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bayhaqi:874Abū ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥāfiẓ > Abū al-ʿAbbās Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb > Aḥmad b. ʿAbd al-Jabbār > Ḥafṣ b. Ghiyāth > al-Aʿmash > Sālim > Kurayb > Ibn ʿAbbās > Maymūnah

[Machine] I performed the ritual washing (ghusl) of janabah for the Messenger of Allah ﷺ , and he mentioned a hadith about the Prophet's ghusl. So, I handed him a towel, but he did not take it and instead flicked his hand. Al-A'mash said, "So, I mentioned this to Ibrahim and he said, 'He disliked that out of fear of setting a precedent.'"  

البيهقي:٨٧٤أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ ثنا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ ثنا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْجَبَّارِ ثنا حَفْصُ بْنُ غِيَاثٍ عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنْ سَالِمٍ عَنْ كُرَيْبٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ عَنْ مَيْمُونَةَ قَالَتْ

وَضَعْتُ لِرَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ غُسْلًا مِنَ الْجَنَابَةِ فَذَكَرَ الْحَدِيثَ فِي غُسْلِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَتْ فَنَاوَلْتُهُ مِنْدِيلًا فَلَمْ يَأْخُذْهُ وَجَعَلَ يَنْفُضُ بِيَدِهِ قَالَ الْأَعْمَشُ فَذَكَرْتُ ذَلِكَ لِإِبْرَاهِيمَ فَقَالَ إِنَّمَا كَرِهَ ذَلِكَ مَخَافَةَ الْعَادَةَ  

رَوَاهُ الْبُخَارِيُّ عَنْ عُمَرَ بْنِ حَفْصٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ دُونَ قَوْلِ الْأَعْمَشِ