`Aisha's brother and I went to `Aisha and he asked her about the bath of the Prophet. She brought a
pot containing about a Sa` of water and took a bath and poured it over her head and at that time there
was a screen between her and us.
While I and my father were with Jabir bin `Abdullah, some people asked him about taking a bath. He
replied, "A Sa` of water is sufficient for you." A man said, "A Sa` is not sufficient for me." Jabir said,
"A Sa` was sufficient for one who had more hair than you and was better than you (meaning the
Prophet)." And then Jabir (put on) his garment and led the prayer.
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Chapter 4: Pouring water thrice on one's head - كتاب الغسل
Narrated Abu Ja`far:
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو نُعَيْمٍ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مَعْمَرُ بْنُ يَحْيَى بْنِ سَامٍ، حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ، قَالَ قَالَ لِي جَابِرٌ أَتَانِي ابْنُ عَمِّكَ يُعَرِّضُ بِالْحَسَنِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ ابْنِ الْحَنَفِيَّةِ قَالَ كَيْفَ الْغُسْلُ مِنَ الْجَنَابَةِ فَقُلْتُ كَانَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَأْخُذُ ثَلاَثَةَ أَكُفٍّ وَيُفِيضُهَا عَلَى رَأْسِهِ، ثُمَّ يُفِيضُ عَلَى سَائِرِ جَسَدِهِ. فَقَالَ لِي الْحَسَنُ إِنِّي رَجُلٌ كَثِيرُ الشَّعَرِ. فَقُلْتُ كَانَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم أَكْثَرَ مِنْكَ شَعَرًا.
Jabir bin `Abdullah said to me, "Your cousin (Hasan bin Muhammad bin Al-Hanafiya) came to me
and asked about the bath of Janaba. I replied, 'The Prophet (ﷺ) uses to take three handfuls of water, pour
them on his head and then pour more water over his body.' Al-Hasan said to me, 'I am a hairy man.' I
replied, 'The Prophet (ﷺ) had more hair than you'. "
I placed water for the bath of the Prophet. He washed his hands twice or thrice and then poured water
on his left hand and washed his private parts. He rubbed his hands over the earth (and cleaned them),
rinsed his mouth, washed his nose by putting water in it and blowing it out, washed his face and both
forearms and then poured water over his body. Then he withdrew from that place and washed his feet.
Whenever the Prophet (ﷺ) took the bath of Janaba (sexual relation or wet dream) he asked for the Hilab or
some other scent. He used to take it in his hand, rub it first over the right side of his head and then
over the left and then rub the middle of his head with both hands.
I placed water for the bath of the Prophet (ﷺ) and he poured water with his right hand on his left and
washed them. Then he washed his private parts and rubbed his hands on the ground, washed them
with water, rinsed his mouth and washed his nose by putting water in it and blowing it out, washed his
face and poured water on his head. He withdrew from that place and washed his feet. A piece of cloth
(towel) was given to him but he did not use it.
The Prophet (ﷺ) took the bath of Janaba. (sexual relation or wet dream). He first cleaned his private parts
with his hand, and then rubbed it (that hand) on the wall (earth) and washed it. Then he performed
ablution like that for the prayer, and after the bath he washed his feet.
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Chapter 9: Can a Junub (a person who has yet to take bath after the sexual act or wet dream) put his hands in a pot (containing water) before washing them if they are not polluted with a dirty thing except Janaba? - كتاب الغسل
Narrated Aisha:
حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مَسْلَمَةَ، أَخْبَرَنَا أَفْلَحُ، عَنِ الْقَاسِمِ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ، قَالَتْ كُنْتُ أَغْتَسِلُ أَنَا وَالنَّبِيُّ، صلى الله عليه وسلم مِنْ إِنَاءٍ وَاحِدٍ تَخْتَلِفُ أَيْدِينَا فِيهِ.
The Prophet (ﷺ) and I used to take a bath from a single pot of water and our hands used to go in the pot
after each other in turn.
