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ذِكْرُ أَحَدِ التَّخْصِيصَيْنِ اللَّذَيْنِ يَخُصَّانِ عُمُومَ الْخَبَرِ الَّذِي ذَكَرْنَاهُ

ibnhibban:1249al-Ḥasan b. Sufyān > Abū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah > Abū Usāmah > al-Walīd b. Kathīr > Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar b. al-Zubayr > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿAbdullāh > Abāh ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUmar

"The Messenger of Allah ﷺ was asked about water and how some animals and carnivorous beasts might drink from it. He said: 'If the water is more than two Qullahs, it will not carry filth.'"[1] [1]It comes with some explanation in Sunan At Timidhi 'Abdah (one of the narrators) said: "Muhammad bin Ishaq said: 'A Qullah refers to Jirar (These are two nouns describing large casks that are used to hold water), and a Qullah is the thing that drinking water is held in."' At-Tirmidhi said: "This is the saying of Ash Shafa'i, Ahmad and Ishaq. They say that when the water is two Qullahs then nothing makes it impure, as long as it does not change its smell, and its taste. And they say, it is approximately fifty Qirbahs (waterskins)." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 52)   

ابن حبّان:١٢٤٩أَخْبَرَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ سُفْيَانَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو أُسَامَةَ حَدَّثَنَا الْوَلِيدُ بْنُ كَثِيرٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ أَنَّ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ حَدَّثَهُمْ أَنَّ أَبَاهُ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ عُمَرَ حَدَّثَهُمْ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ سُئِلَ عَنِ الْمَاءِ وَمَا يَنُوبُهُ مِنَ الدَّوَابِّ وَالسِّبَاعِ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «إِذَا كَانَ الْمَاءُ قُلَّتَيْنِ لَمْ يُنَجِّسْهُ شَيْءٌ»  


See similar narrations below:

Collected by Nasāʾī, Abū Dāwūd, Aḥmad, Dārimī, Ibn Ḥibbān, Nasāʾī's Kubrá
nasai:52Hannād b. al-Sarī And al-Ḥusayn b. Ḥurayth > Abū Usāmah > al-Walīd b. Kathīr > Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUmar from his father

"The Messenger of Allah ﷺ was asked about water and how some animals and carnivorous beasts might drink from it. He said: 'If the water is more than two Qullahs, it will not carry filth.'"[1] [1]It comes with some explanation in Sunan At Timidhi 'Abdah (one of the narrators) said: "Muhammad bin Ishaq said: 'A Qullah refers to Jirar (These are two nouns describing large casks that are used to hold water), and a Qullah is the thing that drinking water is held in."' At-Tirmidhi said: "This is the saying of Ash Shafa'i, Ahmad and Ishaq. They say that when the water is two Qullahs then nothing makes it impure, as long as it does not change its smell, and its taste. And they say, it is approximately fifty Qirbahs (waterskins)."  

النسائي:٥٢أَخْبَرَنَا هَنَّادُ بْنُ السَّرِيِّ وَالْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ حُرَيْثٍ عَنْ أَبِي أُسَامَةَ عَنِ الْوَلِيدِ بْنِ كَثِيرٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

سُئِلَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَنِ الْمَاءِ وَمَا يَنُوبُهُ مِنَ الدَّوَابِّ وَالسِّبَاعِ فَقَالَ إِذَا كَانَ الْمَاءُ قُلَّتَيْنِ لَمْ يَحْمِلِ الْخَبَثَ  

nasai:328al-Ḥusayn b. Ḥurayth al-Marwazī > Abū Usāmah > al-Walīd b. Kathīr > Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar b. al-Zubayr > ʿUbaydullāh b. ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUmar from his father

"The Messenger of Allah ﷺ was asked about water and how some animals and carnivorous beasts might drink from it. He said: 'If the water is more than two Qullahs, it will not become filthy.'"  

