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السيوطي:١٣٥٠a

"إذا اكْتَحل أحدُكم فليَكْتَحل وتْرًا، وإذا اسْتَجْمَر فليستجمر وتْرًا" .  

[حم] أحمد عن أبي هريرة، [طب] الطبرانى في الكبير عن عقبة بن عامر

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Collected by Muslim, Aḥmad, Ṭabarānī, Suyūṭī
muslim:239Isḥāq b. Ibrāhīm And Muḥammad b. Rāfiʿ > Ibn Rāfiʿ > ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Ibn Jurayj > Abū al-Zubayr > Jābir b. ʿAbdullāh

When anyone wipes himself with pebbles (after answering the call of nature) he should do this odd number of times.  

مسلم:٢٣٩حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ رَافِعٍ قَالَ ابْنُ رَافِعٍ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ جُرَيْجٍ أَخْبَرَنِي أَبُو الزُّبَيْرِ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ جَابِرَ بْنَ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ يَقُولُ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِذَا اسْتَجْمَرَ أَحَدُكُمْ فَلْيُوتِرْ  

ahmad:14128ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Ibn Jurayj > Abū al-Zubayr > Jābir b. ʿAbdullāh

When anyone wipes himself with pebbles (after answering the call of nature) he should do this odd number of times. (Using translation from Muslim 239)  

أحمد:١٤١٢٨حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنِ جُرَيْجٍ أَخْبَرَنِي أَبُو الزُّبَيْرِ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ جَابِرَ بْنَ عَبْدِ اللهِ يَقُولُ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِذَا اسْتَجْمَرَ أَحَدُكُمْ فَلْيُوتِرْ  

ahmad:15296ʿAlī b. Baḥr > ʿĪsá b. Yūnus > al-Aʿmash > Abū Sufyān > Jābir

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "When one of you wants to perform istijmar (cleansing after using the restroom), let him do it three times."  

أحمد:١٥٢٩٦حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ بَحْرٍ حَدَّثَنَا عِيسَى بْنُ يُونُسَ عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنْ أَبِي سُفْيَانَ عَنْ جَابِرٍ مِثْلَهُ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِذَا اسْتَجْمَرَ أَحَدُكُمْ فَلْيَسْتَجْمِرْ ثَلَاثًا  

ahmad:17426Ḥasan > Ibn Lahīʿah > al-Ḥārith b. Yazīdaʿan ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Jubayr > ʿUqbah b. ʿĀmir

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ prohibited using kohl and disliked drinking hot water. He used to apply kohl to his eyes in an odd number and would perform Istinshaaq also in an odd number.  

أحمد:١٧٤٢٦حَدَّثَنَا حَسَنٌ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ لَهِيعَةَ حَدَّثَنَا الْحَارِثُ بْنُ يَزِيدَعَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ عَنْ عُقْبَةَ بْنِ عَامِرٍ قَالَ

نَهَى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ عَنِ الْكَيِّ وَكَانَ يَكْرَهُ شُرْبَ الْحَمِيمِ وَكَانَ إِذَا اكْتَحَلَ اكْتَحَلَ وِتْرًا وَإِذَا اسْتَجْمَرَ اسْتَجْمَرَ وِتْرًا  

ahmad:17427Ḥasan > Ibn Lahīʿah > ʿAbdullāh b. Hubayrah > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Jubayr > ʿUqbah b. ʿĀmir

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "When one of you performs 'Istijmar', then let him perform 'Witr'. And when one of you applies 'kohl', then let him apply 'Witr'."  

أحمد:١٧٤٢٧حَدَّثَنَا حَسَنٌ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ لَهِيعَةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ هُبَيْرَةَ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ جُبَيْرٍ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ عُقْبَةَ بْنَ عَامِرٍ يَقُولُ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِذَا اسْتَجْمَرَ أَحَدُكُمْ فَلْيَسْتَجْمِرْ وِتْرًا وَإِذَا اكْتَحَلَ فَلْيَكْتَحِلْ وِتْرًا  

ahmad:17428Yaḥyá b. Isḥāq > Ibn Lahīʿah > ʿAbdullāh b. Hubayrah > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Jubayr > ʿUqbah b. ʿĀmir al-Juhanī

[Machine] "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: When one of you applies kohl (eyeliner), let them apply it in odd numbers, and when one of you performs istijmar (cleaning oneself after using the bathroom), let them perform it in odd numbers."  

أحمد:١٧٤٢٨حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ لَهِيعَةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ هُبَيْرَةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ عَنْ عُقْبَةَ بْنِ عَامِرٍ الْجُهَنِيِّ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ إِذَا اكْتَحَلَ أَحَدُكُمْ فَلْيَكْتَحِلْ وِتْرًا وَإِذَا اسْتَجْمَرَ فَلْيَسْتَجْمِرْ وِتْرًا  

ahmad:9029ʿAffān > Abū ʿAwānah > ʿUmar b. Abū Salamah from his father > Abū Hurayrah

When anyone wipes himself with pebbles (after answering the call of nature) he should do this odd number of times. (Using translation from Muslim 239)  

