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bayhaqi:372[Chain 1] Abū ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥāfiẓ And ʾAbū Saʿīd b. Abū ʿUmar > Abū al-ʿAbbās Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb > Usayd b. ʿĀṣim > al-Ḥusayn b. Ḥafṣ > Sufyān [Chain 2] Abū al-Ḥusayn b. Bishrān > ʿAlī b. Muḥammad al-Muqriʾ > Ibn Abū Maryam > al-Firyābī > Sufyān [Chain 3] Abū al-Ḥasan b. ʿAbdān > Aḥmad b. ʿUbayd al-Ṣaffār > Muḥammad b. Ghālib b. Ḥarb > Abū Ḥudhayfah > Sufyān > Sālim Abū al-Naḍr > Bishr b. Saʿīd > ʿUthmān b. ʿAffān

[Machine] "He called for water and performed ablution by the seats. He performed ablution three times, then he said to the companions of the Prophet ﷺ, 'Did you see the Messenger of Allah ﷺ do this?' They said, 'Yes.' In the narration of al-Firiyabi, it is mentioned that Uthman performed ablution three times, then he said to the companions of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, 'Did you see the Messenger of Allah ﷺ in this manner?' They said, 'Yes.' And in the narration of Abu Hudhaifa, he called for ablution by the seats, and this is how it is mentioned in the narrations of al-Thawri, narrated by Abdullah bin al-Walid al-Adani."  

البيهقي:٣٧٢أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ وَأَبُو سَعِيدِ بْنُ أَبِي عُمَرَ قَالَا نا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ نا أُسَيْدُ بْنُ عَاصِمٍ نا الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ حَفْصٍ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ ح وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو الْحُسَيْنِ بْنُ بِشْرَانَ أنا عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْمُقْرِئُ نا ابْنُ أَبِي مَرْيَمَ نا الْفِرْيَابِيُّ نا سُفْيَانُ ح وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو الْحَسَنِ بْنُ عَبْدَانَ أنا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عُبَيْدٍ الصَّفَّارُ نا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ غَالِبِ بْنِ حَرْبٍ نا أَبُو حُذَيْفَةَ ثنا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ سَالِمٍ أَبِي النَّضْرِ عَنْ بِشْرِ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ عَفَّانَ

أَنَّهُ دَعَا بِمَاءٍ فَتَوَضَّأَ عِنْدَ الْمَقَاعِدِ فَتَوَضَّأَ ثَلَاثًا ثَلَاثًا ثُمَّ قَالَ لِأَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ هَلْ رَأَيْتُمْ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فَعَلَ هَذَا؟ قَالُوا نَعَمْ لَفْظُ حَدِيثِ الْحُسَيْنِ وَفِي حَدِيثِ الْفِرْيَابِيِّ أَنَّ عُثْمَانَ تَوَضَّأَ ثَلَاثًا ثَلَاثًا ثُمَّ قَالَ لِأَصْحَابِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ هَكَذَا رَأَيْتُمْ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ؟ قَالُوا نَعَمْ وَفِي حَدِيثِ أَبِي حُذَيْفَةَ دَعَا بِوَضُوءٍ عَلَى الْمَقَاعِدِ وَهَكَذَا هُوَ فِي جَامِعِ الثَّوْرِيِّ رِوَايَةَ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ الْوَلِيدِ الْعَدَنِيِّ