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hakim:7394Abū al-ʿAbbās Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb > al-Rabīʿ b. Sulaymān > ʿAbdullāh b. WahbAnbaʾ Sulaymān b. Bilāl > ʿAmr b. Abū ʿAmr a freed slave of al-Muṭṭalib > ʿIkrimah > Ibn ʿAbbās > a manayn from Ahl al-ʿIrāq Atayāh Fasaʾalāh > al-Ghusl

[Machine] Two men from Iraq came to him and asked him about performing the ghusl (ritual bath) on Friday. They asked if it was obligatory. Ibn Abbas said to them, "Whoever performs the ghusl, it is better and purer." Then he informed them of the reason why the ghusl was initiated. During the time of the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ , people would wear wool and drink palm juice, which would cause sweat and emit an odor. The mosque was also small and had a low ceiling. One Friday, the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ came out for the sermon on a hot summer day, and the pulpit was short and had steps. As he preached to the people, he sweated, and the scent of his sweat mixed with the scent of wool, causing discomfort to some of them. The smell reached the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ while he was on the pulpit, and he said, "O people, when this day comes, perform the ghusl and let each of you apply the best fragrance or oil he can find."  

الحاكم:٧٣٩٤حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ ثَنَا الرَّبِيعُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ ثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ وَهْبٍ أَنْبَأَ سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ بِلَالٍ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ أَبِي عَمْرٍو مَوْلَى الْمُطَّلِبِ عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ

أَنَّ رَجُلَيْنِ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْعِرَاقِ أَتَيَاهُ فَسَأَلَاهُ عَنِ الْغُسْلِ فِي يَوْمِ الْجُمُعَةِ أَوَاجِبٌ هُوَ؟ فَقَالَ لَهُمَا ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ مَنِ اغْتَسَلَ فَهُوَ أَحْسَنُ وَأَطْهَرُ وَسَأُخْبِرُكُمْ لِمَاذَا بَدَأَ الْغُسْلَ كَانَ النَّاسُ فِي عَهْدِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ مُحْتَاجِينَ يَلْبَسُونَ الصُّوفَ وَيَسْقُونَ النَّخْلَ عَلَى ظُهُورِهِمْ وَكَانَ الْمَسْجِدُ ضَيِّقًا مُقَارِبَ السَّقْفِ فَخَرَجَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَوْمَ الْجُمُعَةِ فِي يَوْمٍ صَائِفٍ شَدِيدِ الْحَرِّ وَمِنْبَرُهُ قَصِيرٌ إِنَّمَا هُوَ دَرَجَاتٌ فَخَطَبَ النَّاسَ فَعَرِقَ فِي الصُّوفِ فَثَارَتْ أَرْوَاحُهُمْ رِيحَ الْعَرَقِ وَالصُّوفِ حَتَّى كَانَ يُؤْذِي بَعْضُهُمْ بَعْضًا حَتَّى بَلَغَتْ أَرْوَاحُهُمْ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَهُوَ عَلَى الْمِنْبَرِ فَقَالَ «أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ إِذَا كَانَ هَذَا الْيَوْمُ فَاغْتَسِلُوا وَلْيَمَسَّ أَحَدُكُمْ أَطْيَبَ مَا يَجِدُ مِنْ طِيبِهِ أَوْ دُهْنِهِ»  

هَذَا حَدِيثٌ صَحِيحٌ عَلَى شَرْطِ الْبُخَارِيِّ وَلَمْ يُخَرِّجَاهُ على شرط البخاري ومسلم

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Collected by Abū Dāwūd, Aḥmad, Ḥākim, Bayhaqī, Suyūṭī
abudawud:353ʿAbdullāh b. Maslamah > ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz / Ibn Muḥammad > ʿAmr b. Abū ʿAmr > ʿIkrimah > Unās from Ahl al-ʿIrāq Jāʾūā Faqālūā Yā Ibn ʿAbbās Atará al-Ghusl Yawm al-Jumuʿah Wājib

Some people of Iraq came and said: Ibn 'Abbas, do you regard taking a bath on Friday as obligatory ? He said: No, it is only a means of cleanliness, and is better for one who washes oneself. Anyone who does not take a bath, it is not essential for him. I inform you how the bath (on Friday) commenced. The people were poor and used to wear woolen clothes, and would carry loads on their backs. Their mosque was small and its rood was lowered down. It was a sort of trellis of vine. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ once came out on a hot day and the people perspired profusely in the woolen clothes so much so that foul smell emitted from them and it caused trouble to each other. When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ found the foul smell, he said: O people, when this day (Friday) comes, you should take bath and every one should anoint the best oil and perfume one has. Ibn 'Abbas then said: Then Allah, the Exalted, provided wealth (to the people) and they wore clothes other than the woolen, and were spared from work, and their mosque became vast. The foul smell that caused trouble to them became non-existent.  

