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with those parts of the body over which ablution is perform-
ed."

307. Sahih Muslim, Vol. II, pp. 460-61, no. 2124. Abbad b. Ab-
dullah b. Zubair reported on the authority of Aishah that
when Sa'd b. Abi Waqqas died, the wives of the Messenger of
Allah jg sent a message to bring his bier into the masjid so
that they should offer prayer for him. They [the participants
of the funeral] did accordingly, and it was placed in front of
their apartments and they offered prayer for him. It was
brought out of the door [known as] Bab al-Jana'iz, which was
towards the side of Maqa'id, and the news reached them [ the
wives of the Holy Prophet] that the peopl had criticized this
[i.e., offering of funeral prayer in the masjid], saying that it
was not desirable to take the bier inside the masjid. This was
conveyed to Aishah. She said, "How hastily the people
criticize that about which they know little. They criticize us
for carrying the bier in the masjid. The Messenger of Allah sg
offered the funeral prayer of Suhail b. Baida in the innermost