Is It Sufficient For One Who Is Sexually Impure To Immerse Himself In Standing Water?
Darussalam · Volume 1
The Chapters OnDry AblutionSunan Ibn Majah Darussalam English translation
الحديث: 605 ¦ الجزء: 1 ¦ الصفحة: 198
Source no. 605 · Volume 2 · Page 177
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605. It was narrated from Bukair bin 'Abdullāh bin Ashajj that Abu Sā'ib, the freed slave of Hishām bin Zuhrah, told him that he heard Abu Hurairah say: "The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: 'No one of you should bathe in standing water when he is sexually impure.'" He (Abu Sā'ib) said: "What should he do, O Abu Hurairah?" He said: "Let him take some out (and pour it over himself)." (Sahih)
605 - حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عِيسَى، وَحَرْمَلَةُ بْنُ يَحْيَى الْمِصْرِيَّانِ، قَالَا: حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ، عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ الْحَارِثِ، عَنْ بُكَيْرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الْأَشَجِّ أَنَّ أَبَا السَّائِبِ مَوْلَى هِشَامِ بْنِ زُهْرَةَ، حَدَّثَهُ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ يَقُولُ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «لَا يَغْتَسِلْ أَحَدُكُمْ فِي الْمَاءِ الدَّائِمِ، وَهُوَ جُنُبٌ» فَقَالَ: كَيْفَ يَفْعَلُ يَا أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ؟ فَقَالَ: «يَتَنَاوَلُهُ تَنَاوُلًا»
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The rationale behind forbidding one to immerse themself in standing water for purposes of a bath is that, if person after person starts doing it, the water shall soon become unusable. Taking the water out of it for the purpose, on the other hand, will ensure that the water remains clean and useful for all.