Sahih Muslim, 939 e
sahihChain of narration · Isnād
Each narrator name opens their biography and classical source evidence.
Narrated by Yahya bin Ayoub al-GhafiqifromIsma'il bin Ibrahim - Ibn 'AliyafromAyoub al-SakhtiyanifromUmm Atiyyah Ansariyah
Hadith text · Matn
وَحَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ أَيُّوبَ، حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ عُلَيَّةَ، وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَيُّوبُ، قَالَ وَقَالَتْ حَفْصَةُ عَنْ أُمِّ عَطِيَّةَ، قَالَتِ اغْسِلْنَهَا وِتْرًا ثَلاَثًا أَوْ خَمْسًا أَوْ سَبْعًا قَالَ وَقَالَتْ أُمُّ عَطِيَّةَ مَشَطْنَاهَا ثَلاَثَةَ قُرُونٍ .
English translation
Umm 'Atiyya reported:
We washed her an odd number of times, i. e. three, five or seven times; and Umm 'Atiyya (further) said: We braided her hair in three plaits.
References2 variants
- In-Book Reference
- Book 11, Hadith 50
- USC-MSA web (English) reference
- Book 4, Hadith 2045 (deprecated numbering scheme)