When the Prophet (pbuh) made ghusl, did he also make wudu?

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(3745)- Hz. Aisha narrates: "When the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) made ghusl after being junub, he would start to wash his hands first; then, he would make wudu. After that, he would put his fingers in water and move the roots of his hair with them; when he wetted the skin, he would pour three handfuls of water over his head. Then, he would wash the other parts of his body. Finally, he would wash his feet." 

 (3751)- Hz. Maymunah narrates:

"When the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) made ghusl after being junub, I acted as a screen. He made ghusl as follows:

He washed his hands first. Then, he poured water with his right hand from the pot on his private parts to wash off the discharge of sperm. Then, he wiped his hand over the wall – or the ground. Then, he made wudu like the wudu of prayer but he did not wash his feet. Then, he poured water on his body. After that, he withdrew his feet from that place and washed them. That was his way of making ghusl from janabah." [Bukhari, Ghusl 1, 5, 7, 8, 10, 11, 16, 18, 21; Muslim, Hayd 4, (317); Abu Dawud, Taharah 98 (245); Tirmidhi, Taharah 76, (103); Nasai, Taharah 161, (1, 137); Ghusl 15, (1, 204); 22, (1, 208).]

Some different expressions in the narrations about ghusl show that the Messenger of Allah did not act very meticulously related to the details, that he gave importance to fards and that he acted freely related to the secondary issues according to time and conditions.

Hz. Aisha narrates:  

"The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) made ghusl and performed two rak’ahs of the morning prayer. I do not think that he made wudu after ghusl." [Tirmidhi, Taharah 79, (107), Nasai, Taharah 162, (1, 137); Abu Dawud, Taharah 99, (250).]

This narration shows that the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) did not make wudu again after ghusl and that he performed the prayer with the wudu he made during ghusl.

Tirmidhi states that this decree is the common view of many people from the Companions and Tabiun. It is stated in most of the hadiths that the Messenger of Allah made wudu while starting to make ghusl. Therefore, it is a sunnah known by everybody to make wudu before ghusl. However, there is no clear statement about making wudu after ghusl in the narrations. On the contrary, the following is reported from Hz. Aisha: "The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) did not make wudu after ghusl." In that case, the first wudu is valid and it is possible to perform prayers with it unless something that invalidates wudu happens while making ghusl.  

(see İbrahim Canan, Kütüb-ü Sitte Tercüme ve Şerhi, Vol. 10, bab 8, Gusül)

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