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ahmad:7166Muḥammad b. Fuḍayl > ʿUmārah > Abū Zurʿah

[Machine] I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ saying, Allah says: "Who is more unjust than one who asserts partners with Allah, while he himself creates nothing, and they are created?", "Let them create a grain, or let them create a small seed, or let them create a single hair!" Then he called for ablution and performed ablution, and washed his arms up to the elbows, and when he washed his feet, he went beyond the ankles. So I said, "What is this?" He said, "This is the limit of adornment."  

أحمد:٧١٦٦حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ فُضَيْلٍ عَنْ عُمَارَةَ عَنْ أَبِي زُرْعَةَ قَالَ دَخَلْتُ مَعَ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ دَارَ مَرْوَانَ بْنِ الْحَكَمِ فَرَأَى فِيهَا تَصَاوِيرَ وَهِيَ تُبْنَى فَقَالَ

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ يَقُولُ اللهُ ﷻ وَمَنْ أَظْلَمُ مِمَّنْ ذَهَبَ يَخْلُقُ خَلْقًا كَخَلْقِي فَلْيَخْلُقُوا ذَرَّةً أَوْ فَلْيَخْلُقُوا حَبَّةً أَوْ لِيَخْلُقُوا شَعِيرَةً ثُمَّ دَعَا بِوَضُوءٍ فَتَوَضَّأَ وَغَسَلَ ذِرَاعَيْهِ حَتَّى جَاوَزَ الْمِرْفَقَيْنِ فَلَمَّا غَسَلَ رِجْلَيْهِ جَاوَزَ الْكَعْبَيْنِ إِلَى السَّاقَيْنِ فَقُلْتُ مَا هَذَا؟ فَقَالَ هَذَا مَبْلَغُ الْحِلْيَةِ