the Almighty saying: {Wash your faces}. Al-Awza'i and Sa'id ibn 'Abd al-'Aziz (1) said: Wudu' is performed three times each, except for washing the feet, for which he cleanses them [thoroughly]. It has been narrated from Ibn 'Abbas that he said: The Prophet (may the peace and blessings of God be upon him) performed wudu' once each [for each member]. Narrated by Al-Bukhari (2). Abu Hurayra narrated that the Prophet (may the peace and blessings of God be upon him) performed wudu' twice each. Narrated by Al-Tirmidhi (3), who said: This is a hasan gharib (good, singular) hadith. From 'Ali, it is narrated that the Prophet (may the peace and blessings of God be upon him) performed wudu' three times each (4). Al-Tirmidhi said: The hadith of 'Ali is the best and most authentic thing in this chapter. Sa'id said: Sallam al-Tawil narrated to us, from Zayd al-'Ammi, from Mu'awiya ibn Qurra, from Ibn 'Umar, that the Messenger of God (may the peace and blessings of God be upon him) requested water, then performed wudu' once each, and then said: "This is the wudu' [performed in] the measure of wudu', the wudu' of the one whose prayer God does not accept except by it." Then he spoke for a while, then requested water and performed wudu' twice each, and said: "This is the wudu' of one who, if he performs it, God will double his reward twice." Then he spoke for a while, then requested water and performed wudu' three times each, and said: "This is my wudu' and the wudu' of the Prophets before me" (5). Ibn Majah narrated with his chain of transmission from Ubayy ibn Ka'b from the Prophet (may the peace and blessings of God be upon him) the like of this, and Muslim narrated in his Sahih (6), that 'Uthman requested
(1) Abu Muhammad Sa'id ibn 'Abd al-'Aziz al-Tanukhi, jurist of the people of Sham along with Al-Awza'i and after him, died in the year 166 AH. Tabaqat al-Fuqaha' by Al-Shirazi 76. (2) Referenced previously on page 179. (3) In: Chapter on what has been narrated regarding wudu' twice each, from the Book of Purification. 'Aridat al-Ahwadhi 1/60. It was also narrated by Abu Dawud, in: Chapter on wudu' twice, from the Book of Purification. Sunan Abi Dawud 1/30. And Imam Ahmad, in Al-Musnad 2/364. It was also narrated from 'Abd Allah ibn Zayd by Al-Bukhari, in: Chapter on wudu' twice, from the Book of Wudu'. Sahih al-Bukhari 1/51. And Al-Darimi, in: Chapter on wudu' twice, from the Book of Purification. Sunan al-Darimi 1/177. (4) Narrated by Al-Tirmidhi, in: Chapter on what has been narrated regarding wudu' three times each, from the Chapters of Purification. 'Aridat al-Ahwadhi 1/61. And Ibn Majah, in: Chapter on wudu' three times each, from the Book of Purification. Sunan Ibn Majah 1/144. See what preceded in Issue 26, page 169, and in Issue 28, page 178, and Al-Musnad 2/8. (5) Some of this preceded in Issue No. 30, and its documentation preceded there, page 190. The hadith of Ibn 'Umar regarding wudu' three times each was also narrated by Al-Nasa'i, in: Chapter on wudu' three times each, from the Book of Purification. Al-Mujtaba 1/54. And Imam Ahmad, in: Al-Musnad 2/28, 39, 132. (6) In: Chapter on the description of wudu' and its perfection, from the Book of Purification. Sahih Muslim 1/204, 205. See its documentation in what preceded, Issue 26, page 169.
