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Sunan Ibn MajahThe Book of Purification and its Sunnah

Sunan Ibn Majah 458

Chapter: Washing the feet

Weak 4 scholars’ grades Sunan Ibn Majah 458

Narrator:Ar-Rubayyi bint Mu‘awwidh ibn Afrā

حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ عُلَيَّةَ، عَنْ رَوْحِ بْنِ الْقَاسِمِ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَقِيلٍ، عَنِ الرُّبَيِّعِ، قَالَتْ أَتَانِي ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ فَسَأَلَنِي عَنْ هَذَا الْحَدِيثِ، - تَعْنِي حَدِيثَهَا الَّذِي ذَكَرَتْ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم

ـ تَوَضَّأَ وَغَسَلَ رِجْلَيْهِ - فَقَالَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ إِنَّ النَّاسَ أَبَوْا إِلاَّ الْغَسْلَ وَلاَ أَجِدُ فِي كِتَابِ اللَّهِ إِلاَّ الْمَسْحَ

It was narrated that Rubai' said:

"Ibn 'Abbas came to me and asked me about this Hadith" meaning the Hadith, that she had narrated, saying that the Messenger of Allah performed ablution and washed his feet. "Ibn 'Abbas said: 'The people are insisting on washing their feet, but I do not find anything in the Qur'an except (the injunction to) wipe them.'"

Reported by Ibn Majah (No. 458).

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Al-Sindi — Hashiyat al-Sindi on Sunan Ibn Majah

قَوْله ( إِنَّ النَّاس أَبَوْا إِلَّا الْغَسْل ) كَأَنَّهُ جَعَلَ هَذَا الْكَلَام كَالنَّتِيجَةِ لِمَا سَمِعَ مِنْهَا أَنَّ النَّبِيّ صَلَّى اللَّه عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ غَسَلَ رِجْلَيْهِ يُرِيد أَنَّهُ لِأَجْلِ مَا ثَبَتَ عَنْهُ صَلَّى اللَّه تَعَالَى عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مِنْ الْإِغْسَال اِتَّفَقَ النَّاس عَلَيْهِ وَإِلَّا فَظَاهِر الْقُرْآن هُوَ الْمَسْح وَمَعْنَى قَوْله ( وَلَا أَجِد فِي كِتَاب اللَّه ) أَيْ ظَاهِرًا وَفِيهِ أَنَّ الْحَقّ هُوَ الِاغْتِسَال لِاتِّفَاقِ السُّنَّة وَإِجْمَاع الْأُمَّة عَلَيْهِ إِذْ لَمْ يَكُنْ ثَمَّةَ نَاس إِلَّا الصَّحَابَة وَإِجْمَاعهمْ حُجَّةٌ أَيُّ حُجَّةٍ بِالِاتِّفَاقِ فَيَجِبُ حَمْلُ الْقُرْآن عَلَيْهِ بِنَحْوِ مَا ذَكَرْنَا وَإِنَّمَا كَانَ الْمَسْح هُوَ…

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Scholars’ grades

ScholarGradeApplies toWork
Al-Albanid. 1420 AH WeakMunkar The hadith No. 458
Shu'ayb al-Arna'utd. 1438 AH WeakDaif The hadith No. 458
Zubair Ali Zaid. 1435 AH WeakDaif The hadith No. 458
Muhammad Fu'ad Abd al-Baqid. 1388 AH WeakMunkar The hadith No. 458

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