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Sunan Ibn Majah 467 — Refusing a Cloth After Ghusl
(Drying oneself with) a cloth after ablution or bathing
Hadith About Not Using a Towel After Ghusl
Sunan Ibn Majah : 467
Sunan Ibn MajahHadith Number 467
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، وَعَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ، قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ، حَدَّثَنَا الأَعْمَشُ، عَنْ سَالِمِ بْنِ أَبِي الْجَعْدِ، عَنْ كُرَيْبٍ، حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ، عَنْ خَالَتِهِ، مَيْمُونَةَ قَالَتْ أَتَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ بِثَوْبٍ حِينَ اغْتَسَلَ مِنَ الْجَنَابَةِ فَرَدَّهُ وَجَعَلَ يَنْفُضُ الْمَاءَ .
Maimuna Narrated from:
I brought a piece of cloth (for drying) to the Messenger of Allah when he performed a bath to cleanse himself from sexual impurity. He refused it and began to shake off water.
Reference : Sunan Ibn Majah 467In-book reference : Book 1, Hadith 201English translation : Vol. 1, Book 1, Hadith 467
Summary of Sunan Ibn Majah Hadith 467
This hadith about not using a towel after ghusl is narrated by Maimunah through Ibn Abbas. She brought a piece of cloth to the Messenger of Allah when he performed a bath to cleanse himself from sexual impurity. He refused it and began to shake off the water. The text gives one clear action: the cloth was offered, and he did not take it. It does not say that everyone must always avoid a towel, so the explanation should not overstate the matter. The main teaching is that the Prophet sometimes completed ghusl and removed water with his hands instead of drying with cloth. This makes the narration useful for people searching about towel after ghusl in Islam.
What we learn from this hadith
- Maimunah offered a cloth after the Prophet’s ghusl from janabah.
- The Prophet refused the cloth in this report.
- He shook off water after bathing.
- The hadith should not be turned into a wider claim beyond the wording.
