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tirmidhi:34 – Qutaybah > Bakr b. Muḍar > Ibn ʿAjlān > ʿAbdullāh b. Muḥammad b. ʿAqīl > al-Rubayyiʿ b. Muʿawwidh b. ʿAfrāʾ

she saw the Prophet performing Wudu. She said: "He wiped his head, and what is in the front of it and what is in its rear, and his temples and his ears one time."  

الترمذي:٣٤ – حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ حَدَّثَنَا بَكْرُ بْنُ مُضَرَ عَنِ ابْنِ عَجْلاَنَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَقِيلٍ عَنِ الرُّبَيِّعِ بِنْتِ مُعَوِّذِ بْنِ عَفْرَاءَ

أَنَّهَا رَأَتِ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ يَتَوَضَّأُ قَالَتْ مَسَحَ رَأْسَهُ وَمَسَحَ مَا أَقْبَلَ مِنْهُ وَمَا أَدْبَرَ وَصُدْغَيْهِ وَأُذُنَيْهِ مَرَّةً وَاحِدَةً قَالَ وَفِي الْبَابِ عَنْ عَلِيٍّ وَجَدِّ طَلْحَةَ بْنِ مُصَرِّفِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو  

قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى وَحَدِيثُ الرُّبَيِّعِ حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ وَقَدْ رُوِيَ مِنْ غَيْرِ وَجْهٍ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ أَنَّهُ مَسَحَ بِرَأْسِهِ مَرَّةً وَالْعَمَلُ عَلَى هَذَا عِنْدَ أَكْثَرِ أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَمَنْ بَعْدَهُمْ وَبِهِ يَقُولُ جَعْفَرُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ وَسُفْيَانُ الثَّوْرِيُّ وَابْنُ الْمُبَارَكِ وَالشَّافِعِيُّ وَأَحْمَدُ وَإِسْحَاقُ رَأَوْا مَسْحَ الرَّأْسِ مَرَّةً وَاحِدَةً حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ الْمَكِّيُّ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ سُفْيَانَ بْنَ عُيَيْنَةَ يَقُولُ سَأَلْتُ جَعْفَرَ بْنَ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ مَسْحِ الرَّأْسِ أَيُجْزِئُ مَرَّةً فَقَالَ إِي وَاللَّهِ

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abudawud:129 – Qutaybah b. Saʿīd > Bakr / Ibn Muḍar > Ibn ʿAjlān > ʿAbdullāh b. Muḥammad b. ʿAqīl > Rubayyiʿ b. Muʿawwidh Ibn ʿAfrāʾ

I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ performing ablution. He wiped his head front and back, his temples and his ears once.  

أبو داود:١٢٩ – حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ حَدَّثَنَا بَكْرٌ يَعْنِي ابْنَ مُضَرَ عَنِ ابْنِ عَجْلاَنَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَقِيلٍ أَنَّ رُبَيِّعَ بِنْتَ مُعَوِّذِ ابْنِ عَفْرَاءَ أَخْبَرَتْهُ قَالَتْ

رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَتَوَضَّأُ قَالَتْ فَمَسَحَ رَأْسَهُ وَمَسَحَ مَا أَقْبَلَ مِنْهُ وَمَا أَدْبَرَ وَصُدْغَيْهِ وَأُذُنَيْهِ مَرَّةً وَاحِدَةً  

tabarani:21155 – [Chain 1] Abū al-Zinbāʿ Rawḥ b. al-Faraj > ʿAmr b. Khālid al-Ḥarrānī [Chain 2] Muḥammad b. ʿAmr b. Khālid al-Ḥarrānī from my father > Abū Bakr b. Muḍar > Muḥammad b. ʿAjlān > ʿAbdullāh b. Muḥammad b. ʿAqīl b. Abū Ṭālib > al-Rubayyiʿ b. Muʿawwidh b. ʿAfrāʾ

I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ performing ablution. He wiped his head front and back, his temples and his ears once. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 129)  

الطبراني:٢١١٥٥ – حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الزِّنْباعِ رَوْحُ بْنُ الْفَرَجِ ثنا عَمْرُو بْنُ خَالِدٍ الْحَرَّانِيُّ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَمْرِو بْنِ خَالِدٍ الْحَرَّانِيُّ ثنا أَبِي ثنا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنِ مُضَرَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَجْلَانَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَقِيلِ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ أَنَّ الرُّبَيِّعَ بِنْتَ مُعَوِّذِ بْنِ عَفْرَاءَ أَخْبَرَتْهُ

أَنَّهَا رَأَتْ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَتَوَضَّأُ قَالَتْ «فَمَسَحَ رَأْسَهُ مَا أَقْبَلَ مِنْهُ وَمَا أَدْبَرَ وَصُدْغَيْهِ وَأُذُنَيْهِ مَرَّةً وَاحِدَةً»