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Sahih MuslimThe Book of Purification

Sahih Muslim 247a

Chapter: The recommendation to increase the area washed for the forehead, arms, and legs well when performing wudu’

Authentic hadith of Sahih Muslim Sahih Muslim 247a

Narrator:Abu Hurayrah

حَدَّثَنَا سُوَيْدُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ، وَابْنُ أَبِي عُمَرَ، جَمِيعًا عَنْ مَرْوَانَ الْفَزَارِيِّ، - قَالَ ابْنُ أَبِي عُمَرَ حَدَّثَنَا مَرْوَانُ، - عَنْ أَبِي مَالِكٍ الأَشْجَعِيِّ، سَعْدِ بْنِ طَارِقٍ عَنْ أَبِي حَازِمٍ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ ‏"‏ إِنَّ

حَوْضِي أَبْعَدُ مِنْ أَيْلَةَ مِنْ عَدَنٍ لَهُوَ أَشَدُّ بَيَاضًا مِنَ الثَّلْجِ وَأَحْلَى مِنَ الْعَسَلِ بِاللَّبَنِ وَلآنِيَتُهُ أَكْثَرُ مِنْ عَدَدِ النُّجُومِ وَإِنِّي لأَصُدُّ النَّاسَ عَنْهُ كَمَا يَصُدُّ الرَّجُلُ إِبِلَ النَّاسِ عَنْ حَوْضِهِ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ قَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَتَعْرِفُنَا يَوْمَئِذٍ قَالَ ‏"‏ نَعَمْ لَكُمْ سِيمَا لَيْسَتْ لأَحَدٍ مِنَ الأُمَمِ تَرِدُونَ عَلَىَّ غُرًّا مُحَجَّلِينَ مِنْ أَثَرِ الْوُضُوءِ ‏"

Abu Huraira reported:

Verily Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said: My Cistern has its dimensions wider than the distance between Aila and Aden, and its water is whiter than ice and sweeter than the honey diluted with milk, and its cups are more numerous than the numbers of the stars. Verily I shall prevent the (faithless) people therefrom just as a man prevents the camels of the people from his fountain. They said: Messenger of Allah, will you recognise us on that day? He said: Yes, you will have distinctive marks which nobody among the peoples (except you) will have; you would come to me with blazing forehead and bright hands and feet on account of the traces of ablution.

Reported by Muslim (No. 247a).

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An-Nawawi — Sharh Sahih Muslim

قَوْله صَلَّى اللَّه عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : ( لَكُمْ سِيمَا لَيْسَتْ لِأَحَدٍ مِنْ الْأُمَم تَرِدُونَ عَلِيّ غُرًّا مُحَجَّلِينَ مِنْ أَثَر الْوُضُوء ) أَمَّا ( السِّيمَا ) فَهِيَ الْعَلَامَة وَهِيَ مَقْصُورَة وَمَمْدُودَة لُغَتَانِ , وَيُقَال : ( السِّيمِيَا ) بِيَاءٍ بَعْد الْمِيم مَعَ الْمَدّ , وَقَدْ اِسْتَدَلَّ جَمَاعَة مِنْ أَهْل الْعِلْم بِهَذَا الْحَدِيث عَلَى أَنَّ الْوُضُوء مِنْ خَصَائِص هَذِهِ الْأُمَّة - زَادَهَا اللَّه تَعَالَى شَرَفًا - وَقَالَ آخَرُونَ : لَيْسَ الْوُضُوء مُخْتَصًّا بِهَا وَإِنَّمَا الَّذِي اِخْتَصَّتْ بِهِ هَذِهِ الْأُمَّة الْغُرَّة وَالتَّحْجِيل , وَاحْتَجُّوا بِالْحَدِيثِ الْآخَر : " هَذَا وُضُوئِي وَوُضُوء الْأَنْبِيَاء قَبْلِي " , وَأَجَابَ الْأَوَّلُونَ عَن…

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