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tabarani:15062 – ʿAlī b. ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz > al-Qaʿnabī > Ibn Lahīʿah > al-Ḥārith b. Yazīd > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Jubayr > ʿUqbah b. ʿĀmir

[Machine] Al-Qa'nabi narrated that Ibn Lahi'a has narrated from al-Harith bin Yazid, from Abdullah bin Jubayr, from 'Uqbah bin 'Amir, that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "When one of you applies kohl, let him apply it three times, and when one of you performs istijmar, let him perform it three times."  

الطبراني:١٥٠٦٢ – حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ

ثَنَا الْقَعْنَبِيُّ ثَنَا ابْنُ لَهِيعَةَ عَنِ الْحَارِثِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ عَنْ عُقْبَةَ بْنِ عَامِرٍ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ «إِذَا اكْتَحَلَ أَحَدُكُمْ فَلْيَكْتَحِلْ وِتْرًا وَإِذَا اسْتَجْمَرَ فَلْيَسْتَجْمِرْ وِتْرًا»  

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ahmad:17428 – Yaḥyá b. Isḥāq > Ibn Lahīʿah > ʿAbdullāh b. Hubayrah > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Jubayr > ʿUqbah b. ʿĀmir al-Juhanī

[Machine] "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: When one of you applies kohl (eyeliner), let them apply it in odd numbers, and when one of you performs istijmar (cleaning oneself after using the bathroom), let them perform it in odd numbers."  

أحمد:١٧٤٢٨ – حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ لَهِيعَةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ هُبَيْرَةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ عَنْ عُقْبَةَ بْنِ عَامِرٍ الْجُهَنِيِّ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ إِذَا اكْتَحَلَ أَحَدُكُمْ فَلْيَكْتَحِلْ وِتْرًا وَإِذَا اسْتَجْمَرَ فَلْيَسْتَجْمِرْ وِتْرًا  

ahmad:8077 – ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Maʿmar > al-Zuhrī > Abū Idrīs al-Khawlāny > Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "When one of you performs ablution, let him rinse his nose, and when he performs istijmar (cleansing with stones after using the bathroom), let him do it an odd number of times."  

أحمد:٨٠٧٧ – حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ أَخْبَرَنَا مَعْمَرٌ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي إِدْرِيسَ الْخَوْلَانيِّ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِذَا تَوَضَّأَ أَحَدُكُمْ فَلْيَسْتَنْثِرْ وَإِذَا اسْتَجْمَرَ فَلْيُوتِرْ  

ahmad:8611 – Ḥasan And Yaḥyá b. Isḥāq > Ibn Lahīʿah > Abū Yūnus > Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] The following passage translates to: "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: When one of you applies kohl (eyeliner), let him do so with an odd number, and when one of you performs istinja (cleansing after using the bathroom), let him do so with an odd number."  

أحمد:٨٦١١ – حَدَّثَنَا حَسَنٌ وَيَحْيَى بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ قَالَا حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ لَهِيعَةَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو يُونُسَ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ إِذَا اكْتَحَلَ أَحَدُكُمْ فَلْيَكْتَحِلْ وِتْرًا وَإِذَا اسْتَجْمَرَ فَلْيَسْتَجْمِرْ وِتْرًا  

ahmad:8612 – Yaḥyá b. Isḥāq > Ibn Lahīʿah > al-Aʿraj > Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "If one of you applies kohl, let him apply it to both eyes."  

أحمد:٨٦١٢ – حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ لَهِيعَةَ عَنِ الْأَعْرَجِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِذَا اكْتَحَلَ أَحَدُكُمْ فَلْيَكْتَحِلْ وِتْرًا  

ahmad:8677 – Yaḥyá b. Isḥāq > Ibn Lahīʿah > Abū Yūnus > Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "When one of you applies kohl, let them apply it in odd numbers. And when one of you performs istinja, let them perform it in odd numbers."  

أحمد:٨٦٧٧ – حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ لَهِيعَةَ عَنْ أَبِي يُونُسَ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِذَا اكْتَحَلَ أَحَدُكُمْ فَلْيَكْتَحِلْ وِتْرًا وَإِذَا اسْتَجْمَرَ فَلْيَسْتَجْمِرْ وِتْرًا  

ahmad:8165 –

When anyone wipes himself with pebbles (after answering the call of nature) he should do this odd number of times. (Using translation from Muslim 239)  

أحمد:٨١٦٥ –

وَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِذَا اسْتَجْمَرَ أَحَدُكُمْ فَلْيُوتِرْ