Sunan Abi Dawud 350
سنن أبي داود#350Sahihحَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْوَلِيدِ الدِّمَشْقِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُسْهِرٍ، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ، فِي " غَسَّلَ وَاغْتَسَلَ " . قَالَ قَالَ سَعِيدٌ غَسَّلَ رَأْسَهُ وَغَسَلَ جَسَدَهُ .
Explaining the meaning of the words ghassala and ightasala (that occur in tradition 345) Sa'id (b. 'Abd al-'Aziz) said:One should wash one's head and body well (And not that one should make one's wife wash)
Scholarly Authentication
The label above is the grade most of these scholars gave — one dissenting opinion no longer speaks for all of them. If any scholar calls a narration fabricated, that verdict is shown instead, whatever the others say. Each scholar's own wording:
Al-AlbaniSahih Maqtu
Muhammad Muhyi Al-Din Abdul HamidSahih Maqtu
Zubair Ali ZaiIsnaad Sahih
In-book reference: 1:350