Sunan Ibn Majah

Sunan Ibn Majah 590

Arabic hadith text

حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ، أَنْبَأَنَا عَبْدُ الصَّمَدِ، حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ أَبِي رَافِعٍ، عَنْ عَمَّتِهِ، سَلْمَى عَنْ أَبِي رَافِعٍ، أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ طَافَ عَلَى نِسَائِهِ فِي لَيْلَةٍ وَكَانَ يَغْتَسِلُ عِنْدَ كُلِّ وَاحِدَةٍ مِنْهُنَّ فَقِيلَ لَهُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَلاَ تَجْعَلُهُ غُسْلاً وَاحِدًا فَقَالَ ‏"‏ هُوَ أَزْكَى وَأَطْيَبُ وَأَطْهَرُ ‏"‏ ‏.‏

Translation

Ishaq ibn Mansur informed us; Abd al-Samad reported to us; Hammad reported to us; Abd al-Rahman ibn Abi Rafi reported to us, from his paternal aunt Salma, from Abu Rafi, that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) went around to his wives in one night, bathing after each one. He was asked, ‘Messenger of Allah, why not make it one bath?’ He replied, ‘That is purer, better, and cleaner.’