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Sunan Ibn MajahThe Book of Purification and its Sunnah

Sunan Ibn Majah 467

Chapter: (Drying oneself with) a cloth after ablution or bathing

Authentic 4 scholars’ grades Sunan Ibn Majah 467

Narrator:Maymūna bint al-Hārith

حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، وَعَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ، قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ، حَدَّثَنَا الأَعْمَشُ، عَنْ سَالِمِ بْنِ أَبِي الْجَعْدِ، عَنْ كُرَيْبٍ، حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ، عَنْ خَالَتِهِ، مَيْمُونَةَ قَالَتْ

أَتَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ بِثَوْبٍ حِينَ اغْتَسَلَ مِنَ الْجَنَابَةِ فَرَدَّهُ وَجَعَلَ يَنْفُضُ الْمَاءَ ‏.‏

Ibn 'Abbas narrated that his maternal aunt Maimunah said:

"I brought a piece of cloth (for drying) to the Messenger of Allahwhen he performed a bath to cleanse himself from sexual impurity. He refused it and began to shake off water."

Reported by Ibn Majah (No. 467).

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

قَوْله ( بِثَوْبٍ ) أَيْ بِمِنْدِيلِ كَمَا جَاءَتْ بِهِ الرِّوَايَات قَدْ جَاءَ أَنَّهُ يَسْتَعْمِل الْمِنْدِيل فَإِنْ ثَبَتَ فَلَعَلَّ الرَّدّ لِعَدَمِ مُسَاعَدَة الْوَقْت ذَلِكَ أَوْ لِأَنَّهُ كَانَ يَسْتَعْمِل أَحْيَانَا لِبَيَانِ الْجَوَاز وَتَرْكه أَحْسَن لِمَا قِيلَ إِنَّ مَاء الْوُضُوء يُوزَن أَيْ مَعَ الْحَسَنَات أَيْ فَإِبْقَاؤُهُ خَيْر كَإِبْقَاءِ الْحَسَنَات قَوْله ( يَنْفُض ) كَيَنْصُر أَيْ يُزِيل وَيَدْفَع وَلِلْعُلَمَاءِ فِي الْمِنْدِيل خِلَاف وَالظَّاهِر أَنَّهُ مُبَاح إِنْ لَمْ يُفِضْ إِلَى تَكَبُّرٍ.…

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Scholars’ grades

ScholarGradeApplies toWork
Al-Albanid. 1420 AH AuthenticSahih The hadith No. 467
Shu'ayb al-Arna'utd. 1438 AH AuthenticSahih The hadith No. 467
Zubair Ali Zaid. 1435 AH AuthenticSahih - Bukhari And Muslim The hadith No. 467
Muhammad Fu'ad Abd al-Baqid. 1388 AH AuthenticSahih The hadith No. 467

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