Jami` at-Tirmidhi 496

Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.

We were told by Mahmud ibn Ghaylan, from Waki, from Sufyan and Abu Janab Yahya ibn Abi Hayya, from Abdullah ibn Isa, from Yahya ibn al-Harith, from Abu al-Ashath al-Sanani, from Aws ibn Aws, who said: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: “Whoever performs a full ritual bath on Friday, gives someone a bath, goes early and arrives early, draws near, listens, and remains quiet, will receive for every step he takes the reward of a year of fasting and standing in prayer.” Mahmud said: Waki explained, “He bathes himself and bathes his wife.” It is also related from Abdullah ibn al-Mubarak that he explained the wording in this hadith as, “Whoever washes and performs a ritual bath,” meaning that he washes his head and performs a ritual bath. Reports on this subject are also related from Abu Bakr, Imran ibn Husayn, Salman, Abu Dharr, Abu Said, Ibn Umar, and Abu Ayyub. Abu Isa said: The hadith of Aws ibn Aws is hasan. Abu al-Ashath al-Sanani was named Sharahil ibn Adah. Abu Janab was Yahya ibn Habib al-Qassab al-Kufi.