Sunan Ibn Majah
Sunan Ibn Majah 1459
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَهَّابِ الثَّقَفِيُّ، عَنْ أَيُّوبَ، حَدَّثَتْنِي حَفْصَةُ، عَنْ أُمِّ عَطِيَّةَ، بِمِثْلِ حَدِيثِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَكَانَ فِي حَدِيثِ حَفْصَةَ " اغْسِلْنَهَا وِتْرًا " . وَكَانَ فِيهِ " اغْسِلْنَهَا ثَلاَثًا أَوْ خَمْسًا " . وَكَانَ فِيهِ " ابْدَءُوا بِمَيَامِنِهَا وَمَوَاضِعِ الْوُضُوءِ مِنْهَا " . وَكَانَ فِيهِ أَنَّ أُمَّ عَطِيَّةَ قَالَتْ وَامْشِطْنَهَا ثَلاَثَةَ قُرُونٍ .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Abu Bakr ibn Abi Shaybah narrated to us; Abd al-Wahhab al-Thaqafi narrated to us, from Ayyub, who said: Hafsah narrated to me, from Umm Atiyyah, a report similar to Muhammad’s. Hafsah’s report included: ‘Wash her an odd number of times’; ‘Wash her three or five times’; and ‘Begin with her right side and the parts washed in ablution.’ It also relates that Umm Atiyyah said, ‘We combed her hair into three braids.’
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
This is a variant account and its distinct instructions are retained as given: an odd number, three or five washes, starting on the right and at the ablution areas, and three braids.