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tabarani:5697ʿAlī b. ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz > ʿAtīq b. Yaʿqūb al-Zubayrī > Ubay b. ʿAbbās b. Sahl b. Saʿd from his father from his grandfather

[Machine] "The Prophet ﷺ was asked about istitaba (cleaning oneself after using the bathroom), and he said, 'Doesn't any one of you find three stones, one for wiping the private parts and two for cleaning after urination?'"  

الطبراني:٥٦٩٧حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ ثنا عَتِيقُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ الزُّبَيْرِيُّ ثنا أُبَيُّ بْنُ عَبَّاسِ بْنِ سَهْلِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ جَدِّهِ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ سُئِلَ عَنِ الِاسْتِطَابَةِ فَقَالَ «أَوَلَا يَجِدُ أَحَدُكُمْ ثَلَاثَةَ أَحْجَارٍ حَجَرَانِ لَلصَّفْحَتَيْنِ وَحَجَرٌ للمَسْرُبَةِ»  


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Collected by Mālik, Aḥmad, Ṭabarānī, Bayhaqī, Suyūṭī
malik:2-27Yaḥyá > Mālik > Hishām b. ʿUrwah from his father

Yahya related to me from Malik from Hisham ibn Urwa from his father that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was asked about cleaning after excretion. He replied, "Are any of you unable to find three stones?"  

مالك:٢-٢٧حَدَّثَنِي يَحْيَى عَنْ مَالِكٍ عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ سُئِلَ عَنْ الاِسْتِطَابَةِ فَقَالَ أَوَلاَ يَجِدُ أَحَدُكُمْ ثَلاَثَةَ أَحْجَارٍ  

ahmad:21872Ibn Numayr > Hishām > ʿAmr b. Khuzaymah > ʿUmārah b. Khuzaymah > Abīh Khuzaymah b. Thābit

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ was asked about the 'istiṭābah' (a type of stone). He said, "There are three types of stones in which there is no returning (reversion)."  

أحمد:٢١٨٧٢حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ نُمَيْرٍ عَنْ هِشَامٍ حَدَّثَنِي عَمْرُو بْنُ خُزَيْمَةَ عَنْ عُمَارَةَ بْنِ خُزَيْمَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ خُزَيْمَةَ بْنِ ثَابِتٍ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ سُئِلَ عَنِ الِاسْتِطَابَةِ فَقَالَ ثَلَاثَةُ أَحْجَارٍ لَيْسَ فِيهَا رَجِيعٌ  

tabarani:3726ʿAbdān b. Aḥmad > Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh b. Numayr from my father > Hishām b. ʿUrwah > ʿAmr b. Khuzaymah > ʿUmārah b. Khuzaymah > Abīh Khuzaymah b. Thābit

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ was asked about "al-istiţābah." So he said, "Three stones that have no return in them."  

الطبراني:٣٧٢٦حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدَانُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ نُمَيْرٍ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامُ بْنُ عُرْوَةَ أَخْبَرَنِي عَمْرُو بْنُ خُزَيْمَةَ عَنْ عُمَارَةَ بْنِ خُزَيْمَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ خُزَيْمَةَ بْنِ ثَابِتٍ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ سُئِلَ عَنِ الِاسْتِطَابَةِ؟ فَقَالَ «ثَلَاثَةُ أَحْجَارٍ لَيْسَ فِيهِنَّ رَجِيعٌ»  

bayhaqi:553Abū Bakr b. al-Ḥasan al-Qāḍī > Abū al-ʿAbbās Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb > Muḥammad b. ʿAbd al-Ḥakam al-Qaṭarī > ʿAtīq b. Yaʿqūb from my father > al-ʿAbbās b. Sahl b. Saʿd al-Sāʿidī > Abīh Sahl b. Saʿd al-Sāʿidī

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah, ﷺ , was asked about istitaba (the act of wiping over shoes) so he said: "Doesn't anyone among you find three stones, two for cleaning the private parts and one for the anus? This is what was mentioned in his book."  

البيهقي:٥٥٣أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ الْقَاضِي ثنا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْحَكَمِ الْقَطَرِيُّ ثنا عَتِيقُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ نا أَبِي نا الْعَبَّاسُ بْنُ سَهْلِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ السَّاعِدِيُّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ سَهْلِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ السَّاعِدِيِّ قَالَ

سُئِلَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ عَنِ الِاسْتِطَابَةِ فَقَالَ أَوَ لَا يَجِدُ أَحَدُكُمْ ثَلَاثَةَ أَحْجَارٍ حَجَرَيْنِ لِلصَّفْحَتَيْنِ وَحَجَرَا لِلْمَسْرَبَةِ كَذَا كَانَ فِي كِتَابِهِ  

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السيوطي:٩٢١٨a

"أَلَا لا يَكْفِى أحَدَكمْ ثَلاثَةُ أحْجَارٍ حجران للصفحة وحجرٌ لِلمَسْرُبَةِ" .  

[عق] العقيلى في الضعفاء عن أُبَىِّ ابْنِ عباس بن سهل بن سعد الساعدى عن أَبيه، عن جدِّه ؓ
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السيوطي:٨٧٨٨a

"أوَلَا يجد أحَدُكُم ثَلَاثَةَ أحجار: حجرين للصَّفْحَتَين وَحَجَر للمَسْربَة".  

مالك عن هشام بن عروة، عن أبيه، عن سهل بن سعد، قال: قال رسول اللَّه ﷺ الحديث "الصفحتان" جانبًا المجرى، "والْمَسْرُبة" مجرى الحدث، يقال: سرب الماءَ إِذا سال وجرى