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bayhaqi:934Abū al-Ḥasan ʿAlī b. Aḥmad b. ʿUmar al-Muqriʾ> Aḥmad b. Salmān al-Faqīh > Jaʿfar b. Muḥammad b. Shākir > ʿAffān > Abān > Qatādah > Ṣafiyyah > ʿĀʾishah

The Prophet ﷺ used to wash himself with a sa' (of water) and perform ablution with a mudd (of water). Abu Dawud said: This tradition has also been narrated by Aban on the authority of Qatadah. In this version he said: "I herd safiyyah." (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 92)   

البيهقي:٩٣٤أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو الْحَسَنِ عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ عُمَرَ الْمُقْرِئُ بِبَغْدَادَ ثنا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ سَلْمَانَ الْفَقِيهُ ثنا جَعْفَرُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ شَاكِرٍ ثنا عَفَّانُ ثنا أَبَانُ ثنا قَتَادَةُ قَالَ حَدَّثَتْنِي صَفِيَّةُ أَنَّ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَتَوَضَّأُ بِالْمُدِّ وَيَغْتَسِلُ بِالصَّاعِ  


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muslim:325bQutaybah b. Saʿīd > Wakīʿ > Misʿar > Ibn Jabr > Anas

The Apostle of Allah ﷺ performed ablution with one Mudd and took bath with a Sa' up to five Mudds.  

مسلم:٣٢٥bحَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ عَنْ مِسْعَرٍ عَنِ ابْنِ جَبْرٍ عَنْ أَنَسِ قَالَ

كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ يَتَوَضَّأُ بِالْمُدِّ وَيَغْتَسِلُ بِالصَّاعِ إِلَى خَمْسَةِ أَمْدَادٍ  

nasai:346Hārūn b. Isḥāq al-Kūfī > ʿAbdah / Ibn Sulaymān > Saʿīd > Qatādah > Ṣafiyyah b. Shaybah > ʿĀʾishah

It was narrated from 'Aishah that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to perform Ghusl with a Mudd and Ghusl with approximately a Sa'.  

النسائي:٣٤٦أَخْبَرَنَا هَارُونُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ الْكُوفِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدَةُ يَعْنِي ابْنَ سُلَيْمَانَ عَنْ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ صَفِيَّةَ بِنْتِ شَيْبَةَ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ كَانَ يَتَوَضَّأُ بِمُدٍّ وَيَغْتَسِلُ بِنَحْوِ الصَّاعِ  

nasai:347Abū Bakr b. Isḥāq > al-Ḥasan b. Mūsá > Shaybān > Qatādah > al-Ḥasan from his mother > ʿĀʾishah

"The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to perform Ghusl with a Mudd and Ghusl with a Sa'."  

النسائي:٣٤٧أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ مُوسَى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شَيْبَانُ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ عَنْ أُمِّهِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَتَوَضَّأُ بِالْمُدِّ وَيَغْتَسِلُ بِالصَّاعِ  

abudawud:92Muḥammad b. Kathīr > Hammām > Qatādah > Ṣafiyyah b. Shaybah > ʿĀʾishah

The Prophet ﷺ used to wash himself with a sa' (of water) and perform ablution with a mudd (of water). Abu Dawud said: This tradition has also been narrated by Aban on the authority of Qatadah. In this version he said: "I herd safiyyah."  

أبو داود:٩٢حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ كَثِيرٍ حَدَّثَنَا هَمَّامٌ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ صَفِيَّةَ بِنْتِ شَيْبَةَ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ كَانَ يَغْتَسِلُ بِالصَّاعِ وَيَتَوَضَّأُ بِالْمُدِّ  

قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُدَ رَوَاهُ أَبَانُ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ صَفِيَّةَ
abudawud:93Aḥmad b. Muḥammad b. Ḥanbal > Hushaym > Yazīd b. Abū Ziyād > Sālim b. Abū al-Jaʿd > Jābir

The Prophet ﷺ used to take a bath with a sa' (of water) and perform ablution with a mudd (of water)  

أبو داود:٩٣حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ حَنْبَلٍ حَدَّثَنَا هُشَيْمٌ أَخْبَرَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ أَبِي زِيَادٍ عَنْ سَالِمِ بْنِ أَبِي الْجَعْدِ عَنْ جَابِرٍ قَالَ