أحمد:٩٠٢٩حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَوَانَةَ حَدَّثَنَا عُمَرُ بْنُ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِذَا اسْتَجْمَرَ أَحَدُكُمْ فَلْيُوتِرْ  

ahmad:7452Ribʿī b. Ibrāhīm > ʿAbd al-Raḥman > Abū al-Zinād > al-Aʿraj > Abū Hurayrah

When anyone wipes himself with pebbles (after answering the call of nature) he should do this odd number of times. (Using translation from Muslim 239)  

أحمد:٧٤٥٢حَدَّثَنَا رِبْعِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ أَبِي الزِّنَادِ عَنِ الْأَعْرَجِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِذَا اسْتَجْمَرَ أَحَدُكُمْ فَلْيُوتِرْ  

ahmad:8077ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Maʿmar > al-Zuhrī > Abū Idrīs al-Khawlāny > Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "When one of you performs ablution, let him rinse his nose, and when he performs istijmar (cleansing with stones after using the bathroom), let him do it an odd number of times."  

أحمد:٨٠٧٧حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ أَخْبَرَنَا مَعْمَرٌ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي إِدْرِيسَ الْخَوْلَانيِّ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِذَا تَوَضَّأَ أَحَدُكُمْ فَلْيَسْتَنْثِرْ وَإِذَا اسْتَجْمَرَ فَلْيُوتِرْ  

ahmad:8611Ḥasan And Yaḥyá b. Isḥāq > Ibn Lahīʿah > Abū Yūnus > Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] The following passage translates to: "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: When one of you applies kohl (eyeliner), let him do so with an odd number, and when one of you performs istinja (cleansing after using the bathroom), let him do so with an odd number."  

أحمد:٨٦١١حَدَّثَنَا حَسَنٌ وَيَحْيَى بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ قَالَا حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ لَهِيعَةَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو يُونُسَ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ إِذَا اكْتَحَلَ أَحَدُكُمْ فَلْيَكْتَحِلْ وِتْرًا وَإِذَا اسْتَجْمَرَ فَلْيَسْتَجْمِرْ وِتْرًا  

ahmad:8612Yaḥyá b. Isḥāq > Ibn Lahīʿah > al-Aʿraj > Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "If one of you applies kohl, let him apply it to both eyes."  

أحمد:٨٦١٢حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ لَهِيعَةَ عَنِ الْأَعْرَجِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِذَا اكْتَحَلَ أَحَدُكُمْ فَلْيَكْتَحِلْ وِتْرًا  

ahmad:8677Yaḥyá b. Isḥāq > Ibn Lahīʿah > Abū Yūnus > Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "When one of you applies kohl, let them apply it in odd numbers. And when one of you performs istinja, let them perform it in odd numbers."  

أحمد:٨٦٧٧حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ لَهِيعَةَ عَنْ أَبِي يُونُسَ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِذَا اكْتَحَلَ أَحَدُكُمْ فَلْيَكْتَحِلْ وِتْرًا وَإِذَا اسْتَجْمَرَ فَلْيَسْتَجْمِرْ وِتْرًا  

ahmad:7730ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Mālik > Ibn Shihāb > Abū Idrīs al-Khawlānī > Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "When you perform ablution, one of you should insist on rinsing the mouth and when you take in the water through the nose, you should blow it out."  

أحمد:٧٧٣٠حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ حَدَّثَنَا مَالِكٌ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ عَنْ أَبِي إِدْرِيسَ الْخَوْلَانِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِذَا تَوَضَّأَ أَحَدُكُمْ فَلْيَسْتَنْثِرْ وَإِذَا اسْتَجْمَرَ فَلْيُوتِرْ  

ahmad:8165

When anyone wipes himself with pebbles (after answering the call of nature) he should do this odd number of times. (Using translation from Muslim 239)  

أحمد:٨١٦٥

وَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِذَا اسْتَجْمَرَ أَحَدُكُمْ فَلْيُوتِرْ  

عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ جُبَيْرِ بْنِ نُفَيْرٍ، عَنْ عُقْبَةَ بْنِ عَامِرٍ

tabarani:15063Bishr b. Mūsá > Abū ʿAbd al-Raḥman al-Muqriʾ > Ibn Lahīʿah > Ibn Hubayrah > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Jubayr b. Nufayr > ʿUqbah b. ʿĀmir

[Machine] That the Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to "apply kohl to his eyes in odd numbers and wash his face in odd numbers."  

الطبراني:١٥٠٦٣حَدَّثَنَا بِشْرُ بْنُ مُوسَى ثَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ الْمُقْرِئُ ثَنَا ابْنُ لَهِيعَةَ حَدَّثَنِي ابْنُ هُبَيْرَةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ جُبَيْرِ بْنِ نُفَيْرٍ عَنْ عُقْبَةَ بْنِ عَامِرٍ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ كَانَ «إِذَا اكْتَحَلَ اكْتَحَلَ وِتْرًا وَإِذَا اسْتَجْمَرَ اسْتَجْمَرَ وِتْرًا»  

suyuti:1198a

When anyone wipes himself with pebbles (after answering the call of nature) he should do this odd number of times. (Using translation from Muslim 239)   

السيوطي:١١٩٨a

" إذا استَجْمَر أحدُكم فليُوتِر" .  

[حم] أحمد [م] مسلم وابن خزيمة عن جابر