´It was narrated that Anas bin Malik said:` "I saw the Messenger of Allah performing ablution, wearing a Qatari turban. He put his hand beneath the turban and wiped the front part of his head, and he did not take the turban off."
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Explanation & Benefits
Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi
Benefits and Issues:
This narration is weak in its chain of transmission. Furthermore, there is no explicit mention in it of wiping (masah) over the turban (imamah), but in the narrations of Hudhayfah ibn al-Yaman radi Allahu anhu and others, it is explicitly stated that the remainder of the wiping was completed over the turban. Here, the absence of mention cannot be taken as a basis for negating the original ruling. Wiping over the turban is established from authentic Sunnah. As has already been permitted in hadith number [146], and its explicit mention is also coming ahead in hadith number [150].
Source: Sunan Abu Dawood – Commentary by Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi, Page: 147