أَخْبَرَنَا هَاشِمُ بْنُ الْقَاسِمِ ، أَخْبَرَنَا شُعْبَةُ ، أَخْبَرَنِي النُّعْمَانُ بْنُ سَالِمٍ ، قَالَ : سَمِعْتُ ابْنَ عَمْرِو بْنِ أَوْسٍ يُحَدِّثُ، عَنْ جَدِّهِ أَوْسِ بْنِ أَبِي أَوْسٍ أَنَّهُ ، رَأَى رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ" تَوَضَّأَ، فَاسْتَوْكَفَ ثَلَاثًا "، فَقُلْتُ أَنَا لَهُ : أَيُّ شَيْءٍ اسْتَوْكَفَ ثَلَاثًا؟ قَالَ : غَسَلَ يَدَيْهِ ثَلَاثًا

Hashim bin Al-Qasim told us, Shu’bah told us, Al-Nu’man bin Salem told me, he said: I heard Ibn Amr bin Aws speaking, on the authority of His grandfather, Aws bin Abi Aws, said that he saw the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, “performing ablution, so he sufficed three times,” so I said to him: “Anything?” Did he stop for three days? He said: He washed his hands three times