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I was in the company of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) on one of the journeys and he went out to answer the call of
nature (and after he finished) I poured water and he performed ablution; he washed his face, forearms
and passed his wet hand over his head and over the two Khuff (socks made from thick fabric or
leather).
Sahih al-Bukhari Book 4, Hadith 48
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"When Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) departed from `Arafat, he turned towards a mountain pass where he answered
the call of nature. (After he had finished) I poured water and he performed ablution and then I said to
him, "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! Will you offer the prayer?" He replied, "The Musalla (place of the prayer) is
ahead of you (in Al-Muzdalifa).
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That he stayed overnight in the house of Maimuna the wife of the Prophet, his aunt. He added : I lay
on the bed (cushion transversally) while Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) and his wife lay in the lengthwise direction of
the cushion. Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) slept till the middle of the night, either a bit before or a bit after it and
then woke up, rubbing the traces of sleep off his face with his hands. He then, recited the last ten
verses of Sura Al-`Imran, got up and went to a hanging water-skin. He then Performed the ablution
from it and it was a perfect ablution, and then stood up to offer the prayer. I, too, got up and did as the
Prophet had done. Then I went and stood by his side. He placed his right hand on my head and caught
my right ear and twisted it. He prayed two rak`at then two rak`at and two rak`at and then two rak`at
and then two rak`at and then two rak`at (separately six times), and finally one rak`a (the witr). Then he
lay down again in the bed till the Mu'adh-dhin came to him where upon the Prophet (ﷺ) got up, offered a
two light rak`at prayer and went out and led the Fajr prayer.