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Sunan Ibn MajahThe Book of Purification and its Sunnah

Sunan Ibn Majah 589

Chapter: One who has one bath after being intimate with all his wives

Differing grades 3 scholars’ grades Sunan Ibn Majah 589

Narrator:Anas ibn Mālik

حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ، عَنْ صَالِحِ بْنِ أَبِي الأَخْضَرِ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، عَنْ أَنَسٍ، قَالَ وَضَعْتُ لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ غُسْلاً

فَاغْتَسَلَ مِنْ جَمِيعِ نِسَائِهِ فِي لَيْلَةٍ ‏.‏

It was narrated that Anas said:

"I put out water for the Messenger of Allah for a bath, and he had a bath after going to all of his wives in one night."

Reported by Ibn Majah (No. 589).

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Classical commentary

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

قَوْله ( غُسْلًا ) بِضَمِّ الْغَيْن أَيْ مَاء الْغُسْل إِمَّا لِأَنَّهُ اِسْم لِلْمَاءِ أَوْ بِتَقْدِيرِ الْمُضَاف فَكَانَ يَغْتَسِل عِنْد كُلّ وَاحِدَة وَلَا مُنَافَاة بَيْنَهُ وَبَيْن مَا تَقَدَّمَ فَيَجُوز أَنْ يَفْعَل ذَلِكَ أَحْيَانَا وَذَاكَ أَحْيَانًا.…

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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 AuthenticSahih The hadith No. 589
Zubair Ali Zaid. 1435 AH WeakDaif The hadith No. 589
Muhammad Fu'ad Abd al-Baqid. 1388 AH AuthenticSahih Lighairihi The hadith No. 589

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Not graded Bulugh al-Maram 1026

The Prophet (ﷺ) used to have intercourse with his wives (one after another), with a single bathing. [Agreed upon. The wording is Muslim's].

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One day the Prophet (ﷺ) had intercourse with all his wives. He took a bath after each intercourse. I asked him: Messenger of Allah, why don't you make it a single bath? He replied: This is more purifying, better and cleaning. Abu Dawud said: The tradition narrated by Anas is more sound that this…

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