Mishkat al-Masabih 419
How to Perform Ablution - Section 2
وَعَنْ أُبَيِّ بْنِ كَعْبٍ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ: «إِنَّ لِلْوُضُوءِ شَيْطَانًا يُقَالُ لَهُ الْوَلَهَانُ فَاتَّقُوا وَسْوَاسَ الْمَاءِ». رَوَاهُ التِّرْمِذِيُّ وَابْنُ مَاجَهْ وَقَالَ التِّرْمِذِيُّ: هَذَا حَدِيثٌ غَرِيبٌ وَلَيْسَ إِسْنَادُهُ بِالْقَوِيِّ عِنْدَ أَهْلِ الْحَدِيثِ لِأَنَّا لَا نَعْلَمُ أَحَدًا أَسْنَدَهُ غَيْرَ خَارِجَةَ وَهُوَ لَيْسَ بِالْقَوِيّ عِنْد أَصْحَابنَا
Translation
Ubayy b. Ka‘b reported the Prophet as saying, “Ablution has a devil called al-Walahan, so guard against the confusion caused by water.” Tirmidhi and Ibn Majah transmitted it, and Tirmidhi said, “This is a gharib tradition whose isnad is not considered by traditionists to be strong, because we know of no one but Kharija who traced it to the Prophet, and in the opinion of our school he is not strong.”
Grades by grader
| Ahmad Muhammad Shakir | Very Daifgraded on tirmidhi:57 | fawazahmed0 |
|---|---|---|
| Bashar Awad Maarouf | Daifgraded on tirmidhi:57 | fawazahmed0 |
| Muhammad Fuad Abd al-Baqi | Very Daifgraded on ibnmajah:421 | fawazahmed0 |
| Shuayb al-Arnaut | Very Daifgraded on ibnmajah:421 | fawazahmed0 |
| Zubair Ali Zai | Daifgraded on tirmidhi:57Another source records this grader as “Sound” (hadithunlocked, sunnah.com). | fawazahmed0, hadithunlocked, sunnah.com |
| al-Albani | Very Daifgraded on tirmidhi:57 | fawazahmed0 |
Same hadith, other wordings
- Jami at-Tirmidzi 57إِنَّ لِلْوُضُوءِ شَيْطَانًا يُقَالُ لَهُ الْوَلْهَانُ فَاتَّقُوا وَسْوَاسَ الْمَاءِ
- Sunan Ibnu Majah 421إِنَّ لِلْوُضُوءِ شَيْطَانًا يُقَالُ لَهُ وَلَهَانُ فَاتَّقُوا وَسْوَاسَ الْمَاءِ