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ahmad:8912Qutaybah b. Saʿīd > Layth > al-Julāḥ Abū Kathīr > al-Mughīrah b. Abū Burdah > Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] "Some people came to the Prophet ﷺ and said, 'We are far away in the sea and we only carry with us enough water for ablution and the two utensils. We cannot find any water for washing until we go far away. Can we perform ablution with seawater?' He replied, 'Yes, its water is pure and its dead animals are permissible to eat.'"  

أحمد:٨٩١٢حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ لَيْثٍ عَنْ الْجُلَاحِ أَبِي كَثِيرٍ عَنِ الْمُغِيرَةِ بْنِ أَبِي بُرْدَةَ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

أَنَّ نَاسًا أَتَوْا النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَقَالُوا إِنَّا نَبْعُدُ فِي الْبَحْرِ وَلَا نَحْمِلُ مَعَنَا مِنَ الْمَاءِ إِلَّا الْإِدَاوَةَ وَالْإِدَاوَتَيْنِ لِأَنَّا لَا نَجِدُ الصَّيْدَ حَتَّى نَبْعُدَ أَفَنَتَوَضَّأُ بِمَاءِ الْبَحْرِ؟ قَالَ نَعَمْ فَإِنَّهُ الْحِلُّ مَيْتَتُهُ الطَّهُورُ مَاؤُهُ