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَغْتَسِلُ بِالصَّاعِ وَيَتَوَضَّأُ بِالْمُدِّ  

abudawud:95Muḥammad b. al-Ṣabbāḥ al-Bazzāz > Sharīk > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿĪsá > ʿAbdullāh b. Jabr > Anas

The Prophet ﷺ performed ablution with a vessel which contained two rotls (of water) and took a bath with a sa’ (of water).1 Abu Dawud Said : This tradition has berated on the authority of Anas through a different chain. This version mentions: “He performed ablution with one makkuk. “It makes no mention of two rotls. 2 Abu Dawud said : This tradition has also been narrated by Yahya b. Adam from Sharik. But this chain mentions Ibn Jabr b. ‘Atik instead of ‘ Abd Allah b. Jabr. Abu Dawud Said : This tradition has also been narrated by Sufyan from ‘Abd Allah b. ‘Isa. This chain mentions the name Jabr b. ‘Abd Allah instead of ‘Abd Allah b. Jabr. Abu Dawud Said : I heard Ahmad b. Hanbal say : one sa’ measures five rotls. It was the sa’ of Ibn Abi Dhi’b and also of the Prophet ﷺ.  

أبو داود:٩٥حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الصَّبَّاحِ الْبَزَّازُ حَدَّثَنَا شَرِيكٌ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ جَبْرٍ عَنْ أَنَسٍ قَالَ

كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ يَتَوَضَّأُ بِإِنَاءٍ يَسَعُ رَطْلَيْنِ وَيَغْتَسِلُ بِالصَّاعِ  

قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُدَ رَوَاهُ يَحْيَى بْنُ آدَمَ عَنْ شَرِيكٍ قَالَ عَنِ ابْنِ جَبْرِ بْنِ عَتِيكٍ قَالَ وَرَوَاهُ سُفْيَانُ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عِيسَى حَدَّثَنِي جَبْرُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُدَ وَرَوَاهُ شُعْبَةُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ جَبْرٍ سَمِعْتُ أَنَسًا إِلاَّ أَنَّهُ قَالَ يَتَوَضَّأُ بِمَكُّوكٍ وَلَمْ يَذْكُرْ رَطْلَيْنِ قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُدَ وَسَمِعْتُ أَحْمَدَ بْنَ حَنْبَلٍ يَقُولُ الصَّاعُ خَمْسَةُ أَرْطَالٍ وَهُوَ صَاعُ ابْنِ أَبِي ذِئْبٍ وَهُوَ صَاعُ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ
ibnmajah:267Abū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah > Ismāʿīl b. Ibrāhīm > Abū Rayḥānah > Safīnah

"The Messenger of Allah used to perform ablution with a Mudd (of water) and bath with a Sa'."  

ابن ماجة:٢٦٧حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَبِي رَيْحَانَةَ عَنْ سَفِينَةَ قَالَ

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَتَوَضَّأُ بِالْمُدِّ وَيَغْتَسِلُ بِالصَّاعِ  

ibnmajah:268Abū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah > Yazīd b. Hārūn > Hammām > Qatādah > Ṣafiyyah b. Shaybah > ʿĀʾishah

"The Messenger of Allah used to perform ablution with a Mudd (of water) and bath with a Sa'."  

ابن ماجة:٢٦٨حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ عَنْ هَمَّامٍ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ صَفِيَّةَ بِنْتِ شَيْبَةَ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَتَوَضَّأُ بِالْمُدِّ وَيَغْتَسِلُ بِالصَّاعِ  

ibnmajah:269Hishām b. ʿAmmār > al-Rabīʿ b. Badr > Abū al-Zubayr > Jābir

The Messenger of Allah used to perform ablution with a Mudd (of water) and bath with a Sa'.  

ابن ماجة:٢٦٩حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامُ بْنُ عَمَّارٍ حَدَّثَنَا الرَّبِيعُ بْنُ بَدْرٍ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الزُّبَيْرِ عَنْ جَابِرٍ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ كَانَ يَتَوَضَّأُ بِالْمُدِّ وَيَغْتَسِلُ بِالصَّاعِ  

ahmad:12843Aswad b. ʿĀmir Shādhān > Sharīk > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿĪsá > ʿAbdullāh b. Jabr > Anas b. Mālik

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ used to perform ablution with a vessel that had a capacity of two-thirds of a liter, and he used to take a full bath with a measurement called "sa'a".  

