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ahmad:13266Yūnus > Ḥazm > al-Ḥasan > Anas b. Mālik

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ went out one day with some of his companions. They started walking and then the prayer time came, but they couldn't find water to perform ablution. They said, "O Messenger of Allah, we can't find any water to perform ablution." He saw the dislike in their faces about that. Then, a man from the group went and brought a small amount of water in a cup. Prophet Muhammad ﷺ took the cup and performed ablution from it. Then, he extended his four fingers over the cup and said, "Come and perform ablution." The people performed ablution until they had fulfilled their need. He was asked how many people performed ablution, and he said, "Seventy or something like that."  

أحمد:١٣٢٦٦حَدَّثَنَا يُونُسُ حَدَّثَنَا حَزْمٌ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ الْحَسَنَ يَقُولُ حَدَّثَنَا أَنَسُ بْنُ مَالِكٍ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ خَرَجَ ذَاتَ يَوْمٍ لِبَعْضِ مَخَارِجِهِ وَمَعَهُ نَاسٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِهِ فَانْطَلَقُوا يَسِيرُونَ فَحَضَرَتِ الصَّلَاةُ فَلَمْ يَجِدِ الْقَوْمُ مَاءً يَتَوَضَّئُونَ بِهِ فَقَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ وَاللهِ مَا نَجِدُ مَا نَتَوَضَّأُ بِهِ وَرَأَى فِي وُجُوهِ أَصْحَابِهِ كَرَاهِيَةَ ذَلِكَ فَانْطَلَقَ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْقَوْمِ فَجَاءَ بِقَدَحٍ مِنْ مَاءٍ يَسِيرٍ فَأَخَذَهُ نَبِيُّ اللهِ ﷺ فَتَوَضَّأَ مِنْهُ ثُمَّ مَدَّ أَصَابِعَهُ الْأَرْبَعَةَ عَلَى الْقَدَحِ ثُمَّ قَالَ هَلُمُّوا فَتَوَضَّئُوا فَتَوَضَّأَ الْقَوْمُ حَتَّى أَبْلَغُوا فِيمَا يُرِيدُونَ قَالَ سُئِلَ كَمْ بَلَغُوا؟ قَالَ سَبْعِينَ أَوْ نَحْوَ ذَلِكَ  


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bukhari:3574ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Mubārak > Ḥazm > al-Ḥasan > Anas b. Mālik

The Prophet ﷺ went out on one of his journeys with some of his companions. They went on walking till the time of the prayer became due. They could not find water to perform the ablution. One of them went away and brought a little amount of water in a pot. The Prophet ﷺ took it and performed the ablution, and then stretched his four fingers on to the pot and said (to the people), "Get up to perform the ablution." They started performing the ablution till all of them did it, and they were seventy or so persons.  

البخاري:٣٥٧٤حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ مُبَارَكٍ حَدَّثَنَا حَزْمٌ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ الْحَسَنَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَنَسُ بْنُ مَالِكٍ ؓ قَالَ

خَرَجَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ فِي بَعْضِ مَخَارِجِهِ وَمَعَهُ نَاسٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِهِ فَانْطَلَقُوا يَسِيرُونَ فَحَضَرَتِ الصَّلاَةُ فَلَمْ يَجِدُوا مَاءً يَتَوَضَّئُونَ فَانْطَلَقَ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْقَوْمِ فَجَاءَ بِقَدَحٍ مِنْ مَاءٍ يَسِيرٍ فَأَخَذَهُ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ فَتَوَضَّأَ ثُمَّ مَدَّ أَصَابِعَهُ الأَرْبَعَ عَلَى الْقَدَحِ ثُمَّ قَالَ قُومُوا فَتَوَضَّئُوا فَتَوَضَّأَ الْقَوْمُ حَتَّى بَلَغُوا فِيمَا يُرِيدُونَ مِنَ الْوَضُوءِ وَكَانُوا سَبْعِينَ أَوْ نَحْوَهُ