3/10. Chapter:
Sahih Muslim 326b — Measured Water for Ghusl and Ablution
The amount of water with which it is recommended to perform ghusl in the case of janabah; a man and woman washing from a single vessel; one of them washing with the left-over water of the other
Ghusl Water Amount: One Sa' and One Mudd
Sahih Muslim : 326b
Sahih MuslimHadith Number 326b
وَحَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ عُلَيَّةَ، ح وَحَدَّثَنِي عَلِيُّ بْنُ حُجْرٍ، حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ، عَنْ أَبِي رَيْحَانَةَ، عَنْ سَفِينَةَ، - قَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ - صَاحِبُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَغْتَسِلُ بِالصَّاعِ وَيَتَطَهَّرُ بِالْمُدِّ . وَفِي حَدِيثِ ابْنِ حُجْرٍ أَوْ قَالَ وَيُطَهِّرُهُ الْمُدُّ . وَقَالَ وَقَدْ كَانَ كَبِرَ وَمَا كُنْتُ أَثِقُ بِحَدِيثِهِ .
Abu Bakr Narrated from:
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) took a bath with one Sa' of water and performed ablution with one Mudd (of water); and in the hadith narrated by Ibn Hujr the words are: One Mudd sufficed for his (Holy Prophet's) ablution. And Ibn Hujr said that (his Shaikh) Isma'il was much advanced in age, and it was because of this that he could not fully rely on him for this tradition.
[1] That is, Abû Raihanah, one of the narrator, said this about Safinah.Reference : Sahih Muslim 326bIn-book reference : Book 3, Hadith 61USC-MSA web (English) reference : Book 3, Hadith 637
Summary of Sahih Muslim Hadith 326b
This Hadith repeats the theme of measured water use. Safina reports that Abu Bakr, the Companion of the Messenger of Allah صلى الله عليه وسلم, said that the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم took a bath with one Sa' of water and performed ablution, or purified himself, with one Mudd. The narration also records a wording difference and a note from Ibn Hujr about his shaykh Ismail being advanced in age and his own caution about relying on him fully. For searches like how much water for ghusl and one mudd for wudu, this report is relevant. Its teaching should stay with what the text says: a Sa' for ghusl, a Mudd for purification, and a narrator note.
What we learn from this hadith
- The report mentions one Sa' for the Prophet’s صلى الله عليه وسلم bath.
- It mentions one Mudd for ablution or purification.
- The narration preserves a wording variation.
- The text also includes a cautionary narrator note from Ibn Hujr.
