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tirmidhi:110Aḥmad b. Manīʿ > ʿAbdullāh b. al-Mubārak > Yūnus b. Yazīd > al-Zuhrī > Sahl b. Saʿd > Ubay b. Kaʿb

"Water is for water,' was only permitted in the beginning of Islam. Then it was prohibited."  

الترمذي:١١٠حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مَنِيعٍ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ الْمُبَارَكِ أَخْبَرَنَا يُونُسُ بْنُ يَزِيدَ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ عَنْ أُبَىِّ بْنِ كَعْبٍ قَالَ

إِنَّمَا كَانَ الْمَاءُ مِنَ الْمَاءِ رُخْصَةً فِي أَوَّلِ الإِسْلاَمِ ثُمَّ نُهِيَ عَنْهَا  


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Collected by Ibn Mājah, Ibn Ḥibbān
ibnmajah:609Muḥammad b. Bashhār > ʿUthmān b. ʿUmar > Yūnus > al-Zuhrī > Sahl b. Saʿd al-Sāʿidī > Ubay b. Kaʿb

"That was a concession that was granted in the early days of Islam, then we were commanded to have a bathe after that."  

ابن ماجة:٦٠٩حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ حَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ عُمَرَ أَنْبَأَنَا يُونُسُ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ قَالَ قَالَ سَهْلُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ السَّاعِدِيُّ أَنْبَأَنَا أُبَىُّ بْنُ كَعْبٍ قَالَ

إِنَّمَا كَانَتْ رُخْصَةً فِي أَوَّلِ الإِسْلاَمِ ثُمَّ أُمِرْنَا بِالْغُسْلِ بَعْدُ  

ذِكْرُ الْبَيَانِ بِأَنَّ هَذَا الْخَبَرَ، يَعْنِي خَبَرَ عُثْمَانَ مَنْسُوخٌ بَعْدَ أَنْ كَانَ مُبَاحًا

ibnhibban:1173al-Ḥasan b. Sufyān > Ḥibbān b. Mūsá > ʿAbdullāh > Yūnus b. Yazīd > al-Zuhrī > Sahl b. Saʿd > Ubay b. Kaʿb

"Water is for water,' was only permitted in the beginning of Islam. Then it was prohibited." (Using translation from Tirmidhī 110)  

ابن حبّان:١١٧٣أَخْبَرَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ سُفْيَانَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حِبَّانُ بْنُ مُوسَى قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا يُونُسُ بْنُ يَزِيدَ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ عَنْ أُبَيِّ بْنِ كَعْبٍ قَالَ

«إِنَّمَا كَانَ الْمَاءُ مِنَ الْمَاءِ رُخْصَةً فِي أَوَّلِ الْإِسْلَامِ ثُمَّ نُهِيَ عَنْهَا»