English Translation

Ya'qub told us, my father told us, from Ibn Ishaq, Bashir ibn Abi Bashir, client of the family of al-Zubayr, told me, who said: I heard al-Hasan ibn Muhammad ibn 'Ali ibn Abi Talib asking Jabir ibn 'Abdullah al-Ansari, brother of Banu Salima, about the ritual bath from major impurity. Jabir said: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, used to scoop water over his head three times with his hands, then pour water over the rest of his body. Al-Hasan said to him, "My hair is thick, and I fear that three scoops with my hands will not wash it." Jabir said to him, "The head of the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, had more hair than yours, and it was more pleasant."