Jami' at-Tirmidhi — Hadith #26262

Ibn Abi Umar told us, Sufyan bin Uyaynah told us, on the authority of Hisham bin Urwa, on the authority of his father, on the authority of Aisha, she said: The Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, was And if he wanted to wash himself from impurity, he would start by washing his hands before he put them in the vessel, then he would wash his private parts and perform his ablution. For prayer, then he drank water with his hair, then he put three heaths on his head. Abu Issa said: This is a good and authentic hadith. It is What the scholars have chosen regarding ghusl from impurity is that he performs his ablution for prayer, then rubs it over his head three times, then Overflowing water over the rest of his body, then he washes his feet. This is acted upon according to the people of knowledge, and they said that if a person in a state of ritual impurity is immersed in water and does not He performs ablution, and this is the view of Al-Shafi’i, Ahmad, and Ishaq.