Explanation of the Book of Ablution, the Full Bath, Menstruation, and Dry Ablution-05b
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The reciter: Abdullah ibn Yusuf narrated to us, saying: Malik informed us from Amr ibn Yahya al-Mazini from his father: .
The Shaykh : Al-Bukhari said in his Sahih: "Chapter on Wiping the Entire Head", and he cited as evidence the saying of Allah the Exalted: The letter "ba" here indicates contact, not partiality.
Ibn Barhan said: "Whoever claims that it comes to indicate partiality has said something that is not in the Arabic language". It is said, "I wiped with such-and-such," meaning I attached my hand to it while wiping. The head, when mentioned generally, includes all the usual hair growth areas, which are from the curve of the forehead to the top of the neck, and from ear to ear. The white area between the ears is part of the head, and the ears are part of the head because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) did not leave them unwiped.
He says: And Ibn al-Musayyib said: "A woman is in the same position as a man; she wipes over her head". However, she is not required to wipe what hangs down from the hair growth areas. What hangs down from the hair growth areas does not have to be wiped because it is not part of the head.
If someone were to say: It is not part of the head when it hangs down, but it is part of the head in its roots?
The answer to this is that we say: We wiped its roots which are on the head, but what hangs down is not part of the head. Those who said that the hanging part of the beard does not have to be washed with the face cited this as evidence, because it is not part of the face but hanging down. However, the correct view is that it is obligatory to wash the hanging part of the beard, not that it is obligatory to wipe the hanging part of the head hair. This is because the hanging part of the beard is included in the face, as it certainly achieves the facing of the face. As for the hanging part of the head hair, it does not achieve the covering of the head, meaning the covering of the entire body. Then, this hanging part is in the ruling of being detached, because hair is in the ruling of being detached, like a tooth or a nail.
But if a person has a turban on and wipes over it, that suffices him, even if some of the head is exposed and he did not wipe over it. This is because when he has a turban on, the ruling applies to the turban. For example, if a person has a turban on and part of the forehead, part of the back of the head, and the ears are exposed, then wiping this exposed part is not obligatory. However, the scholars said it is recommended to wipe it along with the turban, but it is not obligatory, because the ruling has shifted to the turban.
Then he cited as evidence, may Allah have mercy on him, the hadith of Abdullah ibn Zayd, and likewise Imam Malik, may Allah have mercy on him, cited it as evidence before him. In it: "Then he wiped his head with his hands", which is explicit that he wiped the entire head, and that the "ba" in the verse is for contact, just as it is in the hadith: "He wiped his head with his hands".
A man said to Abdullah ibn Zayd - who was the grandfather of Amr ibn Yahya - : "Can you show me how the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) used to perform ablution?" Abdullah ibn Zayd said: "Yes." He then called for water, poured it over his hands, and washed them twice. Then he rinsed his mouth and sniffed water into his nose three times. Then he washed his face three times. Then he washed his hands twice, up to the elbows. Then he wiped his head with his hands, moving them forward and backward. He started with the front of his head and moved them to the back of his head, then returned them to the place where he started. Then he washed his feet.
أن رجلا قال لعبد الله بن زيد - وهو جد عمرو بن يحيى - : أتستطيع أن تريني كيف كان رسول الله صلّى الله عليه وسلم يتوضأ ؟ فقال عبد الله بن زيد : نعم، فدعا بماء فأفرغ على يديه فغسل مرتين ثم مضمض واستنثر ثلاثا ثم غسل وجهه ثلاثا ثم غسل يديه مرتين مرتين إلى المرفقين ثم مسح رأسه بيديه فأقبل بهما وأدبر ، بدأ بمقدم رأسه حتى ذهب بهما إلى قفاه ثم ردهما إلى المكان الذي بدأ منه ثم غسل رجليهThe Shaykh : Al-Bukhari said in his Sahih: "Chapter on Wiping the Entire Head", and he cited as evidence the saying of Allah the Exalted:
And wipe your heads
وامسحوا برؤوسكمIbn Barhan said: "Whoever claims that it comes to indicate partiality has said something that is not in the Arabic language". It is said, "I wiped with such-and-such," meaning I attached my hand to it while wiping. The head, when mentioned generally, includes all the usual hair growth areas, which are from the curve of the forehead to the top of the neck, and from ear to ear. The white area between the ears is part of the head, and the ears are part of the head because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) did not leave them unwiped.
He says: And Ibn al-Musayyib said: "A woman is in the same position as a man; she wipes over her head". However, she is not required to wipe what hangs down from the hair growth areas. What hangs down from the hair growth areas does not have to be wiped because it is not part of the head.
If someone were to say: It is not part of the head when it hangs down, but it is part of the head in its roots?
The answer to this is that we say: We wiped its roots which are on the head, but what hangs down is not part of the head. Those who said that the hanging part of the beard does not have to be washed with the face cited this as evidence, because it is not part of the face but hanging down. However, the correct view is that it is obligatory to wash the hanging part of the beard, not that it is obligatory to wipe the hanging part of the head hair. This is because the hanging part of the beard is included in the face, as it certainly achieves the facing of the face. As for the hanging part of the head hair, it does not achieve the covering of the head, meaning the covering of the entire body. Then, this hanging part is in the ruling of being detached, because hair is in the ruling of being detached, like a tooth or a nail.
But if a person has a turban on and wipes over it, that suffices him, even if some of the head is exposed and he did not wipe over it. This is because when he has a turban on, the ruling applies to the turban. For example, if a person has a turban on and part of the forehead, part of the back of the head, and the ears are exposed, then wiping this exposed part is not obligatory. However, the scholars said it is recommended to wipe it along with the turban, but it is not obligatory, because the ruling has shifted to the turban.
Then he cited as evidence, may Allah have mercy on him, the hadith of Abdullah ibn Zayd, and likewise Imam Malik, may Allah have mercy on him, cited it as evidence before him. In it: "Then he wiped his head with his hands", which is explicit that he wiped the entire head, and that the "ba" in the verse is for contact, just as it is in the hadith: "He wiped his head with his hands".