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Mishkat al-Masabih 396

Chapter: How to Perform Ablution - Section 1

Authentic graded by Al-Albani Mishkat al-Masabih 396

Narrator:Abdullāh ibn Zayd

وَعَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ زَيْدٍ: أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ تَوَضَّأَ مَرَّتَيْنِ مَرَّتَيْنِ. رَوَاهُ البُخَارِيّ

‘Abdallah b. Zaid said that the Prophet performed each detail of his ablution twice. Bukhari transmitted it.

Reported by Al-Bukhari (No. 158) and Ahmad (No. 15869). Cited in Mishkat al-Masabih (No. 396).

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An explanation exists for another version of this hadith: Sahih al-Bukhari 158

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Al-Albanid. 1420 AH Authenticصَحِيح The hadith تحقيق مشكاة المصابيح

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Fabricated (mawdu‘) Mishkat al-Masabih 423

‘Abdallah b. Zaid said that God’s messenger performed the details of ablution twice each, and said, “It was a light upon a light.”

وَعَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ زَيْدٍ قَالَ: إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ تَوَضَّأ مَرَّتَيْنِ مَرَّتَيْنِ وَقَالَ: هُوَ «نُورٌ عَلَى نُورٍ»

Narrated by Abdullāh ibn Zayd

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  • السنن الكبرى للبيهقي (341)تَوَضَّأَ مَرَّتَيْنِ مَرَّتَيْنِ
  • السنن الكبرى للبيهقي (342)تَوَضَّأَ مَرَّتَيْنِ مَرَّتَيْنِ
  • المستدرك على الصحيحين (486)تَوَضَّأَ مَرَّتَيْنِ مَرَّتَيْنِ
  • سنن الدارقطني (270)تَوَضَّأَ مَرَّتَيْنِ مَرَّتَيْنِ
  • سنن الدارقطني (271)تَوَضَّأَ مَرَّتَيْنِ مَرَّتَيْنِ
  • شرح السنة (226)تَوَضَّأَ مَرَّتَيْنِ مَرَّتَيْنِ
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  • صحيح ابن خزيمة (175)تَوَضَّأَ مَرَّتَيْنِ مَرَّتَيْنِ
  • فوائد تمام الرازي (82)تَوَضَّأَ مَرَّتَيْنِ مَرَّتَيْنِ
  • مصنف ابن أبي شيبة (79)تَوَضَّأَ مَرَّتَيْنِ مَرَّتَيْنِ

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Authentic Sahih Muslim 236

The Messenger of Allah (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) was performing ablution; he rinsed his mouth thrice and blew water out of his nose thrice. He then washed his face thrice and his right and left forearms thrice, then he took more water and wiped over his head, and then he washed his feet until he cleaned them

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