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Sunan Ibn Majah 387 — Seawater and Purification
Ablution with seawater
Hadith About Seawater for Wudu While Fishing
Sunan Ibn Majah : 387
Sunan Ibn MajahHadith Number 387
حَدَّثَنَا سَهْلُ بْنُ أَبِي سَهْلٍ، حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ بُكَيْرٍ، حَدَّثَنِي اللَّيْثُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ، عَنْ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ رَبِيعَةَ، عَنْ بَكْرِ بْنِ سَوَادَةَ، عَنْ مُسْلِمِ بْنِ مَخْشِيٍّ، عَنِ ابْنِ الْفِرَاسِيِّ، قَالَ كُنْتُ أَصِيدُ وَكَانَتْ لِي قِرْبَةٌ أَجْعَلُ فِيهَا مَاءً وَإِنِّي تَوَضَّأْتُ بِمَاءِ الْبَحْرِ فَذَكَرْتُ ذَلِكَ لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ فَقَالَ " هُوَ الطَّهُورُ مَاؤُهُ الْحِلُّ مَيْتَتُهُ " .
Ibn Firasi Narrated from:
I was fishing and I had a vessel with me in which I kept water, and I used seawater for ablution. I mentioned that to the Messenger of Allah and he said: 'Its water is a means of purification, and its dead meat is permissible.'
Reference : Sunan Ibn Majah 387In-book reference : Book 1, Hadith 121English translation : Vol. 1, Book 1, Hadith 387
Summary of Sunan Ibn Majah Hadith 387
This hadith about seawater for wudu while fishing gives another report on the same subject. Ibn Firasi said he was fishing and had a vessel in which he kept water. He used seawater for ablution and later mentioned it to the Messenger of Allah. The Prophet answered with the same clear wording: its water is a means of purification, and its dead meat is permissible. The hadith is useful for readers searching for sea water wudu because it shows the issue through a practical fishing situation. The text does not add extra conditions beyond the report. It simply confirms, through the Prophet’s words, that seawater can serve as purifying water in the case described.
What we learn from this hadith
- The report connects fishing, seawater, and ablution.
- The Prophet described seawater as purifying.
- The same answer also mentions the permissibility of dead meat from the sea.
