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Jami' at-TirmidhiThe Book on Purification

Jami' at-Tirmidhi 34

Chapter: What Has Been Related About Wiping The Head Once

Differing grades 4 scholars’ grades Jami' at-Tirmidhi 34

Narrator:Ar-Rubayyi bint Mu‘awwidh ibn Afrā

حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ، حَدَّثَنَا بَكْرُ بْنُ مُضَرَ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَجْلاَنَ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَقِيلٍ، عَنِ الرُّبَيِّعِ بِنْتِ مُعَوِّذِ بْنِ عَفْرَاءَ، أَنَّهَا رَأَتِ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم

يَتَوَضَّأُ قَالَتْ مَسَحَ رَأْسَهُ وَمَسَحَ مَا أَقْبَلَ مِنْهُ وَمَا أَدْبَرَ وَصُدْغَيْهِ وَأُذُنَيْهِ مَرَّةً وَاحِدَةً ‏"

Ar-Rubayy bint Mu'awidh bin Afra narrated that :

she saw the Prophet performing Wudu. She said: "He wiped his head, and what is in the front of it and what is in its rear, and his temples and his ears one time."

Reported by At-Tirmidhi (No. 34), Abu Dawud (No. 129) and Ahmad (No. 25780).

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Classical commentary

Al-Mubarakfuri — Tuhfat al-Ahwadhi

قَوْلُهُ : ( نا بَكْرُ بْنُ مُضَرَ ) بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ حَكِيمٍ مَوْلَى شُرَحْبِيلَ بْنِ حَسَنَةَ وَثَّقَهُ أَحْمَدُ وَابْنُ مَعِينٍ ( عَنْ اِبْنِ عَجْلَانَ ) هُوَ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَجْلَانَ الْمَدَنِيُّ صَدُوقٌ إِلَّا أَنَّهُ اِخْتَلَطَتْ عَلَيْهِ أَحَادِيثُ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ كَذَا فِي التَّقْرِيبِ. قَوْلُهُ : ( وَمَسَحَ مَا أَقْبَلَ مِنْهُ وَمَا أَدْبَرَ ) هَذَا عَطْفٌ تَفْسِيرِيٌّ لِقَوْلِهِ وَمَسَحَ رَأْسَهُ أَيْ مَسَحَ مَا أَقْبَلَ مِنْ الرَّأْسِ وَمَسَحَ مَا أَدْبَرَ مِنْ الرَّأْسِ أَيْ مَسَحَ مِنْ مُقَدَّمِ الرَّأْسِ إِلَى مُنْتَهَاهُ ثُمَّ رَدَّ يَدَيْهِ مِنْ مُؤَخَّرِ الرَّأْسِ إِلَى مُقَدَّمِهِ ( وَصُدْغَيْهِ وَأُذُنَيْهِ ) مَعْطُوفَانِ عَلَى مَا أَقْبَلَ وَالصُّدْغُ بِضَمِّ الصَّادِ…

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Scholars’ grades

The 4 scholars cited do not give the same grade: each one is shown below.

ScholarGradeApplies toWork
Al-Albanid. 1420 AH Good chain (hasan)Hasan Isnaad The chain only No. 34
Zubair Ali Zaid. 1435 AH WeakDaif The hadith No. 34
Ahmad Shakird. 1377 AH Good chain (hasan)Hasan Isnaad The chain only No. 34
Bashar Awwad Ma'ruf AuthenticHasan Sahih The hadith No. 34

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  • المعجم الكبير للطبراني (20191)يَتَوَضَّأُ ، قَالَتْ : فَمَسَحَ رَأْسَهُ مَا أَقْبَلَ مِنْهُ ، وَمَا أَدْبَرَ ، وَصُدْغَيْهِ ، وَأُذُنَيْهِ مَرَّةً وَاحِدَةً
  • شرح السنة (224)يَتَوَضَّأُ ، قَالَتْ ، فَمَسَحَ رَأْسَهُ ، وَمَسَحَ مَا أَقْبَلَ مِنْهُ وَأَدْبَرَ ، وَصُدْغَيْهِ ، وَأُذُنَيْهِ مَرَّةً وَاحِدَةً
  • مختصر الأحكام المستخرج على جامع الترمذي (28)يَتَوَضَّأُ ، قَالَتْ : فَمَسَحَ رَأْسَهُ ، وَمَسَحَ مَا أَقْبَلَ مِنْهُ وَمَا أَدْبَرَ ، وَصُدْغَيْهِ وَأُذُنَيْهِ مَرَّةً وَاحِدَةً “
  • معجم الشيوخ الكبير للذهبي (752)مَسَحَ رَأْسَهُ ، وَمَسَحَ مَا أَقْبَلَ مِنْهُ وَمَا أَدْبَرَ وَصِدْغَيْهِ وَأُذُنَيْهِ مَرَّةً وَاحِدَةً

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"He started with the front of his head, moved them (his hands) to the nape of his neck, and then returned them to the place where he started."

وَفِي لَفْظٍ: { بَدَأَ بِمُقَدَّمِ رَأْسِهِ, حَتَّى ذَهَبَ بِهِمَا إِلَى قَفَاهُ, ثُمَّ رَدَّهُمَا إِلَى اَلْمَكَانِ اَلَّذِي بَدَأَ مِنْهُ } 1‏ .‏ ‏1 ‏- البخاري (185)‏، ومسلم (235)‏.‏

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I requested the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) to talk to me about ablution. He said, "Perform the Wudu' well (by washing those parts of the body, such as the face, hands and feet beyond what is required, like washing the hands up to the upper-arm instead of the elbow). Cleanse the base of your fingers and…

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