It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The price of a dog is impure, and it (the dog) is more impure than it (the price)." All the narrators of this hadith are trustworthy (thiqah). If it is free of (weakness from) Yusuf bin Khalid al-Samti, then it is sahih (authentic) on the condition of Imam Bukhari. I have mentioned it because of the need for it, since the two Shaykhs have used the like of it in many places.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Ayyub, Sayyiduna Jabir bin Abdullah and Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik al-Ansari (may Allah be pleased with them) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said concerning this verse, "In it are men who love to purify themselves, and Allah loves those who purify themselves" [Al-Tawbah: 108] : "O company of the Ansar! Allah Almighty has praised you greatly in the matter of purification, so what is this purification of yours?" They said: "O Messenger of Allah! We perform ablution for prayer and perform the ritual bath (ghusl) for janabah (major ritual impurity)." He (peace and blessings be upon him) asked: "Is there anything besides this?" They said: "Only that when one of us comes out after relieving himself, he likes to cleanse himself (istinja) with water." He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "That is it (the reason for the praise)." This hadith is a great and sahih (authentic) narration in the Book of Purification. Muhammad bin Shu'ayb and Utbah bin Abi Hakim are among the imams of the people of Syria, and such a narration cannot be abandoned.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Uwaym bin Sa'idah al-Ansari (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said to the people of Quba: "Allah Almighty has praised you most excellently in the matter of purification," and he (peace and blessings be upon him) recited this verse: "In it are men who love to purify themselves," until the verse was completed. Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) asked them: "What is this purification?" They said: "We know of nothing except that we had Jewish neighbours who used to wash their private parts after relieving themselves, so we too began washing as they did."

Muhammad bin Yahya bin Habban narrates from Ubaydullah bin Abdullah bin Umar; he said: I said to him: "Tell me about the ablution of Abdullah bin Umar for every prayer, whether he was in a state of ablution or not: from whom did he take it?" He said: Asma bint Zayd bin al-Khattab told him (Ibn Umar) that Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Hanzalah al-Ghasil (may Allah be pleased with him) told her: "The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) was commanded to perform ablution at the time of every prayer, whether he was in a state of ablution or not. Then, when this became difficult for the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), he was commanded to use the tooth-stick (siwak) at the time of every prayer, and the obligation of ablution (for one who already has it) was lifted, except when ablution is broken." And Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) felt he had the strength for it, so he kept doing so until he died. This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of Imam Muslim, but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it. They agreed only on (the narration) that he (peace and blessings be upon him) used to perform ablution for every prayer, but in the year of the Conquest of Makkah he prayed all the prayers with a single ablution.

Sayyiduna Jabir bin Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: We set out with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) on the expedition of Dhat al-Riqa'. There a Muslim man harmed the wife of a man from the polytheists. When the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) set off on the return journey, the woman's husband came back, and when he learned what had happened he swore that he would not rest until he had shed the blood of the Companions of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). So he set out following the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) halted at a place and asked: "Who will guard us tonight?" A man from the Muhajirun and a Companion from the Ansar said: "O Messenger of Allah! We are at your service." He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The two of you guard the mouth of the valley pass." When the two of them reached it, the Ansari asked the Muhajir which part of the night he would like him to take on for him. He said: "Rather, take the first part for me," and he lay down and slept, while the Ansari Companion stood up to pray. Meanwhile, the woman's husband arrived there. When he saw the figure of a man, he shot an arrow which struck the Ansari Companion. He pulled it out and remained standing in prayer. The man shot a second and then a third arrow; he pulled those out too and continued his prayer. Then he bowed (ruku'), woke his companion and said: "Get up, I have been wounded." When the man saw the two of them, he fled. When the Muhajir Companion saw the Ansari covered in blood, he asked: "Why did you not wake me at the first arrow?" He replied: "I was reciting a surah and did not want to end it without completing it. When he kept shooting at me, I bowed and informed you. By Allah! Were it not for my fear of losing the post that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) commanded me to guard, my life would have left me before I completed the surah, and I would not have broken off the prayer." This hadith has a sahih (authentic) chain, and Imam Muslim used Muhammad bin Ishaq as evidence. This hadith establishes that blood flowing from other than the passages of ritual impurity does not break ablution.

A similar narration is reported from Sayyiduna Jabir bin Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him).

Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id al-Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said concerning two people talking to each other while relieving themselves: "Allah Almighty is intensely displeased with this act."

Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id al-Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade two men from talking to each other while relieving themselves, and said: "Indeed, Allah Almighty expresses intense displeasure at this." This Iyad bin Hilal al-Ansari is a well-known Tabi'i of Madinah.

Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id al-Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say: "Two men should not go out to relieve themselves in such a way that they talk while their private parts are uncovered, for Allah Almighty is intensely displeased with this." This hadith is sahih (authentic) from the narration of Yahya bin Abi Kathir, and Imam Bukhari also confirmed that Iyad bin Hilal al-Ansari heard from Abu Sa'id.

The scholars differ concerning the chain of this narration as to whether the narrator's name is Iyad bin Hilal or Hilal bin Iyad, but Imam Bukhari and Musa bin Harun have declared the name Iyad bin Hilal to be correct. Imam al-Hakim says: Imam Bukhari and Musa bin Harun have declared it sahih (authentic), and Imam Muslim has also recorded in his Sahih a narration with the same meaning as this hadith: that a man should not look at the private parts of another man.