Drying Oneself With A Cloth After Ablution Or The Bath
Darussalam · Volume 1
(1) The Chapters OfPurification And ItsSunnahSunan Ibn Majah Darussalam English translation
الحديث: 467 ¦ الجزء: 1 ¦ الصفحة: 158
Source no. 467 · Volume 2 · Page 39
Sahih
صحيح، صحيح أبي داود (٢٤٣)
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467. Ibn 'Abbās narrated that his maternal aunt Maimunah said: "I brought a piece of cloth (for drying) to the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ when he performed a bath to cleanse himself from sexual impurity. He refused it and began to shake off water." (Sahih)
467 - حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ وَعَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ، قَالَا: حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا الْأَعْمَشُ، عَنْ سَالِمِ بْنِ أَبِي الْجَعْدِ، عَنْ كُرَيْبٍ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ، عَنْ خَالَتِهِ مَيْمُونَةَ، قَالَتْ: «أَتَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بِثَوْبٍ، حِينَ اغْتَسَلَ مِنَ الْجَنَابَةِ، فَرَدَّهُ، وَجَعَلَ يَنْفُضُ الْمَاءَ»
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The Prophet ﷺ returned the cloth, which was not needed by him, (i) to exclude the impression that using something like it was obligatory, as also (ii) to spare the believers any embarrassment in the event of the nonavailability of any such cloth.