The Book on Purification

كتاب الطهارة عن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم

Chapter 30: [What Has Been Related] About Going Between The Fingers

Al-Mustawrid bin Shaddad Al-Fihri said

"I saw the Prophet when he was performing Wudu doing that to the toes on his feet with his pinky."

Chapter 31: What Has Been Related About: "Protect The Heels From The Fire."

Abu Hurairah narrated that

the Prophet said: "Protect the heels from the Fire!"

Chapter 32: What Has Been Related About Wudu' One Time (For Each Limb)

Ibn Abbas narrated

"The Prophet performed Wudu one time (for each limb)."

Chapter 33: What Has Been Reported About Wudu Two Times (For Each Limb)

Abu Hurairah narrated

"The Prophet performed Wudu two time (for each limb)."

Chapter 34: What Has Been Related About Wudu Three times (For Each Limb)

Ali narrated that

"The Prophet performed Wudu three times (for each limb)."

Chapter 35: What Has Been Related About Wudu One Time, Two Times And Three Times

Thabit bin Abi Safiyyah said,

"I asked Abu Ja'far: 'Did Jabir narrate to you that: "The Prophet performed Wudu one time each, and two times, and three times?" He said: "Yes."

Thabit bin Abi Safiyyah said,

"1 asked Abu Ja'far: 'Did Jabir narrate to you that: "The Prophet performed Wudu one time each?" He said: "Yes."

Chapter 36: [What Has Been Related] About One Who performs Some Of Wudu, Two Times Each, And Some Of It Three

Abdullah bin Zaid narrated that

"The Prophet performed Wudu. So he washed his face three times, and washed his hands two times each, and wiped his head, and washed his feet [two times]."

Chapter 37: [What Has Been Related] About The Wudu Of he Prophet: How Was It Performed?

Abu Hayyah narrated

"I saw Ali performing Wudu. He washed his hands until he cleaned them, then he rinsed out his mouth three times, sniffed water into his nose and blew it out three times, washed his face three times, and his forearms three times. He wiped his head once, then he washed his feet up to the ankles. Then he stood up, taking what was left over from his purification (water) and drank it while he was standing. Then he said, 'I wanted to show you how Allah's Messenger purified himself.'"

Abd Khair related a narration similar to that of Abu Hayyah,

from Ali (no. 48). Except that Abd Khair's version includes the following additions: "When he was finished from his purification, he would take what was left over from his purification with his hand to drink it."

Chapter 38: [What Has Been Related] About An-Nadh After Wudu

Abu Hurairah narrated that

the Prophet said: "Jibril came to me and he said: 'O Muhammad! When you perform wudu then perform Nadh.'"

Chapter 39: [What Has Been Related] About Performing Wudu Perfectly And Completely (Isbagh AI-Wudu)

Abu Hurairah narrated that

Allah's Messenger said: "Shall I tell you that for which Allah will wipe out your sins, and raise your ranks?" They said, "Of course Allah's Messenger!" He said: "Performing Wudu well in difficulty, and taking many steps to the Masajid, and waiting for Salat after Salat, That is the Ribat."

Qutaibah said in his narration

"For that is the Ribat, that is the Ribat, that is the Ribat" three times.

Chapter 40: [What Has Been Related] About Using a Towel after Wudu

Aishah narrated

"Allah's Messenger had a cloth that he would use to dry off with after Wudu."

Muadh bin Jabal narrated

"I saw the Prophet when he performed Wudu, he wiped his face with the edge of his garment." Abu Eisa said: This Hadith is gharib, and its chain is weak. Rishdin bin Sa'd and Abdur- Rahman bin Ziyad bin An'um Al Ifriqi [narrators in the chain of this Hadith] are weak in Hadith. Some people of knowledge among the Companions of the Prophet and those after them, permitted using a towel after Wudu. Those who disliked it, only disliked it from the view of the saying: "Wudu is weighed." That as reported from Sa'eed bin Al- Musayyab and Az-Zuhri. Muhammad bin Humaid [Ar-Razi] narrated to us, Jarir narrated to us, he said: Ali bin Mujahid narrated to me, and he is trustworthy to me, from me, from: Tha'labah from Az-Zuhri, he said: "The towel is only disliked after Wudu because Wudu is weighed."

Chapter 41: [About] What Is Said After Wudu

Umar bin Al-Khattab narrated that

Allah's Messenger said: 'Whoever performs Wudu, making Wudu well, then says: (Ashhadu an la ilaha illallah, wahdahu la sharika lahu, wa ashhadu anna Muhammadan-abduhu wa rasuluhu, Allahummajalni minat tawwabin, waj'alni minal mutatahhirin) 'I testify that none has the right to be worshipped but Allah Alone, there are no partners for Him. And I testify that Muhammad is His servant and Messenger. O Allah! Make me among the repentant, and make me among those who purify themselves.' Then eight gates of Paradise are opened for him, that may enter by whichever of them wishes."

Chapter 42: On Wudu With A Mudd

Safinah narrated

"The Prophet would perform Wudu with a Mudd, and he would perform Ghusl with a Sa."

Chapter 43: [What Has Been Related] About It Being Disliked To Be Wasteful With Water During Wudu

Ubayy bin Ka'b narrated that

the Prophet said: "Indeed there is a Shaitan for Wudu' who is called "AI-Walahan." So beware of having misgivings about water."

Chapter 44: [What Has Been Related] About Performing Wudu For Every Salat

Anas narrated that

"The Prophet would perform wudu for every Salat, whether he was in state of purity or not in a state of purity."

It has been related in a narration from Ibn Umar that

the Prophet said: "Whoever performs Wudu while in a state of purity, Allah writes for him on account of it ten good merits."