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ذِكْرُ الْبَيَانِ بِأَنَّ هَذَا الْفِعْلَ إِنَّمَا زَجَرَ عَنْهُ عِنْدَ مَسْحِ الرَّجُلِ ذَكَرَهُ إِذَا بَالَ

ibnhibban:1434Ibn Salm > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Ibrāhīm > al-Walīd > al-Awzāʿī > Yaḥyá b. Abū Kathīr > ʿAbdullāh b. Abū Qatādah from my father

[Machine] He heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ saying: "When any one of you wakes up from sleep, let him not touch his private parts with his right hand, nor clean himself with his right hand."  

ابن حبّان:١٤٣٤أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ سَلْمٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الْوَلِيدُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الْأَوْزَاعِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي يَحْيَى بْنُ أَبِي كَثِيرٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ أَبِي قَتَادَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي

أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «إِذَا بَالَ أَحَدُكُمْ فَلَا يَمْسَحْ ذَكَرَهُ بِيَمِينِهِ وَلَا يَسْتَنْجِي بِيَمِينِهِ»  


See similar narrations below:

Collected by Bukhārī, Nasāʾī, Aḥmad, Dārimī, Ibn Ḥibbān, Bayhaqī
bukhari:154Muḥammad b. Yūsuf > al-Awzāʿī > Yaḥyá b. Abū Kathīr > ʿAbdullāh b. Abū Qatādah from his father

The Prophet ﷺ said, "Whenever anyone of you makes water he should not hold his penis or clean his private parts with his right hand. (And while drinking) one should not breathe in the drinking utensil ."  

البخاري:١٥٤حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يُوسُفَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الأَوْزَاعِيُّ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ أَبِي كَثِيرٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ إِذَا بَالَ أَحَدُكُمْ فَلاَ يَأْخُذَنَّ ذَكَرَهُ بِيَمِينِهِ وَلاَ يَسْتَنْجِي بِيَمِينِهِ وَلاَ يَتَنَفَّسْ فِي الإِنَاءِ  

nasai:24Yaḥyá b. Durust > Abū Ismāʿīl / al-Qannād > Yaḥyá b. Abū Kathīr > ʿAbdullāh b. Abū Qatādah from his father

"When any one of you urinates, let him not hold his penis in his right hand."  

النسائي:٢٤أَخْبَرَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ دُرُسْتَ قَالَ أَنْبَأَنَا أَبُو إِسْمَاعِيلَ وَهُوَ الْقَنَّادُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي يَحْيَى بْنُ أَبِي كَثِيرٍ أَنَّ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ أَبِي قَتَادَةَ حَدَّثَهُ عَنْ أَبِيهِ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ إِذَا بَالَ أَحَدُكُمْ فَلاَ يَأْخُذْ ذَكَرَهُ بِيَمِينِهِ  

ahmad:22565Abū al-Mughīrah > al-Awzāʿī > Ibn Abū Kathīr > ʿAbdullāh b. Abū Qatādah al-Anṣārī from my father

[Machine] "He (the narrator) heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ saying, 'When one of you wakes up, he should not touch his private part with his right hand, nor should he clean himself after using the bathroom with his right hand, and he should not breathe into the container.'"  

أحمد:٢٢٥٦٥حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْمُغِيرَةِ حَدَّثَنَا الْأَوْزَاعِيُّ حَدَّثَنِي ابْنُ أَبِي كَثِيرٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ أَبِي قَتَادَةَ الْأَنْصَارِيِّ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي

أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ إِذَا بَالَ أَحَدُكُمْ فَلَا يَمَسُّ ذَكَرَهُ بِيَمِينِهِ وَلَا يَسْتَنْجِي بِيَمِينِهِ وَلَا يَتَنَفَّسُ فِي الْإِنَاءِ  

darimi:2168Abū al-Mughīrah > al-Awzāʿī > Yaḥyá > ʿAbdullāh b. Abū Qatādah from my father

[Machine] He heard the Prophet ﷺ saying, "When one of you urinates, do not touch his private parts with his right hand, nor cleanse himself with his right hand, nor breathe into the vessel."  

الدارمي:٢١٦٨حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْمُغِيرَةِ حَدَّثَنَا الْأَوْزَاعِيُّ عَنْ يَحْيَى عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي قَتَادَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي

أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ يَقُولُ «إِذَا بَالَ أَحَدُكُمْ فَلَا يَمَسَّ ذَكَرَهُ بِيَمِينِهِ وَلَا يَسْتَنْجِي بِيَمِينِهِ وَلَا يَتَنَفَّسْ فِي الْإِنَاءِ»  

ibnhibban:1112al-Ḥusayn b. Idrīs al-Anṣārī > Aḥmad b. Abū Bakr > Mālik > ʿAbdullāh b. Abū Bakr b. Muḥammad b. ʿAmr b. Ḥazm > ʿUrwah b. al-Zubayr

Abdullah ibn AbuBakr reported that he heard Urwah say: I entered upon Marwan ibn al-Hakam. We mentioned things that render the ablution void. Marwan said: Does it become void by touching the penis? Urwah replied: This I do not know. Marwan said: Busrah daughter of Safwan reported to me that she heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: He who touches his penis should perform ablution. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 181)   

ابن حبّان:١١١٢أَخْبَرَنَا الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ إِدْرِيسَ الْأَنْصَارِيُّ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ أَبِي بَكْرٍ عَنْ مَالِكٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي بَكْرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَمْرِو بْنِ حَزْمٍ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ عُرْوَةَ بْنَ الزُّبَيْرِ يَقُولُ دَخَلْتُ عَلَى مَرْوَانَ بْنِ الْحَكَمِ فَذَكَرْنَا مَا يَكُونُ مِنْهُ الْوُضُوءُ فَقَالَ مَرْوَانُ أَخْبَرَتْنِي بُسْرَةُ بِنْتُ صَفْوَانَ

أَنَّهَا سَمِعَتْ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «إِذَا مَسَّ أَحَدُكُمْ ذَكَرَهُ فَلْيَتَوَضَّأْ»  

bayhaqi:14654Abū ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥāfiẓ > Abū al-ʿAbbās Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb > Muḥammad b. ʿAwf al-Ṭāʾī > Abū al-Mughīrah ʿAbd al-Quddūs b. al-Ḥajjāj > al-Awzāʿī > Yaḥyá b. Abū Kathīr > ʿAbdullāh b. Abū Qatādah al-Anṣārī from my father

[Machine] He said that he heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ saying, "When one of you goes to the bathroom, do not touch his private parts with his right hand, nor clean himself with his right hand, nor blow his nose in the vessel."  

البيهقي:١٤٦٥٤أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ نا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ نا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَوْفٍ الطَّائِيُّ نا أَبُو الْمُغِيرَةِ عَبْدُ الْقُدُّوسِ بْنُ الْحَجَّاجِ نا الْأَوْزَاعِيُّ نا يَحْيَى بْنُ أَبِي كَثِيرٍ نا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ أَبِي قَتَادَةَ الْأَنْصَارِيُّ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي

أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ إِذَا بَالَ أَحَدُكُمْ فَلَا يَمَسَّ ذَكَرَهُ بِيَمِينِهِ وَلَا يَسْتَنْجَ بِيَمِينِهِ وَلَا يَتَنَفَّسْ فِي الْإِنَاءِ  

رَوَاهُ الْبُخَارِيُّ فِي الصَّحِيحِ عَنِ ابْنِ يُوسُفَ عَنِ الْأَوْزَاعِيِّ وَأَخْرَجَهُ مُسْلِمٌ مِنْ أَوْجُهٍ عَنْ يَحْيَى