1091 — Nasr ibn ‘Ali al-Jahdami narrated to us: Yazid ibn Harun narrated to us: Isma‘il ibn Muslim al-Makki informed us, from Yazid al-Raqqashi, from Anas ibn Malik, from the Prophet (peace be upon him) who said: “Whoever performs ablution on Friday, that is good and excellent — it suffices him for the obligatory [bath], and whoever bathes, the bath is more virtuous.”

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Also recorded by Muslim (857), Abu Dawud (1050), and al-Tirmidhi (504) via the chain of Abu Mu‘awiyah, with this same chain of transmission.

It was also recorded with similar wording by Muslim (857) via the chain of Suhayl, from his father Abu Salih, with it. In it: “Whoever bathes” instead of “Whoever performs ablution,” and the mention of pebbles was not included.

It was also recorded with wording similar to Suhayl’s narration by Abu Dawud (343) via the chain of Abu Salamah and Abu Umamah ibn Sahl, both from Abu Hurayrah and Abu Sa‘id al-Khudri.

The hadith is in the Musnad of Ahmad (9484) and the Sahih of Ibn Hibban (1231).

The hadith has preceded in abbreviated form with the story of touching pebbles under number (1025).

(1) A hasan hadith due to corroboration, but this chain is weak — Isma‘il ibn Muslim al-Makki and Yazid ibn Aban al-Raqqashi are both weak, though they have been corroborated.

It was also recorded by al-Tayalisi (2110), ‘Abd al-Razzaq (5312), al-Bazzar (628 — Kashf al-Astar), Abu Ya‘la (4086), al-Tahawi in Sharh Ma‘ani al-Athar 1/119, Abu al-Qasim al-Baghawi in al-Ja‘diyyat (1750), Abu Nu‘aym in al-Hilyah 6/307, and al-Bayhaqi 1/296 via multiple chains from Yazid al-Raqqashi, from Anas.

It was also recorded by al-Bazzar (628), al-Tahawi 1/119, and al-Tabarani in al-Awsat (8272) via two chains from al-Hasan al-Basri, from Anas.

It was also recorded by al-Tabarani in al-Awsat (4525), and from his chain al-Diya’ in al-Mukhtarah (1666), via the chain of Mu’ammal ibn Isma‘il, from Hammad ibn Salamah, from Thabit al-Bunani, from Anas.

On this topic, there is also a narration from Jabir ibn ‘Abd Allah recorded by ‘Abd al-Razzaq (5313), ‘Abd ibn Humayd (1077), and al-Bazzar (629 — Kashf al-Astar).