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"عَن قَتَادَة قَالَ: قَالَ عُمَرُ بنُ الخَطَّابِ: مَنِ اغْتَسَل يَومَ الجُمُعةِ فَهُو أَفْضَلُ، وَمَن تَوضَّأَ يَومَ الْجُمُعَةِ فبِها وَنِعْمَتْ".  

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Collected by Abū Dāwūd, Aḥmad, Ṭabarānī, Nasāʾī's Kubrá, Bayhaqī
abudawud:354Abū al-Walīd al-Ṭayālisī > Hammām > Qatādah > al-Ḥasan > Samurah

If any one of you performs ablution (on Friday) that is all right; and if any of you takes a bath, that is better.  

أبو داود:٣٥٤حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْوَلِيدِ الطَّيَالِسِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا هَمَّامٌ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ عَنْ سَمُرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ مَنْ تَوَضَّأَ يَوْمَ الْجُمُعَةِ فَبِهَا وَنِعْمَتْ وَمَنِ اغْتَسَلَ فَهُوَ أَفْضَلُ  

ahmad:20259ʿAffān > Hammām > Qatādah > al-Ḥasan > Samurah

“Whoever performs ablution on Friday, it is well and good for him, and he has done what is obligatory for him. But whoever takes a bath, bath is better.” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 1091)   

أحمد:٢٠٢٥٩حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ حَدَّثَنَا هَمَّامٌ حَدَّثَنَا قَتَادَةُ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ عَنْ سَمُرَةَ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ مَنْ تَوَضَّأَ يَوْمَ الْجُمُعَةِ فَبِهَا وَنِعْمَتْ وَمَنْ اغْتَسَلَ فَذَلِكَ أَفْضَلُ  

ahmad:20174ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Mahdī And ʾAbū Dāwud > Hammām > Qatādah > al-Ḥasan > Samurah b. Jundub

If any one of you performs ablution (on Friday) that is all right; and if any of you takes a bath, that is better. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 354)  

أحمد:٢٠١٧٤حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ مَهْدِيٍّ وَأَبُو دَاوُدَ قَالَا حَدَّثَنَا هَمَّامٌ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ عَنْ سَمُرَةَ بْنِ جُنْدُبٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مَنْ تَوَضَّأَ يَوْمَ الْجُمُعَةِ فَبِهَا وَنِعْمَتْ وَمَنْ اغْتَسَلَ فَهُوَ أَفْضَلُ  

ahmad:20177ʿAbd al-Raḥman > Hammām > Qatādah > al-Ḥasan > Samurah

If any one of you performs ablution (on Friday) that is all right; and if any of you takes a bath, that is better. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 354)  

أحمد:٢٠١٧٧حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ حَدَّثَنَا هَمَّامٌ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ عَنْ سَمُرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مَنْ تَوَضَّأَ يَوْمَ الْجُمُعَةِ فَبِهَا وَنِعْمَتْ وَمَنْ اغْتَسَلَ فَالْغُسْلُ أَفْضَلُ  

tabarani:6926ʿAbdān b. Aḥmad > al-Jarrāḥ b. Makhlad > Khālid b. Yaḥyá > Yūnus b. ʿUbayd > al-Ḥasan > Samurah

“Whoever performs ablution on Friday, it is well and good for him, and he has done what is obligatory for him. But whoever takes a bath, bath is better.” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 1091)   

الطبراني:٦٩٢٦حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدَانُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ ثنا الْجَرَّاحُ بْنُ مَخْلَدٍ ثنا خَالِدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى ثنا يُونُسُ بْنُ عُبَيْدٍ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ عَنْ سَمُرَةَ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ «مَنْ تَوَضَّأَ يَوْمَ الْجُمُعَةِ فَبِهَا وَنِعِمَتْ وَمَنِ اغْتَسَلَ فَالْغُسْلُ أَفْضَلُ»  

tabarani:6817ʿAlī b. ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz And Muḥammad b. Yaḥyá b. al-Mundhir al-Qazzāz > Abū ʿUmar al-Ḥawḍī > Abū Khalīfah Wayūsuf al-Qāḍī > Abū al-Walīd al-Ṭayālisī > Hammām > Qatādah > al-Ḥasan > Samurah

If any one of you performs ablution (on Friday) that is all right; and if any of you takes a bath, that is better. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 354)  

الطبراني:٦٨١٧حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى بْنِ الْمُنْذِرِ الْقَزَّازُ قَالَا ثنا أَبُو عُمَرَ الْحَوْضِيُّ وَحَدَّثَنَا أَبُو خَلِيفَةَ وَيُوسُفُ الْقَاضِي قَالَا ثنا أَبُو الْوَلِيدِ الطَّيَالِسِيُّ قَالَا ثنا هَمَّامٌ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ عَنْ سَمُرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «مَنْ تَوَضَّأَ يَوْمَ الْجُمُعَةِ فَبِهَا وَنِعْمَتْ وَمَنِ اغْتَسَلَ فَالْغُسْلُ أَفْضَلُ»  

tabarani:6818Yūsuf al-Qāḍī > Muḥammad b. al-Minhāl > Yazīd b. Zurayʿ > Shuʿbah > Qatādah > al-Ḥasan > Samurah

