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Jami' at-TirmidhiThe Book on Purification

Jami' at-Tirmidhi 46

Chapter: What Has Been Related About Wudu One Time, Two Times And Three Times

Differing grades 2 scholars’ grades Jami' at-Tirmidhi 46

Narrator:Jābir ibn ‘Abdullāh

قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى وَرَوَى وَكِيعٌ، هَذَا الْحَدِيثَ عَنْ ثَابِتِ بْنِ أَبِي صَفِيَّةَ، قَالَ قُلْتُ لأَبِي جَعْفَرٍ حَدَّثَكَ جَابِرٌ، أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم تَوَضَّأَ مَرَّةً مَرَّةً قَالَ نَعَمْ ‏.‏ حَدَّثَنَا بِذَلِكَ هَنَّادٌ وَقُتَيْبَةُ قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ عَنْ ثَابِتِ بْنِ أَبِي صَفِيَّةَ ‏.‏ قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى وَهَذَا أَصَحُّ مِنْ حَدِيثِ شَرِيكٍ لأَنَّهُ قَدْ رُوِيَ مِنْ غَيْرِ وَجْهٍ هَذَا عَنْ ثَابِتٍ نَحْوَ رِوَايَةِ وَكِيعٍ ‏.‏ وَشَرِيكٌ كَثِيرُ الْغَلَطِ وَثَابِتُ بْنُ أَبِي صَفِيَّةَ هُوَ أَبُو حَمْزَةَ الثُّمَالِيُّ ‏.‏

Thabit bin Abi Safiyyah said, :

"1 asked Abu Ja'far: 'Did Jabir narrate to you that: "The Prophet performed Wudu one time each?" He said: "Yes."

Reported by At-Tirmidhi (No. 46, 45).

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Al-Mubarakfuri — Tuhfat al-Ahwadhi

قَوْلُهُ : ( حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ مُوسَى الْفَزَارِيُّ ) الْكُوفِيُّ أَبُو مُحَمَّدٍ أَوْ أَبُو إِسْحَاقَ نَسِيبُ السُّدِّيِّ أَوْ اِبْنُ أُخْتِهِ أَوْ اِبْنُ بِنْتِهِ , صَدُوقٌ يُخْطِئُ وَرُمِيَ بِالرَّفْضِ مِنْ الْعَاشِرَةِ. قَوْلُهُ : ( عَنْ ثَابِتِ بْنِ أَبِي صَفِيَّةَ ) الثُّمَالِيِّ بِضَمِّ الْمُثَلَّثَةِ كُنْيَتُهُ أَبُو حَمْزَةَ وَاسْمُ أَبِيهِ دِينَارٌ وَقِيلَ سَعِيدٌ. كُوفِيٌّ ضَعِيفٌ رَافِضِيٌّ مِنْ الْخَامِسَةِ مَاتَ فِي خِلَافَةِ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ. قَوْلُهُ : ( قَالَ قُلْت لِأَبِي جَعْفَرٍ ) هُوَ مُحَمَّدٌ الْبَاقِرُ ( حَدَّثَك جَابِرٌ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ تَوَضَّأَ مَرَّةً مَرَّةً ) أَيْ تَارَةً ( وَمَرَّتَيْنِ مَرَّتَيْنِ ) أَيْ أُخْرَى ( وَث…

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Scholars’ grades

The 2 scholars cited do not give the same grade: each one is shown below.

ScholarGradeApplies toWork
Al-Albanid. 1420 AH AuthenticSahih The hadith No. 46
Zubair Ali Zaid. 1435 AH WeakDaif The hadith No. 46

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Weak Jami' at-Tirmidhi 45

"I asked Abu Ja'far: 'Did Jabir narrate to you that: "The Prophet performed Wudu one time each, and two times, and three times?" He said: "Yes."

حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ مُوسَى الْفَزَارِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا شَرِيكٌ، عَنْ ثَابِتِ بْنِ أَبِي صَفِيَّةَ، قَالَ قُلْتُ لأَبِي جَعْفَرٍ حَدَّثَكَ جَابِرٌ ، أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم تَوَضَّأَ مَرَّةً مَرَّةً…

Narrated by Jābir ibn ‘Abdullāh

Weak Mishkat al-Masabih 422

Thabit b. Abu Safiya said that he asked Abu Ja'far, i.e. Muhammad al-Baqir, whether Jabir had told him that the Prophet performed the details of ablution sometimes once each, sometimes twice, and sometimes thrice, and he replied that he had. Tirmidhi and Ibn Majah transmitted it.

عَنْ ثَابِتِ بْنِ أَبِي صَفِيَّةَ قَالَ: قُلْتُ لِأَبِي جَعْفَرٍ هُوَ مُحَمَّدٌ الْبَاقِرُ حَدَّثَكَ جَابِرٌ: أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ تَوَضَّأَ مرّة مرّة ومرتين مرَّتَيْنِ وَثَلَاثًا ثَلَاثًا…

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  • سنن الدارقطني (230)تَوَضَّأَ مَرَّةً مَرَّةً وَمَرَّتَيْنِ مَرَّتَيْنِ وَثَلاثًا ثَلاثًا ؟ قَالَ : نَعَمْ

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