Sahih al-Bukhari
255
Chapter 5 · Bathing (Ghusl)مَنْ أَفَاضَ عَلَى رَأْسِهِ ثَلاَثًا
One who pours (water) over his head three times
كَانَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم يُفْرِغُ عَلَى رَأْسِهِ ثَلاَثًا.
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حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا غُنْدَرٌ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ، عَنْ مِخْوَلِ بْنِ رَاشِدٍ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ، عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، قَالَ
Translation
Jabir ibn Abdullah reported: The Prophet ﷺ used to pour (water) over his head three times.
Other translations
Deutsch
Dschabir ibn Abdullah berichtete: Der Prophet ﷺ pflegte dreimal (Wasser) über seinen Kopf zu gießen.
Türkçe
Câbir b. Abdullah (r.a.) şöyle rivayet etti: Nebî ﷺ başına üç kez (su) dökerdi.
Other versions of this report
The same report through another chain of narration. Matched by Claude, not reviewed.
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.
Abu Ja'far reported: Jabir said to me, “Your cousin came to me – meaning al-Hasan ibn Muhammad ibn al-Hanafiyyah – and said, ‘How is the ritual bath (ghusl) for janabah?’ I said, ‘The Prophet ﷺ used to take three handfuls (of water) and …
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
- Prophet ﷺ
- Companions (Sahaba)
- Successors (Tabiʿun)
- Successors of the Successors
- Later scholars
- Compiler
Chain as a list
- The Prophet Muhammad ﷺرسول الله ﷺ
- Jabir ibn 'Abdullahجَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ
d. 78 AH / 687 CE · Baghdad · Comp. RA 1st Generation
- Muhammad bin 'Ali b. al-Hussain al-Baqirمُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ
d. 110 AH · Follower Tabi' 4th generation
- Mkhwl bin Rashid al-Nhdy Mwlahmمِخْوَلِ بْنِ رَاشِدٍ
d. 140 AH · Follower Tabi' 6th generation
- Shu'bah bin al-Hajjajشُعْبَةُ
d. 160 AH · Basra · Succ. Taba' Tabi' 7th generation
- Muhammad bin Ja'far Ghandarغُنْدَرٌ
d. 194 AH · Succ. Taba' Tabi' 9th generation
- Muhammad bin Bashar Bindarمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ
d. 252 AH · 3rd Century AH 10th generation
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