أحمد:١٢٨٤٣حَدَّثَنَا أَسْوَدُ بْنُ عَامِرٍ شَاذَانُ حَدَّثَنَا شَرِيكٌ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ جَبْرٍ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ قَالَ

كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ يَتَوَضَّأُ بِإِنَاءٍ يَكُونُرَطْلَيْنِ وَيَغْتَسِلُ بِالصَّاعِ  

ahmad:14250Hushaym > Yazīd b. Abū Ziyād > Sālim b. Abū al-Jaʿd > Jābir b. ʿAbdullāh

The Prophet ﷺ used to take a bath with a sa' (of water) and perform ablution with a mudd (of water) (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 93)  

أحمد:١٤٢٥٠حَدَّثَنَا هُشَيْمٌ أَخْبَرَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ أَبِي زِيَادٍ عَنْ سَالِمِ بْنِ أَبِي الْجَعْدِ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ قَالَ

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَغْتَسِلُ بِالصَّاعِ وَيَتَوَضَّأُ بِالْمُدِّ  

ahmad:26393Ḥasan b. Mūsá > Shaybān > Qatādah > Iālḥasan from his mother

[Machine] Aisha, the wife of the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ , said: "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to perform ritual purification (ghusl) with one sa' (a unit of volume) of water, and perform ablution (wudu) with one mudd (another unit of volume) of water."  

أحمد:٢٦٣٩٣حَدَّثَنَا حَسَنُ بْنُ مُوسَى حَدَّثَنَا شَيْبَانُ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنِالْحَسَنِ عَنْ أُمِّهِ

عَنْ عَائِشَةَ زَوْجِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَتْ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَغْتَسِلُ بِالصَّاعِ مِنَ الْمَاءِ وَيَتَوَضَّأُ بِالْمُدِّ  

ahmad:26120ʿAbd al-Ṣamad > Abān > Qatādah > Ṣafiyyah b. Shaybah > ʿĀʾishah

The Messenger of Allah used to perform ablution with a Mudd (of water) and bath with a Sa'. (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 269)  

أحمد:٢٦١٢٠حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الصَّمَدِ حَدَّثَنَا أَبَانُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا قَتَادَةُ قَالَ حَدَّثَتْنِي صَفِيَّةُ بِنْتُ شَيْبَةَ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ كَانَ يَغْتَسِلُ بِالصَّاعِ وَيَتَوَضَّأُ بِالْمُدِّ  

ahmad:25015al-Naḍr b. Ismāʿīl Abū al-Mughīrah > Ibn Abū Laylá > ʿAṭāʾ

The Prophet ﷺ used to take a bath with a sa' (of water) and perform ablution with a mudd (of water) (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 93)   

أحمد:٢٥٠١٥حَدَّثَنَا النَّضْرُ بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ أَبُو الْمُغِيرَةِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي لَيْلَى عَنْ عَطَاءٍ قَالَ قَالَتْ

عَائِشَةُ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَتَوَضَّأُ بِالْمُدِّ وَيَغْتَسِلُ بِالصَّاعِ  

ahmad:26019Yazīd > Hammām > Qatādah > Ṣafiyyah b. Shaybahaʿan ʿĀʾishah

The Messenger of Allah used to perform ablution with a Mudd (of water) and bath with a Sa'. (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 269)   

أحمد:٢٦٠١٩حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا هَمَّامٌ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ صَفِيَّةَ بِنْتِ شَيْبَةَعَنْ عَائِشَةَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ كَانَ يَتَوَضَّأُ بِقَدْرِ الْمُدِّ وَيَغْتَسِلُ بِقَدْرِ الصَّاعِ  

ahmad:25836Bahz > Ḥammād b. Salamah > Qatādah > Muʿādhah or Ṣafiyyah > ʿĀʾishah

The Messenger of Allah used to perform ablution with a Mudd (of water) and bath with a Sa'. (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 269)  