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Chapter 9: Can a Junub (a person who has yet to take bath after the sexual act or wet dream) put his hands in a pot (containing water) before washing them if they are not polluted with a dirty thing except Janaba? - كتاب الغسل
Narrated `Aisha:
حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ، عَنْ هِشَامٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ، قَالَتْ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم إِذَا اغْتَسَلَ مِنَ الْجَنَابَةِ غَسَلَ يَدَهُ.
Whenever Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) took a bath of Janaba, he washed his hands first.
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Chapter 9: Can a Junub (a person who has yet to take bath after the sexual act or wet dream) put his hands in a pot (containing water) before washing them if they are not polluted with a dirty thing except Janaba? - كتاب الغسل
Narrated `Aisha:
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْوَلِيدِ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ، عَنْ أَبِي بَكْرِ بْنِ حَفْصٍ، عَنْ عُرْوَةَ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ، قَالَتْ كُنْتُ أَغْتَسِلُ أَنَا وَالنَّبِيُّ، صلى الله عليه وسلم مِنْ إِنَاءٍ وَاحِدٍ مِنْ جَنَابَةٍ. وَعَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ الْقَاسِمِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ مِثْلَهُ.
The Prophet (ﷺ) and I used to take a bath from a single pot of water after Janaba.
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Chapter 9: Can a Junub (a person who has yet to take bath after the sexual act or wet dream) put his hands in a pot (containing water) before washing them if they are not polluted with a dirty thing except Janaba? - كتاب الغسل
Narrated Anas bin Malik:
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْوَلِيدِ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ جَبْرٍ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَنَسَ بْنَ مَالِكٍ، يَقُولُ كَانَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم وَالْمَرْأَةُ مِنْ نِسَائِهِ يَغْتَسِلاَنِ مِنْ إِنَاءٍ وَاحِدٍ. زَادَ مُسْلِمٌ وَوَهْبٌ عَنْ شُعْبَةَ مِنَ الْجَنَابَةِ.
The Prophet (ﷺ) and one of his wives used to take a bath from a single pot of water. (Shu`ba added to
Anas' Statement "After the Janaba").
I placed water for the bath of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) and he poured water over his hands and washed them
twice or thrice; then he poured water with his right hand over his left and washed his private parts
(with his left hand). He rubbed his hand over the earth and rinsed his mouth and washed his nose by
putting water in it and blowing it out. After that he washed his face, both fore arms and head thrice
and then poured water over his body. He withdrew from that place and washed his feet.
I placed water for the bath of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) and put a screen. He poured water over his hands, and
washed them once or twice. (The sub-narrator added that he did not remember if she had said thrice or
not). Then he poured water with his right hand over his left one and washed his private parts. He
rubbed his hand over the earth or the wall and washed it. He rinsed his mouth and washed his nose by
putting water in it and blowing it out. He washed his face, forearms and head. He poured water over
his body and then withdrew from that place and washed his feet. I presented him a piece of cloth
(towel) and he pointed with his hand (that he does not want it) and did not take it.
on the authority of his father that he had asked `Aisha (about the Hadith of Ibn `Umar). She said,
"May Allah be Merciful to Abu `Abdur-Rahman. I used to put scent on Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) and he used to
go round his wives, and in the morning he assumed the Ihram, and the fragrance of scent was still
coming out from his body."
Anas bin Malik said, "The Prophet (ﷺ) used to visit all his wives in a round, during the day and night and
they were eleven in number." I asked Anas, "Had the Prophet (ﷺ) the strength for it?" Anas replied, "We
used to say that the Prophet (ﷺ) was given the strength of thirty (men)." And Sa`id said on the authority of
Qatada that Anas had told him about nine wives only (not eleven).
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Chapter 13: The washing away of emotional urethral discharge and performing ablution after it - كتاب الغسل
Narrated `Ali:
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْوَلِيدِ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا زَائِدَةُ، عَنْ أَبِي حَصِينٍ، عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ، عَنْ عَلِيٍّ، قَالَ كُنْتُ رَجُلاً مَذَّاءً فَأَمَرْتُ رَجُلاً أَنْ يَسْأَلَ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم لِمَكَانِ ابْنَتِهِ فَسَأَلَ فَقَالَ
" تَوَضَّأْ وَاغْسِلْ ذَكَرَكَ ".
