# Sunan al-Nasa'i - The Book of Purification *Exported from [ParallelQuran.com](https://parallelquran.com) on June 20, 2026* **20 hadith** --- ## Hadith #314 **Book:** The Book of Purification | **Narrator(s):** Abdur Rahman bin Abza, Dhar bin 'Abdullah al-Marhabi ذر بن عبد الله المرهبي, Muhammad bin Bashar Bindar محمد بن بشار بندار, Muhammad bin Ja'far Ghandar محمد بن جعفر غندر صاحب الكرابيس, Sa'id bin 'Abdur Rahman bin Abza سعيد بن عبد الرحمن بن أبزي, Salma ibn al-Akwa, Shu'bah bin al-Hajjaj شعبة بن الحجاج “I became Junub while I was on a camel and I could not find any water, so I rolled in the dust like an animal. I came to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and told him about that, and he said: ‘Tayammum would have been sufficient for you.'” *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sunan-al-nasai-314/)* --- ## Hadith #319 **Book:** The Book of Purification | **Narrator(s):** Abdur Rahman bin Abza, al-Hakam bin 'Utayba الحكم بن عتيبة, Dhar bin 'Abdullah al-Marhabi ذر بن عبد الله المرهبي, Sa'id bin 'Abdur Rahman bin Abza سعيد بن عبد الرحمن بن أبزي, Shu'bah bin al-Hajjaj شعبة بن الحجاج, Umar ibn al-Khattab “A man became Junub and came to ‘Umar, may Allah be pleased with him, and said: ‘I have become Junub and I cannot find any water.’ He said: ‘Do not pray.’ ‘Ammar said to him: ‘Do you not remember when we were on a campaign and became Junub. You did not prayed, then I came to the Prophet (ﷺ) and told him that, and he said: ‘This would have been sufficient for you.'” – (One of the narrators) Shu’bah struck his hands once and blew into them, then he rubbed them together, then wiped his face with them – (‘Ammar said): “‘Umar said something I did not understand.” So he said: “If you wish, I shall not narrate it.” Salamah mentioned something in this chain from Abu Malik, and Salamah added that he said: “Rather, we will let you bear the burden of what you tool upon yourself.” *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sunan-al-nasai-319/)* --- ## Hadith #320 **Book:** The Book of Purification | **Narrator(s):** al-Hakam bin 'Utayba الحكم بن عتيبة, Dhar bin 'Abdullah al-Marhabi ذر بن عبد الله المرهبي, Isma'il bin Mas'ud al-Jhdry إسماعيل بن مسعود الجحدري, Khalid bin 'Abdullah al-Tahan خالد بن عبد الله بن عبد الرحمن الطحان, Shu'bah bin al-Hajjaj شعبة بن الحجاج “I have become Junub and I cannot find any water.” ‘Umar said: “Do not pray.” ‘Ammar said: “Do you not remember, O Commander of the Believers, when you and I were on a campaign and became Junub, and we could not find any water. You did not pray, but I rolled in the dust then prayed. When we came to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) I told him about that and he said: ‘This would have been sufficient for you,’ and then Prophet (ﷺ) struck the earth with his hands then blew on them and wiped his face and hands – (one of the narrators) Salamah was uncertain and said: “I do not know if he said it should be up to the elbows or just the hands.” – ‘Umar said: “We will let you bear the burden of what you took upon yourself.” (One of the narrators) Shu’bah said: “He used to say the hands, face and forearms.” (Another) Mansur said to him: “What are you saying? No one mentions the forearms except you.” Salamah was not certain and said: “I do not know whether he mentioned the forearms or not.” *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sunan-al-nasai-320/)* --- ## Hadith #321 **Book:** The Book of Purification | **Narrator(s):** Abdur Rahman bin Abza, al-Hakam bin 'Utayba الحكم بن عتيبة, Dhar bin 'Abdullah al-Marhabi ذر بن عبد الله المرهبي, Hajjaj bin al-Minhal حجاج بن المنهال, Sa'id bin 'Abdur Rahman bin Abza سعيد بن عبد الرحمن بن أبزي, Salma ibn al-Akwa, Shu'bah bin al-Hajjaj شعبة بن الحجاج “I was siting with ‘Abdullah and Abu Musa, and Abu Musa said: ‘Have you not heard what ‘Ammar said to ‘Umar: ‘The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) sent me on an errand and I became Junub, and I could not find water, so I rolled in the earth then I came to the Prophet (ﷺ) and told him about.’ He said: ‘It would have been sufficient for you to do this,’ and he struck the earth with his hands, then wiped his hands, then knocked them together to remove the dust, then he wiped his right hand with his left and his left hand with his right, palm to palm, and wiped his face.'” Then ‘Abdullah said: “Did you not see that ‘Umar was not convinced by what ‘Ammar said?” *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sunan-al-nasai-321/)* --- ## Hadith #957 **Book:** The Book of the Commencement of the Prayer | **Narrator(s):** Dhar bin 'Abdullah al-Marhabi ذر بن عبد الله المرهبي, Hajjaj bin Muhammad al-Musaysi حجاج بن محمد المصيصي الأعور, ibn Abbas, Ibrahim bin al-Hasan bin al-Hythm إبراهيم بن الحسن بن الهيثم, Sa'id bin Jubayr سعيد بن جبير الأسدي, Umar bin Dhar bin 'Abdullah al-Hamdani عمر بن ذر بن عبد الله بن زرارة The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to recite: “Alif-Lam-Mim. The revelation of the Book” and: “Has there not been over man” in Subh prayer on Friday. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sunan-al-nasai-957/)* --- ## Hadith #1729 **Book:** The Book of Qiyam Al-Lail (The Night Prayer) and Voluntary Prayers During the Day | **Narrator(s):** Abdur Rahman bin Abza, Dhar bin 'Abdullah al-Marhabi ذر بن عبد الله المرهبي, Sa'id bin 'Abdur Rahman bin Abza سعيد بن عبد الرحمن بن أبزي, Sulaiman al-A'mash الأعمش / سليمان بن مهران, Talha bin Msrf bin 'Amr طلحة بن مصرف بن عمرو بن كعب, Ubayy ibn Ka'b That he came to the Mother of the Believers Aishah and asked her about the prayers of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ). She said: “He used to pray eight rak’ahs at night and pray witr with the ninth, then he would pray two rak’ahs sitting down.” *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sunan-al-nasai-1729/)* --- ## Hadith #1730 **Book:** The Book of Qiyam Al-Lail (The Night Prayer) and Voluntary Prayers During the Day | **Narrator(s):** Abdur Rahman bin Abza, Abu Ja'far al-Razi أبو جعفر الرازي, Dhar bin 'Abdullah al-Marhabi ذر بن عبد الله المرهبي, Sa'id bin 'Abdur Rahman bin Abza سعيد بن عبد الرحمن بن أبزي, Sulaiman al-A'mash الأعمش / سليمان بن مهران, Talha bin Msrf bin 'Amr طلحة بن مصرف بن عمرو بن كعب, Ubayy ibn Ka'b, Yahya bin Musa Khat يحيى بن موسى خت, Zubayd bin al-Harith زبيد بن الحارث اليامي “The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to pray nine rak’ahs at night.” *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sunan-al-nasai-1730/)* --- ## Hadith #1731 **Book:** The Book of Qiyam Al-Lail (The Night Prayer) and Voluntary Prayers During the Day | **Narrator(s):** Abdur Rahman bin Abza, al-Hasan bin Qz'h الحسن بن قزعة, Dhar bin 'Abdullah al-Marhabi ذر بن عبد الله المرهبي, Husayn bin 'Abdur Rahman al-Salmi حصين بن عبد الرحمن السلمي, Husayn bin Nmyr al-Kndy Thm حصين بن نمير, Sa'id bin 'Abdur Rahman bin Abza سعيد بن عبد الرحمن بن أبزي The Prophet (ﷺ) used to pray eleven rak’ahs at night, of which one was witr, then he would lie down on his right side. