Sunan Abu Dawud — Purification

Narrated AbuHurayrah: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: The prayer of a person who does not perform ablution is not valid, and the ablution of a person who does not mention the name of Allah (in the beginning) is not valid

حدثنا قتيبة بن سعيد، حدثنا محمد بن موسى، عن يعقوب بن سلمة، عن ابيه، عن ابي هريرة، قال قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم " لا صلاة لمن لا وضوء له ولا وضوء لمن لم يذكر اسم الله تعالى عليه

Explaining the tradition of the Prophet (ﷺ) that the ablution of a person who does not mention the name of Allah is valid, Rabi’ah said:This tradition means that if a person performs ablution and takes a bath but does not have the intention to perform ablution for prayer and purify himself from sexual defilement, his ablution or bath is not valid

حدثنا احمد بن عمرو بن السرح، حدثنا ابن وهب، عن الدراوردي، قال وذكر ربيعة ان تفسير، حديث النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم " لا وضوء لمن لم يذكر اسم الله عليه " . انه الذي يتوضا ويغتسل ولا ينوي وضوءا للصلاة ولا غسلا للجنابة

Abu Hurairah reported :The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: When anyone amongst you wakes up from sleep at night, he should not put his hand in the utensil until he has washed his hand three times, for he does’ not know where his hand was during the night

حدثنا مسدد، حدثنا ابو معاوية، عن الاعمش، عن ابي رزين، وابي، صالح عن ابي هريرة، قال قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم " اذا قام احدكم من الليل فلا يغمس يده في الاناء حتى يغسلها ثلاث مرات فانه لا يدري اين باتت يده

This Tradition has been reported by Abu Hurairah through another chain of transmitters. It adds :“ twice or thrice.” This version does not mention Abu Razin

حدثنا مسدد، حدثنا عيسى بن يونس، عن الاعمش، عن ابي صالح، عن ابي هريرة، عن النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم - يعني بهذا الحديث - قال مرتين او ثلاثا ولم يذكر ابا رزين

Abu Hurairah reported :I heard the Messenger of Allah (May Peace be upon him) say: When any of you wakes up from sleep, he should not put his hand in the utensil until he washes it three times, for none of you knows where his hand remained during the night or where it went round

حدثنا احمد بن عمرو بن السرح، ومحمد بن سلمة المرادي، قالا حدثنا ابن وهب، عن معاوية بن صالح، عن ابي مريم، قال سمعت ابا هريرة، يقول سمعت رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم يقول " اذا استيقظ احدكم من نومه فلا يدخل يده في الاناء حتى يغسلها ثلاث مرات فان احدكم لا يدري اين باتت يده او اين كانت تطوف يده

Humran b. Abban, the freed slave of ‘Uthman, said :I saw ‘ Uthman’ b. ‘Affan while he performed ablution. He poured water over his hands three times and then washed them. He then rinsed his mouth and then cleansed his nose with water (three times). He then washed his right arm up to the elbow three times, then washed his left arm in a similar manner; then wiped his head; then washed his right foot three times, then washed his left foot in a similar manner, and then said : I saw the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) performing ablution like this ablution of mine. Then he (the Prophet) said: He who performs ablution like this ablution of mine and then offered two rakhahs of prayer without allowing his thoughts to be distracted, Allah will pardon all his past sins

حدثنا الحسن بن علي الحلواني، حدثنا عبد الرزاق، اخبرنا معمر، عن الزهري، عن عطاء بن يزيد الليثي، عن حمران بن ابان، مولى عثمان بن عفان قال رايت عثمان بن عفان توضا فافرغ على يديه ثلاثا فغسلهما ثم تمضمض واستنثر ثم غسل وجهه ثلاثا وغسل يده اليمنى الى المرفق ثلاثا ثم اليسرى مثل ذلك ثم مسح راسه ثم غسل قدمه اليمنى ثلاثا ثم اليسرى مثل ذلك ثم قال رايت رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم توضا مثل وضويي هذا ثم قال " من توضا مثل وضويي هذا ثم صلى ركعتين لا يحدث فيهما نفسه غفر الله له ما تقدم من ذنبه

