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ahmad:8404Yaḥyá b. Yazīd b. ʿAbd al-Malik / al-Nawfalī > Abū Dhakarah > Saʿīd b. Abū Saʿīd al-Maqburī > Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] Narrated by the Prophet ﷺ , he said: "Whoever touches his private parts, he should perform ablution (wudu'), as he cannot pray without it."  

أحمد:٨٤٠٤حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ يَزِيدَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ يَعْنِي النَّوْفَلِيَّ قَالَ أَبِي ذَكَرَهُ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْمَقْبُرِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ مَنْ أَفْضَى بِيَدِهِ إِلَى ذَكَرِهِ لَيْسَ دُونَهُ سِتْرٌ فَقَدْ وَجَبَ عَلَيْهِ الْوُضُوءُ