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93. It was narrated from 'Abd Khair, that 'Alî (may Allâh be pleased with him) was brought a chair, and he sat down on it, then he called for a vessel of water which he tilted onto his hand three times, then he rinsed his mouth and nose with one hand, three
times, he washed his face three times, washed each forearm three times, and took some of the water and wiped his head. On one occasion (One of the narrators) Shu'bah, indicated (that he wiped) from his forelock to the back of his head, then said: "I do not know whether he brought his hands back or not. And he washed each foot three times, then he said: 'Whoever would like to see how the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ purified himself, this is how he purified himself.'" (Saḥīḥ)
Abū 'Abdur-Raḥmān said: "This is a mistake. What is correct is Khalīd bin 'Alqamah, not Mālik bin 'Urfuṭah."
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Shu'bah mentioned the name of Mālik bin 'Urfuṭah in the chain of transmitters. But this is his mistake. It is the consensus of Muhaddithin that the name of the narrator that Shu'bah was referring to was, in fact, Khalid bin 'Alqamah, and not Mālik bin 'Urfuṭah. Shu'bah is, however, a narrator and scholar of high standing. This mistake does not lower him from his level of high ranking as a scholar, but only goes to show his humanness - for to err is human. Zāidah and Abū Awanah have, in the preceding Aḥādīth, mentioned the right name of the said narrator. Underneath the text of the above-mentioned Hadīth, Imām An-Nasā'ī offered this clarification.
