Sayyiduna Uwaym bin Sa'idah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) came to them at the Mosque of Quba and said: Allah Almighty, in mentioning your mosque, has praised you with regard to purification; so what is this method of purification that you adopt? They said: O Messenger of Allah! By Allah, we do not know of anything in particular, except that we have some Jewish neighbours who wash their private parts (with water) after relieving themselves, so we wash just as they wash.
Imam Ahmad, and Imam al-Tabarani in his three books, recorded this narration; its chain contains a narrator, Shurahbil bin Sa'd, whom Imam Malik, Yahya bin Ma'in and Abu Zur'ah declared da'if (weak), while Ibn Hibban declared him thiqah (trustworthy).
Hadith Referenceمجمع الزوائد ومنبع الفوائد / كتاب الطهارة / 1054
Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrates: When this verse was revealed: "In it (the mosque) are men who love to purify themselves thoroughly." the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) sent word to Sayyiduna Uwaym bin Sa'idah (may Allah be pleased with him) and asked him: What is this method of purification for which Allah Almighty has praised you people? They said: O Messenger of Allah! Whoever among us, man or woman, relieves himself washes his private part (here the narrator has reported one word differently). The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: That must be the reason.
Imam al-Tabarani recorded this narration in al-Mu'jam al-Kabir; its chain is hasan (good), except that the narrator Ibn Ishaq is a mudallis, and he narrated it with 'an'anah (using the word 'an).
Hadith Referenceمجمع الزوائد ومنبع الفوائد / كتاب الطهارة / 1055
It is reported about Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Salam (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: O Messenger of Allah! Before you, we were People of the Book, and we were commanded to wash the private parts (after defecation and urination). The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Indeed, Allah Almighty is pleased with you, He has praised you, and He has expressed His love for you.
Imam al-Tabarani recorded this narration in al-Mu'jam al-Awsat; its chain contains a narrator, Sallam al-Tawil, whose weakness the hadith scholars agree upon.
Hadith Referenceمجمع الزوائد ومنبع الفوائد / كتاب الطهارة / 1056
Muhammad bin Abdullah bin Salam reports from his father: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) came to the mosque, that is, the Mosque of Quba, whose foundation was laid upon piety. He stood at its door and said: Allah Almighty has praised you people with regard to purification, so what is your method of attaining purification? We said: O Messenger of Allah! When we were People of the Book, we held istinja (cleansing) with water to be obligatory upon ourselves, and we still do so today. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Allah Almighty has praised you with regard to purification, and He has said: "In it are men who love to purify themselves thoroughly, and Allah Almighty loves those who purify themselves thoroughly."
Imam al-Tabarani recorded this narration in al-Mu'jam al-Kabir; its chain contains a narrator, Shahr bin Hawshab, about whom the hadith scholars have differed; however, Imam Ahmad, Yahya bin Ma'in, Abu Zur'ah and Ya'qub bin Shaybah declared him thiqah (trustworthy).
Hadith Referenceمجمع الزوائد ومنبع الفوائد / كتاب الطهارة / 1057
Muhammad bin Abdullah bin Salam narrates: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) came to us (he meant that he (peace and blessings be upon him) came to Quba), and he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Allah Almighty has praised you with regard to purification; will you not tell me about it? (That is, what is your particular method of purification? The narrator says:) The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was referring to this saying of Allah Almighty: "In it are men who love to purify themselves thoroughly, and Allah Almighty loves those who purify themselves thoroughly." The narrator says: They said: O Messenger of Allah! We found it prescribed as obligatory upon us in the Torah. By this they meant istinja (cleansing) with water.
Imam Ahmad recorded this narration from Muhammad bin Abdullah bin Salam; in his chain he did not include the words that it is from his father (Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Salam, may Allah be pleased with him), as Imam al-Tabarani recorded it. The chain of this narration also contains the narrator Shahr.
Hadith Referenceمجمع الزوائد ومنبع الفوائد / كتاب الطهارة / 1058
Sayyiduna Abu Umamah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "O people of Quba! What is that particular method of attaining purification because of which you have been specially mentioned in this verse: 'In it (the mosque) are men who love to purify themselves thoroughly, and Allah Almighty loves those who purify themselves thoroughly.'" They said: O Messenger of Allah! Whoever among us relieves himself washes his private part.
Imam al-Tabarani recorded this narration in al-Mu'jam al-Awsat and al-Mu'jam al-Kabir, and its chain also contains the narrator Shahr.
Hadith Referenceمجمع الزوائد ومنبع الفوائد / كتاب الطهارة / 1059
Hadith Gradingمحدثین:إسنادہ ضعیف
Hadith Takhrij«أخرجه المعجم الكبير للطبراني برقم: 7555، وأخرجه المعجم الأوسط للطبراني برقم: 3031»
Sayyiduna Khuzaymah bin Thabit (may Allah be pleased with him) says: When our people went to relieve themselves, they would afterwards wash away the traces of excrement, and this verse was revealed concerning them: "In it (the mosque) are men who love to purify themselves thoroughly."
Imam al-Tabarani recorded this narration; its chain contains a narrator, Abu Bakr bin Abi Sabrah, and he is matruk (abandoned).
Hadith Referenceمجمع الزوائد ومنبع الفوائد / كتاب الطهارة / 1060
Sayyiduna Abu Ayyub al-Ansari (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Who are these people about whom Allah Almighty has said: 'In it (the mosque) are men who love to purify themselves thoroughly, and Allah Almighty loves those who purify themselves thoroughly.'" He said: They are the people who perform istinja (cleansing) with water and who do not remain asleep the whole night.
Imam al-Tabarani recorded this narration in al-Mu'jam al-Kabir; its chain contains a narrator, Wasil bin al-Sa'ib, and he is da'if (weak). (Allamah al-Haythami says:) I say: Imam Ibn Majah has recorded the hadith reported from Sayyiduna Abu Ayyub al-Ansari (may Allah be pleased with him), but without these words: "and they do not remain asleep the whole night."
Hadith Referenceمجمع الزوائد ومنبع الفوائد / كتاب الطهارة / 1061
Hadith Gradingمحدثین:إسنادہ صحیح۔
Hadith Takhrij«أخرجه المستدرك على الصحيحين برقم: 699، وأخرجه المعجم الكبير للطبراني برقم: 4070، 7555، وأخرجه المعجم الأوسط للطبراني برقم: 3031، وأخرجه المطالب العالية بزوائد المسانيد الثمانية برقم: 3620، وأخرجه إتحاف الخيرة المهرة بزوائد المسانيد العشرة برقم: 458، 5723»
Sayyidah Aishah Siddiqah (may Allah be pleased with her) says: A woman's washing of her front private part (after urinating) is (established as) Sunnah.
Imam al-Bazzar recorded this narration; its chain contains a narrator, Layth bin Abi Sulaym, who is a mudallis, and he has narrated this report with "'an'anah" (using the word 'an).
Hadith Referenceمجمع الزوائد ومنبع الفوائد / كتاب الطهارة / 1062