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nasai:407 – Abū Bakr b. Isḥāq > al-Aswad b. ʿĀmir > Abū Bakr b. ʿAyyāsh > ʿAbd al-Malik b. Abū Sulaymān > ʿAṭāʾ > Ṣafwān b. Yaʿlá from his father

"The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 'Allah loves concealment, so when any one of you performs Ghusl let him conceal himself with something.'"  

النسائي:٤٠٧ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الأَسْوَدُ بْنُ عَامِرٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ عَيَّاشٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ بْنِ أَبِي سُلَيْمَانَ عَنْ عَطَاءٍ عَنْ صَفْوَانَ بْنِ يَعْلَى عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِنَّ اللَّهَ ﷻ سِتِّيرٌ فَإِذَا أَرَادَ أَحَدُكُمْ أَنْ يَغْتَسِلَ فَلْيَتَوَارَ بِشَىْءٍ  

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ahmad:17970 – Aswad b. ʿĀmir > Abū Bakr b. ʿAyyāsh > ʿAbd al-Malik b. Abū Sulaymān > ʿAṭāʾ > Ṣafwān b. Yaʿlá b. Umayyah from his father

"The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 'Allah loves concealment, so when any one of you performs Ghusl let him conceal himself with something.'" (Using translation from Nasāʾī 407)  

أحمد:١٧٩٧٠ – حَدَّثَنَا أَسْوَدُ بْنُ عَامِرٍ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ عَيَّاشٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ بْنِ أَبِي سُلَيْمَانَ عَنْ عَطَاءٍ عَنْ صَفْوَانَ بْنِ يَعْلَى بْنِ أُمَيَّةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِنَّ اللهَ حَيِيٌّ سِتِّيرٌ فَإِذَا أَرَادَ أَحَدُكُمْ أَنْ يَغْتَسِلَ فَلْيَتَوَارَى بِشَيْءٍ  

suyuti:4813a –
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السيوطي:٤٨١٣a –

"إِنَّ الله تعالى ﷻ حييٌّ سِتيرٌ، يُحبُّ الْحَيَاءَ وَالسَّتْرَ، فإذا اغْتَسَلَ أَحَدُكُمْ فليَسْتَتِرْ".  

[حم] أحمد [د] أبو داود [ن] النسائي عن صفوان بن يعلى عن أبيه