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tabarani:1282Muḥammad b. al-Naḍr al-Azdī > ʿAlī b. ʿAbd al-Ḥamīd al-Maʿnī > Sulaymān b. al-Mughīrah > Ḥumayd b. Hilāl

[Machine] "Abu Rifaah used to heat water for his companions, then he would say, 'Perform ablution better than this, for I will perform ablution better than this,' and he would perform ablution with cold water."  

الطبراني:١٢٨٢حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ النَّضْرِ الْأَزْدِيُّ ثنا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْحَمِيدِ الْمَعْنِيُّ ثنا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ الْمُغِيرَةِ عَنْ حُمَيْدِ بْنِ هِلَالٍ قَالَ

«كَانَ أَبُو رِفَاعَةَ يُسَخِّنُ الْمَاءَ لِأَصْحَابِهِ ثُمَّ يَقُولُ أَحْسِنُوا الْوُضُوءَ مِنْ هَذَا فَسَأُحْسِنُ مِنْ هَذَا فَيَتَوَضَّأُ بِالْمَاءِ الْبَارِدِ»