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ahmad:7418 – Yaḥyá > Ibn ʿAjlān > Saʿīd > Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] A man asked, "How many times should I pour water on my head when performing ghusl (ritual purification) from janabah (sexual impurity)?" He responded, "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to pour water on his head three times." The man asked, "But what if I have a lot of hair?" He answered, "The hair of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was even more abundant and beautiful."  

أحمد:٧٤١٨ – حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى عَنِ ابْنِ عَجْلَانَ عَنْ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

رَجُلٌ كَمْ يَكْفِي رَأْسِي فِي الْغُسْلِ مِنْ الْجَنَابَةِ؟ قَالَ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَصُبُّ بِيَدِهِ عَلَى رَأْسِهِ ثَلَاثًا قَالَ إِنَّ شَعْرِي كَثِيرٌ؟ قَالَ كَانَ شَعْرُ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ أَكْثَرَ وَأَطْيَبَ  

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ahmad:14113 – ʿAbd al-Malik b. ʿAmr > Hishām / Ibn Saʿd > Zayd b. Aslam > ʿUbaydullāh b. Miqsam

[Machine] "How did the Messenger of Allah ﷺ perform ablution? He said: He would pour water on his head three times. He said: My head has a lot of hair. He said: The head of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ had more hair and was cleaner than yours."  

أحمد:١٤١١٣ – حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْمَلِكِ بْنُ عَمْرٍو حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامٌ يَعْنِي ابْنَ سَعْدٍ عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ أَسْلَمَ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللهِ بْنِ مِقْسَمٍ قَالَ سَأَلَ الْحَسَنُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ جَابِرَ بْنَ عَبْدِ اللهِ عَنِ الْغُسْلِ مِنَ الْجَنَابَةِ فَقَالَ تَبُلُّ الشَّعْرَ وَتَغْسِلُ الْبَشَرَةَ قَالَ

فَكَيْفَ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَغْتَسِلُ؟ قَالَ كَانَ يَصُبُّ عَلَى رَأْسِهِ ثَلَاثًا قَالَ إِنَّ رَأْسِي كَثِيرُ الشَّعْرِ قَالَ كَانَ رَأْسُ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ أَكْثَرَ مِنْ رَأْسِكَ وَأَطْيَبَ  

ahmad:14430 – Yaḥyá > Jaʿfar from my father > Lī Jābir > Saʾalanī Ibn ʿAmmik al-Ḥasan b. Muḥammad

[Machine] Regarding the ritual purification of major impurity, I said that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to pour water with his hands onto his head three times, then he would say: "I have a lot of hair." So I said, "My son of my brother, the hair of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was more abundant and nicer than your hair."  

أحمد:١٤٤٣٠ – حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى عَنْ جَعْفَرٍ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي قَالَ قَالَ لِي جَابِرٌ قَالَ سَأَلَنِي ابْنُ عَمِّكَ الْحَسَنُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ

عَنْ غُسْلِ الْجَنَابَةِ فَقُلْتُ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَصُبُّ بِيَدَيْهِ عَلَى رَأْسِهِ ثَلَاثًا فَقَالَ إِنِّي كَثِيرُ الشَّعْرِ فَقُلْتُ مَهْ يَا ابْنَ أَخِي كَانَ شَعْرُ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ أَكْثَرَ مِنْ شَعْرِكَ وَأَطْيَبَ