The Quantity Of Water That Does Not Become Unclean
Darussalam · Volume 1
(1) The Chapters OfPurification And ItsSunnahSunan Ibn Majah Darussalam English translation
الحديث: 517 ¦ الجزء: 1 ¦ الصفحة: 172
Source no. 517 · Volume 2 · Page 89
Sahih
صحيح، المشكاة (٤٧٧) ، الإرواء (٢٣) ، صحيح أبي داود (٥٦ و ٥٧) ، التعليق على التنكيل (٢ / ٥)
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517. It was narrated from ‘Ubaidullâh bin ‘Abdullâh bin ‘Umar that his father said: “I heard the Messenger of Allâh ﷺ being asked about water in the wilderness that is frequented by beasts and predators. The Messenger of Allâh ﷺ said: “If the water reaches the amount of two Qullah,[1] nothing can make it impure (Najis).”’ (Sahih) Another chain with similar wording.
517 - حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ خَلَّادٍ الْبَاهِلِيُّ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ قَالَ: أَنْبَأَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ، عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، سُئِلَ عَنِ الْمَاءِ يَكُونُ بِالْفَلَاةِ مِنَ الْأَرْضِ، وَمَا يَنُوبُهُ مِنَ الدَّوَابِّ، وَالسِّبَاعِ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «إِذَا بَلَغَ الْمَاءُ قُلَّتَيْنِ لَمْ يُنَجِّسْهُ شَيْءٌ» حَدَّثَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ رَافِعٍ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ الْمُبَارَكِ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِسْحَاقَ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ، عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ نَحْوَهُ
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The Arabic Qullah is a large earthen jar or container. Qullah made at the place known as Hajr were very popular in the Arab world. The container was big enough, i.e. of the size of two-and-a-half water skins. Scholars have described the quantity of two Qullah as equivalent to 500 Ratl. One Ratl weighs half a seer, i.e., forty tolas. Thus, the total quantity of five water skins of water measures approximately 240 kilograms or, according to some scholars, about 227 kilograms. So much quantity of water would qualify for the definition of ‘abundant’ water. As such a little amount of impurity would not change the basic characteristic of the purity of water.