Leaving Any Restriction On The Amount Of Water
Darussalam · Volume 1
1. The Book OfPurificationSunan an-Nasai Darussalam English translation
الحديث: 56 ¦ الجزء: 1 ¦ الصفحة: 48
Source no. 56 · Volume 1 · Page 200
Sahih
صحيح، ابن ماجة (٥٢٨)
Source no. 55 · Volume 1 · Page 13
Sahih
(صحيح) -المصدر نفسه: خ.
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56. It was narrated that Abū Hurairah said: "A Bedouin stood up and urinated in the Masjid, and the people started shouting. The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said to them: 'Leave him alone, and spill a bucket of water over his urine. For you have been sent to make things easy for people, you have not been sent to make things difficult.'" (Sahīh)
56 - أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، عَنْ عُمَرَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْوَاحِدِ، عَنِ الْأَوْزَاعِيِّ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْوَلِيدِ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ: قَامَ أَعْرَابِيٌّ فَبَالَ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ فَتَنَاوَلَهُ النَّاسُ فَقَالَ: لَهُمْ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «دَعُوهُ وَأَهْرِيقُوا عَلَى بَوْلِهِ دَلْوًا مِنْ مَاءٍ؛ فَإِنَّمَا بُعِثْتُمْ مُيَسِّرِينَ، وَلَمْ تُبْعَثُوا مُعَسِّرِينَ»
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This narration apparently seems to contradict those reports in which the drying of ground is called its purification. But it could be argued that those reports refer to situations wherein it is not known when or with what impurity a piece of land becomes impure. In such situations, that piece of land is considered pure when it becomes dry. But if the timing of defilement is known - for instance, one knows that, just a few minutes earlier, someone urinated on a specific spot on the ground - then the affected area of the ground should be washed, as occurred in the above-mentioned Hadīth.