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tabarani:6285Yaḥyá b. ʿUthmān b. Ṣāliḥ And Yaḥyá b. Ayyūb al-ʿAllāf al-Miṣrī > Muḥammad b. al-Ḥārith al-Miṣrī al-Muʾadhhin > Yaḥyá b. Rāshid > Yazīd a freed slave of Salamah b. al-Akwaʿ > Salamah b. al-Akwaʿ

[Machine] I saw the Prophet ﷺ perform ablution once, wipe his head once, and greet once.  

الطبراني:٦٢٨٥حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ صَالِحٍ وَيَحْيَى بْنُ أَيُّوبَ الْعَلَّافُ الْمِصْرِيُّ قَالَا ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْحَارِثِ الْمِصْرِيُّ الْمُؤَذِّنُ حَدَّثَنِي يَحْيَى بْنُ رَاشِدٍ حَدَّثَنِي يَزِيدُ مَوْلَى سَلَمَةَ بْنِ الْأَكْوَعِ عَنْ سَلَمَةَ بْنِ الْأَكْوَعِ قَالَ

«رَأَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ تَوَضَّأَ مَرَّةً وَمَسَحَ رَأْسَهُ مَرَّةً وَسَلَّمَ مَرَّةً»  


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Collected by Nasāʾī, Ibn Mājah, Aḥmad, Suyūṭī
nasai:99Muḥammad b. Manṣūr > Sufyān > ʿAmr b. Yaḥyá from his father > ʿAbdullāh b. Zayd al--Adhī Urī al-Nidāʾ

"I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ perform Wudu'; he washed his face three times and his hands twice, he washed his feet twice and wiped his head twice."  

النسائي:٩٩أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ زَيْدٍ الَّذِي أُرِيَ النِّدَاءَ قَالَ

رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ تَوَضَّأَ فَغَسَلَ وَجْهَهُ ثَلاَثًا وَيَدَيْهِ مَرَّتَيْنِ وَغَسَلَ رِجْلَيْهِ مَرَّتَيْنِ وَمَسَحَ بِرَأْسِهِ مَرَّتَيْنِ  

ibnmajah:416Sufyān b. Wakīʿ > ʿĪsá b. Yūnus > Fāʾid Abū al-Warqāʾ b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman > ʿAbdullāh b. Abū Awfá

"I saw the Messenger of Allah performing ablution, washing each part three times, and wiping his head once."  

ابن ماجة:٤١٦حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ بْنُ وَكِيعٍ حَدَّثَنَا عِيسَى بْنُ يُونُسَ عَنْ فَائِدٍ أَبِي الْوَرْقَاءِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي أَوْفَى قَالَ

رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ تَوَضَّأَ ثَلاَثًا ثَلاَثًا وَمَسَحَ رَأْسَهُ مَرَّةً  

ibnmajah:435Abū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah > ʿAbbād b. al-ʿAwwām > Ḥajjāj > ʿAṭāʾ > ʿUthmān b. ʿAffān

"I saw the Messenger of Allah performing ablution and he wiped his head once."  

ابن ماجة:٤٣٥حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبَّادُ بْنُ الْعَوَّامِ عَنْ حَجَّاجٍ عَنْ عَطَاءٍ عَنْ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ عَفَّانَ قَالَ

رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ تَوَضَّأَ فَمَسَحَ رَأْسَهُ مَرَّةً  

ibnmajah:437Muḥammad b. al-Ḥārith al-Miṣrī > Yaḥyá b. Rāshid al-Baṣrī > Yazīd a freed slave of Salamah > Salamah b. al-Akwaʿ

"I saw the Messenger of Allah performing ablution, and he wiped his head once."  

ابن ماجة:٤٣٧حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْحَارِثِ الْمِصْرِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ رَاشِدٍ الْبَصْرِيُّ عَنْ يَزِيدَ مَوْلَى سَلَمَةَ عَنْ سَلَمَةَ بْنِ الأَكْوَعِ قَالَ

رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ تَوَضَّأَ فَمَسَحَ رَأْسَهُ مَرَّةً  

ibnmajah:438Abū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah And ʿAlī b. Muḥammad > Wakīʿ > Sufyān > ʿAbdullāh b. Muḥammad b. ʿAqīl > al-Rubayyiʿ b. Muʿawwidh Ibn ʿAfrāʾ

"The Messenger of Allah performed ablution and wiped his head twice."  

ابن ماجة:٤٣٨حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ وَعَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَقِيلٍ عَنِ الرُّبَيِّعِ بِنْتِ مُعَوِّذِ ابْنِ عَفْرَاءَ قَالَتْ

تَوَضَّأَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَمَسَحَ رَأْسَهُ مَرَّتَيْنِ  

ahmad:149Ḥasan > Ibn Lahīʿah > al-Ḍaḥḥāk b. Shuraḥbīl > Zayd b. Aslam > Abīhiʿan ʿUmar b. al-Khaṭṭāb

It was narrated from Umar bin al khattab ؓ that he said I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ do wudoo' , washing each part once.  

أحمد:١٤٩حَدَّثَنَا حَسَنٌ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ لَهِيعَةَ حَدَّثَنَا الضَّحَّاكُ بْنُ شُرَحْبِيلَ عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ أَسْلَمَ عَنْ أَبِيهِعَنْ عُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ

أَنَّهُ قَالَ رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ تَوَضَّأَ مَرَّةً مَرَّةً  

ahmad:16457Mūsá b. Dāwud > Ibn Lahīʿah > Ḥabbān b. Wāsiʿ from his father > ʿAbdullāh b. Zayd

he saw the Prophet performing Wudu, and that he wiped his head with water that was not left over from his hands. (Using translation from Tirmidhī 35)   

أحمد:١٦٤٥٧حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى بْنُ دَاوُدَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ لَهِيعَةَ عَنْ حَبَّانَ بْنِ وَاسِعٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ زَيْدٍ قَالَ

رَأَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ تَوَضَّأَ وَمَسَحَ رَأْسَهُ بِمَاءٍ غَيْرِ فَضْلِ يَدَيْهِ  

ahmad:8762Zayd b. al-Ḥubāb > Ibn Thawbān > ʿAbdullāh b. al-Faḍl > al-Aʿraj > Abū Hurayrah

It was narrated from Umar bin al khattab ؓ that he said I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ do wudoo' , washing each part once. (Using translation from Aḥmad 149)   

أحمد:٨٧٦٢حَدَّثَنَا زَيْدُ بْنُ الْحُبَابِ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ ثَوْبَانَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ الْفَضْلِ عَنِ الْأَعْرَجِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَتَوَضَّأُ مَرَّتَيْنِ مَرَّتَيْنِ