Hadith 375

(The book) ‘Rijal’ of Al Kashy – Hamdawiya and Ibrahim, from Muhammad Bin Ismail Al Razy, from Ahmad Bin Suleyman, from Dawood Al Raqy who said, ‘I entered to see Abu Abdullah-asws. I said to him-asws, ‘May I be sacrificed for you-asws! How much is the number for the cleaning? ’ He-asws said: ‘What Allah-azwj has Obligated, is one, and Rasool-Allah-saww added one to it due to the weakness of the people, and the one who performs wud’u three, three, so there is no Salat for him’. I was with him-asws in that until Dawood Bin Zurby came and took a corner from the room. He asked him-asws about what he asked about regarding the number of the cleaning. He-asws said: ‘Three, three. One who is deficient from it, there is no Salat for him’. He (the narrator) said, ‘My limbs trembled, and the Satan-la entered me. Abu Abdullah-asws looked at me and my colour had changed. He-asws said: ‘Calm down, O Dawood! This, it is the Kufr, or striking of the necks’. He (the narrator) said, ‘We went out from his-asws presence, and Ibn Zurby was in the vicinity of an orchard of Al-Mansour, and the matter of Dawood Bin Zurby had been cast to Abu Ja’far that he was a Rafizite (Shia) coming and going to Ja’far-asws Bin Muhammad-asws. Abu Ja’far said, ‘Look at his cleansing, and if he was performing wud’u (like the) wud’u of Ja’far-asws Bin Muhammad-asws, for I known his-asws cleansing, the word would be proven true upon him and I shall kill him’. He looked, and Dawood was preparing for the Salat from where he could not be seen. Dawood Bin