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Sunan an-Nasa'iThe Book of Purification

Sunan an-Nasa'i 147

Chapter: The Reward For The One Who Performs Wudu' As Commanded

Authentic 3 scholars’ grades Sunan an-Nasa'i 147

Narrator:Amr ibn ‘Abasah

أَخْبَرَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا آدَمُ بْنُ أَبِي إِيَاسٍ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا اللَّيْثُ، - هُوَ ابْنُ سَعْدٍ - قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُعَاوِيَةُ بْنُ صَالِحٍ، قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي أَبُو يَحْيَى، سُلَيْمُ بْنُ عَامِرٍ وَضَمْرَةُ بْنُ حَبِيبٍ وَأَبُو طَلْحَةَ نُعَيْمُ بْنُ زِيَادٍ قَالُوا سَمِعْنَا أَبَا أُمَامَةَ الْبَاهِلِيَّ، يَقُولُ سَمِعْتُ عَمْرَو بْنَ عَبَسَةَ، يَقُولُ قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ كَيْفَ الْوُضُوءُ قَالَ ‏

"‏ أَمَّا الْوُضُوءُ فَإِنَّكَ إِذَا تَوَضَّأْتَ فَغَسَلْتَ كَفَّيْكَ فَأَنْقَيْتَهُمَا خَرَجَتْ خَطَايَاكَ مِنْ بَيْنِ أَظْفَارِكَ وَأَنَامِلِكَ فَإِذَا مَضْمَضْتَ وَاسْتَنْشَقْتَ مَنْخِرَيْكَ وَغَسَلْتَ وَجْهَكَ وَيَدَيْكَ إِلَى الْمِرْفَقَيْنِ وَمَسَحْتَ رَأْسَكَ وَغَسَلْتَ رِجْلَيْكَ إِلَى الْكَعْبَيْنِ اغْتَسَلْتَ مِنْ عَامَّةِ خَطَايَاكَ فَإِنْ أَنْتَ وَضَعْتَ وَجْهَكَ لِلَّهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ خَرَجْتَ مِنْ خَطَايَاكَ كَيَوْمَ وَلَدَتْكَ أُمُّكَ ‏"

'Amr bin 'Abasah said:

"I said: 'O Messenger of Allah! How is Wudu' done?' He said: 'As for Wudu', when you perform Wudu', and you wash your hands to clean them, your sins come out from between your fingers and fingertips. When you rinse your mouth and nostrils, and wash your face and hands up to the elbows, and wipe your head, and wash your feet up to the ankles, you are cleansed of all your sins. When you prostrate your face to Allah, may He be exalted, you emerge from your sins like the day your mother bore you.'" Abu Umamah said: "I said: 'O 'Amr bin 'Abasah! Look at what you are saying! Was all of that given in one sitting? He said: 'By Allah, I have grown old, my appointed time is near and I am not so poor that I should tell lies about the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ). I heard it with my own ears and understood it in my heart from the Messenger of Allah.'"

Reported by An-Nasa’i (No. 147).

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Al-Sindi — Hashiyat al-Sindi on Sunan al-Nasa'i

قَوْله ( وَغَسَلْت رِجْلَيْك إِلَى الْكَعْبَيْنِ ) فِيهِ تَصْرِيح بِأَنَّ وَظِيفَة الرِّجْلَيْنِ هِيَ الْغَسْل لَا الْمَسْح ( اِغْتَسَلْت ) أَيْ صِرْت طَاهِرًا ( مِنْ عَامَّة خَطَايَاك ) أَيْ غَالِبهَا أَيْ مِمَّا يَتَعَلَّق بِأَعْضَاءِ الْوُضُوء وَهِيَ الْغَالِبَة فَلِذَلِكَ قِيلَ عَامَّة الْخَطَايَا وَالْمُرَاد بِالْخَطَايَا الصَّغَائِر عِنْد الْعُلَمَاء ( خَرَجْت ) عَلَى صِيغَة الْخِطَاب فَإِنَّ الْخَطَايَا إِذَا خَرَجَتْ مِنْ الْإِنْسَان فَقَدْ خَرَجَ الْإِنْسَان مِنْهَا لِافْتِرَاقِ كُلّ مِنْهُمَا عَلَى صَاحِبه فَيَجُوز نِسْبَة الْخُرُوج إِلَى كُلّ مِنْهُمَا ( كَيَوْمِ وَلَدَتْك أُمّك ) قَالَ الْحَافِظ السُّيُوطِيُّ بِفَتْحِ يَوْم بِنَاء لِإِضَافَتِهِ إِلَى جُمْلَة صَدْرهَا مَبْنِيّ قُل…

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Scholars’ grades

ScholarGradeApplies toWork
Al-Albanid. 1420 AH AuthenticSahih The hadith No. 147
Zubair Ali Zaid. 1435 AH Authentic chainIsnaad Sahih The chain only No. 147
Abd al-Fattah Abu Ghuddahd. 1417 AH AuthenticSahih The hadith No. 147

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  • السنن الكبرى للنسائي (173)أَمَّا الْوُضُوءُ فَإِنَّكَ إِذَا تَوَضَّأْتَ فَغَسَلْتَ كَفَّيْكَ فَأَنْقَيْتَهُمَا خَرَجَتْ خَطَايَاكَ مِنْ بَيْنِ أَظْفَارِكَ وَأَنَامِلِكَ فَإِذَا مَضْمَضْتَ ، قَالَ : وَاسْتَنْشَقْتَ مَنْخِرَيْكَ ، وَغَسَلْتَ وَجْهَكَ وَيَدَيْكَ إِلَى الْمِرْفَقَيْنِ ، وَمَسَحْتَ بِرَأْسِكَ ، وَغَسَلْتَ رِجْلَي

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