Mishkat al-Masabih
Mishkat al-Masabih 470
Arabic hadith text
وَعَن أَبِي رَافِعٍ: أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ طَافَ ذَاتَ يَوْمٍ عَلَى نِسَائِهِ يَغْتَسِلُ عِنْدَ هَذِهِ وَعِنْدَ هَذِهِ قَالَ فَقُلْتُ لَهُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَلَا تَجْعَلُهُ غُسْلًا وَاحِدًا آخِرًا قَالَ: «هَذَا أَزْكَى وَأطيب وأطهر» . رَوَاهُ أَحْمد وَأَبُو دَاوُد
Translation
Abū Rāfiʿ reported: ‘One day the Prophet visited each of his wives and performed the ritual bath with each one. I asked him: “Messenger of Allah, why not perform one bath at the end?” He replied: “That is purer, better, and cleaner.”’ Aḥmad and Abū Dāwūd transmitted it.