Muwatta 433

A report from Malik that Yahya ibn Sa'id transmitted to him that he was told Abu Dharr used to say that wiping the pebbles in prayer is a single wipe, and leaving it is better than red camels, in the chapter on wiping the pebbles during prayer. The editor notes that Abu Mus'ab and Suwayd transmitted it, and that Ibn Abd al-Barr said Abu Dharr's hadith on wiping pebbles is raised and sound, transmitted from al-Zuhri from Abu al-Ahwas from Abu Dharr (al-Tamhid). The editor finds its chain weak because Abu al-Ahwas al-Laythi is unknown, Ibn Ma'in weakened him, and al-Tirmidhi judged it good through the hadiths on the subject; al-Albani weakened it, and the established hadith is that of Mu'ayqib in the Sahihayn: if you must do it, do it once. ^{1 2}

Belongs to the Muwatta, Book of Prayer. Source: the Muwatta. Mentions Abu Dharr al-Ghifari, Yahya ibn Sa'id ibn Qays al-Ansari, Mu'ayqib ibn Abi Fatima and al-Albani, Muhammad Nasir al-Din. Built on in the chapters on prayer.