Sunan Abi Dawud 115
The Manner of The Prophet's Wudu'
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حَدَّثَنَا زِيَادُ بْنُ أَيُّوبَ الطُّوسِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُوسَى حَدَّثَنَا فِطْرٌ عَنْ أَبِي فَرْوَةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبِي لَيْلَى قَالَ
رَأَيْتُ عَلِيًّا ؓ تَوَضَّأَ فَغَسَلَ وَجْهَهُ ثَلاَثًا وَغَسَلَ ذِرَاعَيْهِ ثَلاَثًا وَمَسَحَ بِرَأْسِهِ وَاحِدَةً ثُمَّ قَالَ هَكَذَا تَوَضَّأَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ
Translation
Chain of narrators
- Ziyād b. Ayyūb al-Ṭūsī
- ʿUbaydullāh b. Mūsá
- Fiṭr
- Abū Farwah
- ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Abū Laylá
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.
Grades by grader
| al-Albani | Soundin صحيح أبي داود, p. 115 | fawazahmed0, hadithunlocked, sunnah.com |
|---|---|---|
| Muhammad Muhyi al-Din Abd al-Hamid | Sahih | fawazahmed0 |
| Shuayb al-Arnaut | Soundin تخريج سنن أبي داود, p. 115 | fawazahmed0, hadithunlocked |
| Zubair Ali Zai | Isnaad Hasan | fawazahmed0 |
What scholars said about it
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- Ibn Ḥajar al-ʿAsqalānī
سنده صحيح
machine translationIts chain of transmission is sound (ṣaḥīḥ).
in سنن أبي داود, p. 115 - Ibn Ḥajar al-ʿAsqalānī
بسند صحيح
machine translationWith a sound (ṣaḥīḥ) chain.
in سنن أبي داود, p. 115 - ابن الملقن
فيه زياد بن أيوب الطوسي وهو الحافظ احتج به البخاري نا عبيد الله بن موسى وهو العبسي احتج به الشيخان نا فطر بن خليفة وهو صدوق وثقه ابن معين وأحمد واحتج به البخاري عن أبي فروة وهو عروة بن الحارث الهمداني احتج به الشيخان ووثقه ابن معين عن عبد الرحمن بن أبي ليلى
machine translationIn it is Ziyād b. Ayyūb al-Ṭūsī, who is a hafiz (ḥāfiẓ); al-Bukhārī relied on him as evidence. Narrated to us ʿUbayd Allāh b. Mūsā, who is al-ʿAbsī; the two Shaykhs relied on him. Narrated to us Fiṭr b. Khalīfah, who is truthful (ṣadūq); Ibn Maʿīn and Aḥmad declared him trustworthy (thiqah), and al-Bukhārī relied on him. From Abū Farwah, who is ʿUrwah b. al-Ḥārith al-Hamdānī; the two Shaykhs relied on him and Ibn Maʿīn declared him trustworthy. From ʿAbd al-Raḥmān b. Abī Laylā.
in سنن أبي داود, p. 115 - al-Albani
سكت عنه [وقد قال في رسالته لأهل مكة كل ما سكت عنه فهو صالح]
machine translationHe (Abū Dāwūd) remained silent about it [and he said in his letter to the people of Mecca: everything I have remained silent about is acceptable (ṣāliḥ)].
in صحيح سنن أبي داود, p. 115
Other narrations of this report
Musnad Ahmad 1205Musnad Ahmad 1352Musnad Ahmad 971Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 54Musannaf 'Abd al-Razzaq 120Musnad al-Bazzar 473
Narrators
- One of the ten (promised Paradise)d. 40 AHعَلِيُّ بْنُ أَبِي طَالِبٍأحد العشرةرأيت
- trustworthy (thiqah)d. 82 AH, or 83 AH, also said: 71 AH, which is a mistakeعَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبِي لَيْلَىثقةعن
- truthful (ṣadūq)أَبِي فَرْوَةَصدوقعن
- truthful (ṣadūq), accused of Shiʿism (rumiya bi-l-tashayyuʿ)d. Ibn Ḥibbān said: 153 AH, Muḥammad b. ʿAbd Allāh al-Ḥaḍramī said: 155 AH, also said: 156 AHفِطْرٌصدوق ، رمي بالتشيعحدثنا
- Trustworthy (thiqah); he leaned towards Shiism (kāna yatashayyaʿ).d. 212 AH or 213 AH or 214 AHعُبَيْدُ اللهِ بْنُ مُوسَىثقة ، كان يتشيعحدثنا
- trustworthy, a memorizer (thiqah ḥāfiẓ)d. 252 AHزِيَادُ بْنُ أَيُّوبَ الطُّوسِيُّثقة حافظحدثنا
- Trustworthy (thiqah), a memorizer (ḥāfiẓ), the compiler of the Sunan and other works, one of the senior scholars.d. 275 AHأَبُو دَاوُدَ السِّجِسْتَانِيُّثقة ، حافظ , مصنف السنن وغيرها ، من كبار العلماء
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