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nasai:140 – Maḥmūd b. Ghaylān > Yaʿlá > Sufyān > Mūsá b. Abū ʿĀʾishah > ʿAmr b. Shuʿayb from his father from his grandfather

"A Bedouin came to the Prophet ﷺ to ask him about Wudu', so he showed him how to perform Wudu', washing each part three times, then he said: 'This is Wudu'. Whoever does more than that has done badly, done to extremes and done wrong.'"  

النسائي:١٤٠ – أَخْبَرَنَا مَحْمُودُ بْنُ غَيْلاَنَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَعْلَى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ مُوسَى بْنِ أَبِي عَائِشَةَ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ شُعَيْبٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ جَدِّهِ قَالَ

جَاءَ أَعْرَابِيٌّ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ يَسْأَلُهُ عَنِ الْوُضُوءِ فَأَرَاهُ الْوُضُوءَ ثَلاَثًا ثَلاَثًا ثُمَّ قَالَ هَكَذَا الْوُضُوءُ فَمَنْ زَادَ عَلَى هَذَا فَقَدْ أَسَاءَ وَتَعَدَّى وَظَلَمَ  

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ibnmajah:422 – ʿAlī b. Muḥammad > Khālī Yaʿlá > Sufyān > Mūsá b. Abū ʿĀʾishah > ʿAmr b. Shuʿayb from his father from his grandfather

A Bedouin came to the Prophet and asked him about ablution. He showed him how to perform it washing each part of the body three times. Then he said: 'This is the ablution, and whoever does more than this, has done evil, transgressed the limits and wronged himself.'"  

ابن ماجة:٤٢٢ – حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ حَدَّثَنَا خَالِي يَعْلَى عَنْ سُفْيَانَ عَنْ مُوسَى بْنِ أَبِي عَائِشَةَ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ شُعَيْبٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ جَدِّهِ قَالَ

جَاءَ أَعْرَابِيٌّ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَسَأَلَهُ عَنِ الْوُضُوءِ فَأَرَاهُ ثَلاَثًا ثَلاَثًا ثُمَّ قَالَ هَذَا الْوُضُوءُ فَمَنْ زَادَ عَلَى هَذَا فَقَدْ أَسَاءَ وَتَعَدَّى أَوْ ظَلَمَ  

ahmad:6684 – Yaʿlá > Sufyān > Mūsá b. Abū ʿĀʾishah > ʿAmr b. Shuʿayb from his father from his grandfather

A Bedouin came to the Prophet and asked him about ablution. He showed him how to perform it washing each part of the body three times. Then he said: 'This is the ablution, and whoever does more than this, has done evil, transgressed the limits and wronged himself.'" (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 422)  

أحمد:٦٦٨٤ – حَدَّثَنَا يَعْلَى حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ مُوسَى بْنِ أَبِي عَائِشَةَ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ شُعَيْبٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ جَدِّهِ قَالَ

جَاءَ أَعْرَابِيٌّ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ يَسْأَلُهُ عَنِ الْوُضُوءِ؟ فَأَرَاهُ ثَلَاثًا ثَلَاثًا قَالَ هَذَا الْوُضُوءُ فَمَنْ زَادَ عَلَى هَذَا فَقَدْ أَسَاءَ وَتَعَدَّى وَظَلَمَ  

nasai-kubra:89 – Aḥmad b. Sulaymān al-Ruhāwī > Yaʿlá b. ʿUbayd > Sufyān > Mūsá b. Abū ʿĀʾishah > ʿAmr b. Shuʿayb from his father from his grandfather

A Bedouin came to the Prophet and asked him about ablution. He showed him how to perform it washing each part of the body three times. Then he said: 'This is the ablution, and whoever does more than this, has done evil, transgressed the limits and wronged himself.'" (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 422)  

الكبرى للنسائي:٨٩ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ الرُّهَاوِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَعْلَى بْنُ عُبَيْدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ مُوسَى بْنِ أَبِي عَائِشَةَ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ شُعَيْبٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ جَدِّهِ قَالَ

جَاءَ أَعْرَابِيٌّ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ يَسْأَلُهُ عَنِ الْوُضُوءِ؟ فَأُرَاهُ ثَلَاثًا ثَلَاثًا ثُمَّ قَالَ «هَكَذَا الْوُضُوءُ فَمَنْ زَادَ عَلَى هَذَا فَقَدْ أَسَاءَ وَتَعَدَّى وَظَلَمَ»  

nasai-kubra:90 – Maḥmūd b. Ghaylān > Yaʿlá > Sufyān > Mūsá b. Abū ʿĀʾishah > ʿAmr b. Shuʿayb from his father from his grandfather

A Bedouin came to the Prophet and asked him about ablution. He showed him how to perform it washing each part of the body three times. Then he said: 'This is the ablution, and whoever does more than this, has done evil, transgressed the limits and wronged himself.'" (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 422)  

الكبرى للنسائي:٩٠ – أَخْبَرَنَا مَحْمُودُ بْنُ غَيْلَانَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَعْلَى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ مُوسَى بْنِ أَبِي عَائِشَةَ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ شُعَيْبٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ جَدِّهِ قَالَ

جَاءَ أَعْرَابِيٌّ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَسَأَلَهُ عَنِ الْوُضُوءِ فَأُرَاهُ ثَلَاثًا ثَلَاثًا ثُمَّ قَالَ «هَكَذَا الْوُضُوءُ فَمَنْ زَادَ عَلَى هَذَا فَقَدْ أَسَاءَ وَتَعَدَّى وَظَلَمَ»  

bayhaqi:373 – Abū Ṭāhir al-Faqīh > Abū ʿUthmān al-Baṣrī And al-ʿAbbās b. Muḥammad b. al-Qūhyārī > Muḥammad b. ʿAbd al-Wahhāb > Yaʿlá b. ʿUbayd > Sufyān > Mūsá b. Abū ʿĀʾishah > ʿAmr b. Shuʿayb from his father from his grandfather

A Bedouin came to the Prophet and asked him about ablution. He showed him how to perform it washing each part of the body three times. Then he said: 'This is the ablution, and whoever does more than this, has done evil, transgressed the limits and wronged himself.'" (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 422)   

البيهقي:٣٧٣ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو طَاهِرٍ الْفَقِيهُ أنا أَبُو عُثْمَانَ الْبَصْرِيُّ وَالْعَبَّاسُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْقُوهْيَارِيُّ قَالَا نا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْوَهَّابِ ثنا يَعْلَى بْنُ عُبَيْدٍ ثنا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ مُوسَى بْنِ أَبِي عَائِشَةَ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ شُعَيْبٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ جَدِّهِ قَالَ

جَاءَ أَعْرَابِيٌّ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَسَأَلَهُ عَنِ الْوُضُوءِ فَأَرَاهُ ثَلَاثًا ثَلَاثًا ثُمَّ قَالَ هَذَا الْوُضُوءُ فَمَنْ زَادَ عَلَى هَذَا فَقَدْ أَسَاءَ أَوْ تَعَدَّى وَظَلَمَ وَكَذَلِكَ  

رَوَاهُ الْأَشْجَعِيُّ عَنِ الثَّوْرِيِّ مَوْصُولًا