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Sunan Abu Dawud 126

Chapter: The Manner of The Prophet's Wudu'

Differing grades 3 scholars’ grades Sunan Abu Dawud 126

Narrator:Ar-Rubayyi bint Mu‘awwidh ibn Afrā

حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ، حَدَّثَنَا بِشْرُ بْنُ الْمُفَضَّلِ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَقِيلٍ، عَنِ الرُّبَيِّعِ بِنْتِ مُعَوِّذِ ابْنِ عَفْرَاءَ، قَالَتْ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَأْتِينَا فَحَدَّثَتْنَا أَنَّهُ قَالَ ‏"‏ اسْكُبِي لِي وَضُوءًا ‏"‏ ‏.‏ فَذَكَرَتْ وُضُوءَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَتْ فِيهِ

فَغَسَلَ كَفَّيْهِ ثَلاَثًا وَوَضَّأَ وَجْهَهُ ثَلاَثًا وَمَضْمَضَ وَاسْتَنْشَقَ مَرَّةً وَوَضَّأَ يَدَيْهِ ثَلاَثًا ثَلاَثًا وَمَسَحَ بِرَأْسِهِ مَرَّتَيْنِ يَبْدَأُ بِمُؤَخَّرِ رَأْسِهِ ثُمَّ بِمُقَدَّمِهِ وَبِأُذُنَيْهِ كِلْتَيْهِمَا ظُهُورِهِمَا وَبُطُونِهِمَا وَوَضَّأَ رِجْلَيْهِ ثَلاَثًا ثَلاَثًا ‏.‏

Narrated Ar-Rubayyi' daughter of Mu'awwidh ibn Afra':

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to come to us. He once said: Pour ablution water on me. She then described how the Prophet (ﷺ) performed ablution saying: He washed his hands up to wrist three times and washed his face three times, and rinsed his mouth and snuffed up water once. Then he washed his forearms three times and wiped his head twice beginning from the back of his head, then wiped its front. He wiped his ears outside and inside. Then he washed his feet three times.

Abu Dawud said: The tradition narrated by Musaddad carries the same meaning.

Reported by Abu Dawud (No. 126) and At-Tirmidhi (No. 33).

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Al-Azimabadi — Awn al-Ma'bud

( عَنْ الرُّبَيِّع ) : بِضَمِّ الرَّاء وَفَتْح الْبَاء الْمُوَحَّدَة وَكَسْر الْيَاء التَّحْتَانِيَّة الْمُشَدَّدَة ( بِنْت مُعَوِّذ ) : بِضَمِّ الْمِيم وَفَتْح الْعَيْن وَكَسْر الْوَاو الْمُشَدَّدَة ( فَحَدَّثَتْنَا ) : أَيْ الرُّبَيِّع ( أَنَّهُ ) : أَيْ النَّبِيّ صَلَّى اللَّه عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ( قَالَ اُسْكُبِي ) : بِضَمِّ الْكَاف مِنْ نَصَرَ يَنْصُر أَمْر مِنْ السَّكْب أَيْ صُبِّي يُقَال : سَكَبَ الْمَاء سَكْبًا وَسُكُوبًا فَانْصَبَّ وَسَكَبَهُ غَيْرُهُ يَتَعَدَّى وَلَا يَتَعَدَّى ( فَذَكَرَتْ ) : أَيْ الرُّبَيِّع ( وَوَضَّأَ وَجْهه ) : بِتَشْدِيدِ الضَّاد أَيْ غَسَلَ ( مَضْمَضَ وَاسْتَنْشَقَ مَرَّة ) : لِبَيَانِ الْجَوَاز ( وَمَسَحَ بِرَأْسِهِ مَرَّتَيْنِ يَبْدَأ بِمُؤَخَّرِ رَأْسه ثُ…

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Scholars’ grades

The 3 scholars cited do not give the same grade: each one is shown below.

ScholarGradeApplies toWork
Al-Albanid. 1420 AH Good (hasan)Hasan حسن The hadith No. 126
Zubair Ali Zaid. 1435 AH WeakDaif The hadith No. 126
Muhammad Muhyi al-Din Abd al-Hamidd. 1392 AH Good (hasan)Hasan The hadith No. 126

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Differing grades Jami' at-Tirmidhi 33

"The Prophet wiped his head two times: He began with the rear of his head, then with the front of his head and with both of his ears, outside and Inside of them."

مَسَحَ بِرَأْسِهِ مَرَّتَيْنِ بَدَأَ بِمُؤَخَّرِ رَأْسِهِ ثُمَّ بِمُقَدَّمِهِ وَبِأُذُنَيْهِ كِلْتَيْهِمَا ظُهُورِهِمَا وَبُطُونِهِمَا ‏"

Narrated by Ar-Rubayyi bint Mu‘awwidh ibn Afrā

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