أبو داود:٣٥٣حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مَسْلَمَةَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ يَعْنِي ابْنَ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ أَبِي عَمْرٍو عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ أَنَّ أُنَاسًا مِنْ أَهْلِ الْعِرَاقِ جَاءُوا فَقَالُوا يَا ابْنَ عَبَّاسٍ أَتَرَى الْغُسْلَ يَوْمَ الْجُمُعَةِ وَاجِبًا قَالَ

لاَ وَلَكِنَّهُ أَطْهَرُ وَخَيْرٌ لِمَنِ اغْتَسَلَ وَمَنْ لَمْ يَغْتَسِلْ فَلَيْسَ عَلَيْهِ بِوَاجِبٍ وَسَأُخْبِرُكُمْ كَيْفَ بَدْءُ الْغُسْلِ كَانَ النَّاسُ مَجْهُودِينَ يَلْبَسُونَ الصُّوفَ وَيَعْمَلُونَ عَلَى ظُهُورِهِمْ وَكَانَ مَسْجِدُهُمْ ضَيِّقًا مُقَارِبَ السَّقْفِ إِنَّمَا هُوَ عَرِيشٌ فَخَرَجَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فِي يَوْمٍ حَارٍّ وَعَرِقَ النَّاسُ فِي ذَلِكَ الصُّوفِ حَتَّى ثَارَتْ مِنْهُمْ رِيَاحٌ آذَى بِذَلِكَ بَعْضُهُمْ بَعْضًا فَلَمَّا وَجَدَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ تِلْكَ الرِّيحَ قَالَ أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ إِذَا كَانَ هَذَا الْيَوْمُ فَاغْتَسِلُوا وَلْيَمَسَّ أَحَدُكُمْ أَفْضَلَ مَا يَجِدُ مِنْ دُهْنِهِ وَطِيبِهِ قَالَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ ثُمَّ جَاءَ اللَّهُ بِالْخَيْرِ وَلَبِسُوا غَيْرَ الصُّوفِ وَكُفُوا الْعَمَلَ وَوُسِّعَ مَسْجِدُهُمْ وَذَهَبَ بَعْضُ الَّذِي كَانَ يُؤْذِي بَعْضُهُمْ بَعْضًا مِنَ الْعَرَقِ  

ahmad:2419Abū Saʿīd > Sulaymān b. Bilāl > ʿAmr / Ibn Abū ʿAmr > ʿIkrimah > Ibn ʿAbbās And Saʾalah a man > al-Ghusl Yawm al-Jumuʿah Awājib > Lā Waman Shāʾ Āghtasal Wasaʾuḥaddithukum

[Machine] "At the beginning of washing, people were in need and they used to wear wool and they used to water the palms on their backs and the Prophet's mosque was narrow, with the ceiling close together. So the people were in wool and sweating, and their souls became like the souls of wool. So some of them were harmed by others until their souls reached the Messenger of Allah while he was on the pulpit. He said, 'O people, when you come to Friday prayer, perform the ablution and let one of you touch the finest fragrance if he has it.'"

Note: The phrase "صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ" (sallallahou 'alayhi wa sallam) is abbreviated as "ﷺ" in Arabic. It is a salutation that is often added after mentioning Prophet Muhammad to send blessings upon him.  

