Sunan ad-Darimi — Hadith #53643

Abu Al-Walid told us, Zaida told us, on the authority of Suleiman, on the authority of Salim bin Abi Al-Jaad, on the authority of Kurayb, on the authority of Ibn Abbas, on the authority of Maimuna May God be pleased with her. She said: “I made water for the Prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace.” He poured it on his hands and began to wash his private parts with it. When he finished, Solomon wiped it on the ground or on the wall, then rinsed his mouth and sniffed, washed his face and arms, and poured it on his head and body. When When he finished, he stepped aside and washed his feet. I gave him a blanket, but he refused, and began to wipe himself off. She said: So I covered him until he washed. Sulayman said: Salem mentioned that this bathing of the Prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace, was due to ritual impurity.