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ahmad:27187Yazīd > Ḥammād b. Salamah > ʿAbd al-Raḥman from his aunt > Abū Rāfiʿ

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ visited his wives one night and washed himself at each of their places. I said, "O Messenger of Allah, wouldn't it be sufficient if you washed yourself only once?" He replied, "This is purer and cleaner."  

أحمد:٢٧١٨٧حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ أَخْبَرَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ عَمَّتِهِ عَنْ أَبِي رَافِعٍ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ طَافَ عَلَى نِسَائِهِ فِي لَيْلَةٍ فَاغْتَسَلَ عِنْدَ كُلِّ امْرَأَةٍ مِنْهُنَّ غُسْلًا فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ لَوْ اغْتَسَلْتَ غُسْلًا وَاحِدًا؟ فَقَالَ هَذَا أَطْهَرُ وَأَطْيَبُ  


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Collected by Ibn Mājah, Aḥmad, Ṭabarānī, Bayhaqī, Suyūṭī
ibnmajah:590Isḥāq b. Manṣūr > ʿAbd al-Ṣamad > Ḥammād > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Abū Rāfiʿ > ʿAmmatih Salmá > Abū Rāfiʿ

The Prophet went around to all of his wives in one night, and he had a bath after each one of them. It was said to him: "O Messenger of Allah, why not make it one bath?" He said: "This is purer, better and cleaner."  

ابن ماجة:٥٩٠حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ أَنْبَأَنَا عَبْدُ الصَّمَدِ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ أَبِي رَافِعٍ عَنْ عَمَّتِهِ سَلْمَى عَنْ أَبِي رَافِعٍ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ طَافَ عَلَى نِسَائِهِ فِي لَيْلَةٍ وَكَانَ يَغْتَسِلُ عِنْدَ كُلِّ وَاحِدَةٍ مِنْهُنَّ فَقِيلَ لَهُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَلاَ تَجْعَلُهُ غُسْلاً وَاحِدًا فَقَالَ هُوَ أَزْكَى وَأَطْيَبُ وَأَطْهَرُ  

ahmad:23862ʿAffān > Ḥammād > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Abū Rāfiʿ > ʿAmmatih Salmá > Abū Rāfiʿ

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ performed Tawaf (circumambulation of the Kaaba) around his wives on a certain day. He then began to perform Wudu (ablution) at this and that place. It was said to him, "O Messenger of Allah, why don't you make it one single ablution?" He replied, "This is purer, more pleasant, and cleaner."  

أحمد:٢٣٨٦٢حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ أَبِي رَافِعٍ عَنْ عَمَّتِهِ سَلْمَى عَنْ أَبِي رَافِعٍ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ طَافَ عَلَى نِسَائِهِ فِي يَوْمٍ فَجَعَلَ يَغْتَسِلُ عِنْدَ هَذِهِ وَعِنْدَ هَذِهِ فَقِيلَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ لَوْ جَعَلْتَهُ غُسْلًا وَاحِدًا قَالَ هَذَا أَزْكَى وَأَطْيَبُ وَأَطْهَرُ  

ahmad:23870ʿAbd al-Raḥman And ʾAbū Kāmil > Ḥammād b. Salamah > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. ʿAbdullāh b. Abū Rāfiʿ from his aunt > Abū Rāfiʿ

The Prophet went around to all of his wives in one night, and he had a bath after each one of them. It was said to him: "O Messenger of Allah, why not make it one bath?" He said: "This is purer, better and cleaner." (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 590)   

أحمد:٢٣٨٧٠حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ وَأَبُو كَامِلٍ قَالَا حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ أَبِي رَافِعٍ عَنْ عَمَّتِهِ عَنْ أَبِي رَافِعٍ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ طَافَ عَلَى نِسَائِهِ جَمَعَ فِي يَوْمٍ وَاحِدٍ وَاغْتَسَلَ عِنْدَ كُلِّ وَاحِدَةٍ مِنْهُنَّ غُسْلًا فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ أَلَا تَجْعَلُهُ غُسْلًا وَاحِدًا؟ فَقَالَ إِنَّ هَذَا أَزْكَى وَأَطْهَرُ وَأَطْيَبُ  

tabarani:973[Chain 1] Abū Muslim al-Kashhī And Yūsuf al-Qāḍī > Sulaymān b. Ḥarb [Chain 2] al-ʿAbbās b. al-Faḍl al-Asfāṭī > Abū al-Walīd al-Ṭayālisī > Ḥammād b. Salamah > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Abū Rāfiʿ > ʿAmmatih Salmá > Abū Rāfiʿ

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ went around his wives and performed ablution after being intimate with each of them. I asked, "O Messenger of Allah, why don't you make it one ablution?" He said, "This is more pure and better."  

الطبراني:٩٧٣حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُسْلِمٍ الْكَشِّيُّ وَيُوسُفُ الْقَاضِي قَالَا ثنا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا الْعَبَّاسُ بْنُ الْفَضْلِ الْأَسْفَاطِيُّ ثنا أَبُو الْوَلِيدِ الطَّيَالِسِيُّ قَالَا ثنا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبِي رَافِعٍ عَنْ عَمَّتِهِ سَلْمَى عَنْ أَبِي رَافِعٍ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ طَافَ عَلَى نِسَائِهِ جَمَعَ فَاغْتَسَلَ عِنْدَ كُلِّ امْرَأَةٍ مِنْهُنَّ غُسْلًا فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ أَلَا جَعَلْتَهُ غُسْلًا وَاحِدًا؟ قَالَ «هَذَا أَزْكَى وَأَطْيَبُ»  

bayhaqi:14091ʿAlī b. Muḥammad al-Muqriʾ > al-Ḥasan b. Muḥammad b. Isḥāq > Yūsuf b. Yaʿqūb > Sulaymān b. Ḥarb > Ḥammād b. Salamah > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Abū Rāfiʿ > ʿAmmatih Salmá > Abū Rāfiʿ

[Machine] That the Messenger of Allah ﷺ went around his wives and performed ablution (washing) at each one of them. So I said, "O Messenger of Allah, couldn't you have made it one washing?" He said, "This is purer, cleaner, and more pleasant. And Allah knows best."  

البيهقي:١٤٠٩١أَخْبَرَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْمُقْرِئُ أنبأ الْحَسَنُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِسْحَاقَ ثنا يُوسُفُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ أنبأ سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ ثنا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبِي رَافِعٍ عَنْ عَمَّتِهِ سَلْمَى عَنْ أَبِي رَافِعٍ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ طَافَ عَلَى نِسَائِهِ جَمَعَ فَاغْتَسَلَ عِنْدَ كُلِّ امْرَأَةٍ مِنْهُنَّ غُسْلًا فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ أَلَا جَعَلْتَهُ غُسْلًا وَاحِدًا؟ قَالَ هَذَا أَزْكَى وَأَطْهَرُ وَأَطْيَبُ وَاللهُ أَعْلَمُ  

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السيوطي:٦٢٥-٨b

"أَنَّ رَسُولَ الله ﷺ طَافَ عَلَى نِسَائهِ في لَيْلَة فَاغْتَسَلَ عِنْدَ كلِّ امْرَأةٍ مِنْهُن غُسْلًا، فَقَالَ يَا رسُولَ الله: لَوِ اغْتَسَلْتَ غُسلًا وَاحَدًا؟ فقَال: هَذَا أَطْهَرُ وَأَطَيْبُ، أَوْ أطهر وأنظف".  

[ش] ابن أبى شيبة