أحمد:٢٤١٩حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو سَعِيدٍ حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ بِلالٍ عَنْ عَمْرٍو يَعْنِي ابْنَ أَبِي عَمْرٍو عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ وَسَأَلَهُ رَجُلٌ عَنِ الْغُسْلِ يَوْمَ الْجُمُعَةِ أَوَاجِبٌ هُوَ؟ قَالَ لَا وَمَنْ شَاءَ اغْتَسَلَ وَسَأُحَدِّثُكُمْ

عَنْ بَدْءِ الْغُسْلِ كَانَ النَّاسُ مُحْتَاجِينَ وَكَانُوا يَلْبَسُونَ الصُّوفَ وَكَانُوا يَسْقُونَ النَّخْلَ عَلَى ظُهُورِهِمْ وَكَانَ مَسْجِدُ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ ضَيِّقًا مُتَقَارِبَ السَّقْفِ فَرَاحَ النَّاسُ فِي الصُّوفِ فَعَرِقُوا وَكَانَ مِنْبَرُ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَصِيرًا إِنَّمَا هُوَ ثَلاثُ دَرَجَاتٍ فَعَرِقَ النَّاسُ فِي الصُّوفِ فَثَارَتْ أَرْوَاحُهُمْ أَرْوَاحُ الصُّوفِ فَتَأَذَّى بَعْضُهُمْ بِبَعْضٍ حَتَّى بَلَغَتْ أَرْوَاحُهُمْ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ وَهُوَ عَلَى الْمِنْبَرِ فَقَالَ يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ إِذَا جِئْتُمُ الْجُمُعَةَ فَاغْتَسِلُوا وَلْيَمَسَّ أَحَدُكُمْ مِنْ أَطْيَبِ طِيبٍإِنْ كَانَ عِنْدَهُ  

hakim:1038Abū al-ʿAbbās Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb > al-Rabīʿ b. Sulaymān > Ibn Wahb > Sulaymān b. Bilāl > ʿAmr b. Abū ʿAmr a freed slave of al-Muṭṭalib > ʿIkrimah > Ibn ʿAbbās > a manayn from Ahl al-ʿIrāq Atayāh Fasaʾalā > al-Ghusl Yawm al-Jumuʿah Awājib

[Machine] Two men from Iraq came to him and asked about performing the Friday bath, is it obligatory? Ibn Abbas said to them, "Whoever performs the bath, it is better and purer." Then he informed them that at the beginning of performing the bath, during the time of the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ , people used to be in need, wearing wool, and water from palm trees would be poured on their backs. The mosque was narrow, reaching close to the ceiling. On a hot summer day, the Prophet ﷺ came out on Friday and his pulpit was short, consisting of only three steps. He addressed the people, and the people sweated profusely in their wool garments. The smell of sweat and wool filled the air to the point where some people were harming each other. Finally, the smell reached the Prophet while he was on the pulpit, and he said, "O people, if it is this day, then perform the bath and let each one of you apply the best fragrance or perfume that he can find."  

الحاكم:١٠٣٨أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ ثنا الرَّبِيعُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ ثنا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ ثنا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ بِلَالٍ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ أَبِي عَمْرٍو مَوْلَى الْمُطَّلِبِ عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ

أَنَّ رَجُلَيْنِ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْعِرَاقِ أَتَيَاهُ فَسَأَلَا عَنِ الْغُسْلِ يَوْمَ الْجُمُعَةِ أَوَاجِبٌ هُوَ؟ فَقَالَ لَهُمَا ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ مَنِ اغْتَسَلَ فَهُوَ أَحْسَنُ وَأَطْهَرُ وَسَأُخْبِرُكُمَا لَمَّا بَدَأَ الْغُسْلُ كَانَ النَّاسُ فِي عَهْدِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ مُحْتَاجِينَ يَلْبَسُونَ الصُّوفَ يَسْقُونَ النَّخْلَ عَلَى ظُهُورِهِمْ وَكَانَ الْمَسْجِدُ ضَيِّقًا مُقَارِبَ السَّقْفِ فَخَرَجَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَوْمَ الْجُمُعَةِ فِي يَوْمٍ صَائِفٍ شَدِيدِ الْحَرِّ وَمِنْبَرُهُ قَصِيرٌ إِنَّمَا هُوَ ثَلَاثُ دَرَجَاتٍ فَخَطَبَ النَّاسَ فَعَرِقَ النَّاسُ فِي الصُّوفِ فَثَارَتْ أَبْدَانُهُمْ رِيحَ الْعَرَقِ وَالصُّوفِ حَتَّى كَادَ يُؤْذِيَ بَعْضُهُمْ بَعْضًا حَتَّى بَلَغَتْ أَرْوَاحُهُمْ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَهُوَ عَلَى الْمِنْبَرِ فَقَالَ «أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ إِذَا كَانَ هَذَا الْيَوْمُ فَاغْتَسِلُوا وَلْيَمَسَنَّ أَحَدُكُمْ أَطْيَبَ مَا يَجِدُ مِنْ طِيبِهِ أَوْ دُهْنِهِ»  

