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ahmad:17572Rawḥ b. ʿUbādah > Shuʿbah > ʿAṭāʾ b. al-Sāʾib

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ saw me and said, "Do you have a wife?" I said, "No." He said, "Then wash yourself, and wash yourself again, and wash yourself again, and do not count."  

أحمد:١٧٥٧٢حَدَّثَنَا رَوْحُ بْنُ عُبَادَةَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ السَّائِبِ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا حَفْصِ بْنَ عَمْرٍو أَوْ أَبَا عَمْرِو بْنَ حَفْصٍ الثَّقَفِيَّ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ يَعْلَى بْنَ مُرَّةَ الثَّقَفِيَّ قَالَ

رَآنِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مُخَلَّقًا فَقَالَ أَلَكَ امْرَأَةٌ؟ قُلْتُ لَا قَالَ اغْسِلْهُ ثُمَّ اغْسِلْهُ ثُمَّ اغْسِلْهُ وَلَا تَعُدْ  


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Collected by Nasāʾī, Aḥmad, Nasāʾī's Kubrá
nasai:5121Muḥammad b. ʿAbd al-Aʿlá > Khālid > Shuʿbah > ʿAṭāʾ b. al-Sāʾib > Abū Ḥafṣ b. ʿAmr > Ithrih > Yaʿlá b. Murrah

He passed by the Prophet [SAW] wearing Khaluq. He said to him: "Do you have a wife?" I said: "No." He said: "Wash it off, then wash it off, then do not put it on again."  

النسائي:٥١٢١أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الأَعْلَى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا خَالِدٌ عَنْ شُعْبَةَ عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ السَّائِبِ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا حَفْصِ بْنَ عَمْرٍو وَقَالَ عَلَى إِثْرِهِ يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ يَعْلَى بْنِ مُرَّةَ

أَنَّهُ مَرَّ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَهُوَ مُتَخَلِّقٌ فَقَالَ لَهُ هَلْ لَكَ امْرَأَةٌ قُلْتُ لاَ قَالَ فَاغْسِلْهُ ثُمَّ اغْسِلْهُ ثُمَّ لاَ تَعُدْ  

ahmad:17552Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar > Shuʿbah > ʿAṭāʾ b. al-Sāʾib > Abū ʿAmr b. Ḥafṣ or Abū Ḥafṣ b. ʿAmr > Yaʿlá b. Murrah

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ saw something in me and said, "Do you have a wife?" I replied, "No." He said, "Then go and wash yourself, and do not marry."  

أحمد:١٧٥٥٢حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ السَّائِبِ عَنْ أَبِي عَمْرِو بْنِ حَفْصٍ أَوْ أَبِي حَفْصِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو عَنْ يَعْلَى بْنِ مُرَّةَ قَالَ

رَأَى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ عَلَيَّ خَلُوقًا فَقَالَ أَلَكَ امْرَأَةٌ؟ قَالَ قُلْتُ لَا قَالَ فَاذْهَبْ فَاغْسِلْهُ ثُمَّ لَا تَعُدْ  

ahmad:17570ʿAbīdah b. Ḥumayd > ʿAṭāʾ b. al-Sāʾib > a man Yuqāl Lah ʿAbdullāh b. Ḥafṣ > Yaʿlá b. Murrah

[Machine] I saw the Messenger of Allah, ﷺ , and I was wearing nice clothes. He said to me, "O young man, what is this clothing for? Do you have a wife?" I replied, "No." He said, "Then go and wash it off you once, then wash it off you again, and then wash it off you again, and do not repeat it."  

أحمد:١٧٥٧٠حَدَّثَنَا عَبِيدَةُ بْنُ حُمَيْدٍ حَدَّثَنِي عَطَاءُ بْنُ السَّائِبِ عَنْ رَجُلٍ يُقَالُ لَهُ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ حَفْصٍ عَنْ يَعْلَى بْنِ مُرَّةَ قَالَ

رَآنِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَأَنَا مُتَخَلِّقٌ بِالْخَلُوقٍ فَقَالَ لِي يَا يَعْلَى مَا هَذَا الْخَلُوقُ؟ أَلَكَ امْرَأَةٌ؟ قَالَ قُلْتُ لَا قَالَ فَاذْهَبْ فَاغْسِلْهُ عَنْكَ ثُمَّ اغْسِلْهُثُمَّ اغْسِلْهُ وَلَا تَعُدْ  

nasai-kubra:9356Muḥammad b. ʿAbd al-Aʿlá > Khālid b. al-Ḥārith > Shuʿbah > ʿAṭāʾ b. al-Sāʾib > Abū Ḥafṣ b. ʿAmr Thum > Ithrih > Yaʿlá b. Murrah

He passed by the Prophet [SAW] wearing Khaluq. He said to him: "Do you have a wife?" I said: "No." He said: "Wash it off, then wash it off, then do not put it on again." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 5121)  

الكبرى للنسائي:٩٣٥٦أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْأَعْلَى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا خَالِدُ بْنُ الْحَارِثِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ السَّائِبِ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا حَفْصِ بْنَ عَمْرٍو ثُمَّ قَالَ عَلَى إِثْرِهِ يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ يَعْلَى بْنِ مُرَّةَ

أَنَّهُ مَرَّ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَهُوَ مُتَخَلِّقٌ فَقَالَ «هَلْ لَكَ امْرَأَةٌ» قُلْتُ لَا قَالَ «فَاغْسِلْهُ ثُمَّ اغْسِلْهُ ثُمَّ لَا تَعُدْ»