(a) It is narrated from al-Hasan (may Allah have mercy on him): "Ablution has a devil who is called al-Walhan"; he makes people laugh during ablution.
(b) Yunus (may Allah have mercy on him) said that water has a whispering, so: "Beware of the whispering of water."
(c) Hilal bin Yasaf (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "There is extravagance in everything, even in ablution, even if one is on the bank of a river."
(d) Likewise, others besides Kharijah bin Mus'ab have narrated it from al-Hasan (may Allah have mercy on him) and Yunus bin Ubayd (may Allah have mercy on him). Kharijah is alone in narrating it with his chain, and he is not strong in narration. Allah knows best.
It has also been narrated with another, weak chain from Imran bin Husayn as marfu' (attributed to the Prophet), meaning what we have narrated from Yunus bin Ubayd.
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الطهارة / 950
Hadith Gradingمحدثین:ضعيف
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