أَخْبَرَنَا الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ حُرَيْثٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الْفَضْلُ بْنُ مُوسَی عَنْ جُعَيْدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي عَبْدُ الْمَلِکِ بْنُ مَرْوَانَ بْنِ الْحَارِثِ بْنِ أَبِي ذُنَابٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ سَالِمٌ سَبَلَانُ قَالَ وَکَانَتْ عَائِشَةُ تَسْتَعْجِبُ بِأَمَانَتِهِ وَتَسْتَأْجِرُهُ فَأَرَتْنِي کَيْفَ کَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَتَوَضَّأُ فَتَمَضْمَضَتْ وَاسْتَنْثَرَتْ ثَلَاثًا وَغَسَلَتْ وَجْهَهَا ثَلَاثًا ثُمَّ غَسَلَتْ يَدَهَا الْيُمْنَی ثَلَاثًا وَالْيُسْرَی ثَلَاثًا وَوَضَعَتْ يَدَهَا فِي مُقَدَّمِ رَأْسِهَا ثُمَّ مَسَحَتْ رَأْسَهَا مَسْحَةً وَاحِدَةً إِلَی مُؤَخِّرِهِ ثُمَّ أَمَرَّتْ يَدَهَا بِأُذُنَيْهَا ثُمَّ مَرَّتْ عَلَی الْخَدَّيْنِ قَالَ سَالِمٌ کُنْتُ آتِيهَا مُکَاتَبًا مَا تَخْتَفِي مِنِّي فَتَجْلِسُ بَيْنَ يَدَيَّ وَتَتَحَدَّثُ مَعِي حَتَّی جِئْتُهَا ذَاتَ يَوْمٍ فَقُلْتُ ادْعِي لِي بِالْبَرَکَةِ يَا أُمَّ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ قَالَتْ وَمَا ذَاکَ قُلْتُ أَعْتَقَنِي اللَّهُ قَالَتْ بَارَکَ اللَّهُ لَکَ وَأَرْخَتْ الْحِجَابَ دُونِي فَلَمْ أَرَهَا بَعْدَ ذَلِکَ الْيَوْمِ
سنن نسائی · Hadith 101
Abu ‘Abdullah Salim Sabalan said: “Aishah liked my honesty and hired me, and she showed me how the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم used to perform Wudu She rinsed her mouth, sniffed water into her nose and blew it out three times, and washed her face three times. Then she washed her right hand three times and her left hand three times. Then she put her hand on the front of her head and wiped her head once, front to back. Then she rubbed her ears with her hands, then she passed her hands over her cheeks.” Salim said: “I came to her as a slave with a contract of manumission, and she did not hide herself from me. She would sit before me and talk to me, until I came to her one day and said: ‘Pray for blessing for me, Mother of the Believers.’ She said: ‘Why is that?’ I said: ‘Allah has set me free.’ She said: ‘May Allah bless you.’ Then she lowered the Hijab before me, and I never saw her again after that day.” (Hasan)
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020