Narrated Jabir ibn Abdullah: When the Prophet ﷺ felt the need of relieving himself, he went far off where no one could see him.

Anas bin Malik reported: When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ entered the toilet, he used to say (before entering): "O Allaah, I seek refuge in Thee. " This is according to the version of Hammad. Abd al-Warith has another version: "I seek refuge in Allaah from male and female devils. "

Narrated Salman al-Farsi: It was said to Salman: Your Prophet teaches you everything, even about excrement. He replied: Yes. He has forbidden us to face the qiblah at the time of easing or urinating, and cleansing with right hand, and cleansing with less than three stones, or cleansing with dung or bone.

Narrated Abu Ayyub: That he (the Holy Prophet, sal Allahu alayhi wa sallam) said: "When you go to the privy, neither turn your face nor your back towards the qiblah at the time of excretion or urination, but turn towards the east or the west. (Abu Ayyub said): When we came to Syria, we found that the toilets already built there were facing the qiblah, We turned our faces away from them and begged pardon of Allaah.

Narrated Amr ibn al-As: Abdur Rahman ibn Hasanah reported: I and Amr ibn al-As went to the Prophet ﷺ. He came out with a leather shield (in his hand). He covered himself with it and urinated. Then we said: Look at him. He is urinating as a woman does. The Prophet ﷺ, heard this and said: Do you not know what befell a person from amongst Banu Isra'il (the children of Israel)? When urine fell on them, they would cut off the place where the urine fell; but he (that person) forbade them (to do so), and was punished in his grave. Abu Dawud said: One version of Abu Musa has the wording: "he cut off his skin". Another version of Abu Musa goes: "he cut off (part of) his body. "

Narrated Hudhaifah: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ came to a midden of some people and urinated while standing. He then asked for water and wiped his shoes. Abu Dawud said: Musaddad, a narrator, reported: I went far away from him. He then called me and I reached just near his heals.

Narrated Abu Burdah: On the authority of his father ( Abu Musa al-Ashari), reported (according to the version of Musaddad): We came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ to provide us with a mount, and found him using the tooth-stick, its one end being at his tongue (i. e. he wsa rinsing his mouth). According to the version of Sulaiman it goes: I entered upon the Prophet ﷺ who was using the tooth-stick, and had it placed at one side of his tongue, producing a gurgling sound. Abu Dawud said: Musaddad said that the tradition was a lengthy but he shortened it.

Narrated Abdullah ibn Umar: Abu Ghutayf al-Hudhali reported: I was in the company of Ibn Umar. When the call was made for the noon (zuhr) prayer, he performed ablution and said the prayer. When the call for the afternoon (Asr) prayer was made, he again performed ablution. Thus I asked him (about the reason of performing ablution). He replied: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: For a man who performs ablution in a state of purity, ten virtuous deeds will be recorded (in his favour). Abu Dawud said: This is the tradition narrated by Musaddad, and it is more perfect.

Narrated Abdullah ibn Abbas: One of the wives of the Prophet ﷺ took a bath from a large bowl. The Prophet ﷺ wanted to perform ablution or take from the water left over. She said to him: O Prophet of Allah, verily I was sexually defiled. The Prophet said: Water not defiled.

Narrated Abu Hurairah: The Prophet ﷺ said: None amongst you should urinate in standing water, then wash in it after sexual defilement.

A similar tradition has been transmitted by Abu Hurairah through a different chain of narrators. But this version has been narrated as a statement of Abu Hurairah himself and not attributed to the Prophet ﷺ. The version has the addition of the words: "If the cat licks (a utensil), it should be washed once. "

Narrated Aishah: I and the Messenger of Allaah ﷺ took a bath from one vessel while we were sexually defiled.

Narrated Ibn Umar: The males and females during the time of the Messenger of Allah ( sal Allahu alayhi wa sallam ) used to perform the ablution from one vessel together. The wordings "from one vessel" occur in the version of Musaddad.

Narrated Abd Allaah bin Umar: We (men) and women during the life-time of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to perform ablution from one vessel. We all put our hands in it.

Narrated Humayd al-Himyari: Humayd al-Himyari reported: I met a person (among the Companion of Prophet) who remained in the company of the Prophet ﷺfor four years as Abu Hurairah remained in his company. He reported: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ forbade that the female should wash with the water left over by the male, and that the male should wash with the left-over of the female. The version of Musaddad adds: "That they both take the handful of water together. "

Narrated Abd Allaah bin Muhammad: We were in the company of Aishah. When her food was brought in, al-Qasim stood up to say his prayer. Thereupon, Aishah said: I heard the Messenger of Allaah ﷺ say: Prayer should not be offered in presence of meals, nor at the moment when one is struggling with two evils (e. g. when one is feeling the call of nature. )

Abdullah bin Amr reported: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ saw some people (performing ablution) while their heels were dry. He then said: Woe to the heels because of Hell. Perform the ablution in full.

Abu Hurairah reported: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: When anyone amongst you wakes up from sleep at night, he should not put his hand in the utensil until he has washed his hand three times, for he does’ not know where his hand was during the night.

This Tradition has been reported by Abu Hurairah through another chain of transmitters. It adds: “ twice or thrice. ” This version does not mention Abu Razin.

Narrated Ali ibn Abu Talib: Abdu Khayr said: Ali came upon us and he had already offered prayer. He called for water. We asked: What will you do with water when you have already offered prayer? - Perhaps to teach us. A utensil containing water and a wash-basin were brought (to him). He poured water from the utensil on his right hand and washed both his hands three times, rinsed the mouth, snuffed up water and cleansed the nose three times. He then rinsed the mouth and snuffed up water with the same hand by which he took water. He then washed his face three times, and washed his right hand three times and washed his left hand three times. He then put his hand in water and wiped his head once. He then washed his right foot thrice and left foot thrice, then said: If one is pleased to know the method of performing ablution of the Messenger of Allah, this is how he did it.

