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"I put some water out for the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, then I concealed him" - and she mentioned how he performed Ghusl, then she said: "Then I brought him a cloth (a towel) but he did not want it."  

النسائي:٤٠٨أَخْبَرَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبِيدَةُ عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ عَنْ سَالِمٍ عَنْ كُرَيْبٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ عَنْ مَيْمُونَةَ قَالَتْ

وَضَعْتُ لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ مَاءً قَالَتْ فَسَتَرْتُهُ فَذَكَرَتِ الْغُسْلَ قَالَتْ ثُمَّ أَتَيْتُهُ بِخِرْقَةٍ فَلَمْ يُرِدْهَا