هَذَا حَدِيثٌ صَحِيحٌ عَلَى شَرْطِ الْبُخَارِيِّ على شرط البخاري
bayhaqi:5664Abū ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥāfiẓ And ʾAbūsaʿīd b. Abū ʿAmr > Abū al-ʿAbbās Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb > al-Rabīʿ b. Sulaymān > ʿAbdullāh b. Wahb > Sulaymān b. Bilāl > ʿAmr a freed slave of al-Muṭṭalib > ʿIkrimah > Ibn ʿAbbās > a manayn from Ahl al-ʿIrāq Atayāh Fasaʾalāh > al-Ghusl Yawm al-Jumuʿah Awājib

[Machine] They have a son of Abbas, whoever washes himself, he is the best and the purest, and I will inform you why the washing began. People in the time of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ were in need, wearing wool and watering their palms. The mosque was narrow, close to the ceiling, so the Messenger of Allah ﷺ went out on Friday in the midst of intense heat, and his pulpit was short, only three steps. He addressed the people and the people perspired in their wool, and their sweat and wool scents rose until it almost harmed each other. Their scents reached the Messenger of Allah ﷺ while he was on the pulpit, so he said, "O people, if it is this day, then wash yourselves, and let one of you touch whatever he finds of his perfume or ointment."  

البيهقي:٥٦٦٤وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ وَأَبُوسَعِيدِ بْنُ أَبِي عَمْرٍو قَالَا ثنا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ ثنا الرَّبِيعُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ ثنا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ وَهْبٍ أنبأ سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ بِلَالٍ عَنْ عَمْرٍو مَوْلَى الْمُطَّلِبِ عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ أَنَّ رَجُلَيْنِ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْعِرَاقِ أَتَيَاهُ فَسَأَلَاهُ عَنِ الْغُسْلِ يَوْمَ الْجُمُعَةِ أَوَاجِبٌ هُوَ؟ فَقَالَ

لَهُمَا ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ مَنِ اغْتَسَلَ فَهُوَ أَحْسَنُ وَأَطْهَرُ وَسَأُخْبِرُكُمْ لِمَاذَا بَدَأَ الْغُسْلُ كَانَ النَّاسُ فِي عَهْدِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ مُحْتَاجِينَ يَلْبَسُونَ الصُّوفَ وَيَسْقُونَ النَّخْلَ عَلَى ظُهُورِهِمْ وَكَانَ الْمَسْجِدُ ضَيِّقًا مُقَارِبَ السَّقْفِ فَخَرَجَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَوْمَ الْجُمُعَةِ فِي يَوْمٍ صَائِفٍ شَدِيدِ الْحَرِّ وَمِنْبَرُهُ قَصِيرٌ إِنَّمَا هُوَ ثَلَاثُ دَرَجَاتٍ فَخَطَبَ النَّاسَ فَعَرِقَ النَّاسُ فِي الصُّوفِ فَثَارَتْ أَرْوَاحُهُمْ رِيحَ الْعَرَقِ وَالصُّوفِ حَتَّى كَادَ يُؤْذِي بَعْضُهُمْ بَعْضًا حَتَّى بَلَغَتْ أَرْوَاحُهُمْ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ وَهُوَ عَلَى الْمِنْبَرِ فَقَالَ يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ إِذَا كَانَ هَذَا الْيَوْمُ فَاغْتَسِلُوا وَلَيَمَسَّنَّ أَحَدُكُمْ مَا يَجِدُ مِنْ طِيبِهِ أَوْ دُهْنِهِ  

bayhaqi:1407Abū ʿAlī al-Rūdhbārī > Abū Bakr b. Dāsah > Abū Dāwud > ʿAbdullāh b. Maslamah > ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz / Ibn Muḥammad > ʿAmr / Ibn Abū ʿAmr > ʿIkrimah > Unās from Ahl al-ʿIrāq Jāʾūā Faqālūā Yā Ibn ʿAbbās Atará al-Ghusl Yawm al-Jumuʿah Wājib

