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ذِكْرُ الْإِبَاحَةِ لِلْمَرْءِ أَنْ يَقْتَصِرَ فِي الْوُضُوءِ عَلَى مَرَّةٍ مَرَّةٍ إِذَا أَسْبَغَ

ibnhibban:1095ʿUmar b. Muḥammad al-Hamdānī > ʿAmr b. ʿAlī > Yaḥyá al-Qaṭṭān > Sufyān > Zayd b. Aslam > ʿAṭāʾ b. Yasār > Ibn ʿAbbās

May I not tell you how the Messenger of Allah ﷺ performed ablution? He then performed ablution washing each limb once only. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 138)   

ابن حبّان:١٠٩٥أَخْبَرَنَا عُمَرُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْهَمْدَانِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ عَلِيٍّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى الْقَطَّانُ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي زَيْدُ بْنُ أَسْلَمَ عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ يَسَارٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

«أَنَا أَعْلَمُكُمْ بِوُضُوءِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَتَوَضَّأَ مَرَّةً مَرَّةً»  


See similar narrations below:

Collected by Nasāʾī, Abū Dāwūd, Dārimī, Nasāʾī's Kubrá
nasai:80Muḥammad b. al-Muthanná > Yaḥyá > Sufyān > Zayd b. Aslam > ʿAṭāʾ b. Yasār > Ibn ʿAbbās

"Shall I not tell you of the Wudu' of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ? He performed Wudu' by washing each part of the body once."  

النسائي:٨٠أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى عَنْ سُفْيَانَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا زَيْدُ بْنُ أَسْلَمَ عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ يَسَارٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

أَلاَ أُخْبِرُكُمْ بِوُضُوءِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَتَوَضَّأَ مَرَّةً مَرَّةً  

abudawud:138Musaddad > Yaḥyá > Sufyān > Zayd b. Aslam > ʿAṭāʾ b. Yasār > Ibn ʿAbbās

May I not tell you how the Messenger of Allah ﷺ performed ablution? He then performed ablution washing each limb once only.  

أبو داود:١٣٨حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى عَنْ سُفْيَانَ حَدَّثَنِي زَيْدُ بْنُ أَسْلَمَ عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ يَسَارٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

أَلاَ أُخْبِرُكُمْ بِوُضُوءِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَتَوَضَّأَ مَرَّةً مَرَّةً  

darimi:723Abū ʿĀṣim > Sufyān al-Thawrī > Zayd b. Aslam > ʿAṭāʾ b. Yasār > Ibn ʿAbbās

May I not tell you how the Messenger of Allah ﷺ performed ablution? He then performed ablution washing each limb once only. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 138)   

الدارمي:٧٢٣أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَاصِمٍ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ الثَّوْرِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا زَيْدُ بْنُ أَسْلَمَ عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ يَسَارٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

أَلَا أُنَبِّئُكُمْ أَوْ أَلَا أُخْبِرُكُمْ بِوُضُوءِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ؟ فَتَوَضَّأَ مَرَّةً مَرَّةً أَوْ قَالَ مَرَّةً مَرَّةً  

nasai-kubra:85Muḥammad b. al-Muthanná > Yaḥyá > Sufyān > Zayd b. Aslam > ʿAṭāʾ b. Yasār > Ibn ʿAbbās

May I not tell you how the Messenger of Allah ﷺ performed ablution? He then performed ablution washing each limb once only. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 138)  

الكبرى للنسائي:٨٥أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى عَنْ سُفْيَانَ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا زَيْدُ بْنُ أَسْلَمَ عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ يَسَارٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

«أَلَا أُخْبِرُكُمْ بِوَضُوءِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَتَوَضَّأَ مَرَّةً مَرَّةً»