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bayhaqi:5665Abū ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥāfiẓ And ʾAbū Zakariyyā b. Abū Isḥāq > Abū ʿAbdullāh Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb al-Shaybānī > Muḥammad b. ʿAbd al-Wahhāb > Jaʿfar b. ʿAwn > Yaḥyá b. Saʿīd > ʿAmrah > ʿĀʾishah

[Machine] The people used to be responsible for themselves, and they would go to the Friday prayer in their own attire. It would be said to them, "If you had performed ablution, they would have taken out the statement from the Hadith of Yahya al-Ansari."  

البيهقي:٥٦٦٥وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ وَأَبُو زَكَرِيَّا بْنُ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ قَالَا أنبأ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ الشَّيْبَانِيُّ أنبأ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْوَهَّابِ أنبأ جَعْفَرُ بْنُ عَوْنٍ ثنا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ عَمْرَةَ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

كَانَ النَّاسُ عُمَّالَ أَنْفُسِهِمْ وَكَانُوا يَرُوحُونَ إِلَى الْجُمُعَةِ بِهَيْئَتِهِمْ فَكَانَ يُقَالُ لَهُمْ لَوِ اغْتَسَلْتُمْ أَخْرَجَاهُ فِي الصَّحِيحِ مِنْ حَدِيثِ يَحْيَى الْأَنْصَارِيِّ  


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Collected by Bukhārī, Abū Dāwūd, Aḥmad, Ibn Ḥibbān, Bayhaqī
bukhari:903ʿAbdān > ʿAbdullāh > Yaḥyá b. Saʿīd

I asked ʿAmra about taking a bath on Fridays. She replied, " Aisha said, 'The people used to work (for their livelihood) and whenever they went for the Jumua prayer, they used to go to the mosque in the same shape as they had been in work. So they were asked to take a bath on Friday.' "  

البخاري:٩٠٣حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدَانُ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ أَنَّهُ سَأَلَ عَمْرَةَ عَنِ الْغُسْلِ يَوْمَ الْجُمُعَةِ فَقَالَتْ قَالَتْ عَائِشَةُ ؓ

كَانَ النَّاسُ مَهَنَةَ أَنْفُسِهِمْ وَكَانُوا إِذَا رَاحُوا إِلَى الْجُمُعَةِ رَاحُوا فِي هَيْئَتِهِمْ فَقِيلَ لَهُمْ لَوِ اغْتَسَلْتُمْ  

abudawud:352Musaddad > Ḥammād b. Zayd > Yaḥyá b. Saʿīd > ʿAmrah > ʿĀʾishah

The people (mostly) were workers and they would come for Friday prayer in the same condition, so it was said to them: If only you were to perform Ghusl.  

أبو داود:٣٥٢حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ عَمْرَةَ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

كَانَ النَّاسُ مُهَّانَ أَنْفُسِهِمْ فَيَرُوحُونَ إِلَى الْجُمُعَةِ بِهَيْئَتِهِمْ فَقِيلَ لَهُمْ لَوِ اغْتَسَلْتُمْ  

ahmad:24339Wakīʿ > Sufyān > Yaḥyá b. Saʿīd > ʿAmrah > ʿĀʾishah

[Machine] "People used to be responsible for themselves, so they would go as they pleased. It was said to them, 'If only you had taken a shower.'"  

أحمد:٢٤٣٣٩حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ عَمْرَةَ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

كَانَ النَّاسُ عُمَّالَ أَنْفُسِهِمْ فَكَانُوا يَرُوحُونَ كَهَيْئَتِهِمْ فَقِيلَ لَهُمْ لَوْ اغْتَسَلْتُمْ  

ذِكْرُ الْبَيَانِ بِأَنَّ الْقَوْمَ إِنَّمَا كَانُوا يَرُوحُونَ إِلَى الْجُمُعَةِ فِي ثِيَابِ مِهَنِهِمْ، فَلِذَلِكَ أُمِرُوا بِالِاغْتِسَالِ لَهَا

ibnhibban:1236al-Ḥasan b. Sufyān > Muḥammad b. ʿUbayd b. Ḥisāb > Ḥammād b. Zayd > Yaḥyá b. Saʿīd > ʿAmrah > ʿĀʾishah

The people (mostly) were workers and they would come for Friday prayer in the same condition, so it was said to them: If only you were to perform Ghusl. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 352)  

ابن حبّان:١٢٣٦أَخْبَرَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ سُفْيَانَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عُبَيْدِ بْنِ حِسَابٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ عَمْرَةَ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

«كَانَ النَّاسُ مُهَّانَ أَنْفُسِهِمْ فَكَانُوا يَرُوحُونَ إِلَى الْجُمُعَةِ بِهَيْئَتِهِمْ فَقِيلَ لَهُمْ لَوِ اغْتَسَلْتُمْ»  

bayhaqi:1406Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥāfiẓ > Abū al-ʿAbbās Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb from Aṣl Kitābih > Abū Jaʿfar Muḥammad b. ʿĪsá al-ʿAṭṭār > Yazīd b. Hārūn > Yaḥyá b. Saʿīd > Saʾalt ʿAmrah > al-Ghusl Yawm al-Jumuʿah > Saʾalt ʿĀʾishah > al-Ghusl Yawm al-Jumuʿah

[Machine] "People used to look after themselves and they would go around in their own appearance. It was said to them, 'If you bathe, you will be purified in accordance with the teachings of Yahya ibn Sa'id al-Ansari.'"  

البيهقي:١٤٠٦أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ مِنْ أَصْلِ كِتَابِهِ ثنا أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عِيسَى الْعَطَّارُ ثنا يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ ثنا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ قَالَ سَأَلْتُ عَمْرَةَ عَنِ الْغُسْلِ يَوْمَ الْجُمُعَةِ فَقَالَتْ سَأَلْتُ عَائِشَةَ عَنِ الْغُسْلِ يَوْمَ الْجُمُعَةِ فَقَالَتْ

كَانَ النَّاسُ عُمَّالَ أَنْفُسِهِمْ وَكَانُوا يَرُوحُونَ بِهَيْئَتِهِمْ فَقِيلَ لَهُمْ لَوِ اغْتَسَلْتُمْ مُخَرَّجٌ فِي الصَّحِيحَيْنِ مِنْ حَدِيثِ يَحْيَى بْنِ سَعِيدٍ الْأَنْصَارِيِّ