Purification (Kitab Al-Taharah)

كتاب الطهارة

Chapter 50: The Manner of The Prophet's Wudu'

Habban b. Wasi’ reported on the authority of his father who heard ‘Abd Allah b. Zaid al-Asim al-Mazini say that he saw the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) performing ablution. He then described his ablution saying

He wiped his head with water which was not what was left over after washing his hands (i.e. he wiped his head with clean water); then he washed his feet until he cleansed them.

Narrated Al-Miqdam ibn Ma'dikarib al-Kindi

The ablution water was brought to the Messenger (ﷺ) and he performed ablution; he washed his hands up to wrists three times, then washed his forearms three times. He then rinsed his mouth and snuffed up water three times; then he wiped his head and ears inside and outside.

Al-Miqdam b. Ma’dikarib reported

I saw the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) perform ablution. When he reached the stage of wiping his head, he placed his palms on the front of the head. Then he moved them until he reached the nape. He then returned them to the place from where he had started.

Another version says

He wiped his ears inside and outside. Hisham adds: He inserted his fingers in the ear-holes.

AbulAzhar al-Mughirah ibn Farwah and Yazid ibn AbuMalik reported

Mu'awiyah performed ablution before the people, as he saw the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) performed ablution. When he reached the stage of wiping his head, he took a handful of water and poured it with his left hand over the middle of his head so much so that drops of water came down or almost came down. Then he wiped (his head) from its front to its back and from its back to its front.

Another version says

He performed each part of the ablution three times and washed his feet times without number.

Narrated Ar-Rubayyi' daughter of Mu'awwidh ibn Afra'

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to come to us. He once said: Pour ablution water on me. She then described how the Prophet (ﷺ) performed ablution saying: He washed his hands up to wrist three times and washed his face three times, and rinsed his mouth and snuffed up water once. Then he washed his forearms three times and wiped his head twice beginning from the back of his head, then wiped its front. He wiped his ears outside and inside. Then he washed his feet three times.

Abu Dawud said: The tradition narrated by Musaddad carries the same meaning.

Ibn ‘Uqail reported this tradition with a slight change of wording. In his tradition he said

He rinsed his mouth three times and snuffed up water three times.

Al-Rubayyi’ daughter of Mu’awwidh b. ‘Afra’ reported

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) performed ablution in her presence. He wiped the whole of his head from its upper to the lower part moving every side. He did not move the hair from their original position.

Al-Rubayyi’ daughter of Mu’awwidh b. ‘Afra’ said

I saw the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) performing ablution. He wiped his head front and back, his temples and his ears once.

Al-Rubayyi’ reported

The Prophet (ﷺ) wiped his head with water which was left over in his hand.

Narrated Ar-Rubayyi' daughter of Mu'awwidh ibn Afra'

The Prophet (ﷺ) performed ablution. He inserted his two fingers in the ear-holes.

Narrated Talhah ibn Musarrif

I saw the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) wiping his head once up to his nape.

Musaddad reported: He wiped his head from front to back until he moved his hands from beneath the ears.

Abu Dawud said: I heard Ahmad say: People thought that Ibn 'Uyainah had considered it to be munkar (rejected) and said: What is this chain: Talhah - his father - his grandfather ?

Narrated Abdullah ibn Abbas

Sa'id ibn Jubayr reported: Ibn Abbas saw the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) performed ablution. He narrated the tradition which says that he (the Prophet) performed each detail of ablution three times. He wiped his head and ears once.

Narrated AbuUmamah

AbuUmamah mentioned how the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) performed ablution, saying that he used to wipe the corners of his eyes, and he said that the ears are treated as part of the head.

Sulaiman b. Harb said: the wording "the ears are treated as part of the head" were uttered by Abu Umamah.

Hammad said: I do not know whether the phrase "the ears are treated as part of the head" was he statement of the Prophet (ﷺ) or of Abu Umamah.

Chapter 51: Performing [The Actions Of] Wudu' Thrice

Narrated Abdullah ibn Amr ibn al-'As

A man came to the Prophet (ﷺ) and asked him: Messenger of Allah, how is the ablution (to performed)?

He (the Prophet) then called for water in a vessel and washed his hands up to the wrists three times, then washed his face three times, and washed his forearms three times. He then wiped his head and inserted both his index fingers in his ear-holes; he wiped the back of his ears with his thumbs and the front of his ears with the index fingers. He then washed his feet three times.

Then he said: This is how ablution should be performed. If anyone does more or less than this, he has done wrong and transgressed, or (said) transgressed and done wrong.

Chapter 52: Performing [The Actions Of] Wudu' Twice

Narrated AbuHurayrah

The Prophet (my peace be upon him) washed the limbs in ablution twice.

‘Ata’ b. Yasar quoting Ibn ‘Abbas said

Do you like that I should show you how the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) performed ablution? He then called for a vessel of water and took out a handful of water with his right hand. He then rinsed his mouth and snuffed up water. He then took out another handful of water and washed his face by both his hands together. He then took out another handful of water and washed his right hand and then washed his left hand by taking out another. He then took out some water and shook off his hand and wiped his head and ears with it. He then took out a handful of water and sprinkled it over his right foot in his shoe and wiped the upper part of the foot with his one hand, and beneath the shoe with his other hand. He then did the same with his left foot.

Chapter 53: Performing [The Actions Of] Wudu' Once

‘Ata’ b. Yasar quoting Ibn. ‘Abbas said

May I not tell you how the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) performed ablution? He then performed ablution washing each limb once only.

Chapter 54: Separating Between The Madmadah and Istinshaq

Narrated Grandfather of Talhah

I entered upon the Prophet (ﷺ) while he was performing ablution, and the water was running down his face and beard to his chest. I saw him rinsing his mouth and snuffing up water separately.