Humran said :I saw ‘Uthman b. ‘Affan performing ablution. He then narrated the same tradition. In this version there is no mention of rinsing the mouth and snuffing up water. This traditions adds : “He wiped his head three times. He then washed his feet three times. He then said : I saw the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) performing ablution in like manner. He (the Prophet) said: He who performs ablution less than this, it is sufficient for him. 73 The narrator did not mention prayer (in this version)

حدثنا محمد بن المثنى، حدثنا الضحاك بن مخلد، حدثنا عبد الرحمن بن وردان، حدثني ابو سلمة بن عبد الرحمن، حدثني حمران، قال رايت عثمان بن عفان توضا . فذكر نحوه ولم يذكر المضمضة والاستنشاق وقال فيه ومسح راسه ثلاثا ثم غسل رجليه ثلاثا ثم قال رايت رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم توضا هكذا وقال " من توضا دون هذا كفاه " . ولم يذكر امر الصلاة

‘Abd al-Rahman al-TamiI reported:Ibn Abi Mulaikah was asked about ablution. He said : I saw ‘Uthman b. ‘Affan who was asked about ablution. He called for water. A vessel was then brought to him. He inclined it towords his right hand (poured water upon it). He then put it in the water three times, and washed his face three times. He then put his hand in the water and took it out; then he wiped his head and ears, in and out only once. He then washed his feet, and said : Where are those who asked me to perform ablution? I saw the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) performing ablution like that. Abu Dawud said : All the sound traditions narrated by ‘ Uthman indicated that the head is to be wiped once, because they mentioned (the washing of each part in) ablution three times. In their versions of tradition they mentioned the wordings: “he wiped his head.” In this case they did not mention any number as they did in other cases

حدثنا محمد بن داود الاسكندراني، حدثنا زياد بن يونس، حدثني سعيد بن زياد الموذن، عن عثمان بن عبد الرحمن التيمي، قال سيل ابن ابي مليكة عن الوضوء، فقال رايت عثمان بن عفان سيل عن الوضوء، فدعا بماء فاتي بميضاة فاصغى على يده اليمنى ثم ادخلها في الماء فتمضمض ثلاثا واستنثر ثلاثا وغسل وجهه ثلاثا ثم غسل يده اليمنى ثلاثا وغسل يده اليسرى ثلاثا ثم ادخل يده فاخذ ماء فمسح براسه واذنيه فغسل بطونهما وظهورهما مرة واحدة ثم غسل رجليه ثم قال اين السايلون عن الوضوء هكذا رايت رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم يتوضا . قال ابو داود احاديث عثمان - رضى الله عنه - الصحاح كلها تدل على مسح الراس انه مرة فانهم ذكروا الوضوء ثلاثا وقالوا فيها ومسح راسه . ولم يذكروا عددا كما ذكروا في غيره

Abu ‘Alqamah said that ‘Uthman called for water and performed ablution. He then poured water with the right hand or the left hand ; he then washed them up to the wrist ; he then rinsed the mouth and snuffed up water three times. The narrator mentioned that ‘ Uthman washed each part three times. He then wiped head and washed his feet. He said :I saw the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) performing ablution as you saw me perform ablution. He then reported the tradition like that of al-Zuhrl and completed it

حدثنا ابراهيم بن موسى، اخبرنا عيسى، اخبرنا عبيد الله، - يعني ابن ابي زياد - عن عبد الله بن عبيد بن عمير، عن ابي علقمة، ان عثمان، دعا بماء فتوضا فافرغ بيده اليمنى على اليسرى ثم غسلهما الى الكوعين - قال - ثم مضمض واستنشق ثلاثا وذكر الوضوء ثلاثا - قال - ومسح براسه ثم غسل رجليه وقال رايت رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم توضا مثل ما رايتموني توضات . ثم ساق نحو حديث الزهري واتم

