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ibnmajah:516 – Abū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah > Ismāʿīl b. ʿAyyāsh > ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz b. ʿUbaydullāh > Muḥammad b. ʿAmr b. ʿAṭāʾ > Raʾayt al-Sāʾib b. Yazīd Yasham Thawbah > Mim Dhalik > Innī

"I saw Sa'ib bin Yazid sniffing his garment, and I said: 'Why (are you doing) that?' He said: 'I heard the Messenger of Allah say: "No ablution (is needed) unless there is an odor or a sound."  

ابن ماجة:٥١٦ – حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ عَيَّاشٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ بْنِ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَمْرِو بْنِ عَطَاءٍ قَالَ رَأَيْتُ السَّائِبَ بْنَ يَزِيدَ يَشَمُّ ثَوْبَهُ فَقُلْتُ مِمَّ ذَلِكَ قَالَ إِنِّي

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ لاَ وُضُوءَ إِلاَّ مِنْ رِيحٍ أَوْ سَمَاعٍ  

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السَّائِبُ بْنُ خَبَّابٍ مَوْلَى فَاطِمَةَ بِنْتِ الْوَلِيدِ بْنِ عُتْبَةَ بْنِ رَبِيعَةَ بْنِ عَبْدِ شَمْسِ بْنِ عَبْدِ مَنَافٍ

tabarani:6622 – [Chain 1] ʿAbdullāh b. Aḥmad b. Ḥanbal > al-Haytham b. Khārijah [Chain 2] al-Ḥusayn b. Isḥāq al-Tustarī > Yaḥyá al-Ḥimmānī And ʿUthmān b. Abū Shaybah > Ismāʿīl b. ʿAyyāsh > ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz b. ʿUbaydullāh > Muḥammad b. ʿAmr b. ʿAṭāʾ > Raʾayt al-Sāʾib b. Khabbāb Yashum Thawbah Faqult Lah Mim Dhalik Raḥimak Allāh

"I saw Sa'ib bin Yazid sniffing his garment, and I said: 'Why (are you doing) that?' He said: 'I heard the Messenger of Allah say: "No ablution (is needed) unless there is an odor or a sound." (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 516)  

الطبراني:٦٦٢٢ – حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ حَنْبَلَ حَدَّثَنِي الْهَيْثَمُ بْنُ خَارِجَةَ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ التُّسْتَرِيُّ ثنا يَحْيَى الْحِمَّانِيُّ وَعُثْمَانُ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ قَالُوا ثنا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ عَيَّاشٍ ثنا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ بْنُ عُبَيْدِ اللهِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَمْرِو بْنِ عَطَاءٍ قَالَ رَأَيْتُ السَّائِبَ بْنَ خَبَّابٍ يَشُمُّ ثَوْبَهُ فَقُلْتُ لَهُ مِمَّ ذَلِكَ رَحِمَكَ اللهُ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «لَا وُضُوءَ إِلَّا مِنْ رِيحٍ أَوْ سَمَاعٍ»