Sunan Abi Dawud

Sunan Abi Dawud 113

Arabic hadith text

حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى، حَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ، حَدَّثَنِي شُعْبَةُ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ مَالِكَ بْنَ عُرْفُطَةَ، سَمِعْتُ عَبْدَ خَيْرٍ، قَالَ رَأَيْتُ عَلِيًّا - رضى الله عنه - أُتِيَ بِكُرْسِيٍّ فَقَعَدَ عَلَيْهِ ثُمَّ أُتِيَ بِكُوزٍ مِنْ مَاءٍ فَغَسَلَ يَدَيْهِ ثَلاَثًا ثُمَّ تَمَضْمَضَ مَعَ الاِسْتِنْشَاقِ بِمَاءٍ وَاحِدٍ ‏.‏ وَذَكَرَ الْحَدِيثَ ‏.‏

Translation

Muhammad ibn al-Muthanna narrated to me; Muhammad ibn Jafar narrated to me; Shu'bah narrated to me, saying: I heard Malik ibn Urfutah; I heard Abd Khayr say: I saw Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) being brought a chair, and he sat on it. A vessel of water was then brought to him. He washed his hands three times, then rinsed his mouth and drew water into his nose with one handful of water. He mentioned the hadith.