Shaqiq b. Salamah said :I saw ‘ Uthman b. ‘ Affan (perform ablution). He washed his forearms three times and washed his head thrice. He then said : I saw the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) doing like that. Abu Dawud said: Another version says: "He performed ablution three times only

حدثنا هارون بن عبد الله، حدثنا يحيى بن ادم، حدثنا اسراييل، عن عامر بن شقيق بن جمرة، عن شقيق بن سلمة، قال رايت عثمان بن عفان غسل ذراعيه ثلاثا ثلاثا ومسح راسه ثلاثا ثم قال رايت رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم فعل هذا . قال ابو داود رواه وكيع عن اسراييل قال توضا ثلاثا فقط

Narrated Ali ibn AbuTalib: Abdu Khayr said: Ali came upon us and he had already offered prayer. He called for water. We asked: What will you do with water when you have already offered prayer? - Perhaps to teach us. A utensil containing water and a wash-basin were brought (to him). He poured water from the utensil on his right hand and washed both his hands three times, rinsed the mouth, snuffed up water and cleansed the nose three times. He then rinsed the mouth and snuffed up water with the same hand by which he took water. He then washed his face three times, and washed his right hand three times and washed his left hand three times. He then put his hand in water and wiped his head once. He then washed his right foot thrice and left foot thrice, then said: If one is pleased to know the method of performing ablution of the Messenger of Allah, this is how he did it

حدثنا مسدد، حدثنا ابو عوانة، عن خالد بن علقمة، عن عبد خير، قال اتانا علي - رضى الله عنه - وقد صلى فدعا بطهور فقلنا ما يصنع بالطهور وقد صلى ما يريد الا ان يعلمنا فاتي باناء فيه ماء وطست فافرغ من الاناء على يمينه فغسل يديه ثلاثا ثم تمضمض واستنثر ثلاثا فمضمض ونثر من الكف الذي ياخذ فيه ثم غسل وجهه ثلاثا ثم غسل يده اليمنى ثلاثا وغسل يده الشمال ثلاثا ثم جعل يده في الاناء فمسح براسه مرة واحدة ثم غسل رجله اليمنى ثلاثا ورجله الشمال ثلاثا ثم قال من سره ان يعلم وضوء رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم فهو هذا

‘Abd Khair said :‘All offered the dawn prayer and went to Rahbah (a locality in Kufah). He called for water. A boy brought him a vessel containing water and a wash-basin. He held the vessel with his right hand and poured water over his left hand. He washed both of his hands (to the wrist) three times. He then put his right hand in the vessel ( to take water) and rinsed his mouth three times and snuffed up water three times. He then narrated almost the same tradition as narrated by Abu ‘Awanah. He then wiped his head, both its front and back sides, once. He then narrated the tradition in like manner

حدثنا الحسن بن علي الحلواني، حدثنا الحسين بن علي الجعفي، عن زايدة، حدثنا خالد بن علقمة الهمداني، عن عبد خير، قال صلى علي رضى الله عنه الغداة ثم دخل الرحبة فدعا بماء فاتاه الغلام باناء فيه ماء وطست - قال - فاخذ الاناء بيده اليمنى فافرغ على يده اليسرى وغسل كفيه ثلاثا ثم ادخل يده اليمنى في الاناء فتمضمض ثلاثا واستنشق ثلاثا . ثم ساق قريبا من حديث ابي عوانة قال ثم مسح راسه مقدمه وموخره مرة . ثم ساق الحديث نحوه

Malik b. Ghurfatah says :I heard ‘Abd Khair say: I saw a chair was brought to ‘Ali who sat on it. A vessel of water was then brought to him. He washed his hands three times ; he then rinsed his mouth and snuffed up water with one handful of water. He narrated the tradition completely

