3. Knowledge

٣۔ كتاب العلم

3.30 Repeating ones talk thrice in order to make others understand

٣۔٣٠ باب مَنْ أَعَادَ الْحَدِيثَ ثَلاَثًا لِيُفْهَمَ عَنْهُ

[Machine] So he said, "Behold, the saying of falsehood." He continued to repeat it. Ibn Umar reported that the Prophet ﷺ said, "Have I conveyed the message?" Three times.

فَقَالَ: «أَلاَ وَقَوْلُ الزُّورِ». فَمَا زَالَ يُكَرِّرُهَا. وَقَالَ ابْنُ عُمَرَ قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ: «هَلْ بَلَّغْتُ». ثَلاَثًا.

bukhari:94ʿAbdah > ʿAbd al-Ṣamad > ʿAbdullāh b. al-Muthanná > Thumāmah b. ʿAbdullāh > Anas

Whenever the Prophet ﷺ asked permission to enter, he knocked the door thrice with greeting and whenever he spoke a sentence (said a thing) he used to repeat it thrice. (See Hadith No. 261, Vol. 8).  

البخاري:٩٤حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدَةُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الصَّمَدِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا ثُمَامَةُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ أَنَسٍ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ أَنَّهُ كَانَ إِذَا سَلَّمَ سَلَّمَ ثَلاَثًا وَإِذَا تَكَلَّمَ بِكَلِمَةٍ أَعَادَهَا ثَلاَثًا  

bukhari:95ʿAbdah b. ʿAbdullāh > ʿAbd al-Ṣamad > ʿAbdullāh b. al-Muthanná > Thumāmah b. ʿAbdullāh > Anas

Whenever the Prophet ﷺ spoke a sentence (said a thing), he used to repeat it thrice so that the people could understand it properly from him and whenever he asked permission to enter, (he knocked the door) thrice with greeting.  

البخاري:٩٥حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدَةُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الصَّمَدِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا ثُمَامَةُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ أَنَسٍ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ أَنَّهُ كَانَ إِذَا تَكَلَّمَ بِكَلِمَةٍ أَعَادَهَا ثَلاَثًا حَتَّى تُفْهَمَ عَنْهُ وَإِذَا أَتَى عَلَى قَوْمٍ فَسَلَّمَ عَلَيْهِمْ سَلَّمَ عَلَيْهِمْ ثَلاَثًا  

bukhari:96Musaddad > Abū ʿAwānah > Abū Bishr > Yūsuf b. Māhak > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿAmr

Once Messenger of Allah ﷺ remained behind us in a journey. He joined us while we were performing ablution for the ʿAsr prayer which was over-due. We were just passing wet hands over our feet (not washing them properly) so the Prophet ﷺ addressed us in a loud voice and said twice or thrice, "Save your heels from the fire."  

البخاري:٩٦حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَوَانَةَ عَنْ أَبِي بِشْرٍ عَنْ يُوسُفَ بْنِ مَاهَكَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو قَالَ

تَخَلَّفَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فِي سَفَرٍ سَافَرْنَاهُ فَأَدْرَكَنَا وَقَدْ أَرْهَقْنَا الصَّلاَةَ صَلاَةَ الْعَصْرِ وَنَحْنُ نَتَوَضَّأُ فَجَعَلْنَا نَمْسَحُ عَلَى أَرْجُلِنَا فَنَادَى بِأَعْلَى صَوْتِهِ وَيْلٌ لِلأَعْقَابِ مِنَ النَّارِ مَرَّتَيْنِ أَوْ ثَلاَثًا