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Qurʾān Bukhārī Muslim Nasāʾī Abū Dāwūd Tirmidhī Ibn Mājah Mālik Aḥmad Dārimī Ḥākim Ibn Ḥibbān Ṭabarānī Nasāʾī's Kubrá Bayhaqī al-Luʾluʾ wa-al-Marjān Ibn Rajab's Fifty Riyāḍ al-Ṣāliḥīn Aḥmad's Zuhd Suyūṭī
tabarani:18978 – al-Miqdām b. Dāwud > Asad b. Mūsá > Wrqāʾ b. ʿUmar > ʿAṭāʾ b. al-Sāʾib > ʿAbdullāh b. Ḥafṣ b. Abū ʿAqīl > Yaʿlá b. Murrah

[Machine] The Prophet (PBUH) saw me while I was dressed up and he said, "O Ya'la, do you have a wife?" I replied, "No." He said, "Then go and wash yourself, then wash yourself again, and then wash yourself again and do not repeat it until this hour." So, I went and washed myself, then washed myself again, and then washed myself again, and I did not repeat it until that hour.  

الطبراني:١٨٩٧٨ – حَدَّثَنَا الْمِقْدَامُ بْنُ دَاوُدَ ثنا أَسَدُ بْنُ مُوسَى ثنا ورْقَاءُ بْنُ عُمَرَ عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ السَّائِبِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ حَفْصِ بْنِ أَبِي عَقِيلٍ أَنَا يَعْلَى بْنُ مُرَّةَ قَالَ

رَآنِي النَّبِيُّ ﷺ وَأَنَا مُتَخَلِّقٌ فَقَالَ يَا يَعْلَى هَلْ لَكَ امْرَأَةٌ قُلْتُ لَا قَالَ فَاذْهَبْ فَاغْسِلْهُ ثُمَّ اغْسِلْهُ عَنْكَ ثُمَّ اغْسِلْهُ عَنْكَ ثُمَّ لَا تَعُدْ قَالَ فَذَهَبْتُ فَغَسَلْتُهُ ثُمَّ غَسَلْتُهُ ثُمَّ غَسَلْتُهُ ثُمَّ لَمْ أَعُدْ حَتَّى السَّاعَةِ  

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Collected by Nasāʾī, Aḥmad, Nasāʾī's Kubrá
nasai:5124 – Muḥammad b. al-Naḍr b. Musāwir > Sufyān > ʿAṭāʾ b. al-Sāʾib > ʿAbdullāh b. Ḥafṣ

"The Messenger of Allah [SAW] saw me wearing a little dab of Khaluq. He said: 'O Ya'la, do you have a wife?' I said: 'No.' He said: 'Wash it off and do not put it on again, then wash it off and do not put it on again, then wash it off and do not put it on again.' I said: 'So I washed it off, and did not put it on again, then I washed it off and did not put it on again, then I washed it off, and did not put it on again."  

النسائي:٥١٢٤ – أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ النَّضْرِ بْنِ مُسَاوِرٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ السَّائِبِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ حَفْصٍ عَنْ يَعْلَى بْنِ مُرَّةَ الثَّقَفِيِّ قَالَ

أَبْصَرَنِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَبِي رَدْعٌ مِنْ خَلُوقٍ قَالَ يَا يَعْلَى لَكَ امْرَأَةٌ قُلْتُ لاَ قَالَ اغْسِلْهُ ثُمَّ لاَ تَعُدْ ثُمَّ اغْسِلْهُ ثُمَّ لاَ تَعُدْ ثُمَّ اغْسِلْهُ ثُمَّ لاَ تَعُدْ قَالَ فَغَسَلْتُهُ ثُمَّ لَمْ أَعُدْ ثُمَّ غَسَلْتُهُ ثُمَّ لَمْ أَعُدْ ثُمَّ غَسَلْتُهُ ثُمَّ لَمْ أَعُدْ  

nasai:5125 – Ismāʿīl b. Yaʿqūb al-Ṣabīḥī > Ibn Mūsá / Muḥammad from my father > ʿAṭāʾ b. al-Sāʾib > ʿAbdullāh b. Ḥafṣ > Yaʿlá

"I passed by the Messenger of Allah [SAW] and I was wearing Khaluq. He said: 'O Ya'la, do you have a wife?' I said: 'No.' He said: 'Go and wash it off, then wash it off, then wash it off, and do not put it on again.' So I went and washed it off, then washed it off, then washed it off, and I did not put it on again."  

