حَدَّثَنَا
سُفْيَانُ بْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ ، قَالَ : حَدَّثَنِي
عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَقِيلِ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ ، قَالَ : أَرْسَلَنِي عَلِيُّ بْنُ حُسَيْنٍ إِلَى
الرُّبَيِّعِ بِنْتِ مُعَوِّذِ ابْنِ عَفْرَاءَ ، فَسَأَلْتُهَا عَنْ وُضُوءِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، فَأَخْرَجَتْ لَهُ ، يَعْنِي إِنَاءً يَكُونُ مُدًّا ، أَوْ نَحْوَ مُدٍّ وَرُبُعٍ قَالَ سُفْيَانُ : كَأَنَّهُ يَذْهَبُ إِلَى الْهَاشِمِيِّ ، قَالَتْ :
كُنْتُ أُخْرِجُ لَهُ الْمَاءَ فِي هَذَا ، فَيَصُبُّ عَلَى يَدَيْهِ ثَلَاثًا ، وَقَالَ مَرَّةً يَغْسِلُ يَدَيْهِ قَبْلَ أَنْ يُدْخِلَهُمَا ، وَيَغْسِلُ وَجْهَهُ ثَلَاثًا ، وَيُمَضْمِضُ ثَلَاثًا ، وَيَسْتَنْشِقُ ثَلَاثًا ، وَيَغْسِلُ يَدَهُ الْيُمْنَى ثَلَاثًا ، وَالْيُسْرَى ثَلَاثًا ، وَيَمْسَحُ بِرَأْسِهِ وَقَالَ مَرَّةً أَوْ مَرَّتَيْنِ مُقْبِلًا وَمُدْبِرًا ، ثُمَّ يَغْسِلُ رِجْلَيْهِ ثَلَاثًا ، قَدْ جَاءَنِي ابْنُ عَمٍّ لَكَ ، فَسَأَلَنِي وَهُوَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ فَأَخْبَرْتُهُ ، فَقَالَ لي : مَا أَجِدُ فِي كِتَابِ اللَّهِ إِلَّا مَسْحَتَيْنِ وَغَسْلَتَيْنِ.
Abdullah bin Muhammad says that once Imam Zain al-Abidin, may Allah have mercy on him, sent me to Hazrat Rabi’, may Allah be pleased with her. I asked her about the method of ablution (wudu) of the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him. She took out a vessel which would be equal to a mudd or a little more than a mudd, and said that I used to pour water for the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, in this vessel. The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, would first pour water over both his hands, then wash his face three times, rinse his mouth three times, put water into his nose three times, wash his right hand three times and his left hand three times, wipe his head from front to back, then wash his feet three times. Your cousin, i.e., Ibn Abbas, may Allah be pleased with them both, also came to me to ask the same question, and I gave him the same answer, but he said to me that in the Book of Allah I find the command to wipe over two things and to wash two things.