أَخْبَرَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ عَنْ خَلَفٍ وَهُوَ ابْنُ خَلِيفَةَ عَنْ أَبِي مَالِکٍ الْأَشْجَعِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي حَازِمٍ قَالَ کُنْتُ خَلْفَ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ وَهُوَ يَتَوَضَّأُ لِلصَّلَاةِ وَکَانَ يَغْسِلُ يَدَيْهِ حَتَّی يَبْلُغَ إِبْطَيْهِ فَقُلْتُ يَا أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ مَا هَذَا الْوُضُوئُ فَقَالَ لِي يَا بَنِي فَرُّوخَ أَنْتُمْ هَاهُنَا لَوْ عَلِمْتُ أَنَّکُمْ هَاهُنَا مَا تَوَضَّأْتُ هَذَا الْوُضُوئَ سَمِعْتُ خَلِيلِي صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ تَبْلُغُ حِلْيَةُ الْمُؤْمِنِ حَيْثُ يَبْلُغُ الْوُضُوئُ
سنن نسائی · Hadith 151
It was narrated that Abu Hazim said: “I was behind Abu Hurairah when he performed Wudu’ for Salah. He washed his hand up to the armpit, and I said: ‘Abu Hurairah! What is this Wudu’?’ He said to me: ‘Banu Farrukh! You are here! If I had known that you were here I would not have performed Wudu’ like this. I heard my close friend (i.e., the Prophet) صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم say: “The jewelry of the believer will reach as far as his Wudu reached.” (Sahih)
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020