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صحيح ابن خزيمه
Ibn Khuzaymah
جماع أبواب الاستنجاء بالأحجارChapters on Cleaning with Stones
(60) بَابُ الدَّلِيلِ عَلَى أَنَّ الْأَمْرَ بِالْوِتْرِ فِي الِاسْتِطَابَةِ أَمْرُ اسْتِحْبَابٍ لَا أَمْرُ إِيجَابٍChapter 60: Evidence that using an odd number is recommended, not obligatory
Hadith 77
اُردوEn
نا أَبُو غَسَّانَ مَالِكُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ الْقَيْسِيُّ ، نا رَوْحٌ يَعْنِي ابْنَ عِبَادَةَ ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَامِرٍ الْخَزَّازُ ، عَنْ عَطَاءٍ ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ، أَنّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، قَالَ : " إِذَا اسْتَجْمَرَ أَحَدُكُمْ فَلْيُوتِرْ ، فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ وُتِرٌ يُحِبُّ الْوِتْرَ ، أَمَا تَرَى السَّمَوَاتِ سَبْعًا ، وَالأَرْضَ سَبْعًا ، وَالطَّوَافَ سَبْعًا " وَذَكَرَ أَشْيَاءَ
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "When any one of you performs istinja with stones, he should use an odd number (of stones). Indeed, Allah is Odd and loves odd numbers. Do you not see the seven heavens, the seven earths, and the seven circuits of Tawaf? (i.e., all these are odd.)" In this way, he mentioned several things.
وَأَنَّ مَنِ اسْتَطَابَ بِأَكْثَرَ مِنْ ثَلَاثَةٍ بِشَفْعٍ لَا بِوِتْرٍ غَيْرُ عَاصٍ فِي فِعْلِهِ، إِذْ تَارِكُ الِاسْتِحْبَابِ غَيْرِ الْإِيجَابِ تَارِكُ فَضِيلَةٍ لَا فَرِيضَةٍ
And whoever used more than three even stones for istinja and did not use an odd number, then he will not be sinful because he has left a non-obligatory, recommended, and superior act, not an obligatory one.
