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سنن ابن ماجه

Sunan Ibn Majah Hadith 578

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In-book entry
312

Chapter 95

Chapter context: Bathing due to sexual impurity

باب فِي الْغُسْلِ مِنَ الْجَنَابَةِ ‏

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Hadith text

Original Arabic

حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو خَالِدٍ الأَحْمَرُ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَجْلاَنَ، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، سَأَلَهُ رَجُلٌ كَمْ أُفِيضُ عَلَى رَأْسِي وَأَنَا جُنُبٌ قَالَ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ يَحْثُو عَلَى رَأْسِهِ ثَلاَثَ حَثَيَاتٍ ‏.‏ قَالَ الرَّجُلُ إِنَّ شَعْرِي طَوِيلٌ ‏.‏ قَالَ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ أَكْثَرَ شَعَرًا مِنْكَ وَأَطْيَبَ ‏.‏

Translation

English translation

It was narrated from Abu Hurairah that :

A man asked him: "How much water should I pour over my head when I m sexually impure?" He said: "the messenger of Allah used to pour three handfuls of water over his head." The man said: "My hair is long." He said: "The Messenger of Allah had more hair than you and he was cleaner."

About this reference

Where is this hadith found?

This is Hadith 578 in Sunan Ibn Majah. It appears in Book 1, The Book of Purification and its Sunnah, as in-book entry 312 under the chapter “Bathing due to sexual impurity.”

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Reference details

Collection
Sunan Ibn Majah
In-book entry
312

Source and grading notes

English : Vol. 1, Book 1, Hadith 578 Arabic : Book 1, Hadith 621

Al-Albani:
Hasan Sahih
Muhammad Fouad Abd al-Baqi:
Hasan Sahih
Shuaib Al Arnaut:
Sahih Lighairihi
Zubair Ali Zai:
Sahih

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