Sahih Muslim 226a

Translation

Uthman b. 'Affan called for ablution water and this is how he performed the ablution. He washed his hands thrice. He then rinsed his mouth and cleaned his nose with water (three times). He then washed his face three times, then washed his right arm up to the elbow three times, then washed his left arm like that, then wiped his head; then washed his right foot up to the ankle three times, then washed his left foot like that, and then said: I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ perform ablution like this ablution of mine. Then the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: He who performs ablution like this ablution of mine and then stood up (for prayer) and offered two rak'ahs of prayer without allowing his thoughts to be distracted, all his previous sins are expiated. Ibn Shihab said: Our scholars remarked: This is the most complete of the ablutions performed for prayer.

Notes

• قَالَ ابْنُ شِهَابٍ وَكَانَ عُلَمَاؤُنَا يَقُولُونَ هَذَا الْوُضُوءُ أَسْبَغُ مَا يَتَوَضَّأُ بِهِ أَحَدٌ لِلصَّلاَةِ

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Musnad Ahmad 1205Musnad Ahmad 1352Musnad Ahmad 971Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 54Musannaf 'Abd al-Razzaq 120Musnad al-Bazzar 473

Narrators

1. 1
   ʿUthmān b. ʿAffān

   One of the foremost early Muslims (al-sābiqūn al-awwalūn), one of the Four Caliphs, and one of the ten given glad tidings of Paradise (al-ʿashara al-mubashshara)d. 35 AH
   عُثْمَانُ بْنُ عَفَّانَأحد السابقين الأولين والخلفاء الأربعة ، والعشرة المبشرة
   أن
2. 2
   Ḥumrān

   trustworthy (thiqah)d. after the seventies, it is said 71 AH, also said 75 AH, also said 76 AH.
   حُمْرَانَ مَوْلَى عُثْمَانَثقة
   أخبره
3. 3
   ʿAṭāʾ b. Yazīd al-Laythī

   trustworthy (thiqah)d. 105 AH, or 107 AH
   عَطَاءَ بْنَ يَزِيدَ اللَّيْثِيَّثقة
   عن
4. 4
   al-Zuhrī

   The jurist and memorizer (ḥāfiẓ), whose eminence, precision and reliability are agreed upond. Ḍamrah b. Rabīʿah and others said: 123 AH. The nephew of al-Zuhrī and others said: 124 AH. Ibn Yūnus and others said: 125 AH
   ابْنِ شِهَابٍالفقيه الحافظ ، متفق على جلالته وإتقانه وثبته
   عن
5. 5
   Yūnus

   Trustworthy (thiqah), except that in his narration from al-Zuhrī there are slight errors (awhām), and in his narration from others there is error (khaṭaʾ)d. Ibn Saʿd said: 152 AH, al-Bukhārī and others: 159 AH (and it is the correct view), Muḥammad b. ʿAzīz said: 160 AH
   يُونُسَثقة ، إلا أن في روايته عن الزهري وهما قليلا ، وفي غير الزهري خطأ
   عن
6. 6
   ʿAbdullāh b. Wahb al-Miṣrī

   Trustworthy (thiqah), a memorizer (ḥāfiẓ), devout (ʿābid)d. 197 AH
   ابْنُ وَهْبٍثقة حافظ ، عابد
   أخبرنا
7. 7
   Ḥarmalah b. Yaḥyā

   truthful (ṣadūq)d. 243 AH, or 244 AH
   وَحَرْمَلَةُ بْنُ يَحْيَى التُّجِيبِيُّصدوق
   حدثني
8. 8
   Muslim

   Trustworthy (thiqah), a retentive memorizer (ḥāfiẓ), an imam, an author of compilations, knowledgeable in jurisprudence (fiqh)d. Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb said: 261 AH, Makkī b. ʿAbdān said: 259 AH
   مُسْلِمٌثقة حافظ ، إمام ، مصنف ، عالم بالفقه

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