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ذِكْرُ الْإِبَاحَةِ لِلْمُعْتَكِفِ غَسْلَ رَأْسِهِ، وَالِاسْتِعَانَةَ عَلَيْهِ بِغَيْرِهِ

ibnhibban:3668ʿAbdullāh b. Qaḥṭabah > Muḥammad b. al-Ṣabbāḥ al-Jarjarāʾī > ʿAbdullāh b. Rajāʾ > ʿUbaydullāh b. ʿUmar > al-Qāsim b. Muḥammad > ʿĀʾishah

[Machine] "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to wash his head while he was in seclusion."  

ابن حبّان:٣٦٦٨أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ قَحْطَبَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الصَّبَّاحِ الْجَرْجَرَائِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ رَجَاءٍ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ عَنِ الْقَاسِمِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

«كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يُخْرِجُ رَأْسَهُ وَهُوَ يَعْتَكِفُ فَأَغْسِلُهُ»  


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nasai:387ʿAmr b. ʿAlī > Yaḥyá > Sufyān > Manṣūr > Ibrāhīm > al-Aswad > ʿĀʾishah

"The Prophet ﷺ would put his head out while he was performing I'tikaf and I would wash it, while I was menstruating."  

النسائي:٣٨٧أَخْبَرَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ عَلِيٍّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي سُفْيَانُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي مَنْصُورٌ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنِ الأَسْوَدِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يُدْنِي إِلَىَّ رَأْسَهُ وَهُوَ مُعْتَكِفٌ فَأَغْسِلُهُ وَأَنَا حَائِضٌ  

nasai:388Qutaybah > al-Fuḍayl / Ibn ʿIyāḍ > al-Aʿmash > Tamīm b. Salamah > ʿUrwah > ʿĀʾishah

"The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to put his head out of the Masjid while he was performing I'tikaf, and I would wash it, while I was menstruating."  

النسائي:٣٨٨أَخْبَرَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الْفُضَيْلُ وَهُوَ ابْنُ عِيَاضٍ عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ عَنْ تَمِيمِ بْنِ سَلَمَةَ عَنْ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ كَانَ يُخْرِجُ رَأْسَهُ مِنَ الْمَسْجِدِ وَهُوَ مُعْتَكِفٌ فَأَغْسِلُهُ وَأَنَا حَائِضٌ  

nasai:275ʿAmr b. ʿAlī > Yaḥyá > Sufyān > Manṣūr > Ibrāhīm > al-Aswad > ʿĀʾishah

"The Prophet ﷺ would put his head out while he was in I'tikaf and I would wash it, while I was menstruating."  

النسائي:٢٧٥أَخْبَرَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ عَلِيٍّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي مَنْصُورٌ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنِ الأَسْوَدِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ ؓ قَالَتْ

كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ يُومِئُ إِلَىَّ رَأْسَهُ وَهُوَ مُعْتَكِفٌ فَأَغْسِلُهُ وَأَنَا حَائِضٌ  

ahmad:24041Muḥammad b. Fuḍayl > al-Aʿmash > Tamīm b. Salamah > ʿUrwah > ʿĀʾishah

"The Prophet ﷺ would put his head out for me while he was performing I'tikaf [1] and I would wash it, when I was menstruating." [1] Mujawir ("next door") here means while performing I'tikaf. (Using translation from Nasāʾī 276)   

أحمد:٢٤٠٤١حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ فُضَيْلٍ عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنْ تَمِيمِ بْنِ سَلَمَةَ عَنْ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَعْتَكِفُ فَيُخْرِجُ إِلَيَّ رَأْسَهُ مِنَ الْمَسْجِدِ فَأَغْسِلُهُ وَأَنَا حَائِضٌ  

ahmad:25927Ibn Numayr > al-Aʿmash And Yaʿlá > al-Aʿmash > Tamīm b. Salamah > ʿUrwah b. al-Zubayr > ʿĀʾishah

"I used to comb the hair of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ when I was menstruating." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 277)   

أحمد:٢٥٩٢٧حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ نُمَيْرٍ حَدَّثَنَا الْأَعْمَشُ وَيَعْلَى حَدَّثَنَا الْأَعْمَشُ عَنْ تَمِيمِ بْنِ سَلَمَةَ عَنْ عُرْوَةَ بْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

كُنْتُ أَغْسِلُ رَأْسَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَهُوَ عَاكِفٌ وَأَنَا حَائِضٌ  

darimi:1106ʿAbdullāh b. Maslamah > Fuḍayl b. ʿIyāḍ > Sulaymān > Tamīm b. Salamah > ʿUrwah > ʿĀʾishah

"The Prophet ﷺ would put his head out for me while he was performing I'tikaf [1] and I would wash it, when I was menstruating." [1] Mujawir ("next door") here means while performing I'tikaf. (Using translation from Nasāʾī 276)   

الدارمي:١١٠٦أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مَسْلَمَةَ حَدَّثَنَا فُضَيْلُ بْنُ عِيَاضٍ عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ عَنْ تَمِيمِ بْنِ سَلَمَةَ عَنْ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يُخْرِجُ إِلَيَّ رَأْسَهُ مِنَ الْمَسْجِدِ فَأَغْسِلُهُ يَعْنِي وَهُوَ مُعْتَكِفٌ