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bayhaqi:1180Abū Bakr b. al-Ḥārith al-Faqīh > ʿAlī b. ʿUmar al-Ḥāfiẓ > Abū Bakr al-Naysābūrī > al-Rabīʿ b. Sulaymān > al-Shāfiʿī > Saʿīd b. Sālim > Ibn Abū Ḥabībah > Dāwud b. al-Ḥuṣayn from his father > Jābir

[Machine] It was said, "O Messenger of Allah, do you perform ablution with what the camels have left as the best water?" He said, "And with what has been preferred by the cats."  

البيهقي:١١٨٠أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ الْحَارِثِ الْفَقِيهُ أنا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عُمَرَ الْحَافِظُ ثنا أَبُو بَكْرٍ النَّيْسَابُورِيُّ ثنا الرَّبِيعُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ أنا الشَّافِعِيُّ ثنا سَعِيدُ بْنُ سَالِمٍ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي حَبِيبَةَ عَنْ دَاوُدَ بْنِ الْحُصَيْنِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ جَابِرٍ قَالَ

قِيلَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ أَنَتَوَضَّأَ بِمَا أَفْضَلَتِ الْحُمُرُ؟ فَقَالَ وَبِمَا أَفْضَلَتِ السِّبَاعُ  


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