Hadith 7914

Chapter 12

باب 12

(12) باب فِي غَسْلِ الْيَدِ قَبْلَ الطَّعَامِ

(12) Chapter: Washing the hands before eating (AR)
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حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ، حَدَّثَنَا قَيْسٌ، عَنْ أَبِي هَاشِمٍ، عَنْ زَاذَانَ، عَنْ سَلْمَانَ، قَالَ قَرَأْتُ فِي التَّوْرَاةِ أَنَّ بَرَكَةَ الطَّعَامِ الْوُضُوءُ قَبْلَهُ فَذَكَرْتُ ذَلِكَ لِلنَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَقَالَ " بَرَكَةُ الطَّعَامِ الْوُضُوءُ قَبْلَهُ وَالْوُضُوءُ بَعْدَهُ " . وَكَانَ سُفْيَانُ يَكْرَهُ الْوُضُوءَ قَبْلَ الطَّعَامِ . قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُدَ وَهُوَ ضَعِيفٌ .

Narrated Salman al-Farsi:
I read in the Torah that the blessing of food consists in ablution before it. So I mentioned it to the Prophet (ﷺ). He said: The blessing of food consists in ablution before it and ablution after it.Sufyan disapproved of performing ablution before taking food.Abu Dawud said: It is weak. (AR)

Reference (AR): Sunan Abi Dawud 3761 (AR)

In-book reference (AR): Book 28, Hadith 26 (AR)

English translation (AR): Book 27, Hadith 3752 (AR)