Home / Collections / Sahih al-Bukhari / Ablutions (Wudu')
Sahih al-Bukhari

Ablutions (Wudu')

كتاب الوضوء

Read the English translation first, with the original Arabic directly underneath.

SELECTED CHAPTER

To carry an 'Anaza (spear-headed stick) along with the water for washing the private parts after answering the call of nature.

Page 1
Hadith 16
Read full hadith
ENGLISH

Narrated Anas:

Whenever Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) went to answer the call of nature, I along with another boy from us used to go behind him with a tumbler full of water.

ARABIC

حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ، عَنْ أَبِي مُعَاذٍ ـ هُوَ عَطَاءُ بْنُ أَبِي مَيْمُونَةَ ـ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَنَسًا، يَقُولُ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم إِذَا خَرَجَ لِحَاجَتِهِ تَبِعْتُهُ أَنَا وَغُلاَمٌ مِنَّا مَعَنَا إِدَاوَةٌ مِنْ مَاءٍ‏.‏