74 - Chapter: With which hand should one perform *istinthār* (blowing the nose during ablution)?

91 - Mūsā ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān informed us, saying: Ḥusayn ibn ʿAlī narrated to us, from Zāʾidah, from Khālid ibn ʿAlqamah, from ʿAbd Khayr, from ʿAlī, that he called for water for ablution, then rinsed his mouth and sniffed water into his nose, and blew it out with his left hand. He did this three times, then said: "This is the purification of the Prophet of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace." (1)

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= Also recorded by Aḥmad (8622) via the route of Ibn Lahīʿah, and by Muslim (238) via the route of ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz al-Darāwardī, both from Yazīd ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn al-Hād, from him. And the preceding ḥadīths before it should be consulted.

Al-Qāḍī ʿIyāḍ said in "Ikmāl al-Muʿallim" 2/31-32: *Al-khayshūm* is the upper part of the nose, and it is also said: the entire nose. It is possible that this is meant literally, because the nose is one of the body's openings through which access is gained to the heart... Or it may be by way of metaphor, for what accumulates of dust and nasal moisture—of filth—accords with Satan, and his command to do so is an indication of rising for ablution for prayer.

(1) Its chain of transmission is sound. Mūsā ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān: he is al-Masrūqī, and Ḥusayn ibn ʿAlī: he is al-Juʿfī, and Zāʾidah: he is Ibn Qudāmah, and ʿAbd Khayr: he is Ibn Yazīd al-Hamdānī. It is in "al-Sunan al-Kubrā" under number (94).

Also recorded by Abū Dāwūd (112) from al-Ḥasan ibn ʿAlī al-Ḥulwānī, from Ḥusayn ibn ʿAlī al-Juʿfī, with this chain of transmission, and he cited part of its wording, referring the rest to the narration of Abū ʿAwānah (which will follow after it), and it does not contain his statement: "and blew it out with his left hand"—which is what the author intended by the chapter heading. This phrase appears in "Sunan al-Dāraquṭnī" (299) and "al-Sunan al-Kubrā" of al-Bayhaqī 1/48, both of which recorded it via the route of Ḥusayn ibn ʿAlī al-Juʿfī, with this chain of transmission. It also appears with Aḥmad and Ibn Ḥibbān as will follow.

Also recorded by Aḥmad (1133) and Ibn Ḥibbān (1056) and (1079) via multiple routes, from Zāʾidah ibn Qudāmah, from him, in extended form.

Also recorded in extended and abridged forms by Aḥmad (1324), his son ʿAbd Allāh (in his additions to al-Musnad) (928), (998), (1027), (1198), and (1199), and Ibn Mājah (404) via multiple routes, from Khālid ibn ʿAlqamah, from him. In the narration of ʿAbd Allāh (1198): he rinsed his mouth twice.

Also recorded in extended and abridged forms by Aḥmad (876) and (1007), his son ʿAbd Allāh (his additions to al-Musnad) (910), (919), (1008), and (1047), and al-Tirmidhī (49) via multiple routes, from ʿAbd Khayr, from him.

Also recorded by Aḥmad (971), his son ʿAbd Allāh (1046) (additions), Abū Dāwūd (114) and (115) =