Sunan Ibn Majah
Sunan Ibn Majah 433
Concerning running the fingers through the beard (when performing ablution)
Arabic hadith text
حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الرَّقِّيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ رَبِيعَةَ الْكِلاَبِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا وَاصِلُ بْنُ السَّائِبِ الرَّقَاشِيُّ، عَنْ أَبِي سَوْرَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي أَيُّوبَ الأَنْصَارِيِّ، قَالَ رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلمـ تَوَضَّأَ فَخَلَّلَ لِحْيَتَهُ .
Translation
It was narrated that Abu Ayyub Al-Ansari said
"I saw the Messenger of Allah performing ablution and he ran his fingers through his beard."