[Machine] The passage means: "The permissibility of performing fitya in water was only allowed at the beginning of Islam, then it was prohibited. Al-Zuhri did not hear this hadith directly from Sahl, he only heard it from some of his companions who heard it from Sahl."
إِنَّمَا كَانَتِ الْفُتْيَا فِي الْمَاءِ مِنَ الْمَاءِ رُخْصَةً فِي أَوَّلِ الْإِسْلَامِ ثُمَّ نُهِيَ عَنْهَا وَهَذَا الْحَدِيثُ لَمْ يَسْمَعْهُ الزُّهْرِيُّ مِنْ سَهْلٍ إِنَّمَا سَمِعَهُ عَنْ بَعْضِ أَصْحَابِهِ عَنْ سَهْلٍ