Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) says: When the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) intended to take the ritual bath for janabah (major impurity), he would wash his hands before putting them into the vessel, then wash his private part, then perform ablution as for prayer, then soak his hair with water, then pour three handfuls of water over his head.
Imam al-Shafi'i (may Allah have mercy on him) narrates it with his chain from Hisham, and in this hadith it says: he would wash his hand before putting it into the vessel.
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الطهارة / 830
Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) says: When the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) took the ritual bath for janabah (major impurity), he would pour water over his head three times. A man said: My hair is very thick. Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) said: The hair of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) was thicker than yours, and finer.
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الطهارة / 831
Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) says: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to pour three handfuls of water over his head when he was in a state of janabah (major impurity).
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الطهارة / 832
Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) says: When the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) took the ritual bath for janabah (major impurity), he would pour three handfuls of water over his head. Hasan bin Muhammad (may Allah have mercy on him) said: My hair is thick. Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) said: I said to him: O son of my brother! The hair of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) was thicker than that, and finer.
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الطهارة / 833
Sayyiduna Jubayr bin Mut'im (may Allah be pleased with him) says: The people disputed about the ritual bath in the presence of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). Some of them said: I wash my head in such and such a way. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "As for me, I pour three handfuls of water over my head."
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الطهارة / 834
Sayyiduna Jubayr bin Mut'im (may Allah be pleased with him) says: We mentioned the ritual bath for janabah (major impurity) in the presence of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), and the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "As for me, I pour water over my head three times."
(b) Zuhayr described the position of the hands: the palms facing the sky and the backs facing the ground (when scooping water).
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الطهارة / 835