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Sahih al-BukhariBathing (Ghusl)

Sahih al-Bukhari 249

Chapter: The performance of ablution before taking a bath

Authentic hadith of Sahih al-Bukhari Sahih al-Bukhari 249

Narrator:Maymūna bint al-Hārith

حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يُوسُفَ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ، عَنْ سَالِمِ بْنِ أَبِي الْجَعْدِ، عَنْ كُرَيْبٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ، عَنْ مَيْمُونَةَ، زَوْجِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَتْ

تَوَضَّأَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم وُضُوءَهُ لِلصَّلاَةِ غَيْرَ رِجْلَيْهِ، وَغَسَلَ فَرْجَهُ، وَمَا أَصَابَهُ مِنَ الأَذَى، ثُمَّ أَفَاضَ عَلَيْهِ الْمَاءَ، ثُمَّ نَحَّى رِجْلَيْهِ فَغَسَلَهُمَا، هَذِهِ غُسْلُهُ مِنَ الْجَنَابَةِ‏.‏

Narrated Maimuna:

(the wife of the Prophet) Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) performed ablution like that for the prayer but did not wash his feet. He washed off the discharge from his private parts and then poured water over his body. He withdrew his feet from that place (the place where he took the bath) and then washed them. And that was his way of taking the bath of Janaba.

Reported by Al-Bukhari (No. 249) and An-Nasa’i (No. 418).

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Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani — Fath al-Bari

قَوْله : ( حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّد بْن يُوسُف ) هُوَ الْفِرْيَابِيّ وَسُفْيَان هُوَ الثَّوْرِيُّ وَجَزَمَ الْكَرْمَانِيّ بِأَنَّ مُحَمَّد بْن يُوسُف هُوَ الْبِيكَنْدِيّ وَسُفْيَان هُوَ اِبْن عُيَيْنَةَ وَلَا أَدْرِي مِنْ أَيْنَ لَهُ ذَلِكَ. قَوْله : ( وُضُوءَهُ لِلصَّلَاةِ غَيْر رِجْلَيْهِ ) التَّصْرِيح بِتَأْخِيرِ الرِّجْلَيْنِ فِي وُضُوء الْغُسْل إِلَخْ وَهُوَ مُخَالِفٌ لِظَاهِرِ رِوَايَةِ عَائِشَة. وَيُمْكِنُ الْجَمْعُ بَيْنَهُمَا إِمَّا بِحَمْلِ رِوَايَةِ عَائِشَة عَلَى الْمَجَازِ كَمَا تَقَدَّمَ وَإِمَّا بِحَمْلِهِ عَلَى حَالَةٍ أُخْرَى وَبِحَسَب اِخْتِلَاف هَاتَيْنِ الْحَالَتَيْنِ اِخْتَلَفَ نَظَر الْعُلَمَاءِ فَذَهَبَ الْجُمْهُورُ إِلَى اِسْتِحْبَاب تَأْخِير غَسْلِ الرِّجْلَيْنِ فِي الْغُ…

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Authentic Sunan an-Nasa'i 418

"The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) performed Wudu' as for prayer, but did not wash his feet, and he washed his private part and whatever had got onto it, then he poured water over himself, then he moved his feet and washed them." She said: "This is Ghusl from Janabah."

تَوَضَّأَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم وُضُوءَهُ لِلصَّلاَةِ غَيْرَ رِجْلَيْهِ وَغَسَلَ فَرْجَهُ وَمَا أَصَابَهُ ثُمَّ أَفَاضَ عَلَيْهِ الْمَاءَ ثُمَّ نَحَّى رِجْلَيْهِ فَغَسَلَهُمَا ‏‏.‏‏ قَالَتْ هَذِهِ غِسْلَةٌ…

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