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sunan-al-nasai-1731/)* --- ## Hadith #1732 **Book:** The Book of Qiyam Al-Lail (The Night Prayer) and Voluntary Prayers During the Day | **Narrator(s):** Abdur Rahman bin Abza, Dhar bin 'Abdullah al-Marhabi ذر بن عبد الله المرهبي, Sa'id bin 'Abdur Rahman bin Abza سعيد بن عبد الرحمن بن أبزي, Salma ibn al-Akwa, Shu'bah bin al-Hajjaj شعبة بن الحجاج, Zubayd bin al-Harith زبيد بن الحارث اليامي “The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to pray witr with thirteen rak’ahs, but when he grew older and weaker he prayed witr with nine.” *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sunan-al-nasai-1732/)* --- ## Hadith #1733 **Book:** The Book of Qiyam Al-Lail (The Night Prayer) and Voluntary Prayers During the Day | **Narrator(s):** Abdur Rahman bin al-Qasim عبد الرحمن بن القاسم بن محمد بن أبي بكر, Dhar bin 'Abdullah al-Marhabi ذر بن عبد الله المرهبي, Khalid bin 'Abdullah al-Tahan خالد بن عبد الله بن عبد الرحمن الطحان, Muhammad bin 'Abdul A'la محمد بن عبد الأعلى, Sa'id bin 'Abdur Rahman bin Abza سعيد بن عبد الرحمن بن أبزي, Salma ibn al-Akwa, Shu'bah bin al-Hajjaj شعبة بن الحجاج, Zubayd bin al-Harith زبيد بن الحارث اليامي Abu Musa was between Makkah and Al-Madinah. He prayed ‘Isha with two rak’ahs, then he stood and prayed one rak’ah of witr in which he recited one hundred verses from An-Nisa’. Then he said: “I tried my best to place my feet where the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) placed his, and to recite what the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) recited.” *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sunan-al-nasai-1733/)* --- ## Hadith #1738 **Book:** The Book of Qiyam Al-Lail (The Night Prayer) and Voluntary Prayers During the Day | **Narrator(s):** Ahmed bin Suliaman أحمد بن سليمان, Ata'a bin al-Sa'ib al-Thaqifi عطاء بن السائب الثقفي, Dhar bin 'Abdullah al-Marhabi ذر بن عبد الله المرهبي, Imam Maalik مالك بن أنس بن مالك بن أبي عامر, Sa'id bin 'Abdur Rahman bin Abza سعيد بن عبد الرحمن بن أبزي, Yahya bin Aadm bin Sulaiman يحيى بن آدم بن سليمان, Zubayd bin al-Harith زبيد بن الحارث اليامي “Shu’bah narrated to us, he said: Salamah and Zubaid informed me, from Dharr, from Ibn ‘Abdur-Rahman bn Abza from Abdur-Rahman, that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to recite in Witr: “Glorify the Name of your Lord, the Most High;” and “Say: O you disbelievers!;’ and ‘Say: He is Allah, (the) One.’ And when he said the taslim, he would say: Subhanal-Malikil-Quddus (Glory be to the Sovereign, the Most Holy) three times, raising his voice with Subhanal-Malikil-Quddus the third time.” *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sunan-al-nasai-1738/)* --- ## Hadith #1752 **Book:** The Book of Qiyam Al-Lail (The Night Prayer) and Voluntary Prayers During the Day | **Narrator(s):** Abdur Rahman bin Abza, al-Fadl bin Dakayn, Abu Na'eem الفضل بن دكين أبو نعيم الملائي, Dhar bin 'Abdullah al-Marhabi ذر بن عبد الله المرهبي, Muhammad bin Isma'il bin Ibrahim محمد بن إسماعيل بن إبراهيم بن مقسم, Sa'id bin 'Abdur Rahman bin Abza سعيد بن عبد الرحمن بن أبزي, Sufyan bin Sa‘id Ath-Thawri سفيان الثوري, Zubayd bin al-Harith زبيد بن الحارث اليامي The Prophet (ﷺ) used