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ahmad:22253Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar > Saʿīd > Qatādah > Shahr b. Ḥawshab > Abū Umāmah al-Ḥimṣī

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Indeed, ablution (wudu) erases what came before it, then prayer becomes voluntary." It was said to him, "Did you hear this from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ?" He said, "Yes, not once, not twice, not three times, not four times, not five times."  

أحمد:٢٢٢٥٣حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدٌ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ شَهْرِ بْنِ حَوْشَبٍ عَنْ أَبِي أُمَامَةَ الْحِمْصِيِّ قَالَ

إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ إِنَّ الْوُضُوءَ يُكَفِّرُ مَا قَبْلَهُ ثُمَّ تَصِيرُ الصَّلَاةُ نَافِلَةً قَالَ فَقِيلَ لَهُ أَنْتَ سَمِعْتَهُ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ؟ قَالَ نَعَمْ غَيْرَ مَرَّةٍ وَلَا مَرَّتَيْنِ وَلَا ثَلَاثٍ وَلَا أَرْبَعٍ وَلَا خَمْسٍ  


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ahmad:22162Muḥammad b. Bishr > Saʿīd b. Abū ʿArūbah > Qatādah > Shahr b. Ḥawshab And ʿAbd al-Wahhāb > Hishām Waʾazhar b. al-Qāsim > Hishām > Qatādah > Shahr b. Ḥawshab

[Machine] "Abu Umamah, the companion of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ , narrated that Abd al-Wahhab Abu Umamah al-Himyari, the companion of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ , said that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, 'Wudu (ablution) purifies what comes before it, and then prayer becomes a voluntary act.' It was said to him, 'Did you hear it from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ ?' He said, 'Yes, not once, nor twice, nor thrice, nor four times, nor five times.'"  

أحمد:٢٢١٦٢حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بِشْرٍ حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ أَبِي عَرُوبَةَ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ شَهْرِ بْنِ حَوْشَبٍ وَعَبْدِ الْوَهَّابِ عَنْ هِشَامٍ وَأَزْهَرَ بْنِ الْقَاسِمِ حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامٌ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ شَهْرِ بْنِ حَوْشَبٍ

عَنْ أَبِي أُمَامَةَ صَاحِبِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَقَالَ عَبْدُ الْوَهَّابِ أَبُو أُمَامَةَ الْحِمْصِيُّ صَاحِبُ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ الْوُضُوءُ يُكَفِّرُ مَا قَبْلَهُ ثُمَّ تَصِيرُ الصَّلَاةُ نَافِلَةً فَقِيلَ لَهُ أَسَمِعْتَهُ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ؟ قَالَ نَعَمْ غَيْرَ مَرَّةٍ وَلَا مَرَّتَيْنِ وَلَا ثَلَاثٍ وَلَا أَرْبَعٍ وَلَا خَمْسٍ