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English translation
57. Ubayy bin Ka'b narrated that the Prophet ﷺ said: "Indeed there is a Shaitān for Wudū' who is called 'Al-Walahān.'" So beware of having misgivings about water."[1] (Sahīh)
[He said:] There are narrations on this topic from 'Abdullāh bin 'Amr, and 'Abdullāh bin Mughaffal.
Abū 'Eisā said: The Hadīth of Ubayy bin Ka'b is a Gharīb Hadīth. Its chain is not strong, and [what is correct] according to the people of Hadīth is that we do not know anyone who gave it a chain except Khārijah [one of the narrators in this Hadīth].
This Hadīth has been reported from more than one route from Al-Hasan, as his saying, but there is nothing correct on this topic from the Prophet ﷺ. Khārijah is not reliable according to our companions, and Ibn Al-Mubārak graded him weak.
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[1] Meaning, beware of having doubts over whether or not you have washed something.
Commentary
The literal meaning: Al-Walahā this is name of the Satan who casts doubts to a person about water; sometime it whispers that all parts are not washed, sometime it creates doubt that a part has been washed only once, sometime it causes confusion about the purity or impurity of water; likewise it urges the use of water extravagantly and the use of water extravagantly (Isrāf) is not allowed.
