5. Ghusl (Major Ablution/Bathing)

٥۔ كتاب الغسل

5.3 Taking a bath with a Sa' of water or so (One Sa' = 3 kilograms approx.)

٥۔٣ باب الْغُسْلِ بِالصَّاعِ وَنَحْوِهِ

bukhari:251ʿAbdullāh b. Muḥammad > ʿAbd al-Ṣamad > Shuʿbah > Abū Bakr b. Ḥafṣ > Abū Salamah

ʿAisha's brother and I went to ʿAisha and he asked her about the bath of the Prophet. She brought a pot containing about a Saʿ of water and took a bath and poured it over her head and at that time there was a screen between her and us.  

البخاري:٢٥١حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ الصَّمَدِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي شُعْبَةُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ حَفْصٍ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ أَبَا سَلَمَةَ يَقُولُ دَخَلْتُ أَنَا وَأَخُو عَائِشَةَ عَلَى عَائِشَةَ فَسَأَلَهَا أَخُوهَا عَنْ غُسْلِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَدَعَتْ بِإِنَاءٍ نَحْوًا مِنْ صَاعٍ فَاغْتَسَلَتْ وَأَفَاضَتْ عَلَى رَأْسِهَا وَبَيْنَنَا وَبَيْنَهَا حِجَابٌ قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ وَبَهْزٌ وَالْجُدِّيُّ عَنْ شُعْبَةَ قَدْرِ صَاعٍ  

bukhari:252ʿAbdullāh b. Muḥammad > Yaḥyá b. Ādam > Zuhayr > Abū Isḥāq > Abū Jaʿfar

While I and my father were with Jabir bin ʿAbdullah, some people asked him about taking a bath. He replied, "A Saʿ of water is sufficient for you." A man said, "A Saʿ is not sufficient for me." Jabir said, "A Saʿ was sufficient for one who had more hair than you and was better than you (meaning the Prophet)." And then Jabir (put on) his garment and led the prayer.  

البخاري:٢٥٢حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ آدَمَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا زُهَيْرٌ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ أَنَّهُ كَانَ عِنْدَ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ هُوَ وَأَبُوهُ وَعِنْدَهُ قَوْمٌ فَسَأَلُوهُ عَنِ الْغُسْلِ فَقَالَ يَكْفِيكَ صَاعٌ فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ مَا يَكْفِينِي فَقَالَ

جَابِرٌ كَانَ يَكْفِي مَنْ هُوَ أَوْفَى مِنْكَ شَعَرًا وَخَيْرٌ مِنْكَ ثُمَّ أَمَّنَا فِي ثَوْبٍ  

bukhari:253Abū Nuʿaym > Ibn ʿUyaynah > ʿAmr > Jābir b. Zayd > Ibn ʿAbbās

The Prophet ﷺ and Maimuna used to take a bath from a single pot.  

البخاري:٢٥٣حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو نُعَيْمٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ عَنْ عَمْرٍو عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ زَيْدٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ وَمَيْمُونَةَ كَانَا يَغْتَسِلاَنِ مِنْ إِنَاءٍ وَاحِدٍ قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ كَانَ ابْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ يَقُولُ أَخِيرًا عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ عَنْ مَيْمُونَةَ وَالصَّحِيحُ مَا رَوَى أَبُو نُعَيْمٍ