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suyuti:4-381b – ʿAlī
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السيوطي:٤-٣٨١b –

"عَنْ عَلِيٍّ قَالَ: كنتُ غلامًا مَذَّاءً، فلما رأي رسولُ الله ﷺ الماءَ قَدْ آذَانِي قال: إِنَّمَا الْغُسْلُ مِنَ الْمَاءِ الدَّافِقِ".  

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bayhaqi:789 – Abū ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥāfiẓ > Abū al-ʿAbbās Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb

[Machine] I was a man who enjoyed mischief, but when the Messenger of Allah ﷺ saw that water had splashed on me, he said, "Indeed, the proper way of performing ablution is with flowing water."  

البيهقي:٧٨٩ – وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ ثنا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ ثنا أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ الْكُوفِيُّ وَمُطَيَّنٌ ثنا عَمْرٌو النَّاقِدُ ثنا حُمَيْدٌ الرُّؤَاسِيُّ ثنا حَسَنٌ يَعْنِي ابْنَ صَالِحٍ عَنْ بَيَانٍ عَنْ حُصَيْنِ بْنِ صَفْوَانَ عَنْ عَلِيٍّ قَالَ

كُنْتُ رَجُلًا مَذَّاءً فَلَمَّا رَأَى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ الْمَاءُ قَدْ آذَانِي قَالَ إِنَّمَا الْغُسْلُ مِنَ الْمَاءِ الدَّافِقِ