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bayhaqi:291my father

[Machine] Abu Abdullah al-Hafiz reported to us in the book "Ikhtilaf al-Ahadith" by al-Shafi'i, may Allah exalt him. Abu al-Abbas Muhammad ibn Ya'qub narrated to us, I am al-Rabi ibn Sulayman, I am al-Shafi'i, I am Sufyan, from Hisham ibn Urwah, from his father, from Humran, the servant of Uthman ibn Affan, narrated that Uthman said that the Prophet ﷺ performed ablution three times each.  

البيهقي:٢٩١

أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ فِي كِتَابِ اخْتِلَافِ الْأَحَادِيثِ لِلشَّافِعِيِّ رَحِمَهُ اللهُ تَعَالَى ثنا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ أنا الرَّبِيعُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ أنا الشَّافِعِيُّ أنا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ حُمْرَانَ مَوْلَى عُثْمَانَ بْنَ عَفَّانَ ؓ عَنْ عُثْمَانَ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ تَوَضَّأَ ثَلَاثًا ثَلَاثًا