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Sahih al-Bukhari 3574 (Book 61, Hadith 83) #3415
Ablution with Limited Water

SUMMARY: The Prophet (ﷺ) performed ablution with a small amount of water and encouraged his companions to do the same.

Narrated Anas bin Malik: The Prophet went out on one of his journeys with some of his companions. They went on walking till the time of the prayer became due. They could not find water to perform the ablution. One of them went away and brought a little amount of water in a pot. The Prophet took it and performed the ablution, and then stretched his four fingers on to the pot and said (to the people), "Get up to perform the ablution". They started performing the ablution till all of them did it, and they were seventy or so persons.
حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ مُبَارَكٍ، حَدَّثَنَا حَزْمٌ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ الْحَسَنَ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَنَسُ بْنُ مَالِكٍ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ قَالَ خَرَجَ النَّبِيُّ فِي بَعْضِ مَخَارِجِهِ وَمَعَهُ نَاسٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِهِ، فَانْطَلَقُوا يَسِيرُونَ، فَحَضَرَتِ الصَّلاَةُ فَلَمْ يَجِدُوا مَاءً يَتَوَضَّئُونَ، فَانْطَلَقَ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْقَوْمِ، فَجَاءَ بِقَدَحٍ مِنْ مَاءٍ يَسِيرٍ فَأَخَذَهُ النَّبِيُّ فَتَوَضَّأَ، ثُمَّ مَدَّ أَصَابِعَهُ الأَرْبَعَ عَلَى الْقَدَحِ ثُمَّ قَالَ ‏ "‏ قُومُوا فَتَوَضَّئُوا ‏"‏‏.‏ فَتَوَضَّأَ، الْقَوْمُ حَتَّى بَلَغُوا فِيمَا يُرِيدُونَ مِنَ الْوَضُوءِ، وَكَانُوا سَبْعِينَ أَوْ نَحْوَهُ‏.‏

TOPICS
ablution  *  water  *  journey

QUICK LESSONS:
Be mindful when using resources such as water; Share what you have even if it is limited; Help others even if your resources are limited; Perform ablutions before prayer times; Follow Allah's teachings and commands.

EXPLANATIONS:
This hadith is about the Prophet Muhammad's journey with some of his companions. When it was time for prayer, they could not find enough water to perform ablution. One of them went away and brought a little amount of water in a pot. The Prophet took it and performed the ablution himself before encouraging all seventy or so people to do the same using only that small amount of water. This hadith teaches us that we should be mindful when using resources such as water and share what we have even if it is limited in quantity. We should also be generous in helping others even if our resources are limited because Allah will reward us for our good deeds no matter how small they may seem.

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