Hadith 87

(حديث مرفوع) حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ لَهِيعَةَ ، عَنْ أَبِي النَّضْرِ ، عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ ، عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ ، أَنَّهُ قَالَ : رَأَيْتُ سَعْدَ بْنَ أَبِي وَقَّاصٍ يَمْسَحُ عَلَى خُفَّيْهِ بِالْعِرَاقِ حِينَ يَتَوَضَّأُ ، فَأَنْكَرْتُ ذَلِكَ عَلَيْهِ ، قَالَ : فَلَمَّا اجْتَمَعْنَا عِنْدَ عُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ ، قَالَ لِي : سَلْ أَبَاكَ عَمَّا أَنْكَرْتَ عَلَيَّ مِنْ مَسْحِ الْخُفَّيْنِ ، قَالَ : فَذَكَرْتُ ذَلِكَ لَهُ ، فَقَالَ : إِذَا حَدَّثَكَ سَعْدٌ بِشَيْءٍ ، فَلَا تَرُدَّ عَلَيْهِ ، فَإِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ كَانَ يَمْسَحُ عَلَى الْخُفَّيْنِ " .
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) that I saw Sayyiduna Sa’d bin Abi Waqqas (may Allah be pleased with him) in Iraq wiping over his leather socks while performing ablution, and I was greatly surprised and astonished at this. Later, when we gathered in a gathering of Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him), Sa’d (may Allah be pleased with him) said to me, “The astonishment you had regarding «مسح على الخفين», ask your father about it.” I mentioned the whole incident to him, so he said, “When Sayyiduna Sa’d (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates a hadith before you, do not reject it, because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) himself used to wipe over leather socks.”
Hadith Reference مسند احمد / مسند الخلفاء الراشدين / 87
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