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"انْطَلَق النَّبِيُّ ﷺ يَبُولُ فَأَتْبَعَه عُمَر بِمَاء فَقَالَ: مَا هَذَا يَا عُمَر؟ فَقَالَ: مَاءٌ تُوَضّئ (*) فَقَال: مَا أُمِرْت كُلَّمَا بُلْت أَنْ أَتَوَضَّأَ وَلَوْ فَعَلْت لَكَانَت سُنَّة".  

[ش] ابن أبى شيبة

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Collected by Abū Dāwūd, Ibn Mājah, Aḥmad, Bayhaqī, Suyūṭī
abudawud:42 – [Chain 1] Qutaybah b. Saʿīd And Khalaf b. Hishām al-Muqriʾ > ʿAbdullāh b. Yaḥyá al-Tawʾam [Chain 2] ʿAmr b. ʿAwn > Abū Yaʿqūb al-Tawʾam > ʿAbdullāh b. Abū Mulaykah from his mother > ʿĀʾishah

The Prophet ﷺ urinated and Umar was standing behind him with a jug of water. He said: What is this, Umar? He replied: Water for you to perform ablution with. He said: I have not been commanded to perform ablution every time I urinate. If I were to do so, it would become a sunnah.  

أبو داود:٤٢ – حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ وَخَلَفُ بْنُ هِشَامٍ الْمُقْرِئُ قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ يَحْيَى التَّوْأَمُ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ عَوْنٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو يَعْقُوبَ التَّوْأَمُ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي مُلَيْكَةَ عَنْ أُمِّهِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

بَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقَامَ عُمَرُ خَلْفَهُ بِكُوزٍ مِنْ مَاءٍ فَقَالَ مَا هَذَا يَا عُمَرُ فَقَالَ هَذَا مَاءٌ تَتَوَضَّأُ بِهِ قَالَ مَا أُمِرْتُ كُلَّمَا بُلْتُ أَنْ أَتَوَضَّأَ وَلَوْ فَعَلْتُ لَكَانَتْ سُنَّةً  

ibnmajah:327 – Abū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah > Abū Usāmah > ʿAbdullāh b. Yaḥyá al-Tawʾam > Ibn Abū Mulaykah from his mother > ʿĀʾishah

"The Prophet went out to urinate, and 'Umar followed him with water. He said: 'What is this, O 'Umar?' He said: 'Water.' He said: 'I have not been commanded to perform ablution every time I urinate. If I did that it would have become a Sunnah.'"  

ابن ماجة:٣٢٧ – حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو أُسَامَةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ يَحْيَى التَّوْأَمِ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي مُلَيْكَةَ عَنْ أُمِّهِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ

قَالَتِ انْطَلَقَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ يَبُولُ فَاتَّبَعَهُ عُمَرُ بِمَاءٍ فَقَالَ مَا هَذَا يَا عُمَرُ قَالَ مَاءٌ قَالَ مَا أُمِرْتُ كُلَّمَا بُلْتُ أَنْ أَتَوَضَّأَ وَلَوْ فَعَلْتُ لَكَانَتْ سُنَّةً  

ahmad:24643 – ʿAffān > ʿAbdullāh b. Yaḥyá al-Ḍabbī > ʿAbdullāh b. Abū Mulaykah from his mother > ʿĀʾishah

The Prophet ﷺ urinated and Umar was standing behind him with a jug of water. He said: What is this, Umar? He replied: Water for you to perform ablution with. He said: I have not been commanded to perform ablution every time I urinate. If I were to do so, it would become a sunnah. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 42)   

أحمد:٢٤٦٤٣ – حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ يَحْيَى الضَّبِّيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ أَبِي مُلَيْكَةَ عَنْ أُمِّهِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ بَالَ فَقَامَ عُمَرُ خَلْفَهُ بِكُوزٍ فَقَالَ مَا هَذَا يَا عُمَرُ؟ قَالَ مَاءٌ تَوَضَّأْ بِهِ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ قَالَ مَا أُمِرْتُ كُلَّمَا بُلْتُ أَنْ أَتَوَضَّأَ وَلَوْ فَعَلْتُ ذَلِكَ كَانَتْ سُنَّةً  

bayhaqi:551 – [Chain 1] Abū Saʿīd Muḥammad b. Mūsá b. al-Faḍl > Abū al-ʿAbbās Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb > Aḥmad b. ʿAbd al-Ḥamīd al-Ḥārithī > Abū Usāmah > ʿAbdullāh b. Yaḥyá > ʿAbdullāh b. Abū Mulaykah [Chain 2] Abū ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥāfiẓ And ʾAbū Saʿīd b. Abū ʿAmr > Abū al-ʿAbbās Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb > Usayd b. ʿĀṣim > Fahid b. Ḥayyān al-Qaysī > Abū Yaʿqūb al-Ḍabbī Wahū ʿAbdullāh b. Yaḥyá > Ibn Abū Mulaykah from his mother > ʿĀʾishah

The Prophet ﷺ urinated and Umar was standing behind him with a jug of water. He said: What is this, Umar? He replied: Water for you to perform ablution with. He said: I have not been commanded to perform ablution every time I urinate. If I were to do so, it would become a sunnah. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 42)   

البيهقي:٥٥١ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو سَعِيدٍ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مُوسَى بْنِ الْفَضْلِ نا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ نا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْحَمِيدِ الْحَارِثِيُّ نا أَبُو أُسَامَةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ يَحْيَى حَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ أَبِي مُلَيْكَةَ ح وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ وَأَبُو سَعِيدِ بْنُ أَبِي عَمْرٍو قَالَا ثنا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ نا أُسَيْدُ بْنُ عَاصِمٍ نا فَهِدُ بْنُ حَيَّانَ الْقَيْسِيُّ نا أَبُو يَعْقُوبَ الضَّبِّيُّ وَهُوَ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي مُلَيْكَةَ عَنْ أُمِّهِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ بَالَ فَأَتَاهُ عُمَرُ بِكُوزٍ مِنْ مَاءٍ فَقَالَ مَا هَذَا يَا عُمَرُ؟ قَالَ تَوَضَّأْ بِهِ قَالَ لَمْ أُومَرْ كُلَّمَا بُلْتُ أَنْ أَتَوَضَّأَ وَلَوْ فَعَلْتُ كَانَتْ سُنَّةً لَفْظُ حَدِيثِ فَهْدِ بْنِ حَيَّانَ  

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السيوطي:١٨٦٨٨a –

"مَا أُمِرْتُ كُلَّمَا بُلتُ أنْ أَتَوَضَّأ، وَلَوْ فَعَلتُ لَكَانَتْ سُنَّةً".  

[حم] أحمد [د] أبو داود [هـ] ابن ماجة [حب] ابن حبّان في الثقات، [هق] البيهقى في السنن [قط] الدارقطنى في السنن عن عائشة