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Jami' at-TirmidhiThe Book on Purification

Jami' at-Tirmidhi 91

Chapter: What Has Been Related About The Leftover Water A Dog Has Drank From

Differing grades 4 scholars’ grades Jami' at-Tirmidhi 91

Narrator:Abu Hurayrah

حَدَّثَنَا سَوَّارُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْعَنْبَرِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا الْمُعْتَمِرُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَيُّوبَ، يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سِيرِينَ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم أَنَّهُ قَالَ ‏

"‏ يُغْسَلُ الإِنَاءُ إِذَا وَلَغَ فِيهِ الْكَلْبُ سَبْعَ مَرَّاتٍ أُولاَهُنَّ أَوْ أُخْرَاهُنَّ بِالتُّرَابِ وَإِذَا وَلَغَتْ فِيهِ الْهِرَّةُ غُسِلَ مَرَّةً ‏"

Abu Hurairah narrated that :

the Prophet said: "Wash the vessel the dog has drunk from seven times: the first or the last of them with dirt. And when the cat drinks out of it, wash it once."

Reported by At-Tirmidhi (No. 91).

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Al-Mubarakfuri — Tuhfat al-Ahwadhi

قَوْلُهُ : ( حَدَّثَنَا سَوَّارُ ) بِفَتْحِ السِّينِ وَتَشْدِيدِ الْوَاوِ ( بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْعَنْبَرِيُّ ) التَّمِيمِيُّ الْبَصْرِيُّ قَاضِي الرَّصَافَةِ وَغَيْرِهَا ثِقَةٌ مِنْ الْعَاشِرَةِ غَلِطَ مَنْ تَكَلَّمَ فِيهِ قَالَهُ الْحَافِظُ , رَوَى عَنْ مُعْتَمِرِ بْنِ سُلَيْمَانَ وَيَزِيدَ بْنِ زُرَيْعٍ وَغَيْرُهُمَا , وَعَنْهُ أَبُو دَاوُدَ وَالتِّرْمِذِيُّ وَالنَّسَائِيُّ وَوَثَّقَهُ قَالَ اِبْنُ حِبَّانَ فِي الثِّقَاتِ : مَاتَ سَنَةَ 245 خَمْسٍ وَأَرْبَعِينَ وَمِائَتَيْنِ ( نا الْمُعْتَمِرُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ ) التَّيْمِيُّ أَبُو مُحَمَّدٍ الْبَصْرِيُّ أَحَدُ الْأَعْلَامِ يُلَقَّبُ بِالطُّفَيْلِ ثِقَةٌ مَاتَ سَنَةَ 187 سَبْعٍ وَثَمَانِينَ وَمِائَةٍ ( قَالَ سَمِعْت أَيُّوبَ ) بْنَ أَبِي…

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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 AuthenticSahih The hadith No. 91
Zubair Ali Zaid. 1435 AH WeakDaif The hadith No. 91
Ahmad Shakird. 1377 AH AuthenticSahih The hadith No. 91
Bashar Awwad Ma'ruf AuthenticHasan Sahih The hadith No. 91

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  • مشكل الآثار للطحاوي (2226)يُغْسَلُ الإِنَاءُ إِذَا وَلَغَ فِيهِ الْكَلْبُ سَبْعَ مَرَّاتٍ أُولاهُنَّ , أَوْ قَالَ : أَوَّلُهُنَّ بِالتُّرَابِ ، وَإِنْ وَلَغَتْ فِيهِ الْهِرَّةُ غُسِلَ مَرَّةً

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Narrated by Abu Huraira (rad): Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) said: “The cleansing of the utensil belonging to one of you, after it has been licked by a dog, is to wash it seven times, and using soil for cleaning at the first time.” [Muslim reported it].

وَعَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ‏- رضى الله عنه ‏- قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اَللَّهِ ‏- صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏-{ طَهُورُ إِنَاءِ أَحَدِكُمْ إِذْ وَلَغَ فِيهِ اَلْكَلْبُ أَنْ يَغْسِلَهُ سَبْعَ مَرَّاتٍ, أُولَاهُنَّ بِالتُّرَابِ }…

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Authentic Sunan Abu Dawud 71

The Prophet (sal Allaahu alayhi wa sallam) said: The purification of the utensil belonging to any one of you, after it has been licked by a dog, consists of washing it seven times, using sand in the first instance. Abu Dawud said : A similar tradition has been narrated by Abu Ayyub and Habib b…

طُهُورُ إِنَاءِ أَحَدِكُمْ إِذَا وَلَغَ فِيهِ الْكَلْبُ أَنْ يُغْسَلَ سَبْعَ مِرَارٍ أُولاَهُنَّ بِتُرَابٍ ‏"

Narrated by Abu Hurayrah + 1 other version

Differing grades Sunan Abu Dawud 73

The Prophet (sal Allaahu alayhi wa sallam) as saying : When a dog licks a (thing contained in a) utensil you must wash it seven times, using earth (sand) for the seventh time. Abu Dawud said : This tradition has been transmitted by another chain of narrators in which there is no mention of earth.

إِذَا وَلَغَ الْكَلْبُ فِي الإِنَاءِ فَاغْسِلُوهُ سَبْعَ مَرَّاتٍ السَّابِعَةُ بِالتُّرَابِ ‏"

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