al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7083

Translation

✧ I entered upon Ali b. Abi Talib, I and two men, a man from us and a man from Banu Asad, I think. He sent them both in a direction and said: You two are foreigners, so exert yourselves on behalf of your religion. Then he entered the privy. Then he came out and took a handful of water and wiped himself with it. Then he came and recited the Quran. He saw that we found that objectionable, so Ali said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to go to the privy, relieve himself, then come out and eat with us bread and meat and recite the Quran, and nothing prevented him—or perhaps he said: and nothing held him back from reciting the Quran—except major ritual impurity, or except major ritual impurity.

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