حدثنا محمد بن المثنى، حدثني محمد بن جعفر، حدثني شعبة، قال سمعت مالك بن عرفطة، سمعت عبد خير، قال رايت عليا - رضى الله عنه - اتي بكرسي فقعد عليه ثم اتي بكوز من ماء فغسل يديه ثلاثا ثم تمضمض مع الاستنشاق بماء واحد . وذكر الحديث

Zirr b. Hubaish said that the heard that ‘ Ali was asked how the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to perform ablution. He then narrated the tradition and said:he wiped his head so much so that drops (of water) were about to trickle down. He then washed his feet three times and said: This is how the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) performed ablutions

حدثنا عثمان بن ابي شيبة، حدثنا ابو نعيم، حدثنا ربيعة الكناني، عن المنهال بن عمرو، عن زر بن حبيش، انه سمع عليا، رضى الله عنه وسيل عن وضوء، رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم فذكر الحديث وقال ومسح على راسه حتى لما يقطر وغسل رجليه ثلاثا ثلاثا ثم قال هكذا كان وضوء رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم

‘Abd al-Rahman b. Abi Laila says:I saw ‘ Ali performing ablution. He washed his face three times and his hands three times and wiped his head once. Then he (‘Ali) said: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to perform ablution in this way

حدثنا زياد بن ايوب الطوسي، حدثنا عبيد الله بن موسى، حدثنا فطر، عن ابي فروة، عن عبد الرحمن بن ابي ليلى، قال رايت عليا - رضى الله عنه - توضا فغسل وجهه ثلاثا وغسل ذراعيه ثلاثا ومسح براسه واحدة ثم قال هكذا توضا رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم

Abu Hayyah said:I saw ‘Ali perform ablution. He (Abu Hayyah) then described that ‘Ali went through every part of the ablution three times, i.e. he performed each detail of his ablution three times. He then wiped his head, then washed his feet up to the ankles. He then said: I wanted to show you how the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) performed ablution

حدثنا مسدد، وابو توبة قالا حدثنا ابو الاحوص، ح وحدثنا عمرو بن عون، اخبرنا ابو الاحوص، عن ابي اسحاق، عن ابي حية، قال رايت عليا - رضى الله عنه - توضا فذكر وضوءه كله ثلاثا ثلاثا - قال - ثم مسح راسه ثم غسل رجليه الى الكعبين ثم قال انما احببت ان اريكم طهور رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم

Ibn’Abbas said:‘Ali b. Abi Talib entered upon me after he has passed water. He then called for water for ablution. We brought to him a vessel containing water, and placed it before him. He said: O Ibn’Abbas, may I not show you how the Messenger of Allah(ﷺ) used to perform ablution? I replied : Why not? He then inclined the vessel to his hand and washed it. He then put his right hand in the vessel and poured water over the other hand and washed his hands up to the wrist. He then rinsed his mouth and snuffed up water. He then put both of his hands together in the water and took out a handful of water and threw it upon the face. He then inserted both of his thumbs in the front part of the ears. He did like that twice and thrice. He then took a handful of water and poured it over his forehead and left it running down his face. He then washed his forearms up to the elbow three times. He then wiped his head and the back of his ears. He then put both of his hands together in the water and took a handful of it and threw it on his foot. He had a shoe foot like that. Do you wash your foot while it is in the shoe? He replied : Yes, while it is in the shoe. This question and answer were repeated thrice. Abu Dawud said: The version transmitted by Ibn Juraij from Shaibah is similar to the one narrated by ‘ Ali. In this version Hajjaj reported on the authority of Ibn Juraij the wording: He wiped his head once. Ibn Wahb narrated from Ibn Juraij the wording: he wiped his head three times