أحمد:٢٥٨٣٦حَدَّثَنَا بَهْزٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا قَتَادَةُ عَنْ مُعَاذَةَ أَوْ صَفِيَّةَ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ كَانَ يَغْتَسِلُ بِالصَّاعِ وَيَتَوَضَّأُ بِالْمُدِّ  

ahmad:24897ʿAffān > Hammām > Qatādah > Ṣafiyyah b. Shaybah > ʿĀʾishah

"The Messenger of Allah used to perform ablution with a Mudd (of water) and bath with a Sa'." (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 267)   

أحمد:٢٤٨٩٧حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا هَمَّامٌ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا قَتَادَةُ عَنْ صَفِيَّةَ بِنْتِ شَيْبَةَ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَتَوَضَّأُ بِنَحْوِ الْمُدِّ وَيَغْتَسِلُ بِنَحْوِ الصَّاعِ  

ahmad:24898ʿAffān > Abān > Qatādah > Ṣafiyyah b. Shaybah > ʿĀʾishah Ḥaddathathā

The Messenger of Allah used to perform ablution with a Mudd (of water) and bath with a Sa'. (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 269)   

أحمد:٢٤٨٩٨حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ حَدَّثَنَا أَبَانُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا قَتَادَةُ قَالَ حَدَّثَتْنِي صَفِيَّةُ بِنْتُ شَيْبَةَ أَنَّ عَائِشَةَ حَدَّثَتْهَا

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ كَانَ يَتَوَضَّأُ بِالْمُدِّ قَالَ عَفَّانُ مَرَّةً بِقَدْرِ مُدٍّ وَيَغْتَسِلُ بِالصَّاعِ  

darimi:715Muḥammad b. ʿĪsá > Ibn ʿUlayyah > Abū Rayḥānah > Safīnah

"The Messenger of Allah used to perform ablution with a Mudd (of water) and bath with a Sa'." (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 267)   

الدارمي:٧١٥أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عِيسَى حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ عُلَيَّةَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو رَيْحَانَةَ عَنْ سَفِينَةَ قَالَ

كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «يَتَوَضَّأُ بِالْمُدِّ وَيَغْتَسِلُ بِالصَّاعِ»  

tabarani:20260Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥaḍramī > Jumhūr b. Manṣūr > Sinān b. Hārūn al-Burjumī > Ashʿath b. ʿAbd al-Malik > al-Ḥasan from his mother > Um Salamah

"The Messenger of Allah used to perform ablution with a Mudd (of water) and bath with a Sa'." (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 267)  

الطبراني:٢٠٢٦٠حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَضْرَمِيُّ ثنا جُمْهُورُ بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ ثنا سِنَانُ بْنُ هَارُونَ الْبُرْجُمِيُّ عَنْ أَشْعَثُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ عَنْ أُمِّهِ عَنْ أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ قَالَتْ

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «يَتَوَضَّأُ بِالْمُدِّ وَيَغْتَسِلُ بِالصَّاعِ»  

tabarani:11258Muḥammad b. al-ʿAbbās al-Muʾaddib > Dāwud b. Mihrān al-Dabbāgh > Dāwud b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman al-ʿAṭṭār > Ibn Jurayj > ʿUbaydullāh b. Abū Yazīd > Ibn ʿAbbās

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ used to perform ablution with a mudd (a unit of measurement) and take a bath with a sa' (another unit of measurement).  

الطبراني:١١٢٥٨حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْعَبَّاسِ الْمُؤَدِّبُ ثنا دَاوُدُ بْنُ مِهْرَانَ الدَّبَّاغُ ثنا دَاوُدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ الْعَطَّارُ عَنِ ابْنِ جُرَيْجٍ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللهِ بْنِ أَبِي يَزِيدَ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ «كَانَ يَتَوَضَّأُ بِالْمُدِّ وَيَغْتَسِلُ بِالصَّاعِ»  

tabarani:6438Muʿādh b. al-Muthanná > Musaddad > Ismāʿīl b. Ibrāhīm > Abū Rayḥānah > Safīnah

The Messenger of Allah used to perform ablution with a Mudd (of water) and bath with a Sa'. (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 269)   

الطبراني:٦٤٣٨حَدَّثَنَا مُعَاذُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى ثنا مُسَدَّدٌ ثنا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَبِي رَيْحَانَةَ عَنْ سَفِينَةَ

«أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ كَانَ يَتَوَضَّأُ بِالْمُدِّ وَيَغْتَسِلُ بِالصَّاعِ»