضُوءَكَ، فَرَجعَ فَتوَضَّأَ ثُمَّ صَلَّى".  

[حم] أحمد [م] مسلم [هـ] ابن ماجة