حدثنا عبد العزيز بن يحيى الحراني، حدثنا محمد، - يعني ابن سلمة - عن محمد بن اسحاق، عن محمد بن طلحة بن يزيد بن ركانة، عن عبيد الله الخولاني، عن ابن عباس، قال دخل على علي - يعني ابن ابي طالب - وقد اهراق الماء فدعا بوضوء فاتيناه بتور فيه ماء حتى وضعناه بين يديه فقال يا ابن عباس الا اريك كيف كان يتوضا رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم قلت بلى . قال فاصغى الاناء على يده فغسلها ثم ادخل يده اليمنى فافرغ بها على الاخرى ثم غسل كفيه ثم تمضمض واستنثر ثم ادخل يديه في الاناء جميعا فاخذ بهما حفنة من ماء فضرب بها على وجهه ثم القم ابهاميه ما اقبل من اذنيه ثم الثانية ثم الثالثة مثل ذلك ثم اخذ بكفه اليمنى قبضة من ماء فصبها على ناصيته فتركها تستن على وجهه ثم غسل ذراعيه الى المرفقين ثلاثا ثلاثا ثم مسح راسه وظهور اذنيه ثم ادخل يديه جميعا فاخذ حفنة من ماء فضرب بها على رجله وفيها النعل ففتلها بها ثم الاخرى مثل ذلك . قال قلت وفي النعلين قال وفي النعلين . قال قلت وفي النعلين قال وفي النعلين . قال قلت وفي النعلين قال وفي النعلين . قال ابو داود وحديث ابن جريج عن شيبة يشبه حديث علي لانه قال فيه حجاج بن محمد عن ابن جريج ومسح براسه مرة واحدة . وقال ابن وهب فيه عن ابن جريج ومسح براسه ثلاثا

‘Amr b. Yahya al-Mazini reports on the authority of his father who asked ‘Abd Allah b. Zaid, the grandfather of ‘Amr b. Yahya al-Mazini:Can you show me how the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) performed ablution? ‘Abd Allah b. Zaid replied: Yes. He called for ablution water, poured it over his hands, and washed them; then he rinsed his mouth and snuffed up water in the nose three times; then he washed his face three times and washed his forearms up to elbow twice; then he wiped his head with both hands, moving them front and back of the head, beginning from his forehead, and moved them to the nape; then he pulled them back to the place from where he had started (wiping); then he washed his feet

حدثنا عبد الله بن مسلمة، عن مالك، عن عمرو بن يحيى المازني، عن ابيه، انه قال لعبد الله بن زيد بن عاصم - وهو جد عمرو بن يحيى المازني هل تستطيع ان تريني، كيف كان رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم يتوضا فقال عبد الله بن زيد نعم . فدعا بوضوء فافرغ على يديه فغسل يديه ثم تمضمض واستنثر ثلاثا ثم غسل وجهه ثلاثا ثم غسل يديه مرتين مرتين الى المرفقين ثم مسح راسه بيديه فاقبل بهما وادبر بدا بمقدم راسه ثم ذهب بهما الى قفاه ثم ردهما حتى رجع الى المكان الذي بدا منه ثم غسل رجليه

‘Abd Allah b. Zaid b. ‘Asim reported this tradition saying:He rinsed his mouth and snuffed up water from one hand, doing that three times

حدثنا مسدد، حدثنا خالد، عن عمرو بن يحيى المازني، عن ابيه، عن عبد الله بن زيد بن عاصم، بهذا الحديث قال فمضمض واستنشق من كف واحدة يفعل ذلك ثلاثا . ثم ذكر نحوه

Habban b. Wasi’ reported on the authority of his father who heard ‘Abd Allah b. Zaid al-Asim al-Mazini say that he saw the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) performing ablution. He then described his ablution saying:He wiped his head with water which was not what was left over after washing his hands (i.e. he wiped his head with clean water); then he washed his feet until he cleansed them

حدثنا احمد بن عمرو بن السرح، حدثنا ابن وهب، عن عمرو بن الحارث، ان حبان بن واسع، حدثه ان اباه حدثه انه، سمع عبد الله بن زيد بن عاصم المازني، يذكر انه راى رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم فذكر وضوءه وقال ومسح راسه بماء غير فضل يديه وغسل رجليه حتى انقاهما