Jami' at-Tirmidhi — Hadith #26192

Qutaibah narrated to us, Bakr bin Mudar narrated to us, on the authority of Ibn Ajlan, on the authority of Abdullah bin Muhammad bin Aqeel, on the authority of Al-Rabi’ bint Mu’awiz bin Afra said that she saw the Prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace, performing ablution. She said he wiped his head and wiped what was in front of him and what was behind him, his temples and his ears. “One time.” He said, and on the authority of Ali, the grandfather of Talha bin Musrif bin Amr. Abu Issa said, “And the hadith of Al-Rabi’ is a good hadith.” True. It has been narrated through more than one authority on the authority of the Prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace, that he wiped his head once. This is what most of the people of Knowledge is from the companions of the Prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace, and those after them. This is what Ja`far ibn Muhammad, Sufyan al-Thawri, Ibn al-Mubarak, and al-Shafi’i say about it. And Ahmad and Ishaq witnessed wiping the head once. Muhammad ibn Mansour al-Makki told us, saying: I heard Sufyan ibn Uyaynah says, “I asked Ja’far bin Muhammad about wiping the head once is sufficient, and he said, ‘Yes, by God.’”