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28. 'Abdullāh bin Zaid said: "I saw the Prophet ﷺ rinse his mouth and sniff water in his nose using one hand, he did that thrice." (Da'if)
[Abū 'Eisā said:] There are narrations on this topic from 'Abdullāh bin 'Abbās.
Abū 'Eisā said: The Hadīth of 'Abdullāh bin Zaid is Ḥasan Gharīb.
Mālik, Ibn 'Uyainah and others reported this Hadīth from 'Amr bin Yahya, and they did not mention the words: "The Prophet ﷺ rinsed his mouth and sniffed water in his nose using one hand."
That was only mentioned by Khālid bin 'Abdullāh, and Khālid [bin 'Abdullāh] is trustworthy, with a good memory according to the people of Hadīth.
Some of the people of knowledge say that Al-Madmaḍah and Al-Istinshāq using one hand is acceptable, and some say "separating them is more recommended to us." Ash-Shāfi'ī said, "If they are combined in one hand, then that is allowed, and if they are separated it is more recommended to us."
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Commentary
Imām Nawawī quoted five methods of rinsing the mouth and sniffing water up in the nostrils; all these methods according to the majority of scholars are allowed.
1. Performing them both with one scoop of water at one time, together.
2. Performing them both separately with one scoop of water (with one hand), i.e., first to rinse the mouth three times and then to sniff the water up in the nostrils, three times.
3. Performing them both with two scoops of water, rinsing the mouth three times with one scoop, and sniffing the water up in the nose with the second scoop, three times.
4. With three scoops of water together, to rinse the mouth and sniff the water up in the nose three times.
5. To rinse the mouth three times with three scoops of water and then to sniff the water up in the nose three times with three scoops of water.
