Jami' at-Tirmidhi — Hadith #26273

Hanad narrated to us, Abdah narrated to us, on the authority of Muhammad bin Ishaq, on the authority of Saeed bin Ubaid, he is Ibn al-Subaq, on the authority of his father, on the authority of Sahl bin Hanif, he said: I was suffering from madness in severe distress, and I used to wash frequently, so I mentioned that to the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, and asked him about it. He said, “Only ablution will suffice you for that.” So I said, O Messenger of God, how about what gets on my clothes? He said, “It is enough for you to do so.” “You take a handful of water and sprinkle it on your garment wherever you see that it got infected.” Abu Issa said, “This is a good and authentic hadith.” We know him only from hadith Muhammad ibn Ishaq regarding a discharge like this. The people of knowledge differed regarding the discharge that gets on the garment, and some of them said that it is only sufficient Washing is the view of Al-Shafi’i and Ishaq. Some of them said that sprinkling is sufficient for it. Ahmad said, “I hope that sprinkling with water is sufficient for it.”