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ahmad:14976 – ʿAlī b. ʿĀṣim > Yazīd / Ibn Abū Ziyād > Sālim b. Abū al-Jaʿd > Jābir b. ʿAbdullāh

[Machine] On the authority of the Prophet ﷺ , he said, "The amount of water needed for ablution is a handful, and the amount of water needed for purification from sexual impurity is a complete sa'a." A man asked, "What if that is not sufficient for me?" Jabir replied, "It is sufficient for someone who is better than you and has more hair. That is the teaching of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ ."  

أحمد:١٤٩٧٦ – حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَاصِمٍ عَنْ يَزِيدَ يَعْنِي ابْنَ أَبِي زِيَادٍ عَنْ سَالِمِ بْنِ أَبِي الْجَعْدِ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ يُجْزِئُ مِنَ الْوَضُوءِ الْمُدُّ مِنَ الْمَاءِ وَمِنَ الْجَنَابَةِ الصَّاعُ فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ مَا يَكْفِينِي فَقَالَ جَابِرٌ قَدْ كَفَى مَنْ هُوَ خَيْرٌ مِنْكَ وَأَكْثَرُ شَعْرًا رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ  

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nasai:230 – Qutaybah b. Saʿīd > Abū al-Aḥwaṣ > Abū Isḥāq > Abū Jaʿfar

"We argued about Ghusl in the presence of jabir in 'Abdullah, and Jabir said: 'One Sa' of water is sufficient for ghusl from Janabah.' We said: 'One Sa' is not enough and neither is two.' Jabir said: 'It was sufficient for one who was better than you and had more hair.'"  

النسائي:٢٣٠ – أَخْبَرَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الأَحْوَصِ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ قَالَ تَمَارَيْنَا فِي الْغُسْلِ عِنْدَ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ فَقَالَ

جَابِرٌ يَكْفِي مِنَ الْغُسْلِ مِنَ الْجَنَابَةِ صَاعٌ مِنْ مَاءٍ قُلْنَا مَا يَكْفِي صَاعٌ وَلاَ صَاعَانِ قَالَ جَابِرٌ قَدْ كَانَ يَكْفِي مَنْ كَانَ خَيْرًا مِنْكُمْ وَأَكْثَرَ شَعْرًا  

ibnmajah:270 – Muḥammad b. al-Muʾammal b. al-Ṣabbāḥ And ʿAbbād b. al-Walīd > Bakr b. Yaḥyá b. Zabbān > Ḥibbān b. ʿAlī > Yazīd b. Abū Ziyād > ʿAbdullāh b. Muḥammad b. ʿAqīl b. Abū Ṭālib from his father from his grandfather

"The Messenger of Allah said: 'A Mudd is sufficient for the ablution and a Sa' is sufficient for the bath.' A man said: 'It is not sufficient for us.'" He (the narrator) said: "It was sufficient for one who is better than you and had more hair" meaning the Prophet.  

ابن ماجة:٢٧٠ – حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُؤَمَّلِ بْنِ الصَّبَّاحِ وَعَبَّادُ بْنُ الْوَلِيدِ قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا بَكْرُ بْنُ يَحْيَى بْنِ زَبَّانَ حَدَّثَنَا حِبَّانُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ أَبِي زِيَادٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَقِيلِ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ جَدِّهِ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يُجْزِئُ مِنَ الْوُضُوءِ مُدٌّ وَمِنَ الْغُسْلِ صَاعٌ فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ لاَ يُجْزِئُنَا فَقَالَ قَدْ كَانَ يُجْزِئُ مَنْ هُوَ خَيْرٌ مِنْكَ وَأَكْثَرُ شَعَرًا يَعْنِي النَّبِيَّ ﷺ  

hakim:575 – Abū Bakr b. Isḥāq al-Faqīh > Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥaḍramī > Hārūn b. Isḥāq al-Hamdānī > Muḥammad b. Fuḍayl > Ḥuṣayn > Sālim b. Abū al-Jaʿd > Jābir b. ʿAbdullāh > Qāl Rasūl

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah, may peace be upon him, said, "A measure of water is sufficient for ablution, and a Sa' is sufficient for sexual impurity." A man said to him, "That is not enough for us, O Jabir." He replied, "It is enough for someone who is better than you and has more hair."  

الحاكم:٥٧٥ – حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ الْفَقِيهُ أَنْبَأَ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْحَضْرَمِيُّ ثنا هَارُونُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ الْهَمْدَانِيُّ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ فُضَيْلٍ عَنْ حُصَيْنٍ عَنْ سَالِمِ بْنِ أَبِي الْجَعْدِ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «يُجْزِئُ مِنَ الْوُضُوءِ الْمُدُّ وَمَنَ الْجَنَابَةِ الصَّاعُ» فَقَالَ لَهُ رَجُلٌ لَا يَكْفِينَا ذَلِكَ يَا جَابِرُ فَقَالَ «قَدْ كَفَى مَنْ هُوَ خَيْرٌ مِنْكَ وَأَكْثَرُ شَعْرًا»  

«هَذَا حَدِيثٌ صَحِيحٌ عَلَى شَرْطِ الشَّيْخَيْنِ وَلَمْ يُخَرِّجَاهُ بِهَذَا اللَّفْظِ» على شرطهما
suyuti:165-194b – Sālim b. Abiá al-Jaʿd > Jābir b. ʿAbdullāh
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السيوطي:١٦٥-١٩٤b –

" عَنْ سَالِمِ بْنِ أَبِى الْجَعْد، عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الله أَنَّ رَسُولَ الله ﷺ قَالَ: يَجْزِى مِنَ الْغُسْلِ صَاعٌ، وَمِنَ الْوُضُوءِ الْمُدُّ، فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ: لاَ يَكْفِينِى، فَقَالَ: قَدْ كَفَى خَيْرًا مِنْكَ وَأكْثَرَ شَعْرًا".  

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