Some people of Iraq came and said: Ibn 'Abbas, do you regard taking a bath on Friday as obligatory ? He said: No, it is only a means of cleanliness, and is better for one who washes oneself. Anyone who does not take a bath, it is not essential for him. I inform you how the bath (on Friday) commenced. The people were poor and used to wear woolen clothes, and would carry loads on their backs. Their mosque was small and its rood was lowered down. It was a sort of trellis of vine. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ once came out on a hot day and the people perspired profusely in the woolen clothes so much so that foul smell emitted from them and it caused trouble to each other. When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ found the foul smell, he said: O people, when this day (Friday) comes, you should take bath and every one should anoint the best oil and perfume one has. Ibn 'Abbas then said: Then Allah, the Exalted, provided wealth (to the people) and they wore clothes other than the woolen, and were spared from work, and their mosque became vast. The foul smell that caused trouble to them became non-existent. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 353)   

البيهقي:١٤٠٧أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَلِيٍّ الرُّوذْبَارِيُّ أنا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ دَاسَةَ ثنا أَبُو دَاوُدَ ثنا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ مَسْلَمَةَ ثنا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ يَعْنِي ابْنَ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ عَمْرٍو يَعْنِي ابْنَ أَبِي عَمْرٍو عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ أَنَّ أُنَاسًا مِنْ أَهْلِ الْعِرَاقِ جَاءُوا فَقَالُوا يَا ابْنَ عَبَّاسٍ أَتَرَى الْغُسْلَ يَوْمَ الْجُمُعَةِ وَاجِبًا قَالَ

لَا وَلَكِنَّهُ أَطْهَرُ وَخَيْرٌ لِمَنِ اغْتَسَلَ وَمَنْ لَمْ يَغْتَسِلْ فَلَيْسَ عَلَيْهِ بِوَاجِبٍ وَسَأَخْبِرُكُمْ كَيْفَ بَدَأَ الْغُسْلُ كَانَ النَّاسُ مَجْهُودِينَ يَلْبَسُونَ الصُّوفَ وَيَعْمَلُونَ عَلَى ظُهُورِهِمْ وَكَانَ مَسْجِدُهُمْ ضَيِّقًا مُقَارِبَ السَّقْفِ إِنَّمَا هُوَ عَرِيشٌ فَخَرَجَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فِي يَوْمٍ حَارٍّ وَعَرِقَ النَّاسُ فِي ذَلِكَ الصُّوفِ حَتَّى ثَارَتْ مِنْهُمْ رِيَاحٌ آذَى بِذَلِكَ بَعْضُهُمْ بَعْضًا فَلَمَّا وَجَدَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ تِلْكَ الرِّيحَ قَالَ أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ إِذَا كَانَ هَذَا الْيَوْمُ فَاغْتَسِلُوا وَلْيَمَسَّ أَحَدُكُمْ أَفْضَلَ مَا يَجِدُ مِنْ دُهْنِهِ وَطِيبِهِ قَالَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ ثُمَّ جَاءَ اللهُ بِالْخَيْرِ وَلَبِسُوا غَيْرَ الصُّوفِ وَكُفُوا الْعَمَلَ وَوُسِّعَ مَسْجِدُهُمْ وَذَهَبَ بَعْضُ الَّذِي كَانَ يُؤْذِي بَعْضُهُمْ بَعْضًا مِنَ الْعَرَقِ  

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"عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ: الغُسْلُ يَوْمَ الجُمُعَةِ لَيْسَ بِوَاجِبٍ، وَمَنِ اغْتَسَلَ فَهُوَ خَيْرٌ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: كَانَ النَّاسُ عَلَى عَهْد رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ يَلبَسُونَ الصُّوفَ (وكَانَ المَسْجِد ضَيِّفًا فَخَطَبَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فِى يَوْم شَدِيدِ الحَرِّ، فَعَرقَ النَّاسُ فِى الصُّفُوف (*) فَثَارَ رِيحُ الصُّوفِ حَتَّى كَادَ يُؤْذِى بَعْضُهُمْ بَعْضًا حَتَّى بَلَغَتْ أَرْوَاحُهُمْ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ: يَا أيها الناس! إذا كان هذا اليوم فاغتسلوا وليمس أَحَدُكُمْ أَطْيَبَ مَا يَجِدُ مِنْ طِيبِهِ أَوْ دُهْنِهِ".  

ابن جرير