النسائي:٥١٢٥ – أَخْبَرَنِي إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ الصَّبِيحِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ مُوسَى يَعْنِي مُحَمَّدًا قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي أَبِي عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ السَّائِبِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ حَفْصٍ عَنْ يَعْلَى قَالَ

مَرَرْتُ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَأَنَا مُتَخَلِّقٌ فَقَالَ أَىْ يَعْلَى هَلْ لَكَ امْرَأَةٌ قُلْتُ لاَ قَالَ اذْهَبْ فَاغْسِلْهُ ثُمَّ اغْسِلْهُ ثُمَّ اغْسِلْهُ ثُمَّ لاَ تَعُدْ قَالَ فَذَهَبْتُ فَغَسَلْتُهُ ثُمَّ غَسَلْتُهُ ثُمَّ غَسَلْتُهُ ثُمَّ لَمْ أَعُدْ  

ahmad:17570 – ʿAbīdah b. Ḥumayd > ʿAṭāʾ b. al-Sāʾib > a man Yuqāl Lah ʿAbdullāh b. Ḥafṣ > Yaʿlá b. Murrah

[Machine] I saw the Messenger of Allah, ﷺ , and I was wearing nice clothes. He said to me, "O young man, what is this clothing for? Do you have a wife?" I replied, "No." He said, "Then go and wash it off you once, then wash it off you again, and then wash it off you again, and do not repeat it."  

أحمد:١٧٥٧٠ – حَدَّثَنَا عَبِيدَةُ بْنُ حُمَيْدٍ حَدَّثَنِي عَطَاءُ بْنُ السَّائِبِ عَنْ رَجُلٍ يُقَالُ لَهُ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ حَفْصٍ عَنْ يَعْلَى بْنِ مُرَّةَ قَالَ

رَآنِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَأَنَا مُتَخَلِّقٌ بِالْخَلُوقٍ فَقَالَ لِي يَا يَعْلَى مَا هَذَا الْخَلُوقُ؟ أَلَكَ امْرَأَةٌ؟ قَالَ قُلْتُ لَا قَالَ فَاذْهَبْ فَاغْسِلْهُ عَنْكَ ثُمَّ اغْسِلْهُثُمَّ اغْسِلْهُ وَلَا تَعُدْ  

nasai-kubra:9360 – Ismāʿīl b. Yaʿqūb > Muḥammad b. Mūsá b. Aʿyan from my father > ʿAṭāʾ b. al-Sāʾib > ʿAbdullāh b. Ḥafṣ > Yaʿlá

"I passed by the Messenger of Allah [SAW] and I was wearing Khaluq. He said: 'O Ya'la, do you have a wife?' I said: 'No.' He said: 'Go and wash it off, then wash it off, then wash it off, and do not put it on again.' So I went and washed it off, then washed it off, then washed it off, and I did not put it on again." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 5125)  

الكبرى للنسائي:٩٣٦٠ – أَخْبَرَنِي إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مُوسَى بْنِ أَعْيَنَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ السَّائِبِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ حَفْصٍ عَنْ يَعْلَى قَالَ

مَرَرْتُ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَأنا مُتَخَلِّقٌ بِزَعْفَرَانٍ فَقَالَ أَيْ يَعْلَى هَلْ لَكَ امْرَأَةٌ؟ قُلْتُ لَا قَالَ «اذْهَبْ فَاغْسِلْهُ ثُمَّ اغْسِلْهُ ثُمَّ اغْسِلْهُ ثُمَّ لَا تَعُدْ» قَالَ «فَذَهَبْتُ فَغَسَلْتُهُ ثُمَّ غَسَلْتُهُ ثُمَّ غَسَلْتُهُ ثُمَّ لَمْ أَعُدْ»