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Bayhaqi 880 — Drying oneself with a towel

وَقَدْ أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو الْحَسَنِ بْنُ بِشْرَانَ الْعَدْلُ بِبَغْدَادَ، ثنا أَبُو عَمْرِو بْنُ السَّمَّاكِ، ثنا حَنْبَلُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ، ثنا أَبُو مَعْمَرٍ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ عَمْرٍو، قَالَ: سَأَلْتُ عَبْدَ الْوَارِثِ، عَنْ حَدِيثِ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ بْنِ صُهَيْبٍ، عَنْ أَنَسٍ، أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ " كَانَ لَهُ مِنْدِيلٌ أَوْ خِرْقَةٌ فَإِذَا تَوَضَّأَ مَسَحَ وَجْهَهُ " فَقَالَ: كَانَ فِي قُطَيْنَةٍ، فَأَخَذَهُ ابْنُ عُلَيَّةَ فَلَسْتُ أَرْوِيهِ قَالَ الشَّيْخُ: وَهَذَا لَوْ رَوَاهُ عَبْدُ الْوَارِثِ عَنْ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ، عَنْ أَنَسٍ لَكَانَ إِسْنَادًا صَحِيحًا، إِلَّا أَنَّهُ امْتَنَعَ مِنْ رِوَايَتِهِ، وَيُحْتَمَلُ أَنَّهُ إِنَّمَا كَانَ عِنْدَهُ بِالْإِسْنَادِ الْأَوَّلِ، وَاللهُ أَعْلَمُ، وَرُوِّينَا عَنْ مُعَاذِ بْنِ جَبَلٍ، رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ " إِذَا تَوَضَّأَ مَسَحَ وَجْهَهُ بِطَرْفِ ثَوْبِهِ "، وَهُوَ ضَعِيفٌ قَدْ ذَكَرْنَاهُ فِي بَابِ طَهَارَةِ الْمَاءِ الْمُسْتَعْمَلِ.
(a) It is narrated from Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) had a towel or a cloth; when he (peace and blessings be upon him) performed ablution, he would wipe his face. Abd al-Warith said: It was in a small bundle (qutaynah), and Ibn Ulayyah took it, so I do not narrate it.
(b) Sayyiduna Mu'adh bin Jabal (may Allah be pleased with him) said: I saw the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him): when he performed ablution, he would wipe his face with the edge of his garment.
(c) The Shaykh said: If Abd al-Warith had narrated this hadith from Abd al-Aziz from Anas, the chain would be sahih (authentic), but he did not narrate it that way; it is possible that he had it only with the first chain.
The narration of Mu'adh is da'if (weak).
Hadith Reference السنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الطهارة / 880
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