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bayhaqi:272Abū ʿAlī al-Rūdhbārī > Abū Bakr b. Dāsah > Abū Dāwud > Maḥmūd b. Khālid And Yaʿqūb b. Kaʿb al-Anṭākī > al-Walīd b. Muslim > Ḥarīz b. ʿUthmān > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Maysarah > al-Miqdām b. Maʿdīkarib

I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ perform ablution. When he reached the stage of wiping his head, he placed his palms on the front of the head. Then he moved them until he reached the nape. He then returned them to the place from where he had started. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 122)   

البيهقي:٢٧٢أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَلِيٍّ الرُّوذْبَارِيُّ ثنا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ دَاسَةَ ثنا أَبُو دَاوُدَ ثنا مَحْمُودُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ وَيَعْقُوبُ بْنُ كَعْبٍ الْأَنْطَاكِيُّ وَاللَّفْظُ لَهُ قَالَا ثنا الْوَلِيدُ بْنُ مُسْلِمٍ عَنْ حَرِيزِ بْنِ عُثْمَانَ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ مَيْسَرَةَ عَنِ الْمِقْدَامِ بْنِ مَعْدِيكَرِبَ قَالَ

رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَتَوَضَّأُ فَإِذَا بَلَغَ مَسْحَ رَأْسِهِ وَضَعَ كَفَّيْهِ عَلَى مُقَدَّمِ رَأْسِهِ فَأَمَرَّهُمَا حَتَّى بَلَغَ الْقَفَاءَ ثُمَّ رَدَّهُمَا إِلَى الْمَكَانِ الَّذِي بَدَأَ مِنْهُ قَالَ مَحْمُودٌ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي حَرِيزٌ حَتَّى يَرْفَعَ  


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Collected by Abū Dāwūd, Ṭabarānī
abudawud:122Maḥmūd b. Khālid And Yaʿqūb b. Kaʿb al-Anṭākī Lafẓuh > al-Walīd b. Muslim > Ḥarīz b. ʿUthmān > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Maysarah > al-Miqdām b. Maʿdīkarib

I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ perform ablution. When he reached the stage of wiping his head, he placed his palms on the front of the head. Then he moved them until he reached the nape. He then returned them to the place from where he had started.  

أبو داود:١٢٢حَدَّثَنَا مَحْمُودُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ وَيَعْقُوبُ بْنُ كَعْبٍ الأَنْطَاكِيُّ لَفْظُهُ قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا الْوَلِيدُ بْنُ مُسْلِمٍ عَنْ حَرِيزِ بْنِ عُثْمَانَ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ مَيْسَرَةَ عَنِ الْمِقْدَامِ بْنِ مَعْدِيكَرِبَ قَالَ

رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ تَوَضَّأَ فَلَمَّا بَلَغَ مَسْحَ رَأْسِهِ وَضَعَ كَفَّيْهِ عَلَى مُقَدَّمِ رَأْسِهِ فَأَمَرَّهُمَا حَتَّى بَلَغَ الْقَفَا ثُمَّ رَدَّهُمَا إِلَى الْمَكَانِ الَّذِي بَدَأَ مِنْهُ قَالَ مَحْمُودٌ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي حَرِيزٌ  

tabarani:17854Yaḥyá b. ʿUthmān b. Ṣāliḥ > Yaʿqūb b. Kaʿb al-Ḥalabī > al-Walīd b. Muslim > Ḥarīz b. ʿUthmān > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Maysarah > al-Miqdām b. Maʿdī Karib

[Machine] "I saw the Prophet ﷺ perform ablution. When he reached the step of wiping his head, he placed his hands on the front of his head, then he moved his hands until he reached the back of his head, and then he returned his hands to the place where he began."  

الطبراني:١٧٨٥٤حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ صَالِحٍ ثنا يَعْقُوبُ بْنُ كَعْبٍ الْحَلَبِيُّ ثنا الْوَلِيدُ بْنُ مُسْلِمٍ عَنْ حَرِيزِ بْنِ عُثْمَانَ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ مَيْسَرَةَ عَنِ الْمِقْدَامِ بْنِ مَعْدِي كَرِبٍ قَالَ

«رَأَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ» تَوَضَّأَ فَلَمَّا بَلَغَ مَسْحَ رَأْسِهِ وَضَعَ كَفَّيْهِ عَلَى مُقَدَّمِ رَأْسِهِ ثُمَّ أَمَرَّهُمَا حَتَّى بَلَغَ الْقَفَا ثُمَّ رَدَّهُمَا إِلَى الْمَكَانِ الَّذِي مِنْهُ بَدَأَ  

tabarani:16997Hāshim b. Marthad al-Ṭabarānī > Ṣafwān b. Ṣāliḥ > al-Walīd b. Muslim > ʿUthmān b. al-Mundhir

[Machine] "That Mu'awiya said: 'I saw them wiping the Prophet's ﷺ sweat, so when he finished wiping his head, he placed his hands on the front of his head, then he wiped them until he reached his nape, and then he returned them until he reached the place he began from.'"

(Note: The exact translation may vary depending on context and personal interpretation. This translation aims to provide a general understanding of the passage.)  

الطبراني:١٦٩٩٧حَدَّثَنَا هَاشِمُ بْنُ مَرْثَدٍ الطَّبَرَانِيُّ ثنا صَفْوَانُ بْنُ صَالِحٍ ثنا الْوَلِيدُ بْنُ مُسْلِمٍ عَنْ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ الْمُنْذِرِ عَنِ الْقَاسِمِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ الثَّقَفِيِّ

أَنَّ مُعَاوِيَةَ «أَرَاهُمْ وُضُوءَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَلَمَّا بَلَغَ مَسْحَ رَأْسِهِ وَضَعَ كَفَّيْهِ عَلَى مُقَدَّمِ رَأْسِهِ ثُمَّ بَلَغَ بِهِمَا حَتَّى بَلَغَ الْقَفَا ثُمَّ رَدَّهُمَا حَتَّى بَلَغَ الْمَكَانَ الَّذِي مِنْهُ بَدَأَ»