Sunan Abi Dawud 162
How Should One Wipe
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حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْعَلاَءِ حَدَّثَنَا حَفْصٌ يَعْنِي ابْنَ غِيَاثٍ عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ عَبْدِ خَيْرٍ عَنْ عَلِيٍّ ؓ قَالَ
لَوْ كَانَ الدِّينُ بِالرَّأْىِ لَكَانَ أَسْفَلُ الْخُفِّ أَوْلَى بِالْمَسْحِ مِنْ أَعْلاَهُ وَقَدْ رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَمْسَحُ عَلَى ظَاهِرِ خُفَّيْهِ
Translation
Chain of narrators
- Muḥammad b. al-ʿAlāʾ
- Ḥafṣ / Ibn Ghiyāth
- al-Aʿmash
- Abū Isḥāq
- ʿAbd Khayr
- ʿAlī
If the religion were based on opinion, it would be more important to wipe the under part of the shoe than the upper but I have seen the Messenger of Allah ﷺ wiping over the upper part of his shoes.
Grades by grader
| al-Albani | Soundin صحيح سنن أبي داود, p. 162 | fawazahmed0, hadithunlocked, sunnah.com |
|---|---|---|
| Muhammad Muhyi al-Din Abd al-Hamid | Sahih | fawazahmed0 |
| Shuayb al-Arnaut | Sahih | fawazahmed0 |
| Zubair Ali Zai | Daif | fawazahmed0 |
What scholars said about it
In their own words, as Hadith Unlocked records them. They are shown, not summarised into a grade.
- Ibn Ḥajar al-ʿAsqalānī
رجال إسناده ثقات
machine translationThe men of its chain are trustworthy (thiqāt).
in سنن أبي داود, p. 162 - Mubarakpūri
صح عن علي بإسناد صحيح
machine translationIt is authentically reported (ṣaḥīḥ) from ʿAlī with a sound (ṣaḥīḥ) chain of transmission.
in سنن أبي داود, p. 162 - Ibn Ḥajar al-ʿAsqalānī
قال الحافظ في بلوغ المرام بإسناد حسن وقال في التلخيص إسناده صحيح
in سنن أبي داود, p. 162 - Dāraquṭnī
والصحيح من ذلك قول من قال كنت أرى أن باطن الخفين أحق بالمسح من أعلاهما
machine translationThe correct report in this matter is the statement of the one who said: "I used to think that the underside of the leather socks (khuffayn) was more deserving of wiping than their top."
in سنن أبي داود, p. 162
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- Dāraquṭnī
وقول الثوري أصح
machine translationThe statement of al-Thawrī is more authentic (aṣaḥḥ).
in سنن أبي داود, p. 162 - Ibn Ḥajar al-ʿAsqalānī
سند حسن
machine translationThe chain of transmission is good (ḥasan).
in سنن أبي داود, p. 162 - Ibn Ḥajar al-ʿAsqalānī
وإسناده صحيح
machine translationIts chain of transmission is sound (ṣaḥīḥ).
in سنن أبي داود, p. 162
Same hadith, other wordings
- Misykatul Mashabih 525وَعَن عَليّ رَضِي الله عَنهُ قَالَ: لَوْ كَانَ الدِّينُ بِالرَّأْيِ لَكَانَ أَسْفَلُ الْخُفِّ أَوْلَى بِالْمَسْحِ مِنْ أَعْلَاهُ وَقَدْ رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَمْسَحُ على ظَاهر خفيه رَوَاهُ أَبُو دَاوُد
Other narrations of this report
Musnad Ahmad 1015Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 183al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Bayhaqi) 1407al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Bayhaqi) 1411
Narrators
- One of the ten (promised Paradise)d. 40 AHعَلِيُّ بْنُ أَبِي طَالِبٍأحد العشرةعن
- mukhaḍram, trustworthy (thiqah)d. between 81 AH and 90 AHعَبْدِ خَيْرٍمخضرم ، ثقةعن
- Trustworthy (thiqah), a prolific narrator (mukthir), devout (ʿābid); his memory became confused (ikhtalaṭa) at the end of his lifed. Ibn ʿUyaynah said 126 AH, Yaḥyā b. Saʿīd said 127 AH, Abū Nuʿaym said 128 AH, ʿAmr b. ʿAlī said 129 AH, Ibn Maʿīn said 132 AHأَبِي إِسْحَاقَثقة مكثر عابد , اختلط بآخرهعن
- Trustworthy (thiqah), a retentive memorizer (ḥāfiẓ), knowledgeable in the recitations (qirāʾāt), scrupulous (wariʿ), but he practiced concealment (tadlīs)d. Abū ʿAwānah said, and ʿAbd Allāh b. Dāwūd: 147 AH. Wakīʿ said, and more than one: 148 AH. And al-Khaṭīb considered it correct. Also said: 145 AHالْأَعْمَشِثقة حافظ , عارف بالقراءات ورع لكنه يدلسعن
- trustworthy (thiqah), a jurist (faqīh), whose memory changed slightly toward the end of his lifed. 194 AH, also said: 195 AH, or 196 AHحَفْصٌ - يَعْنِي ابْنَ غِيَاثٍ -ثقة فقيه ، تغير حفظه قليلا في الآخرحدثنا
- trustworthy, a memorizer (thiqah ḥāfiẓ)d. 248 AH. Also said: 247 AH, which is a mistakeمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْعَلَاءِثقة 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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Commentaries
Mirqāt al-Mafātīḥ (al-Mullā ʿAlī Qārī)
Mirʿāt al-Mafātīḥ (al-Mubārakfūrī)
Lamaʿāt al-Tanqīḥ (ʿAbd al-Ḥaqq al-Dihlawī)
ʿAwn al-Maʿbūd (Ashraf)
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