Those who commanded sniffing water into the nose

Sayyiduna Salamah bin Qays (may Allah be pleased with him) says that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "When you perform ablution, clean your nose as well, and when you clean yourself after relieving yourself (istinja), use an odd number of stones."

Sayyiduna Laqit bin Sabirah (may Allah be pleased with him) says: I said to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): "O Messenger of Allah, tell me about ablution." He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Perform the ablution thoroughly and completely, and clean your nose well; but if you are fasting, do not overdo it in cleaning your nose."

Amr al-Anbari says: Once Ubaydullah bin Abdullah bin Utbah performed ablution but forgot to clean his nose. The boy had already taken away the ablution vessel. He said: "I have forgotten a command of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)." Then he called him back and put water into his nose twice.

Abd al-Rahman bin Yazid says: Satan has a flask containing something like a powder; when people intend to pray, he blows it towards them. It is for this reason that cleaning the nose has been commanded.

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) says that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "In ablution, clean your nose thoroughly two or three times."

Ibrahim says: The predecessors used to dislike that water be put into the nose with such exaggeration, the way medicine is put into it.

Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever performs ablution should clean his nose as well, and whoever cleans himself after relieving himself (istinja) should use an odd number of stones."

Ibn Sirin says: The Companions used to rinse the mouth, put water into the nose and clean the nose.

Mujahid says: Cleaning the nose is half of ablution.

Mujahid says: Cleaning the nose is half of purification.

Alqamah says: Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) performed ablution, and in it he cleaned his nose twice each time.