114 – ʿAlī ﵁ said, “One of my forearm bones was fractured, so I asked the Messenger of Allah ﷺ about it, and he instructed me to wipe over the jabāʾir (splints).” Reported by Ibn Mājah with a chain that is extremely weak (1).

Degree of authenticity
The ḥadith is weak. The author states in al-Talkhīṣ: “It was transmitted by Ibn Mājah and by al-Dāraqutnī (1/226); in its isnād appears al-Wāsiṭī, a liar.” Al-Marwazī said: “I asked Aḥmad about it and he replied, ‘Baseless; it is nothing.’”
Al-Baghawī and al-Nawawī note: “The ḥuffāẓ are unanimous that this ḥadith is weak, though there are other reports conveying the same sense.” Al-Bayhaqī adds: “Nothing in this chapter is soundly traced back to the Prophet ﷺ. The most reliable narration here is the ḥadith of Jābir, which Ibn al-Sakan declared authentic and which will appear after this ḥadith, thus lending it support.”
Al-Bayhaqī also declared authentic a report from Ibn ʿUmar ﵄ that he performed wuḍūʾ while his hand was bandaged: he wiped over the bandage and the wrapping and washed the remainder of the limb.

Vocabulary
– zandayya (dual of zand): the two bones of the lower arm. The upper of the two is the sāʿid (forearm), the lower the dhirāʿ. The end adjoining the thumb is called the kūʿ, the end adjoining the little finger the kursūʿ. The rusgh is the junction of the two bones at the wrist, and the mirfaq is their junction at the elbow.