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34. Ar-Rubayy' bint Mu'āwidh bin 'Afrā' narrated that she saw the Prophet ﷺ performing Wudū'. She said: "He wiped his head, and wiped what is in the front of it and what is in its rear, and his temples and his ears one time." (Hasan)
He said: There are narrations on this topic from 'Ali, and Ṭalhah bin Muṣarrif bin 'Amr's grandfather. Abū 'Eisā said: [And] the Hadīth of
Ar-Rubay' is a Hasan Ṣaḥīḥ Ḥadīth.
It has been reported from more than one route that the Prophet ﷺ would wipe his head one time.
Most of the people of knowledge among the Companions of the Prophet ﷺ and those after them act according to this. It is the view of Ja'far bin Muḥammad, Sufyān Ath-Thawrī, Ibn Al-Mubārak, Ash-Shāfī'i, Aḥmad, and Ishāq. They hold the view that the head is wiped once.
Muḥammad bin Maṇṣūr Al-Makkī narrated to us, he said: "I heard Sufyān bin 'Uyainah saying; 'I asked Ja'far bin Muḥammad about wiping the head: "Is one time sufficient?" He said, "By Allāh! Of course."
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Commentary
This is the opinion of most of the A'immah, Abū Ḥanīfah, Mālik, Aḥmad, Ishāq, Thawrī and the majority of the scholars that wiping over the head is only one time.