النسائي:٣٢٨أَخْبَرَنَا الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ حُرَيْثٍ الْمَرْوَزِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو أُسَامَةَ عَنِ الْوَلِيدِ بْنِ كَثِيرٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

سُئِلَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَنِ الْمَاءِ وَمَا يَنُوبُهُ مِنَ الدَّوَابِّ وَالسِّبَاعِ فَقَالَ إِذَا كَانَ الْمَاءُ قُلَّتَيْنِ لَمْ يَحْمِلِ الْخَبَثَ  

abudawud:63Muḥammad b. al-ʿAlāʾ And ʿUthmān b. Abū Shaybah Wa-al-Ḥasan b. ʿAlī Waghayruhum > Abū Usāmah > al-Walīd b. Kathīr > Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar b. al-Zubayr > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUmar from his father > Suʾil

The Prophet ﷺ, was asked about water (in desert country) and what is frequented by animals and wild beasts. He replied: When there is enough water to fill two pitchers, it bears no impurity.  

أبو داود:٦٣حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْعَلاَءِ وَعُثْمَانُ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ وَالْحَسَنُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ وَغَيْرُهُمْ قَالُوا حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو أُسَامَةَ عَنِ الْوَلِيدِ بْنِ كَثِيرٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

سُئِلَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَنِ الْمَاءِ وَمَا يَنُوبُهُ مِنَ الدَّوَابِّ وَالسِّبَاعِ فَقَالَ ﷺ إِذَا كَانَ الْمَاءُ قُلَّتَيْنِ لَمْ يَحْمِلِ الْخَبَثَ  

قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُدَ وَهَذَا لَفْظُ ابْنِ الْعَلاَءِ وَقَالَ عُثْمَانُ وَالْحَسَنُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبَّادِ بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُدَ وَهُوَ الصَّوَابُ
ahmad:4605ʿAbdah > Muḥammad b. Isḥāq > Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar b. al-Zubayr > ʿUbaydullāh b. ʿAbdullāh > Ibn ʿUmar

[Machine] I heard the Prophet ﷺ being asked about the water that is found in the lowland areas and what comes from animals and predators for drinking. The Prophet ﷺ said, "If the water is equal to two large bowls, it does not carry impurities."  

أحمد:٤٦٠٥حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدَةُ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ يُسْأَلُ عَنِ الْمَاءِ يَكُونُ بِأَرْضِ الْفَلَاةِ وَمَا يَنُوبُهُ مِنَ الدَّوَابِّ وَالسِّبَاعِ؟ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ إِذَا كَانَ الْمَاءُ قَدْرَ قُلَّتَيْنِ لَمْ يَحْمِلِ الْخَبَثَ  

ahmad:4803Yazīd b. Hārūn > Muḥammad b. Isḥāq > Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar b. al-Zubayr > ʿUbaydullāh b. ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUmar > Abīh ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUmar

[Machine] I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ being asked about water that is in a well, from the bottom of the earth, and animals and wild beasts drink from it. The Prophet ﷺ said, "If the water is two buckets in amount, nothing will impure it."  

أحمد:٤٨٠٣حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ وَهُوَ يُسْأَلُ عَنِ الْمَاءِ يَكُونُ بِالْفَلَاةِ مِنَ الْأَرْضِ وَمَا يَنُوبُهُ مِنَ الدَّوَابِّ وَالسِّبَاعِ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ إِذَا كَانَ الْمَاءُ قُلَّتَيْنِ لَمْ يُنَجِّسْهُ شَيْءٌ  

ahmad:4961ʿAbdah > Muḥammad b. Isḥāq > Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar b. al-Zubayr > ʿUbaydullāh b. ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUmar > Ibn ʿUmar

[Machine] I heard the Prophet ( peace be upon him) being asked about the water found in the Falah land and what animals and beasts drink from it. The Prophet ( peace be upon him) said, "If the water is two Qullat (a unit of measure), it does not carry impurities."  

أحمد:٤٩٦١حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدَةُ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ يُسْأَلُ عَنِ الْمَاءِ يَكُونُ بِأَرْضِ الْفَلَاةِ وَمَا يَنُوبُهُ مِنَ الدَّوَابِّ وَالسِّبَاعِ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ إِذَاكَانَ الْمَاءُ قُلَّتَيْنِ لَمْ يَحْمِلِ الْخَبَثَ  

darimi:758Yazīd b. Hārūn > Muḥammad b. Isḥāq > Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar b. al-Zubayr > ʿUbaydullāh b. ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUmar from his father

[Machine] I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ being asked about water that is in a ditch in the ground and is used by animals and beasts. He said, "When the water reaches the amount of two qullat (a unit of volume), it does not become impure."  

