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Sunan Ibn Majah 518 — Two or Three Qullah Water
The quantity of water that does not become unclean
Hadith About Two or Three Qullah Water
Sunan Ibn Majah : 518
Sunan Ibn MajahHadith Number 518
حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ، حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ، عَنْ عَاصِمِ بْنِ الْمُنْذِرِ، عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ " إِذَا كَانَ الْمَاءُ قُلَّتَيْنِ أَوْ ثَلاَثًا لَمْ يُنَجِّسْهُ شَىْءٌ " . قَالَ أَبُو الْحَسَنِ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو حَاتِمٍ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْوَلِيدِ، وَأَبُو سَلَمَةَ وَابْنُ عَائِشَةَ الْقُرَشِيُّ قَالُوا حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ، فَذَكَرَ نَحْوَهُ .
'Ubaidullah bin 'Abdullah bin 'Umar Narrated from:
It was narrated from 'Ubaidullah bin 'Abdullah bin 'Umar that his father said: "The Messenger of Allah said: 'If the water is the amount of two or three Qullah, nothing can make it impure (Najis).'" (Sahih) Another chain with similar wording.
Reference : Sunan Ibn Majah 518In-book reference : Book 1, Hadith 252English translation : Vol. 1, Book 1, Hadith 518
Summary of Sunan Ibn Majah Hadith 518
This Hadith about two or three Qullah water gives another wording on water purity. Abdullah bin Umar narrated that the Messenger of Allah said that if water is the amount of two or three Qullah, nothing can make it impure. The narration is short and focused. It does not discuss every type of water or every possible change in water. It simply reports the Prophet’s statement using the measure of two or three Qullah. For users searching water purity hadith or two Qullah meaning, this Hadith belongs directly to the topic of when water is not treated as najis.
What we learn from this hadith
- The Hadith mentions two or three Qullah as a water amount.
- The Prophet said such water is not made impure by anything.
- The narration is focused on the quantity of water.
- The wording should not be expanded beyond what it directly states.
