Sunan Abi Dawud 164
How Should One Wipe
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حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْعَلاَءِ حَدَّثَنَا حَفْصُ بْنُ غِيَاثٍ عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ بِهَذَا الْحَدِيثِ قَالَ
لَوْ كَانَ الدِّينُ بِالرَّأْىِ لَكَانَ بَاطِنُ الْقَدَمَيْنِ أَحَقَّ بِالْمَسْحِ مِنْ ظَاهِرِهِمَا وَقَدْ مَسَحَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ عَلَى ظَهْرِ خُفَّيْهِ وَرَوَاهُ وَكِيعٌ عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ بِإِسْنَادِهِ قَالَ كُنْتُ أُرَى أَنَّ بَاطِنَ الْقَدَمَيْنِ أَحَقُّ بِالْمَسْحِ مِنْ ظَاهِرِهِمَا حَتَّى رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَمْسَحُ عَلَى ظَاهِرِهِمَا
Translation
Chain of narrators
- Muḥammad b. al-ʿAlāʾ
- Ḥafṣ b. Ghiyāth
- al-Aʿmash Bihadhā al-Ḥadīth
If religion were based on opinion, it would be more proper to wipe the under part of the feet than the upper. The Prophet ﷺ wiped over the upper part of his shoes. The narrator Waki’ said: I saw ‘ Ali perform ablution and wash the upper part of his feet, and say: Had I not seen the Messenger of Allah ﷺ doing like this –and he narrated the tradition in full.
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| al-Albani | Sound | fawazahmed0, hadithunlocked, sunnah.com |
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| Muhammad Muhyi al-Din Abd al-Hamid | Sahih | fawazahmed0 |
| Zubair Ali Zai | Daif | fawazahmed0 |