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bayhaqi:395Abū Bakr Muḥammad b. Ibrāhīm al-Ḥāfiẓ > Aḥmad b. ʿAmr b. Muḥammad al-ʿIrāqī > Sufyān b. Muḥammad > ʿAlī b. al-Ḥasan b. Abū ʿĪsá > ʿAbdullāh b. al-Walīd al-ʿAdanī > Sufyān / al-Thawrī > al-Aʿmash > Abū Sufyān > Jābir

[Machine] "That his command for ablution was within the realm of recommendation and indeed, the obligatory act is only the washing of that shining spot."  

البيهقي:٣٩٥حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ الْحَافِظُ أنا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَمْرِو بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ الْعِرَاقِيُّ نا سُفْيَانُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ أنا عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ أَبِي عِيسَى عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ الْوَلِيدِ الْعَدَنِيِّ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ يَعْنِي الثَّوْرِيَّ عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنْ أَبِي سُفْيَانَ عَنْ جَابِرٍ قَالَ رَأَى عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ ؓ رَجُلًا يَتَوَضَّأُ فَبَقِيَ فِي رِجْلِهِ لُمْعَةٌ فَقَالَ أَعِدِ الْوُضُوءَ وَعَنْ سُفْيَانَ عَنْ خَالِدٍ الْحَذَّاءِ عَنْ أَبِي قِلَابَةَ عَنْ عُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ مِثْلَهُ وَقَدْ رُوِيَ عَنْ عُمَرَ مَا دَلَّ عَلَى

أَنَّ أَمْرَهُ بِالْوضُوءِ كَانَ عَلَى طَرِيقِ الِاسْتِحْبَابِ وَإِنَّمَا الْوَاجِبُ غَسْلُ تِلْكَ اللُّمْعَةِ فَقَطْ