Hadith
Sunan Abi Dawud #61
Purification (Kitab Al-Taharah)· كتاب الطهارة
sunan_abi_dawud:61حَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ، عَنْ سُفْيَانَ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَقِيلٍ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ ابْنِ الْحَنَفِيَّةِ، عَنْ عَلِيٍّ، رضى الله عنه قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " مِفْتَاحُ الصَّلاَةِ الطُّهُورُ وَتَحْرِيمُهَا التَّكْبِيرُ وَتَحْلِيلُهَا التَّسْلِيمُ " .
The key to prayer is purification; its beginning is takbir and its end is taslim.
Chain 1·7 narrators
6
Muhammad ibn Abdullah← Oldest
محمد بن عبد الله
Narratorprophet
Transmitted via “قال”
narrated to
5
ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib
علي رضى الله عنه
Sahabisahabi
Transmitted via “عن”
narrated to
4
Muhammad ibn al-Hanafiyyah
محمد ابن الحنفية
Tabi'isahabi
Transmitted via “عن”
narrated to
3
ابن عقيل
ابن عقيل
Narratorunknown
Transmitted via “عن”
narrated to
2
سفيان
Taba Tabi'inthiqa
Transmitted via “عن”
narrated to
1
Gen 4thiqa
Transmitted via “حدثنا”
narrated to
0
ʿUthmān ibn Abī Shaybah← Compiler
عثمان بن أبي شيبة
Gen 4thiqa
Transmitted via “حدثنا”
Legend: Sahabi Tabi'i Taba Tabi'in Later
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