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Sunan Ibn Majah 520 — Water Is Not Made Impure
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Water Is Not Made Impure Hadith
Sunan Ibn Majah : 520
Sunan Ibn MajahHadith Number 520
حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ سِنَانٍ، حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ، حَدَّثَنَا شَرِيكٌ، عَنْ طَرِيفِ بْنِ شِهَابٍ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا نَضْرَةَ، يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، قَالَ انْتَهَيْنَا إِلَى غَدِيرٍ فَإِذَا فِيهِ جِيفَةُ حِمَارٍ . قَالَ فَكَفَفْنَا عَنْهُ حَتَّى انْتَهَى إِلَيْنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ فَقَالَ " إِنَّ الْمَاءَ لاَ يُنَجِّسُهُ شَىْءٌ " . فَاسْتَقَيْنَا وَأَرْوَيْنَا وَحَمَلْنَا .
Jabir bin `Abdullah Narrated from:
We came to a pond in which there was the carcass of a donkey, so we refrained from using the water until the Messenger of Allah came to us and said: 'Water is not made impure by anything.' Then we drank from it and gave it to our animals to drink, and we carried some with us.
Reference : Sunan Ibn Majah 520In-book reference : Book 1, Hadith 254English translation : Vol. 1, Book 1, Hadith 520
Summary of Sunan Ibn Majah Hadith 520
This Hadith water is not made impure reports an incident with Jabir bin Abdullah. The companions came to a pond and found the carcass of a donkey in it, so they held back from using the water. When the Messenger of Allah came to them, he said that water is not made impure by anything. After that, they drank from it, gave it to their animals, and carried some with them. The Hadith focuses on their hesitation, the Prophet’s answer, and their use of the water afterward. It is often searched under water purity hadith and pond water impurity in Islam.
What we learn from this hadith
- The companions avoided the pond until they asked through the Prophet’s presence.
- The Prophet stated that water is not made impure by anything.
- After his statement, they drank, watered their animals, and carried water.
- The narration gives a practical example about water purity.