to say at the end of witr: Allahumma inni audhu bi ridaka min sakhatika wa bi mu’afatika min uqubatika, wa audhu bika minka la uhsi thana’an ‘alayka, anta kama athwart ala nafsik ( O Allah, I seek refuge in Your pleasure from Your wrath and in Your forgiveness from Your punishment. And I seek refuge in You from You; I cannot praise You enough; You are as You have praised Yourself.).” *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sunan-al-nasai-1752/)* --- ## Hadith #1753 **Book:** The Book of Qiyam Al-Lail (The Night Prayer) and Voluntary Prayers During the Day | **Narrator(s):** Abdur Rahman bin Abza, Dhar bin 'Abdullah al-Marhabi ذر بن عبد الله المرهبي, Jarir bin 'Abdullah al-Bajli, Sa'id bin 'Abdur Rahman bin Abza سعيد بن عبد الرحمن بن أبزي, Zubayd bin al-Harith زبيد بن الحارث اليامي “The Prophet (ﷺ) would not raise his hands in any of his supplications except when praying for rain (Al-Istisqa’).” (One of the narrators) Shu’bah said: “I said to Thabit: ‘Did you hear it from Anas?’ He said: ‘Subhan Allah!’ I said: ‘Did you hear it?’ He said: ‘Subhan Allah!’ *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sunan-al-nasai-1753/)* --- ## Hadith #5754 **Book:** The Book of Drinks | **Narrator(s):** Abdur Rahman bin Abza, Dhar bin 'Abdullah al-Marhabi ذر بن عبد الله المرهبي, ibn Mas'ud, Sa'id bin 'Abdur Rahman bin Abza سعيد بن عبد الرحمن بن أبزي, Salmah bin Kahayl al-Hadrami سلمة بن كهيل بن حصين, Sufyan bin 'Uyaynah سفيان بن عيينة, Ubayy ibn Ka'b He disliked putting the dregs of Nabidh into (new) Nabidh lest it become strong because of the dregs. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sunan-al-nasai-5754/)* --- ## Hadith #5110 **Book:** General Behavior (Kitab Al-Adab) | **Narrator(s):** Abdullah ibn Shaddad, Dhar bin 'Abdullah al-Marhabi ذر بن عبد الله المرهبي, ibn Abbas, Jarir bin 'Abdul Hameed al-Razi جرير بن عبد الحميد أبو عبد الله الضبي, Mansur bin al-Ma'tamar al-Salmi منصور بن المعتمر بن عبد الله السلمي, Uthman bin Muhammad | **Grade:** Hasan AbuZumayl said: I asked Ibn Abbas, saying: What is that I find in my breast? He asked: What is it? I replied: I swear by Allah, I cannot speak about it. He asked me: Is it something doubtful? and he laughed. He then said: No one could escape that, until Allah, the exalted, revealed: “If thou went in doubt as to what we have revealed unto thee, and ask those who have been reading the Book from before thee.” He said: If you find something in your heart, say: He is the first and the Last, the Evident and the Immanent, and He has full knowledge of all things. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sunan-abi-dawud-5110/)* --- ## Hadith #3148 **Book:** Chapters on Tafsir | **Narrator(s):** al-Nu'man bin Bashir ibn Sa'd, Dhar bin 'Abdullah al-Marhabi ذر بن عبد الله المرهبي, Hanad bin al-Sari bin Mus'ab هناد بن السري بن مصعب, Muhammad bin Khazim al-Darir محمد بن خازم أبو معاوية الضرير, Sulaiman al-A'mash الأعمش / سليمان بن مهران that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “I am the chief of the children of Adam on the Day of Judgement and I am not boasting, and in my hand is the banner of praise and I am not boasting, and there has been no Prophet since Adam or other than him, except that he is under my banner. And I am the first for whom the earth will split open, and I am not boasting.” He said: “The people will be frightened by three frights. So they will come to Adam saying: ‘You are our father Adam, so intercede for us with your Lord.’ So he says: ‘I committed a sin for which I was expelled to the earth, so go to Nuh.’ So they will come to Nuh and he will say: ‘I supplicated against the people of the earth, so they were destroyed. So go to Ibrahim.’ So they will go to Ibrahim, and he says: ‘I lied three times.'” Then the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “He did not lie except defending Allah’s religion.” “So go to Musa.’ So they will come to Musa, and he will say: ‘I took a life. So go to ‘Eisa. So they go to ‘Eisa and he says: ‘I was worshiped besides Allah. So go to Muhammad (ﷺ).'” He said: “So they will come to me, and I will go to them.” (One of the narrators) Ibn Ju’dan said: “Anas said: ‘It is as if I am looking at the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), and he is saying: “So I will take hold of a ring of a gate of Paradise to rattle it, and it will be said: ‘Who is there?’ It will be said: ‘Muhammad.’ They will open it for me, and welcome me saying, ‘Welcome.’ I will fall prostrate and Allah will inspire me with statements of gratitude and praise and it will be said to me: ‘Raise your head, ask and you shall be given, intercede, and your intercession shall be accepted, speak, and your saying shall be heard.’ And that is Al-Maqam Al-Mahmud about which Allah said: It may be that your Lord will raise you to Maqaman-Mahmud (17:79).” Sufyan said: “None of it is from Anas except this sentence: ‘I will take hold of a ring of a gate of Paradise to rattle it.'” *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/jami-al-tirmidhi-3148/)* --- ## Hadith #3368 **Book:** Chapters on Tafsir | **Narrator(s):** Abd bin Hameed bin Nasr عبد بن حميد بن نصر, Dhar bin 'Abdullah al-Marhabi ذر بن عبد الله المرهبي, ibn Abbas, Sa'id bin Jubayr سعيد بن جبير الأسدي, Umar bin Dhar bin 'Abdullah al-Hamdani عمر بن ذر بن عبد الله بن زرارة, Ya'la bin 'Ubaid bin Umayya al-Tanafasi يعلى بن عبيد بن أبي أمية الطنافسي “When Allah created Adam, He breathed the soul into him, then he sneezed and said: ‘All praise is due to Allah.’ So he praised Allah by His permission. Then His Lord said to him: ‘May Allah have mercy upon you O Adam. Go to those angels – to that gathering of them sitting – so say: ‘As-Salamu alaikum.’ They said ‘Wa Alaikas-Salamu Wa Rahmatullah’. Then he returned to his Lord, He said: ‘This is your greeting and the greeting of your children among each other.’ Then Allah said to him – while His Two Hands were closed – ‘Choose which of them you wish.’ He said: ‘I chose the right My Lord and both of the Hands of my Lord are right, blessed.’ Then He extended it, and there was Adam and his offspring in it.’ So he said: ‘What are these O my Lord?’ He said: ‘These are your offspring?’ Each one of them had his age written between his eyes. But among them there was a man who was the most illuminating of them – or among the most illuminated of them. He said: ‘O Lord! Who is this?’ He said: ‘This is your son Dawud, I wrote forty years for him.’ He said: ‘O Lord! Add to his age.’ He said: ‘That is what I have written for him.’ He said: ‘O Lord! Give him sixty of my years.’ He said: ‘So you shall have it.’” He said: “Then, he resided in Paradise as long as Allah willed, then he was cast from it, so Adam was counting for himself.” He said: “So the Angel of death came to him, and Adam said to him: ‘You are hasty, one-thousand years were written for me.’ He said: ‘Of course! But you gave sixty years to your son Dawud.’ So he rejected, and his offspring rejected, and he forgot, and his offspring forgot.” He said: “So ever since that day, what is written and witnessed has been decreed.” *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/jami-al-tirmidhi-3368/)* --- ## Hadith #3470 **Book:** Chapters on Supplication | **Narrator(s):** Abdur Rahman bin Mahdi عبد الرحمن بن مهدي, al-Nu'man bin Bashir ibn Sa'd, Dhar bin 'Abdullah al-Marhabi ذر بن عبد الله المرهبي, Mansur bin al-Ma'tamar al-Salmi منصور بن المعتمر بن عبد الله السلمي, Muhammad bin Bashar Bindar محمد بن بشار بندار, Sufyan bin Sa‘id Ath-Thawri سفيان الثوري, Sulaiman al-A'mash الأعمش / سليمان بن مهران, Ysy' bin Ma'dan al-Hdrmy يسيع بن معدان الحضرمي The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “Whoever glorifies Allah a hundred times in the morning and a hundred in the night, he is like one who performs Hajj a hundred times. And whoever praises Allah a hundred times in the morning and a hundred in the night, he is like one who provides a hundred horses in the cause of Allah.” – or he said – “went out on a hundred military expeditions. And whoever pronounced At-Tahlil of Allah a hundred times in the night, he is like the one who freed a hundred slaves from the offspring of Isma`il, and whoever extols Allah’s greatness a hundred times in the day and a hundred in the night, none shall bring on that day, more than what he brought, except one who said similar to what he said, or increased upon it.” *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/jami-al-tirmidhi-3470/)* --- ## Hadith #612 **Book:** Establishing the Prayer and the Sunnah Regarding Them | **Narrator(s):** Abdur Rahman bin Abza, al-Hakam bin 'Utayba الحكم بن عتيبة, Dhar bin 'Abdullah al-Marhabi ذر بن عبد الله المرهبي, Muhammad bin Bashar Bindar محمد بن بشار بندار, Muhammad bin Ja'far bin Abi Kathir محمد بن جعفر بن أبي كثير, Sa'id bin 'Abdur Rahman bin Abza سعيد بن عبد الرحمن بن أبزي, Shu'bah bin al-Hajjaj شعبة بن الحجاج “When the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) raised his head from Ruku’, he said: ‘Sami’ Allahu liman hamidah, Allahumma, Rabbana lakal-hamd, mil’ as-samawati wa mil’ al- ard wa mil’ ma shi’ta min shay’in ba’d (Allah hears those who praise Him. O Allah! O our Lord, to You is the praise as much as fills the heavens, as much as fills the earth and as much as You will after that).’” *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sunan-ibn-majah-612/)* --- ## Hadith #1226 **Book:** Chapters Regarding Funerals | **Narrator(s):** Abdur Rahman bin Abza, Dhar bin 'Abdullah al-Marhabi ذر بن عبد الله المرهبي, Sa'id bin 'Abdur Rahman bin Abza سعيد بن عبد الرحمن بن أبزي, Sulaiman al-A'mash الأعمش / سليمان بن مهران, Talha bin Msrf bin 'Amr طلحة بن مصرف بن عمرو بن كعب, Ubayy ibn Ka'b, Umar bin 'Abdur Rahman عمر بن عبد الرحمن بن قيس, Uthman bin Muhammad, Zubayd bin al-Harith زبيد بن الحارث اليامي “A funeral passed by the Prophet (ﷺ) and they praised (the deceased) and spoke well of him and mentioned his good characteristics. He said: ‘(Paradise is) guaranteed for him.’ Then another funeral passed by and they spoke badly of him and mentioned his bad characteristics, and he the Prophet (ﷺ) said: ‘(Hell is) guaranteed for him. You are the witnesses of Allah on earth.’” *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sunan-ibn-majah-1226/)* ---