Hadith 156

Sunan Ibn Majah

Book 1: The Book of Purification and its Sunnah Hasan

Chapter 48

Concerning moderation in ablution and avoiding extravagance

باب مَا جَاءَ فِي الْقَصْدِ فِي الْوَضُوءِ وَكَرَاهِيَةِ التَّعَدِّي فِيهِ

Hasan
Sunan Ibn Majah 422
حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا خَالِي، يَعْلَى عَنْ سُفْيَانَ، عَنْ مُوسَى بْنِ أَبِي عَائِشَةَ، عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ شُعَيْبٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ جَدِّهِ، قَالَ جَاءَ أَعْرَابِيٌّ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ فَسَأَلَهُ عَنِ الْوُضُوءِ فَأَرَاهُ ثَلاَثًا ثَلاَثًا ثُمَّ قَالَ ‏ ‏ ‏.‏
"‏ هَذَا الْوُضُوءُ فَمَنْ زَادَ عَلَى هَذَا فَقَدْ أَسَاءَ وَتَعَدَّى أَوْ ظَلَمَ ‏"
It was narrated from 'Amr bin Shu'aib from his father, from his grandfather, that:

A Bedouin came to the Prophet and asked him about ablution. He showed him how to perform it washing each part of the body three times. Then he said: 'This is the ablution, and whoever does more than this, has done evil, transgressed the limits and wronged himself.'"