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Sahih MuslimThe Book of Purification

Sahih Muslim 247b

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 247b

Narrator:Abu Hurayrah

حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو كُرَيْبٍ، وَوَاصِلُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الأَعْلَى، - وَاللَّفْظُ لِوَاصِلٍ - قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ فُضَيْلٍ، عَنْ أَبِي مَالِكٍ الأَشْجَعِيِّ، عَنْ أَبِي حَازِمٍ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏"‏

تَرِدُ عَلَىَّ أُمَّتِي الْحَوْضَ وَأَنَا أَذُودُ النَّاسَ عَنْهُ كَمَا يَذُودُ الرَّجُلُ إِبِلَ الرَّجُلِ عَنْ إِبِلِهِ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ قَالُوا يَا نَبِيَّ اللَّهِ أَتَعْرِفُنَا قَالَ ‏"‏ نَعَمْ لَكُمْ سِيمَا لَيْسَتْ لأَحَدٍ غَيْرِكُمْ تَرِدُونَ عَلَىَّ غُرًّا مُحَجَّلِينَ مِنْ آثَارِ الْوُضُوءِ وَلَيُصَدَّنَّ عَنِّي طَائِفَةٌ مِنْكُمْ فَلاَ يَصِلُونَ فَأَقُولُ يَا رَبِّ هَؤُلاَءِ مِنْ أَصْحَابِي فَيُجِيبُنِي مَلَكٌ فَيَقُولُ وَهَلْ تَدْرِي مَا أَحْدَثُوا بَعْدَكَ ‏"‏ ‏.‏

Abu Huraira reported the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said:

My people would come to me on the Cistern and I would drive away persons (from it) just as a person drives away other people's camels from his camels. They (the hearers) said: Apostle of Allah, would you recognize us? He replied: Yea, you would have a mark which other people will not have. You would come to me with a white blaze on your foreheads and white marks on your feet because of the traces of ablution. A group among you would be prevented from coming to me, and they would not meet me, and I would say: O my Lord, they are my companions. Upon this an angel would reply to me saying: Do you know what these people did after you.

Reported by Muslim (No. 247b).

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An-Nawawi — Sharh Sahih Muslim

" 559 " قَوْله : ( وَأَنَا أَذُودُ النَّاس عَنْهُ ) هُمَا بِمَعْنَى : أَطْرُد وَأَمْنَع. قَوْله صَلَّى اللَّه عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : ( فَيُجِيبنِي مَلَك ) هَكَذَا هُوَ فِي جَمِيع الْأُصُول ( فَيُجِيبنِي ) بِالْبَاءِ الْمُوَحَّدَة مِنْ الْجَوَاب , وَكَذَا نَقَلَهُ الْقَاضِي عِيَاض عَنْ جَمِيع الرُّوَاة إِلَّا اِبْن أَبِي جَعْفَر مِنْ رُوَاتهمْ فَإِنَّهُ عِنْده ( فَيَجِيئنِي ) بِالْهَمْزِ مِنْ الْمَجِيء وَالْأَوَّل أَظْهَر , وَالثَّانِي وَجْه. وَاللَّهُ أَعْلَم. قَوْله : ( وَهَلْ تَدْرِي مَا أَحْدَثُوا بَعْدك ) وَفِي الرِّوَايَة الْأُخْرَى : ( قَدْ بَدَّلُوا بَعْدك , فَأَقُول سُحْقًا سُحْقًا ) هَذَا مِمَّا اِخْتَلَفَ الْعُلَمَاء فِي الْمُرَاد بِهِ عَلَى أَقْوَال أَحَدهَا : أَنَّ الْمُرَاد بِهِ ا…

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I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) saying: "On the Day of Resurrection, my followers (or Ummah) will be summoned 'Al-Ghurr Al-Muhajjalun' from the traces of Wudu'. Whoever can increase the area of his radiance should do so." [Al-Bukhari and Muslim].

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Authentic Sahih Muslim 246a

I saw Abu Huraira perform ablution. He washed his face and washed it well. He then washed his right hand including a portion of his arm. He then washed his left hand including a portion of his arm. He then wiped his head. He then washed his right foot including his shank, and then washed his left…

أَنْتُمُ الْغُرُّ الْمُحَجَّلُونَ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ مِنْ إِسْبَاغِ الْوُضُوءِ فَمَنِ اسْتَطَاعَ مِنْكُمْ فَلْيُطِلْ غُرَّتَهُ وَتَحْجِيلَهُ ‏"

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