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Sunan Abi Dawud 132

I saw the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) wiping his head once up to his nape. Musaddad reported: He wiped his head from front to back until he moved his hands from beneath the ears.

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حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عِيسَى، وَمُسَدَّدٌ، قَالَا: حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَارِثِ، عَنْ لَيْثٍ، عَنْ طَلْحَةَ بْنِ مُصَرِّفٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ جَدِّهِ

قَالَ رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَمْسَحُ رَأْسَهُ مَرَّةً وَاحِدَةً حَتَّى بَلَغَ الْقَذَالَ (وَهُوَ أَوَّلُ الْقَفَا) وَقَالَ مُسَدَّدٌ وَمَسَحَ رَأْسَهُ مِنْ مُقَدَّمِهِ إِلَى مُؤَخَّرِهِ حَتَّى أَخْرَجَ يَدَيْهِ مِنْ تَحْتِ أُذُنَيْهِ. قَالَ مُسَدَّدٌ فَحَدَّثْتُ بِهِ يَحْيَى فَأَنْكَرَهُ

I saw the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) wiping his head once up to his nape. Musaddad reported: He wiped his head from front to back until he moved his hands from beneath the ears.

ত্বালহা ইবনু মুসাররিফ হতে পর্যায়ক্রমে তার পিতা ও দাদার সূত্রে বর্ণিত। তিনি বলেন, আমি রাসূলুল্লাহ সাল্লাল্লাহু আলাইহি ওয়াসাল্লাম-কে তাঁর মাথা একবার মাসাহ্ করতে দেখেছি। এ সময় তিনি ‘ক্বাজাল’ তথা মাথার পিছনের দিকে ঘাড়ের সংযোগস্থান পর্যন্ত পৌছান।

মুসাদ্দাদ বলেন, তিনি সামনের দিক থেকে পিছন দিক মাসাহ্ করেন। এমনকি তিনি স্বীয় হাত দু’টি দু’ কানের নিম্নভাগ থেকে বের করেন। [1] দুর্বল। মুসাদ্দাদ বলেন, আমি হাদীসটি ইয়াহ্ইয়ার নিকট বর্ণনা করলে তিনি এটিকে মুনকার (প্রত্যাখ্যাত) বলেন।

ইমাম আবূ দাউদ (রহঃ) বলেন, আমি আহমাদ (রহঃ)-কে বলতে শুনেছি, লোকদের ধারণা, ইবনু ‘উয়াইনাহ এটিকে ‘মুনকার’ সাব্যস্ত করে বলেছেন, এর সানাদ কি এরূপঃ ত্বালহা তার পিতা হতে তার দাদা সূত্রে?

طلحہ کے دادا کعب بن عمرو یامی رضی اللہ عنہ کہتے ہیں کہ میں نے رسول اللہ صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم کو اپنے سر کا ایک بار مسح کرتے دیکھا یہاں تک کہ یہ «قذال» ( گردن کے سرے ) تک پہنچا۔ مسدد کی روایت میں یوں ہے کہ آپ صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم نے اگلے حصہ سے پچھلے حصہ تک اپنے سر کا مسح کیا یہاں تک کہ اپنے دونوں ہاتھوں کو اپنے دونوں کانوں کے نیچے سے نکالا۔

مسدد کہتے ہیں: تو میں نے اسے یحییٰ ( یحییٰ بن سعید القطان ) سے بیان کیا تو آپ نے اسے منکر کہا۔ ابوداؤد کہتے ہیں: میں نے احمد ( احمد بن حنبل ) کو یہ کہتے ہوئے سنا کہ لوگوں کا کہنا ہے کہ ( سفیان ) ابن عیینہ ( بھی ) اس حدیث کو منکر گردانتے تھے اور کہتے تھے کہ «طلحة عن أبيه عن جده» کیا چیز ہے؟

Talha b. Musarrif'in babasından rivayetine göre, dedesi şöyle demiştir: "Ben Rasul-i Ekrem' (sallallahu aleyhi ve sellem)'i başını "kazal" denilen arka kısmına kadar bir kere meshederken gördüm."

Müsedded dedi ki: “Ve başını ön kısmından ensesine kadar meshetti, öyle ki ellerini ta kulaklarının altından (çekip) çıkardı." Ebu Davud dedi ki: Müsedded demiştir ki; "Ben bunu Yahya'ya anlattım da kabul etmedi " Ebu Davud dedi ki: Ben Ahmed b. Hanbeli "İddiaya göre bu hadisi İbn Uyeyne de kabul etmezmiş ve Talha babasından, (babası da) dedesinden (işitmiş) bu ne biçim senet böyle dermiş." derken işittim. Diğer tahric: Ahmed, b. Hanbel

Sunan Abi Dawud 132, Book 1, Purification (Kitab Al-Taharah), Hadith 132. 1 min read
The note in this edition

قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُدَ: وَسَمِعْتُ أَحْمَدَ يَقُولُ ابْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ زَعَمُوا كَانَ يُنْكِرُهُ وَيَقُولُ أَيْشِ هَذَا طَلْحَةُ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ جَدِّهِ

Abu Dawud said: I heard Ahmad say: People thought that Ibn Uyainah had considered it to be munkar (rejected) and said: What is this chain: Talhah – his father – his grandfather?

What it means

‘Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said that if the religion were to be based on reason instead of revelation, then wiping the bottom of the socks would be more appropriate than wiping over the top, as the bottom part is what touches the ground and dirt and therefore would make more sense to wipe the bottom.

However, Islamic law says the otherwise, and adherence to it is obligatory and anything suggesting otherwise should be disregarded. ‘Ali saw the Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) wiping over the top of his sock. What the Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) did, conforms with common sense from another aspect.

That is because, if he wiped the bottom of his sock with water, it would result in it picking up impurities, so instead, he wiped over the top to remove any dust that was stuck there, as the top of the sock is what is seen and thus wiping it makes more sense. Significantly, none of the rulings of Islamic law contradicts sound intellect; however, this is sometimes hidden from people of intellect (humans).

From the Encyclopedia of Translated Prophetic Hadiths, hadeethenc.com.

The chain

Who passed it on, from Abu Dawud back to the one who was there.

  1. 1Abu DawudCompiler, died 275 AH
  2. 2Muhammad ibn IsaTold us, Fourth generation, died 224 AH
  3. 3Musaddad ibn MusarhadWith, Fourth generation, died 228 AH
  4. 4Abd al-Warith ibn SaidTold us, Third generation, died 179 AH
  5. 5Layth ibn Abi SulaymFrom, Successor, died 138 AH
  6. 6Talhah ibn MusarrifFrom, Successor, died 110 AH
  7. 7Musarrif ibn AmrFrom, Successor
  8. 8جَدِّهِFrom

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