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tabarani:1110Bakr b. Sahl > ʿAbdullāh b. Yūsuf > Yaḥyá b. Ḥamzah > al-Nuʿmān b. al-Mundhir > Makḥūl > Bilāl a freed slave of Abū Bakr Akhbar

[Machine] Bilal, the servant of Abu Bakr, narrated that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ came back from relieving himself on the day of the Battle of Tabuk. He called for water for ablution and then wiped over his socks.  

الطبراني:١١١٠حَدَّثَنَا بَكْرُ بْنُ سَهْلٍ ثنا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ يُوسُفَ ثنا يَحْيَى بْنُ حَمْزَةَ عَنِ النُّعْمَانِ بْنِ الْمُنْذِرِ عَنْ مَكْحُولٍ

أَنَّ بِلَالًا مَوْلَى أَبِي بَكْرٍ ؓ أَخْبَرَ عَنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ «أَنَّهُ أَقْبَلَ مِنَ الْغَائِطِ يَوْمَ غَزْوَةِ تَبُوكَ فَدَعَا بِوَضُوءٍ فَمَسَحَ عَلَى الْخُفَّيْنِ»