Sahih al-Bukhari

Sahih al-Bukhari 1254

Arabic hadith text

حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدٌ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَهَّابِ الثَّقَفِيُّ، عَنْ أَيُّوبَ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدٍ، عَنْ أُمِّ عَطِيَّةَ ـ رضى الله عنها ـ قَالَتْ دَخَلَ عَلَيْنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم وَنَحْنُ نَغْسِلُ ابْنَتَهُ فَقَالَ ‏"‏ اغْسِلْنَهَا ثَلاَثًا أَوْ خَمْسًا أَوْ أَكْثَرَ مِنْ ذَلِكَ بِمَاءٍ وَسِدْرٍ، وَاجْعَلْنَ فِي الآخِرَةِ كَافُورًا، فَإِذَا فَرَغْتُنَّ فَآذِنَّنِي ‏"‏‏.‏ فَلَمَّا فَرَغْنَا آذَنَّاهُ، فَأَلْقَى إِلَيْنَا حِقْوَهُ فَقَالَ ‏"‏ أَشْعِرْنَهَا إِيَّاهُ ‏" ‏‏.‏ فَقَالَ أَيُّوبُ وَحَدَّثَتْنِي حَفْصَةُ بِمِثْلِ حَدِيثِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَكَانَ فِي حَدِيثِ حَفْصَةَ ‏"‏ اغْسِلْنَهَا وِتْرًا ‏"‏‏.‏ وَكَانَ فِيهِ ‏:‏ ‏"‏ ثَلاَثًا أَوْ خَمْسًا أَوْ سَبْعًا ‏"‏‏.‏ وَكَانَ فِيهِ أَنَّهُ قَالَ ‏"‏ ابْدَأْنَ بِمَيَامِنِهَا وَمَوَاضِعِ الْوُضُوءِ مِنْهَا ‏"‏‏.‏ وَكَانَ فِيهِ أَنَّ أُمَّ عَطِيَّةَ قَالَتْ وَمَشَطْنَاهَا ثَلاَثَةَ قُرُونٍ‏.‏

Translation

Muhammad narrated to us; 'Abd al-Wahhab al-Thaqafi narrated to us, from Ayyub, from Muhammad, from Umm 'Atiyyah (may Allah be pleased with her), who said: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) came to us while we were washing his daughter and said: ‘Wash her three times, or five, or more than that, with water and lote leaves. Put camphor in the final wash. When you finish, inform me.’ When we finished, we informed him, and he gave us his waist wrap, saying: ‘Wrap her in it.’

Ayyub said: Hafsah also narrated to me a report like Muhammad's. Hafsah's report said: ‘Wash her an odd number of times,’ and specified ‘three, five, or seven.’ It said: ‘Begin with her right side and the places of ablution on her.’ It also said that Umm 'Atiyyah said: ‘We combed her hair and braided it into three plaits.’