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Sunan Abu Dawud 135

Chapter: Performing [The Actions Of] Wudu' Thrice

Authentic 4 scholars’ grades Sunan Abu Dawud 135

Narrator:Abdullah ibn Amr

حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَوَانَةَ، عَنْ مُوسَى بْنِ أَبِي عَائِشَةَ، عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ شُعَيْبٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ جَدِّهِ، أَنَّ رَجُلاً، أَتَى النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ كَيْفَ الطُّهُورُ

فَدَعَا بِمَاءٍ فِي إِنَاءٍ فَغَسَلَ كَفَّيْهِ ثَلاَثًا ثُمَّ غَسَلَ وَجْهَهُ ثَلاَثًا ثُمَّ غَسَلَ ذِرَاعَيْهِ ثَلاَثًا ثُمَّ مَسَحَ بِرَأْسِهِ فَأَدْخَلَ إِصْبَعَيْهِ السَّبَّاحَتَيْنِ فِي أُذُنَيْهِ وَمَسَحَ بِإِبْهَامَيْهِ عَلَى ظَاهِرِ أُذُنَيْهِ وَبِالسَّبَّاحَتَيْنِ بَاطِنَ أُذُنَيْهِ ثُمَّ غَسَلَ رِجْلَيْهِ ثَلاَثًا ثَلاَثًا ثُمَّ قَالَ ‏"‏ هَكَذَا الْوُضُوءُ فَمَنْ زَادَ عَلَى هَذَا أَوْ نَقَصَ فَقَدْ أَسَاءَ وَظَلَمَ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ أَوْ ‏"‏ ظَلَمَ وَأَسَاءَ ‏"

Narrated Abdullah ibn Amr ibn al-'As:

A man came to the Prophet (ﷺ) and asked him: Messenger of Allah, how is the ablution (to performed)?

He (the Prophet) then called for water in a vessel and washed his hands up to the wrists three times, then washed his face three times, and washed his forearms three times. He then wiped his head and inserted both his index fingers in his ear-holes; he wiped the back of his ears with his thumbs and the front of his ears with the index fingers. He then washed his feet three times.

Then he said: This is how ablution should be performed. If anyone does more or less than this, he has done wrong and transgressed, or (said) transgressed and done wrong.

Reported by Abu Dawud (No. 135), An-Nasa’i (No. 140), Ibn Majah (No. 422) and Ahmad (No. 6397).

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Classical commentary

Al-Azimabadi — Awn al-Ma'bud

( عَنْ عَمْرو بْن شُعَيْب ) : بْن مُحَمَّد بْن عَبْد اللَّه بْن عَمْرو بْن الْعَاصِ السَّهْمِيّ الْمَدَنِيّ نَزِيل الطَّائِف. وَاعْلَمْ أَنَّهُ اِخْتَلَفَ كَلَام الْأَئِمَّة الْحُفَّاظ فِي الِاحْتِجَاج بِحَدِيثِ عَمْرو اِبْن شُعَيْب رُوِيَ عَنْ اِبْن مَعِين أَنَّهُ قَالَ : إِذَا حَدَّثَ عَنْ غَيْر أَبِيهِ فَهُوَ ثِقَة. وَقَالَ أَبُو دَاوُدَ : عَمْرو بْن شُعَيْب عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ جَدّه لَيْسَ بِحُجَّةٍ. وَقَالَ الْقَطَّان : إِذَا رَوَى عَنْ الثِّقَات فَهُوَ ثِقَة حُجَّة يُحْتَجّ بِهِ. وَقَالَ التِّرْمِذِيّ فِي جَامِعه : وَمَنْ تَكَلَّمَ فِي حَدِيث عَمْرو بْن شُعَيْب إِنَّمَا ضَعَّفَهُ لِأَنَّهُ يُحَدِّث عَنْ صَحِيفَة جَدّه , كَأَنَّهُمْ رَأَوْا أَنَّهُ لَمْ يَسْمَع هَذِهِ الْأَحَادِيث مِنْ جَ…

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Scholars’ grades

ScholarGradeApplies toWork
Al-Albanid. 1420 AH AuthenticHasan Sahih The hadith No. 135
Shu'ayb al-Arna'utd. 1438 AH AuthenticSahih Lighairihi The hadith No. 135
Zubair Ali Zaid. 1435 AH Good chain (hasan)Isnaad Hasan The chain only No. 135
Muhammad Muhyi al-Din Abd al-Hamidd. 1392 AH AuthenticHasan Sahih The hadith No. 135

Other versions

Differing grades Sunan an-Nasa'i 140

"A Bedouin came to the Prophet (ﷺ) to ask him about Wudu', so he showed him how to perform Wudu', washing each part three times, then he said: 'This is Wudu'. Whoever does more than that has done badly, done to extremes and done wrong.'"

فَأَرَاهُ الْوُضُوءَ ثَلاَثًا ثَلاَثًا ثُمَّ قَالَ ‏"‏ هَكَذَا الْوُضُوءُ فَمَنْ زَادَ عَلَى هَذَا فَقَدْ أَسَاءَ وَتَعَدَّى وَظَلَمَ ‏"

Narrated by Abdullah ibn Amr

Good (hasan) Mishkat al-Masabih 417

‘Amr b. Shu'aib, quoting his father on the authority of his grandfather, said that a nomadic Arab came to the Prophet and asked him about ablution. He demonstrated it, performing each detail three times and then said, “This is how ablution should be performed. If anyone does more than this, he has…

وَعَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ شُعَيْبٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ جده قَالَ: جَاءَ أَعْرَابِيٌّ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَسْأَلُهُ عَنِ الْوُضُوءِ فَأَرَاهُ ثَلَاثًا ثَلَاثًا ثُمَّ قَالَ: «هَكَذَا الْوُضُوءُ…

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