Bulugh al-Maram
Bulugh al-Maram 52
وَعَنْ طَلْحَةَ بْنِ مُصَرِّفٍ, عَنْ أَبِيهِ, عَنْ جَدِّهِ قَالَ: { رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اَللَّهِ - صلى الله عليه وسلم -يَفْصِلُ بَيْنَ اَلْمَضْمَضَةِ وَالِاسْتِنْشَاقِ. } أَخْرَجَهُ أَبُو دَاوُدَ بِإِسْنَادِ ضَعِيف ٍ 1 .1 - ضعيف. رواه أبو داود (139).
Talhah ibn Musarrif, from his father, from his grandfather, reported: ‘I saw the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) distinguish between rinsing the mouth and sniffing water into the nose.’ Abu Dawud reported it with a weak chain. (1)
(1) Weak. Reported by Abu Dawud (139).
Translation notes
يَفْصِلُ بَيْنَ اَلْمَضْمَضَةِ وَالِاسْتِنْشَاقِ
The English witness expands this as use of separate scoops of water, while the Arabic says only that he distinguished between the two acts.
Does the Arabic indicate separate handfuls of water, or only that mouth rinsing and nasal inhalation were separate actions?