الدارمي:٧٥٨أَخْبَرَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ أَنبَأَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَهُوَ يُسْأَلُ عَنِ الْمَاءِ يَكُونُ بِالْفَلَاةِ مِنَ الْأَرْضِ وَمَا يَنُوبُهُ مِنَ الدَّوَابِّ وَالسِّبَاعِ؟ فَقَالَ «إِذَا بَلَغَ الْمَاءُ قُلَّتَيْنِ لَمْ يُنَجِّسْهُ شَيْءٌ»  

darimi:759Yaḥyá b. Ḥassān > Abū Usāmah > al-Walīd b. Kathīr > Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar b. al-Zubayr > ʿUbaydullāh b. ʿAbdullāh > Ibn ʿUmar

"The Messenger of Allah ﷺ was asked about water and how some animals and carnivorous beasts might drink from it. He said: 'If the water is more than two Qullahs, it will not carry filth.'"[1] [1]It comes with some explanation in Sunan At Timidhi 'Abdah (one of the narrators) said: "Muhammad bin Ishaq said: 'A Qullah refers to Jirar (These are two nouns describing large casks that are used to hold water), and a Qullah is the thing that drinking water is held in."' At-Tirmidhi said: "This is the saying of Ash Shafa'i, Ahmad and Ishaq. They say that when the water is two Qullahs then nothing makes it impure, as long as it does not change its smell, and its taste. And they say, it is approximately fifty Qirbahs (waterskins)." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 52)   

الدارمي:٧٥٩حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ حَسَّانَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو أُسَامَةَ عَنِ الْوَلِيدِ بْنِ كَثِيرٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ سُئِلَ عَنِ الْمَاءِ وَمَا يَنُوبُهُ مِنَ الدَّوَابِّ وَالسِّبَاعِ؟ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «إِذَا كَانَ الْمَاءُ قُلَّتَيْنِ لَمْ يَحْمِلِ الْخَبَثَ»  

ذِكْرُ الْخَبَرِ الدَّالِّ عَلَى صِحَّةِ مَا تَأَوَّلْنَا الْمَاءَ مِنَ اللَّذَيْنِ ذَكَرْنَاهُمَا فِي الْبَابَيْنِ الْمُتَقَدِّمَيْنِ

ibnhibban:1253al-Ḥasan b. Sufyān > Abū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah > Abū Usāmah > al-Walīd b. Kathīr > Muḥammad b. ʿAbbād b. Jaʿfar > ʿUbaydullāh b. ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUmar from his father

[Machine] "The Prophet ﷺ was asked about water and what can pollute it from animals. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ replied, 'If the water is two containers full, then nothing contaminates it.'"  

ابن حبّان:١٢٥٣أَخْبَرَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ سُفْيَانَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو أُسَامَةَ عَنِ الْوَلِيدِ بْنِ كَثِيرٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبَّادِ بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ سُئِلَ عَنِ الْمَاءِ وَمَا يَنُوبُهُ مِنَ السِّبَاعِ وَالدَّوَابِّ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «إِذَا كَانَ الْمَاءُ قُلَّتَيْنِ لَمْ يُنَجِّسْهُ شَيْءٌ»  

nasai-kubra:50Hannād b. al-Sarī And al-Ḥusayn b. Ḥurayth > Abū Usāmah > al-Walīd b. Kathīr > Muḥammad > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUmar from his father

The Prophet ﷺ, was asked about water (in desert country) and what is frequented by animals and wild beasts. He replied: When there is enough water to fill two pitchers, it bears no impurity. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 63)  

الكبرى للنسائي:٥٠أَخْبَرَنَا هَنَّادُ بْنُ السَّرِيِّ وَالْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ حُرَيْثٍ عَنْ أَبِي أُسَامَةَ عَنِ الْوَلِيدِ بْنِ كَثِيرٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

سُئِلَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ عَنِ الْمَاءِ وَمَا يَنُوبُهُ مِنَ الدَّوَابِّ وَالسِّبَاعِ؟ فَقَالَ «إِذَا كَانَ الْمَاءُ قُلَّتَيْنِ لَمْ يُحْمَلِ الْخَبَثَ»