If any one of you performs ablution (on Friday) that is all right; and if any of you takes a bath, that is better. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 354)  

الطبراني:٦٨١٨حَدَّثَنَا يُوسُفُ الْقَاضِي ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمِنْهَالِ ثنا يَزِيدُ بْنُ زُرَيْعٍ عَنْ شُعْبَةَ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ عَنْ سَمُرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «مَنْ تَوَضَّأَ يَوْمَ الْجُمُعَةِ فَبِهَا وَنِعْمَتْ وَمَنِ اغْتَسَلَ فَالْغُسْلُ أَفْضَلُ»  

nasai-kubra:1696Abū al-Ashʿath Aḥmad b. al-Miqdām al-ʿIjlī > Yazīd / Ibn Zurayʿ > Shuʿbah > Qatādah > al-Ḥasan > Samurah

If any one of you performs ablution (on Friday) that is all right; and if any of you takes a bath, that is better. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 354)   

الكبرى للنسائي:١٦٩٦أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو الْأَشْعَثِ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ الْمِقْدَامِ الْعِجْلِيُّ عَنْ يَزِيدَ وَهُوَ ابْنُ زُرَيْعٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ عَنْ سَمُرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «مَنْ تَوَضَّأَ يَوْمَ الْجُمُعَةِ فَبِهَا وَنِعْمَتْ وَمَنِ اغْتَسَلَ فَالْغُسْلُ أَفْضَلُ»  

bayhaqi:5668[Chain 1] Abū ʿAbdullāh Muḥammad b. Aḥmad b. Abū Ṭāhir al-Daqqāq> Abū Bakr Aḥmad b. Salmān al-Faqīh > Quriʾ > Ibn Qilābah ʿAbd al-Malik b. Muḥammad > Bishr b. ʿUmar And ʿAbd al-Ṣamad b. ʿAbd al-Wārith Waʾabū al-Walīd Waḥafṣ b. ʿUmar al-Ḥawḍī > Hammām [Chain 2] Ibn Abū Ṭāhir Nbā Aḥmad b. Sulaymān > Jaʿfar b. Muḥammad b. Shākir al-Ṣāʾigh > ʿAffān b. Muslim > Hammām > Qatādah > al-Ḥasan > Samurah

If any one of you performs ablution (on Friday) that is all right; and if any of you takes a bath, that is better. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 354)   

البيهقي:٥٦٦٨أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ أَبِي طَاهِرٍ الدَّقَّاقُ بِبَغْدَادَ أنبأ أَبُو بَكْرٍ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ سَلْمَانَ الْفَقِيهُ قَالَ قُرِئَ عَلَى ابْنِ قِلَابَةَ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ ثنا بِشْرُ بْنُ عُمَرَ وَعَبْدُ الصَّمَدِ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْوَارِثِ وَأَبُو الْوَلِيدِ وَحَفْصُ بْنُ عُمَرَ الْحَوْضِيُّ قَالُوا ثنا هَمَّامٌ ح وَأَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي طَاهِرٍ أنبا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ ثنا جَعْفَرُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ شَاكِرٍ الصَّائِغُ ثنا عَفَّانُ بْنُ مُسْلِمٍ ثنا هَمَّامٌ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ عَنْ سَمُرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مَنْ تَوَضَّأَ يَوْمَ الْجُمُعَةِ فَبِهَا وَنِعْمَتْ وَمَنِ اغْتَسَلَ فَالْغُسْلُ أَفْضَلُ  

bayhaqi:1409Abū al-Ḥusayn b. Bishrān> Abū Jaʿfar Muḥammad b. ʿAmr al-Razzāz > Jaʿfar b. Muḥammad b. Shākir > ʿAffān > Hammām > Qatādah > al-Ḥasan > Samurah

If any one of you performs ablution (on Friday) that is all right; and if any of you takes a bath, that is better. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 354)   

البيهقي:١٤٠٩أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو الْحُسَيْنِ بْنُ بِشْرَانَ بِبَغْدَادَ أنا أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَمْرٍو الرَّزَّازُ ثنا جَعْفَرُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ شَاكِرٍ ثنا عَفَّانُ ثنا هَمَّامٌ ثنا قَتَادَةُ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ عَنْ سَمُرَةَ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ مَنْ تَوَضَّأَ يَوْمَ الْجُمُعَةِ فَبِهَا وَنِعْمَتْ وَمَنِ اغْتَسَلَ فَهُوَ أَفْضَلُ وَهَكَذَا رُوِيَ عَنْ شُعْبَةَ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