Hadith 29

Sahih Muslim

Book 2: The Book of Purification

Chapter 8

Odd numbers when rinsing the nose and cleaning oneself with pebbles (istijmar)

باب الإِيتَارِ فِي الاِسْتِنْثَارِ وَالاِسْتِجْمَارِ ‏‏

Sahih Muslim 237c
حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ يَحْيَى، قَالَ قَرَأْتُ عَلَى مَالِكٍ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، عَنْ أَبِي إِدْرِيسَ الْخَوْلاَنِيِّ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ ‏ ‏ ‏.‏
"‏ مَنْ تَوَضَّأَ فَلْيَسْتَنْثِرْ وَمَنِ اسْتَجْمَرَ فَلْيُوتِرْ ‏"
Abu Huraira reported:

The Messenger of Allah (way peace he upon him) said: When anyone performs ablution he must clean his nose and when anyone wipes himself with pebbles (after answering the call of nature) he must do that odd number of times.

Chain of Narrators

companion
1

Abu Hurairah -

أبو هريرة عبد الرحمن بن صخر الدوسي

4,186 narrations

follower
2

Abu Idrees al-Khulani

أبو إدريس الخولاني

84 narrations

follower
3

al-Zuhri ‎,

ابن شهاب الزهري محمد بن مسلم

3,342 narrations

3rd Generation
4

Yahya bin Yahya bin Bukayr

يحيى بن يحيى بن بكير

883 narrations