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tirmidhi:37Qutaybah > Ḥammād b. Zayd > Sinān b. Rabīʿah > Shahr b. Ḥawshab > Abū Umāmah

"The Prophet performed Wudu; so he washed his face three times, and his hands three times, and wiped his head, and he said: "The ears are part of the head."  

الترمذي:٣٧حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ عَنْ سِنَانِ بْنِ رَبِيعَةَ عَنْ شَهْرِ بْنِ حَوْشَبٍ عَنْ أَبِي أُمَامَةَ قَالَ

تَوَضَّأَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ فَغَسَلَ وَجْهَهُ ثَلاَثًا وَيَدَيْهِ ثَلاَثًا وَمَسَحَ بِرَأْسِهِ وَقَالَ الأُذُنَانِ مِنَ الرَّأْسِ  

قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى قَالَ قُتَيْبَةُ قَالَ حَمَّادٌ لاَ أَدْرِي هَذَا مِنْ قَوْلِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ أَوْ مِنْ قَوْلِ أَبِي أُمَامَةَ قَالَ وَفِي الْبَابِ عَنْ أَنَسٍ قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ لَيْسَ إِسْنَادُهُ بِذَاكَ الْقَائِمِ وَالْعَمَلُ عَلَى هَذَا عِنْدَ أَكْثَرِ أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَمَنْ بَعْدَهُمْ أَنَّ الأُذُنَيْنِ مِنَ الرَّأْسِ وَبِهِ يَقُولُ سُفْيَانُ الثَّوْرِيُّ وَابْنُ الْمُبَارَكِ وَالشَّافِعِيُّ وَأَحْمَدُ وَإِسْحَاقُ وَقَالَ بَعْضُ أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ مَا أَقْبَلَ مِنَ الأُذُنَيْنِ فَمِنَ الْوَجْهِ وَمَا أَدْبَرَ فَمِنَ الرَّأْسِ قَالَ إِسْحَاقُ وَأَخْتَارُ أَنْ يَمْسَحَ مُقَدَّمَهُمَا مَعَ الْوَجْهِ وَمُؤَخَّرَهُمَا مَعَ رَأْسِهِ وَقَالَ الشَّافِعِيُّ هُمَا سُنَّةٌ عَلَى حِيَالِهِمَا يَمْسَحُهُمَا بِمَاءٍ جَدِيدٍ

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abudawud:115Ziyād b. Ayyūb al-Ṭūsī > ʿUbaydullāh b. Mūsá > Fiṭr > Abū Farwah > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Abū Laylá > Raʾayt

I saw ‘ Ali performing ablution. He washed his face three times and his hands three times and wiped his head once. Then he (‘Ali) said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to perform ablution in this way.  

أبو داود:١١٥حَدَّثَنَا زِيَادُ بْنُ أَيُّوبَ الطُّوسِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُوسَى حَدَّثَنَا فِطْرٌ عَنْ أَبِي فَرْوَةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبِي لَيْلَى قَالَ

رَأَيْتُ عَلِيًّا ؓ تَوَضَّأَ فَغَسَلَ وَجْهَهُ ثَلاَثًا وَغَسَلَ ذِرَاعَيْهِ ثَلاَثًا وَمَسَحَ بِرَأْسِهِ وَاحِدَةً ثُمَّ قَالَ هَكَذَا تَوَضَّأَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ  

ahmad:472ʿAbdullāh > Muḥammad b. Abū Bakr al-Muqaddamī > Ḥammād b. Zayd > al-Ḥajjāj > ʿAṭāʾʿan ʿUthmān

I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ as doing wudoo’. He washed his face three times and his hands three times, and he wiped his head and washed his feet.  

أحمد:٤٧٢حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ حَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَبِي بَكْرٍ الْمُقَدَّمِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ عَنِ الْحَجَّاجِ عَنْ عَطَاءٍعَنْ عُثْمَانَ قَالَ

رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ تَوَضَّأَ فَغَسَلَ وَجْهَهُ ثَلاثًا وَيَدَيْهِ ثَلاثًا وَمَسَحَ بِرَأْسِهِ وَغَسَلَ رِجْلَيْهِ غَسْلًا  

ahmad:527ʿAbdullāh > Muḥammad b. Abū Bakr al-Muqaddamī And ʾAbū al-Rabīʿ al-Zahrānī > Ḥammād b. Zayd > al-Ḥajjāj > ʿAṭāʾʿan ʿUthmān

I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ do wudoo’: he washed his face three times and his hands three times, and he washed his arms three times each, and wiped his head, and washed his feet thoroughly.  

أحمد:٥٢٧حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ حَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَبِي بَكْرٍ الْمُقَدَّمِيُّ وَأَبُو الرَّبِيعِ الزَّهْرَانِيُّ قَالا حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ عَنِ الْحَجَّاجِ عَنْ عَطَاءٍعَنْ عُثْمَانَ قَالَ

رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ تَوَضَّأَ فَغَسَلَ وَجْهَهُ ثَلاثًاوَيَدَيْهِ ثَلاثًا وَغَسَلَ ذِرَاعَيْهِ ثَلاثًا ثَلاثًا وَمَسَحَ بِرَأْسِهِ وَغَسَلَ رِجْلَيْهِ غَسْلًا  

ahmad:22282Yūnus > Ḥammād / Ibn Zayd > Sinān b. Rabīʿah > Shahr b. Ḥawshab > Abū Umāmah

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ performed ablution, washed his face three times, washed his hands three times, and wiped his head. He said that the ears are included in wiping the head. Hammad said, "I do not know if this is from the statement of Abu Umamah or from the statement of the Prophet ﷺ." The Prophet ﷺ used to wipe over the two ankles.  

أحمد:٢٢٢٨٢حَدَّثَنَا يُونُسُ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ يَعْنِي ابْنَ زَيْدٍ عَنْ سِنَانِ بْنِ رَبِيعَةَ عَنْ شَهْرِ بْنِ حَوْشَبٍ عَنْ أَبِي أُمَامَةَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ تَوَضَّأَ فَغَسَلَ وَجْهَهُ ثَلَاثًا وَيَدَيْهِ ثَلَاثًا ثَلَاثًا وَمَسَحَ بِرَأْسِهِ وَقَالَ الْأُذُنَانِ مِنَ الرَّأْسِ قَالَ حَمَّادٌ فَلَا أَدْرِي مِنْ قَوْلِ أَبِي أُمَامَةَ أَوْ مِنْ قَوْلِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَكَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَمْسَحُ عَلَى الْمُؤَقَيْنِ