Volume 1, Book 4, Number 198:
Narrated ‘Amr bin Yahya:
(on the authority of his father) My uncle used to perform ablution extravagantly and once he
asked ‘Abdullah bin Zaid to tell him how he had seen the Prophet performing ablution. He asked for
an earthen-ware pot containing water, and poured water from it on his hands and washed them
thrice, and then put his hand in the earthen-ware pot and rinsed his mouth and washed his nose by
putting water in it and then blowing it Out thrice with one handful of water; he again put his hand
in the water and took a handful of water and washed his face thrice, then washed his hands up to
the elbows twice, and took water with his hand, and passed it over his head from front to back and
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then from back to front, and then washed his feet (up to the ankles) and said, “I saw the Prophet per –
forming ablution in that way.”
Volume 1, Book 4, Number 183:
Narrated ‘Abdullah bin ‘Abbas:
that he stayed overnight in the house of Maimuna the wife of the Prophet, his aunt. He added : I
lay on the bed (cushion transversally) while Allah’s Apostle and his wife lay in the length-wise direc –
tion of the cushion. Allah’s Apostle slept till the middle of the night, either a bit before or a bit after it
and then woke up, rubbing the traces of sleep off his face with his hands. He then, recited the last ten
verses of Sura Al-Imran, got up and went to a hanging water-skin. He then Performed the ablution
from it and it was a perfect ablution, and then stood up to offer the prayer. I, too, got up and did as
the Prophet had done. Then I went and stood by his side. He placed his right hand on my head and
caught my right ear and twisted it. He prayed two Rakat then two Rakat and two Rakat and then two
Rakat and then two Rakat and then two Rakat (separately six times), and finally one Rak’a (the Witr).
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Then he lay down again in the bed till the Mu’adhdhin came to him where upon the Prophet got up,
offered a two light Rakat prayer and went out and led the Fajr prayer
Volume 1, Book 4, Number 184:
Narrated Asma’ bint Abu Bakr:
I came to ‘Aisha the wife of the Prophet during the solar eclipse. The people were standing and of –
fering the prayer and she was also praying. I asked her, “What is wrong with the people?” She
beckoned with her hand towards the sky and said, “Subhan Allah.” I asked her, “Is there a sign?” She
pointed out, “Yes.” So I, too, stood for the prayer till I fell unconscious and later on I poured water on
my head. After the prayer, Allah’s Apostle praised and glorified Allah and said, “Just now I have seen
something which I never saw before at this place of mine, including Paradise and Hell. I have been
inspired (and have understood) that you will be put to trials in your graves and these trials will be
like the trials of Ad-Dajjal, or nearly like it (the sub narrator is not sure of what Asma’ said). Angels
will come to every one of you and ask, ‘What do you know about this man?’ A believer will reply, ‘He
is Muhammad, Allah’s Apostle , and he came to us with self-evident truth and guidance. So we ac –
cepted his teaching, believed and followed him.’ Then the angels will say to him to sleep in peace as
they have come to know that he was a believer. On the other hand a hypocrite or a doubtful person
will reply, ‘I do not know but heard the people saying something and so I said the same.’ “
Volume 1, Book 4, Number 185:
Narrated Yahya Al-Mazini:
A person asked ‘Abdullah bin Zaid who was the grandfather of ‘Amr bin Yahya, “Can you show me
how Allah’s Apostle used to perform ablution?” ‘Abdullah bin Zaid replied in the affirmative and
asked for water. He poured it on his hands and washed them twice, then he rinsed his mouth thrice
and washed his nose with water thrice by putting water in it and blowing it out. He washed his face
thrice and after that he washed his forearms up to the elbows twice and then passed his wet hands
over his head from its front to its back and vice versa (beginning from the front and taking them to
the back of his head up to the nape of the neck and then brought them to the front again from where
he had started) and washed his feet (up to the ankles).
Volume 1, Book 4, Number 186:
Narrated ‘Amr:
My father saw ‘Amr bin Abi Hasan asking ‘Abdullah bin Zaid about the ablution of the Prophet.
‘Abdullah bin Zaid asked for earthen-ware pot containing water and in front of them performed
ablution like that of the Prophet . He poured water from the pot over his hand and washed his hands
thrice and then he put his hands in the pot and rinsed his mouth and washed his nose by putting
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water in it and then blowing it out with three handfuls of water. Again he put his hand in the water
and washed his face thrice and washed his forearms up to the elbows twice; and then put his hands
in the water and then passed them over his head by bringing them to the front and then to the rear
of the head once, and then he washed his feet up to the ankles.
Volume 1, Book 4, Number 187:
Narrated Abu Juhaifa:
Allah’s Apostle came to us at noon and water for ablution was brought to him. After he had per –
formed ablution, the remaining water was taken by the people and they started smearing their bod –
ies with it (as a blessed thing). The Prophet offered two Rakat of the Zuhr prayer and then two Rakat
of the ‘Asr prayer while an ‘Anza (spear-headed stick) was there (as a Sutra) in front of him. Abu
Musa said: The Prophet asked for a tumbler containing water and washed both his hands and face in
it and then threw a mouthful of water in the tumbler and said to both of us (Abu Musa and Bilal),
“Drink from the tumbler and pour some of its water on your faces and chests.”
Volume 1, Book 4, Number 188:
Narrated Ibn Shihab:
Mahmud bin Ar-Rabi’ who was the person on whose face the Prophet had ejected a mouthful of
water from his family’s well while he was a boy, and ‘Urwa (on the authority of Al-Miswar and oth –
ers) who testified each other, said, “Whenever the Prophet , performed ablution, his companions
were nearly fighting for the remains of the water.”
Volume 1, Book 4, Number 189:
Narrated As-Sa’ib bin Yazid:
My aunt took me to the Prophet and said, “O Allah’s Apostle! This son of my sister has got a disease
in his legs.” So he passed his hands on my head and prayed for Allah’s blessings for me; then he per –
formed ablution and I drank from the remaining water. I stood behind him and saw the seal of
Prophethood between his shoulders, and it was like the “Zir-al-Hijla” (means the button of a small
tent, but some said ‘egg of a partridge.’ etc.)