Volume 7, Book 65, Number 367:
Narrated Said bin Al-Harith:
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SAHIH BUKHARI VOLUME 7 > BOOK 65: FOOD, MEALS
that he asked Jabir bin ‘Abdullah about performing ablution after taking a cooked meal. He
replied, “It is not essential,” and added, “We never used to get such kind of food during the lifetime of
the Prophet except rarely; and if at all we got such a dish, we did not have any handkerchiefs to wipe
our hands with except the palms of our hands, our forearms and our feet. We would perform the
prayer thereafter with-out performing new ablution.”