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ahmad:15021Yaʿqūb from my father > Ibn Isḥāq > Bashīr b. Abū Bashīr a freed slave of Āl al-Zubayr > al-Ḥasan b. Muḥammad b. ʿAlī b. Abū Ṭālib Yasʾal Jābir b. ʿAbdullāh al-Anṣārī Akhā Banī Salimah > al-Ghusl from al-Janābah

[Machine] Jabir, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, used to pour three handfuls of water on his head, then he would let the water flow over his skin. Al-Hasan said to him, "Indeed, my head has a lot of hair and I fear that it may not be washed properly with only three handfuls of water." Jabir said to him, "The head of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ had more hair and it was more beautiful than yours."  

أحمد:١٥٠٢١حَدَّثَنَا يَعْقُوبُ حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي عَنِ ابْنِ إِسْحَاقَ حَدَّثَنِي بَشِيرُ بْنُ أَبِي بَشِيرٍ مَوْلَى آلِ الزُّبَيْرِ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ الْحَسَنَ بْنَ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ يَسْأَلُ جَابِرَ بْنَ عَبْدِ اللهِ الْأَنْصَارِيَّ أَخَا بَنِي سَلِمَةَ عَنِ الْغُسْلِ مِنَ الْجَنَابَةِ فَقَالَ

جَابِرٌ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَغْرِفُ عَلَى رَأْسِهِ ثَلَاثَ غَرَفَاتٍ بِيَدَيْهِ ثُمَّ يُفِيضُ الْمَاءَ عَلَى جِلْدِهِ قَالَ فَقَالَ لَهُ الْحَسَنُ إِنَّ شَعْرَ رَأْسِي كَثِيرٌ وَأَخْشَى أَنْ لَا تَغْسِلَهُ ثَلَاثُ غَرَفَاتٍ بِيَدَيَّ فَقَالَ لَهُ جَابِرٌ رَأْسُ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ كَانَ أَكْثَرَ وَأَطْيَبَ مِنْ رَأْسِكَ