حَدَّثَنَا زُهَيْرُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ، وَابْنُ السَّرْحِ، قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ بْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ، عَنْ أَيُّوبَ بْنِ مُوسَى، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ رَافِعٍ، مَوْلَى أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ عَنْ أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ، أَنَّ امْرَأَةً، مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ - وَقَالَ زُهَيْرٌ إِنَّهَا - قَالَتْ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنِّي امْرَأَةٌ أَشُدُّ ضَفْرَ رَأْسِي أَفَأَنْقُضُهُ لِلْجَنَابَةِ قَالَ ‏"‏إِنَّمَا يَكْفِيكِ أَنْ تَحْفِنِي عَلَيْهِ ثَلاَثًا ‏"‏ ‏.‏ وَقَالَ زُهَيْرٌ ‏"‏ تَحْثِي عَلَيْهِ ثَلاَثَ حَثَيَاثٍ مِنْ مَاءٍ ثُمَّ تُفِيضِي عَلَى سَائِرِ جَسَدِكِ فَإِذَا أَنْتِ قَدْ طَهُرْتِ ‏"‏ ‏.‏

Umm Salamah said

Zuhayr ibn Harb and Ibn al-Sarh narrated to us, they said: Sufyan ibn Uyaynah narrated to us, from Ayyub ibn Musa, from Sa'id ibn Abi Sa'id, from Abdullah ibn Rafi', the freed slave of Umm Salamah, from Umm Salamah, that a woman among the Muslims - and Zuhayr said: she was Umm Salamah - said: "O Messenger of Allah, I am a woman who tightly plaits her hair; should I undo it for major ritual impurity (janabah)?" He replied, "It is enough for you to pour three handfuls over it." And Zuhayr said, "You throw three handfuls of water over it, then you pour water over the rest of your body, and then you will be purified."