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[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "If water is scarce, it does not carry impurities. In a narration, he mentioned a small amount of migration. Ibn Jurayj said, 'I have seen a little migration, and a little migration is equal to two closeness or two closeness and a little bit.' Al-Shafi'i said, 'A Muslim used to consider that to be less than half a closeness or half a closeness, so he would say, "Five closeness is the most that two closeness can hold." And sometimes the two closenesses may be less than five closenesses."' Al-Shafi'i said, 'As a precaution, the little migration should be two and a half closenesses. So if the water is five closenesses, it does not carry impurities in a jug or other vessel, except if there is a smell, taste, or color in the water.' He said, 'The closeness of Hijaz is large, so water that does not carry impurities can only be with a large closeness.'"  

البيهقي:١٢٥٠أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو سَعِيدِ بْنُ أَبِي عَمْرٍو نا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ ثنا الرَّبِيعُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ ثنا الشَّافِعِيُّ ثنا مُسْلِمُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ عَنِ ابْنِ جُرَيْجٍ بِإِسْنَادٍ لَا يَحْضُرُنِي ذِكْرُهُ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ إِذَا كَانَ الْمَاءُ قُلَّتَيْنِ لَمْ يَحْمِلْ خَبَثًا وَقَالَ فِي الْحَدِيثِ بِقِلَالِ هَجَرَ قَالَ ابْنُ جُرَيْجٍ وَقَدْ رَأَيْتُ قِلَالَ هَجَرَ فَالْقُلَّةُ تَسَعُ قِرْبَتَيْنِ أَوْ قِرْبَتَيْنِ وَشَيْئًا قَالَ الشَّافِعِيُّ كَانَ مُسْلِمٌ يَذْهَبُ إِلَى أَنَّ ذَلِكَ أَقَلُّ مِنْ نِصْفِ الْقِرْبَةِ أَوْ نِصْفِ الْقِرْبَةِ فَيَقُولُ خَمْسُ قِرَبٍ هُوَ أَكْثَرُ مَا يَسَعُ قُلَّتَيْنِ وَقَدْ تَكُونُ الْقُلَّتَانِ أَقَلَّ مِنْ خَمْسِ قِرَبٍ قَالَ الشَّافِعِيُّ فَالِاحْتِيَاطُ أَنْ تَكُونَ الْقُلَّةُ قِرْبَتَيْنِ وَنِصْفًا فَإِذَا كَانَ الْمَاءُ خَمْسَ قِرَبٍ لَمْ يَحْمِلْ نَجِسًا فِي جِرٍّ كَانَ أَوْ غَيْرِهِ إِلَّا أَنْ يَظْهَرَ فِي الْمَاءِ مِنْهُ رِيحٌ أَوْ طَعْمٌ أَوْ لَوْنٌ قَالَ وَقِرَبُ الْحِجَازِ كِبَارٌ فَلَا يَكُونُ الْمَاءُ الَّذِي لَا يَحْمِلُ النَّجَاسَةُ إِلَّا بِقِرَبٍ كِبَارٍ