Sunan Ibn Majah

Sunan Ibn Majah 603

Arabic hadith text

حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ بْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ، عَنْ أَيُّوبَ بْنِ مُوسَى، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْمَقْبُرِيِّ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ رَافِعٍ، عَنْ أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ، قَالَتْ قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنِّي امْرَأَةٌ أَشُدُّ ضَفْرَ رَأْسِي أَفَأَنْقُضُهُ لِغُسْلِ الْجَنَابَةِ فَقَالَ ‏"‏ إِنَّمَا يَكْفِيكِ أَنْ تَحْثِي عَلَيْهِ ثَلاَثَ حَثَيَاتٍ مِنْ مَاءٍ ثُمَّ تُفِيضِي عَلَيْكِ مِنَ الْمَاءِ فَتَطْهُرِينَ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ أَوْ قَالَ ‏"‏ فَإِذَا أَنْتِ قَدْ طَهُرْتِ ‏"‏ ‏.‏

Translation

Abu Bakr ibn Abi Shaybah reported to us; Sufyan ibn Uyaynah reported to us, from Ayyub ibn Musa, from Said ibn Abi Said al-Maqburi, from Abdullah ibn Rafi, from Umm Salamah, who said: I said, 'Messenger of Allah, I am a woman who tightly braids her hair. Must I undo it for the ritual bath after sexual impurity?' He replied, 'It is enough for you to pour three handfuls of water over it, then pour water over yourself, and you will be purified'—or he said, 'Then you will have become purified.'

Translation notes
  • The transmitted wording includes a stated alternative in the final clause; both forms are preserved.