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ibnmajah:577Abū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah > Ḥafṣ b. Ghiyāth > Jaʿfar b. Muḥammad from his father > Jābir

"I said: 'O Messenger of Allah! I live in a cold land, so how should I have a bath to cleanse myself from sexual impurity?' He said: 'As for me, I pour three handfuls of water over my head.'"  

ابن ماجة:٥٧٧حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حَفْصُ بْنُ غِيَاثٍ عَنْ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ جَابِرٍ قَالَ

قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَنَا فِي أَرْضٍ بَارِدَةٍ فَكَيْفَ الْغُسْلُ مِنَ الْجَنَابَةِ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَمَّا أَنَا فَأَحْثُو عَلَى رَأْسِي ثَلاَثًا  


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Collected by Ibn Mājah, Aḥmad, Ṭabarānī
ibnmajah:575Abū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah > Abū al-Aḥwaṣ > Abū Isḥāq > Sulaymān b. Ṣurad > Jubayr b. Muṭʿim

"(The Companions) disputed in the presence of the Messenger of Allah about having a bath to cleanse oneself from sexual impurity. The Messenger of Allah said: 'As for me, I pour three handfuls of water on my head.'"  

ابن ماجة:٥٧٥حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الأَحْوَصِ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ صُرَدٍ عَنْ جُبَيْرِ بْنِ مُطْعِمٍ قَالَ

تَمَارَوْا فِي الْغُسْلِ مِنَ الْجَنَابَةِ عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَمَّا أَنَا فَأُفِيضُ عَلَى رَأْسِي ثَلاَثَ أَكُفٍّ  

ahmad:14259Hushaym > Abū Bishr > Abū Sufyān > Jābir

[Machine] It was narrated that the Prophet ﷺ was asked about Ghusl (ritual bath) from Janabah (sexual impurity). The Prophet ﷺ replied, "As for me, I pour water over my head three times."  

أحمد:١٤٢٥٩حَدَّثَنَا هُشَيْمٌ عَنْ أَبِي بِشْرٍ عَنْ أَبِي سُفْيَانَ عَنْ جَابِرٍ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ سُئِلَ عَنِ الْغُسْلِ مِنَ الْجَنَابَةِ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ أَمَّا أَنَا فَأُفْرِغُ عَلَى رَأْسِي ثَلَاثًا  

tabarani:1481Yūsuf b. Yaʿqūb al-Qāḍī And Muḥammad b. Ibrāhīm b. Bukayr al-Ṭayālisī > ʿAmr b. Marzūq > Shuʿbah > Abū Isḥāq > Sulaymān b. Ṣurad > Jubayr b. Muṭʿim

[Machine] It was mentioned in the presence of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ about performing the ablution after sexual impurity, so he said, "As for me, I pour water on my head three times."  

الطبراني:١٤٨١حَدَّثَنَا يُوسُفُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ الْقَاضِي وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ بُكَيْرٍ الطَّيَالِسِيُّ قَالَا ثنا عَمْرُو بْنُ مَرْزُوقٍ أَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ صُرَدٍ عَنْ جُبَيْرِ بْنِ مُطْعِمٍ قَالَ

ذُكِرَ عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ الْغُسْلُ مِنَ الْجَنَابَةِ فَقَالَ «أَمَّا أَنَا فَأُفْرِغُ عَلَى رَأْسِي ثَلَاثًا»  

tabarani:1486Muʿādh b. al-Muthanná And Yūsuf al-Qāḍī > Musaddad > Abū al-Aḥwaṣ > Abū Isḥāq > Sulaymān b. Ṣurad > Jubayr b. Muṭʿim

"(The Companions) disputed in the presence of the Messenger of Allah about having a bath to cleanse oneself from sexual impurity. The Messenger of Allah said: 'As for me, I pour three handfuls of water on my head.'" (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 575)  

الطبراني:١٤٨٦حَدَّثَنَا مُعَاذُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى وَيُوسُفُ الْقَاضِي قَالَا ثنا مُسَدَّدٌ ثنا أَبُو الْأَحْوَصِ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ صُرَدٍ عَنْ جُبَيْرِ بْنِ مُطْعِمٍ قَالَ

تَمَارَوْا عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فِي الْغُسْلِ مِنَ الْجَنَابَةِ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «أَمَّا أَنَا فَأُفِيضُ عَلَى رَأْسِي ثَلَاثًا»