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nasai:426 – Muḥammad b. ʿAbd al-Aʿlá > Khālid > Shuʿbah > Mukhawwal > Abū Jaʿfar > Jābir

"When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ performed Ghusl, he would pour water on his head three times."  

النسائي:٤٢٦ – أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الأَعْلَى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا خَالِدٌ عَنْ شُعْبَةَ عَنْ مُخَوَّلٍ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ عَنْ جَابِرٍ قَالَ

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِذَا اغْتَسَلَ أَفْرَغَ عَلَى رَأْسِهِ ثَلاَثًا  

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bukhari:255 – Muḥammad b. Bashhār > Ghundar > Shuʿbah > Mikhwal b. Rāshid > Muḥammad b. ʿAlī > Jābir b. ʿAbdullāh

The Prophet ﷺ used to pour water three times on his head.  

البخاري:٢٥٥ – حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا غُنْدَرٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ مِخْوَلِ بْنِ رَاشِدٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ

كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ يُفْرِغُ عَلَى رَأْسِهِ ثَلاَثًا