Volume 1, Book 4, Number 194:
Narrated Anas:
It was the time for prayer, and those whose houses were near got up and went to their people (to
perform ablution), and there remained some people (sitting). Then a painted stove pot (Mikhdab)
containing water was brought to Allah’s Apostles The pot was small, not broad enough for one to
spread one’s hand in; yet all the people performed ablution. (The sub narrator said, “We asked Anas,
‘How many persons were you?’ Anas replied ‘We were eighty or more”). (It was one of the miracles of
Allah’s Apostle).
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Volume 1, Book 4, Number 195:
Narrated Abu Musa:
Once the Prophet asked for a tumbler containing water. He washed his hands and face in it and
also threw a mouthful of water in it.
Volume 1, Book 4, Number 196:
Narrated ‘Abdullah bin Zaid:
Once Allah’s Apostle came to us and we brought out water for him in a brass pot. He performed
ablution thus: He washed his face thrice, and his forearms to the elbows twice, then passed his wet
hands lightly over the head from front to rear and brought them to front again and washed his feet
(up to the ankles).
Volume 1, Book 4, Number 197:
Narrated ‘Aisha:
When the ailment of the Prophet became aggravated and his disease became severe, he asked his
wives to permit him to be nursed (treated) in my house. So they gave him the permission. Then the
Prophet came (to my house) with the support of two men, and his legs were dragging on the ground,
between ‘Abbas, and another man.” ‘Ubaid-Ullah (the sub narrator) said, “I informed ‘Abdullah bin
‘Abbas of what’Aisha said. Ibn ‘Abbas said: ‘Do you know who was the other man?’ I replied in the
negative. Ibn ‘Abbas said, ‘He was ‘Ali (bin Abi Talib).” ‘Aisha further said, “When the Prophet came to
my house and his sickness became aggravated he ordered us to pour seven skins full of water on
him, so that he might give some advice to the people. So he was seated in a Mikhdab (brass tub) be –
longing to Hafsa, the wife of the Prophet. Then, all of us started pouring water on him from the wa –
ter skins till he beckoned to us to stop and that we have done (what he wanted us to do). After that he
went out to the people.”
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 199:
Narrated Thabit:
Anas said, “The Prophet asked for water and a tumbler with a broad base and no so deep, contain –
ing a small quantity of water, was brought to him whereby he put his fingers in it.” Anas further said,
‘ noticed the water springing out from amongst his fingers.” Anas added, ‘ estimated that the people
who performed ablution with it numbered between seventy to eighty.”
Volume 1, Book 4, Number 200:
Narrated Anas:
The Prophet used to take a bath with one Saor up to five Mudds (1 Sa’= Mudds) of water and used
to perform ablution with one Mudd of water.
Volume 1, Book 4, Number 191:
Narrated Amr bin Yahya:
My father said, “I saw Amr bin Abi Hasan asking ‘Abdullah bin Zaid about the ablution of the
Prophet. Abdullah bin Zaid asked for an earthenware pot containing water and performed ablution
in front of them. He poured water over his hands and washed them thrice. Then he put his (right)
hand in the pot and rinsed his mouth and washed his nose by putting water in it and then blowing it
out thrice with three handfuls of water Again he put his hand in the water and washed his face
thrice. After that he put his hand in the pot and washed his forearms up to the elbows twice and then
again put his hand in the water and passed wet hands over his head by bringing them to the front
and then to the back and once more he put his hand in the pot and washed his feet (up to the
ankles.)”