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I heard Abu Huraira saying as he passed by us while the people were performing ablution from a
utensil containing water, "Perform ablution perfectly and thoroughly for Abul-Qasim (the Prophet)
said, 'Save your heels from the Hell-fire.' "
Sahih al-Bukhari Book 4, Hadith 31
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(the freed slave of `Uthman bin `Affan) I saw `Uthman bin `Affan asking (for a tumbler of water) to
perform ablution (and when it was brought) he poured water from it over his hands and washed them
thrice and then put his right hand in the water container and rinsed his mouth and washed his nose by
putting water in it and then blowing it out. Then he washed his face thrice and (then) forearms up to
the elbows thrice, then passed his wet hands over his head and then washed each foot thrice. After that
`Uthman said, "I saw the Prophet (ﷺ) performing ablution like this of mine, and he said, 'If anyone
performs ablution like that of mine and offers a two-rak`at prayer during which he does not think of
anything else (not related to the present prayer) then his past sins will be forgiven. '
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I asked `Abdullah bin `Umar, "O Abu `Abdur-Rahman! I saw you doing four things which I never
saw being done by anyone of you companions?" `Abdullah bin `Umar said, "What are those, O Ibn
Juraij?" I said, "I never saw you touching any corner of the Ka`ba except these (two) facing south
(Yemen) and I saw you wearing shoes made of tanned leather and dyeing your hair with Hinna (a kind
of red dye). I also noticed that whenever you were in Mecca, the people assume Ihram on seeing the
new moon crescent (1st of Dhul-Hijja) while you did not assume the Ihlal (Ihram) -(Ihram is also
called Ihlal which means 'Loud calling' because a Muhrim has to recite Talbiya aloud when assuming
the state of Ihram) - till the 8th of Dhul-Hijja (Day of Tarwiya). `Abdullah replied, "Regarding the
corners of Ka`ba, I never saw Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) touching except those facing south (Yemen) and
regarding the tanned leather shoes, no doubt I saw Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) wearing non-hairy shoes and he
used to perform ablution while wearing the shoes (i.e. wash his feet and then put on the shoes). So I
love to wear similar shoes. And about the dyeing of hair with Hinna; no doubt I saw Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)
dyeing his hair with it and that is why I like to dye (my hair with it). Regarding Ihlal, I did not see
Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) assuming Ihlal till he set out for Hajj (on the 8th of Dhul-Hijja).