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Sunan Abi Dawud 166 — Sprinkling Water After Urination
Splashing Water (On The Private Parts)
Sprinkling Water After Urination and Wudu
Sunan Abi Dawud : 166
Sunan Abi DawudHadith Number 166
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ كَثِيرٍ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، - هُوَ الثَّوْرِيُّ - عَنْ مَنْصُورٍ، عَنْ مُجَاهِدٍ، عَنْ سُفْيَانَ بْنِ الْحَكَمِ الثَّقَفِيِّ، أَوِ الْحَكَمِ بْنِ سُفْيَانَ قَالَ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم إِذَا بَالَ يَتَوَضَّأُ وَيَنْتَضِحُ . قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُدَ وَافَقَ سُفْيَانَ جَمَاعَةٌ عَلَى هَذَا الإِسْنَادِ وَقَالَ بَعْضُهُمُ الْحَكَمُ أَوِ ابْنُ الْحَكَمِ .
Hakam ibn Sufyan ath-Thaqafi Narrated from:
When the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) urinated, he performed ablution and sprinkled water on private parts of the body. Abu Dawud said: A group of scholars agreed with Sufyan upon this chain of narrators. Some have mentioned the name of Sufyan b. al-Hakam, and others al-Hakam b. Sufyan.
Reference : Sunan Abi Dawud 166In-book reference : Book 1, Hadith 166English translation : Book 1, Hadith 166
Summary of Sunan Abi Dawud Hadith 166
This Hadith speaks about purification after urination and wudu. Hakam ibn Sufyan ath-Thaqafi reports that when the Messenger of Allah صلى الله عليه وسلم urinated, he performed ablution and sprinkled water on the private parts of the body. The wording is simple, and the teaching should stay simple too. It describes an action connected to cleanliness after relieving oneself. Abu Dawud also adds a note about the chain, saying a group of scholars agreed with Sufyan on this chain, while some differed over the narrator's name: Sufyan ibn al-Hakam or al-Hakam ibn Sufyan. So the Hadith includes both a purification practice and a narrator-name note. Common searches include sprinkling water after urination hadith, wudu after urinating, and nadh water hadith.
What we learn from this hadith
- The Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم is reported to have performed wudu after urinating.
- The narration mentions sprinkling water on the private parts.
- Abu Dawud notes a difference in the narrator's name.
