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Sahih al-Bukhari

161

Chapter 4 · Ablutions (Wudu')
Sahih

الاِسْتِنْثَارِ فِي الْوُضُوءِ

Blowing (the water) out of the nose during ablution

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم أَنَّهُ قَالَ " مَنْ تَوَضَّأَ فَلْيَسْتَنْثِرْ، وَمَنِ اسْتَجْمَرَ فَلْيُوتِرْ ".

Show the chain of narration (Arabic)

حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدَانُ، قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ، قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا يُونُسُ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي أَبُو إِدْرِيسَ، أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ،

Translation

Abu Hurairah reported from the Prophet ﷺ that he said, “Whoever performs ablution (wudu), let him blow (the water) out of his nose; and whoever cleans himself with stones, let him use an odd number.”

Other translations

Deutsch

Abu Huraira berichtete vom Propheten ﷺ, dass er sagte: „Wer die Gebetswaschung vollzieht, soll (das Wasser) aus der Nase ausstoßen; und wer sich mit Steinen reinigt, soll eine ungerade Anzahl nehmen.“

Türkçe

Ebû Hüreyre (r.a.), Nebî'nin ﷺ şöyle buyurduğunu rivayet etti: “Abdest alan sümkürsün; taşla istincâ eden de tek sayıda yapsın.”

Other versions of this report

The same report through another chain of narration. Matched by Claude, not reviewed.

  • أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ " إِذَا تَوَضَّأَ أَحَدُكُمْ فَلْيَجْعَلْ فِي أَنْفِهِ ثُمَّ لِيَنْثُرْ، وَمَنِ اسْتَجْمَرَ فَلْيُوتِرْ، وَإِذَا اسْتَيْقَظَ أَحَدُكُمْ مِنْ نَوْمِهِ فَلْيَغْسِلْ يَدَهُ قَبْلَ أَنْ يُدْخِلَهَا فِي وَضُوئِهِ، فَإِنَّ أَحَدَكُمْ لاَ يَدْرِي أَيْنَ بَاتَتْ يَدُهُ ".

    Abu Hurairah reported that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, “When one of you performs ablution (wudu), let him put (water) into his nose and then blow it out. And whoever cleans himself with stones, let him use an odd number. And when one of …

The journey of this hadith

From Medina to Samarqand – over 245 years and 8 stations this text was passed on, mouth to ear, teacher to student.

256AH

al-Bukhari · Samarqand

050100150200250The Prophet Muhammad ﷺ† 11 AH · MedinaAbu Hurairah† 59 AH · MedinaAbu Idrees al-Khulani† 80 AH · Syria (al-Sham)al-Zuhri† 124 AH · MedinaYonus bin Yazid bin Abi al-N…† 160 AH'Abdullah bin Mubarak† 181 AH · Merv'Abdullah bin 'Uthman - ''Aa…† 221 AH · Khurasanal-Bukhari† 256 AH · Samarqand
  • Prophet ﷺ
  • Companions (Sahaba)
  • Successors (Tabiʿun)
  • Successors of the Successors
  • Later scholars
  • Compiler
Chain as a list
  1. The Prophet Muhammad ﷺرسول الله ﷺ
  2. Abu Hurairahأَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ

    d. 59 AH / 681 CE · Medinah · Comp. RA 1st Generation

  3. Abu Idrees al-Khulaniأَبُو إِدْرِيسَ

    d. 80 AH · Syria · Follower Tabi' 2nd Generation

  4. al-Zuhriالزُّهْرِيِّ

    d. 124 AH / 741 CE · Medinah · Follower Tabi' 4th generation

  5. d. 160 AH · Succ. Taba' Tabi' 7th generation

  6. 'Abdullah bin Mubarakعَبْدُ اللَّهِ

    d. 181 AH · Succ. Taba' Tabi' 8th generation

  7. d. 221 AH · Khurasan · 3rd Century AH 10th generation

  8. al-Bukhariالبخاري

    Compiler