English narration
Narrated by مكحول بن أبي مسلم الشامي
Makhul was asked about the meaning of words ghassala and ightasala (that occur in tradition 345) and he said: one should was one's head and body well (and not than one should makes one's wife wash).
النص العربي
حَدَّثَنَا مَحْمُودُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ الدِّمَشْقِيُّ ، أَخْبَرَنَا مَرْوَانُ ، حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ حَوْشَبٍ ، قَالَ : سَأَلْتُ مَكْحُولًا عَنْ هَذَا الْقَوْلِ : غَسَّلَ وَاغْتَسَلَ ، فَقَالَ : " غَسَّلَ رَأْسَهُ وَغَسَلَ جَسَدَهُ " .