I used to get emotional urethral discharge frequently. Being the son-in-law of the Prophet (ﷺ) I requested
a man to ask him about it. So the man asked the Prophet (ﷺ) about it. The Prophet (ﷺ) replied, "Perform
ablution after washing your organ (penis)."
on the authority of his father that he had asked `Aisha about the saying of Ibn `Umar (i.e. he did not
like to be a Muhrim while the smell of scent was still coming from his body). `Aisha said, "I scented
Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) and he went round (had sexual intercourse with) all his wives, and in the morning he
was Muhrim (after taking a bath)."
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Chapter 15: To rub the hair thoroughly (while taking a bath) till one feels that one has made his skin wet (underneath the hair) and the one pours water over it - كتاب الغسل
Narrated Hisham bin `Urwa:
حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدَانُ، قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ، قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا هِشَامُ بْنُ عُرْوَةَ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ، قَالَتْ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم إِذَا اغْتَسَلَ مِنَ الْجَنَابَةِ غَسَلَ يَدَيْهِ، وَتَوَضَّأَ وُضُوءَهُ لِلصَّلاَةِ ثُمَّ اغْتَسَلَ، ثُمَّ يُخَلِّلُ بِيَدِهِ شَعَرَهُ، حَتَّى إِذَا ظَنَّ أَنْ قَدْ أَرْوَى بَشَرَتَهُ، أَفَاضَ عَلَيْهِ الْمَاءَ ثَلاَثَ مَرَّاتٍ، ثُمَّ غَسَلَ سَائِرَ جَسَدِهِ. وَقَالَتْ كُنْتُ أَغْتَسِلُ أَنَا وَرَسُولُ اللَّهِ، صلى الله عليه وسلم مِنْ إِنَاءٍ وَاحِدٍ نَغْرِفُ مِنْهُ جَمِيعًا.
(on the authority of his father) `Aisha said, "Whenever Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) took the bath of Janaba, he
cleaned his hands and performed ablution like that for prayer and then took a bath and rubbed his hair,
till he felt that the whole skin of the head had become wet, then he would pour water thrice and wash
the rest of the body." `Aisha further said, "I and Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) used to take a bath from a single
water container, from which we took water simultaneously."
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Chapter 16: Whoever performed the ablution of Janaba and then washed his body but did not wash once again the parts which were washed in ablution - كتاب الغسل
Water was placed for the ablution of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) after Janaba. He poured water with his right hand
over his left twice or thrice and then washed his private parts and rubbed his hand on the earth or on a
wall twice or thrice and then rinsed his mouth, washed his nose by putting water in it and then
blowing it out and then washed his face and forearms and poured water over his head and washed his
body. Then he shifted from that place and washed his feet. I brought a piece of cloth, but he did not
take it and removed the traces of water from his body with his hand."
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Chapter 17: If someone while in the mosque remembers that he is Junub, he should leave (the mosque to take a bath) and should not perform Tayammum - كتاب الغسل
Once the call (Iqama) for the prayer was announced and the rows were straightened. Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)
came out; and when he stood up at his Musalla, he remembered that he was Junub. Then he ordered us
to stay at our places and went to take a bath and then returned with water dropping from his head. He
said, "Allahu-Akbar", and we all offered the prayer with him.
I placed water for the bath of the Prophet (ﷺ) and screened him with a garment. He poured water over his
hands and washed them. After that he poured water with his right hand over his left and washed his
private parts, rubbed his hands with earth and washed them, rinsed his mouth, washed his nose by
putting water in it and then blowing it out and then washed his face and forearms. He poured water
over his head and body. He then shifted from that place and washed his feet. I gave him a piece of
cloth but he did not take it and came out removing the water (from his body) with both his hands.