Abu Hayyah said: I saw Ali perform ablution. He (Abu Hayyah) then described that Ali went through every part of the ablution three times, i. e. he performed each detail of his ablution three times. He then wiped his head, then washed his feet up to the ankles. He then said: I wanted to show you how the Messenger of Allah ﷺ performed ablution.

Abdullah bin Zaid bin Asim reported this tradition saying: He rinsed his mouth and snuffed up water from one hand, doing that three times.

Narrated Ar-Rubayyi daughter of Muawwidh ibn Afra: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to come to us. He once said: Pour ablution water on me. She then described how the Prophet ﷺ performed ablution saying: He washed his hands up to wrist three times and washed his face three times, and rinsed his mouth and snuffed up water once. Then he washed his forearms three times and wiped his head twice beginning from the back of his head, then wiped its front. He wiped his ears outside and inside. Then he washed his feet three times. Abu Dawud said: The tradition narrated by Musaddad carries the same meaning.

Al-Rubayyi reported: The Prophet ﷺ wiped his head with water which was left over in his hand.

Narrated Talhah ibn Musarrif: I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ wiping his head once up to his nape. Musaddad reported: He wiped his head from front to back until he moved his hands from beneath the ears. Abu Dawud said: I heard Ahmad say: People thought that Ibn Uyainah had considered it to be munkar (rejected) and said: What is this chain: Talhah - his father - his grandfather ?

Narrated Abu Umamah: Abu Umamah mentioned how the Messenger of Allah ﷺ performed ablution, saying that he used to wipe the corners of his eyes, and he said that the ears are treated as part of the head. Sulaiman bin Harb said: the wording "the ears are treated as part of the head" were uttered by Abu Umamah. Hammad said: I do not know whether the phrase "the ears are treated as part of the head" was he statement of the Prophet ﷺ or of Abu Umamah.

Narrated Abdullah ibn Amr ibn al-As: A man came to the Prophet ﷺ and asked him: Messenger of Allah, how is the ablution (to performed)? He (the Prophet) then called for water in a vessel and washed his hands up to the wrists three times, then washed his face three times, and washed his forearms three times. He then wiped his head and inserted both his index fingers in his ear-holes; he wiped the back of his ears with his thumbs and the front of his ears with the index fingers. He then washed his feet three times. Then he said: This is how ablution should be performed. If anyone does more or less than this, he has done wrong and transgressed, or (said) transgressed and done wrong.

Ata bin Yasar quoting Ibn. Abbas said: May I not tell you how the Messenger of Allah ﷺ performed ablution? He then performed ablution washing each limb once only.

Al-Mughirah bin Shubah said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ performed ablution and wiped his forelock and turban. Another version says: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ wiped his socks and his forelock and his turban. Bakr said: I heard it from Ibn al-Mughirah.

Urwah bin al-Mughirah reported his father as saying: We accompanied the Messenger of Allah ﷺ to a caravan, and I had a jug of water. He went to relieve himself and came back. I came to him with the jug of water and poured upon him. He washed his hands and face. He had a tight-sleeved Syrian woolen gown. He tried to get his forearms out, but the sleeve of the gown was very narrow, so he brought his hands out from under the gown. I then bent down to take off his socks. But he said to me: Leave them, for my feet were clean when I put them in, and he only wiped over them. Yunus said on the authority of al-Shabi that Urwah narrated his tradition from his father before him, and his father reported it from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ.

Narrated Abu Musa al-Ashari: Negus presented to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ two black and simple socks. He put them on; then he performed ablution and wiped over them. Musaddad reported this tradition from Dulham bin Salih. Abu Dawud said: This tradition has been narrated by the people of Basrah alone.

Narrated Aws ibn Abu Aws ath-Thaqafi: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ performed ablution and wiped over his shoes and feet. Abbad (a sub-narrator) said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ came to the well of a people. Musaddad did not mention the words Midat (a place where ablution is performed), and Kazamah (well). Then both agreed on the wording: "He performed ablution and wiped over his shoes and feet. "

Buraidah on the authority of his father reported: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ performed five prayers with the same ablution of the occasion of the capture of Makkah, and he wiped over his socks. Umar said to him (the Prophet): I saw you doing a thing today that you never did. He said: I did it deliberately.

Narrated Talq: We came upon the Prophet of Allah ﷺ. A man came to him: he seemed to be a bedouin. He said: Prophet of Allah, what do you think about a man who touches his penis after performing ablution? He ﷺ replied: That is only a part of his body. Abu Dawud said: The tradition has been transmitted through a different chain of narrators.

The tradition has also been reported by Qais bin Talq through a different chain of narrators. This version adds the wording: "during the prayer"

Narrated Abdullah ibn Abbas: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ took a shoulder (of goat's meat) and after wiping his hand with a cloth on which he was sitting, he got up and prayed.

Abu Hurairah reported: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: Perform ablution after eating anything which has been cooked by fire.

Narrated Sahl ibn Hunayf: I felt greatly distressed by the frequent flowing of prostatic fluid. For this reason I used to take a bath very often. I asked the Messenger of Allah ﷺ about this. He replied: Ablution will be sufficient for you because of this. I asked: Messenger of Allah, what should I do if it smears my clothes. He replied: It is sufficient if you take a handful of water and sprinkle it on your clothe when you find it has smeared it.

Anas reported: One day the Messenger of Allah ﷺ had sexual intercourse with (all) his wives with a single bath. Abu Dawud said: This tradition has been transmitted through another chain of narrators.

Aishah reported: when the prophet ﷺ intended to sleep while he was sexually defiled, he would perform ablution as he did for prayer.