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سنن ابن ماجه
Ibn Majah
كتاب الأشربةChapters on Drinks
بَابُ : الشُّرْبِ بِالأَكُفِّ وَالْكَرْعِChapter: Drinking from one’s hand and lapping up water (like an animal)
Hadith 3433
اُردوEn
حَدَّثَنَا وَاصِلُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْأَعْلَى , حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ فُضَيْلٍ , عَنْ لَيْثٍ , عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ عَامِرٍ , عَنْ ابْنِ عُمَرَ , قَالَ : مَرَرْنَا عَلَى بِرْكَةٍ فَجَعَلْنَا نَكْرَعُ فِيهَا , فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : " لَا تَكْرَعُوا , وَلَكِنْ اغْسِلُوا أَيْدِيَكُمْ , ثُمَّ اشْرَبُوا فِيهَا , فَإِنَّهُ لَيْسَ إِنَاءٌ أَطْيَبَ مِنَ الْيَدِ " .
´It was narrated that Ibn ‘Umar said:` “We passed by a pond and we started to lap up water from it. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: ‘Do not lap up the water, rather wash your hands then drink from them, for there is no better vessel than the hand.’”
Brief Explanation
1؎: «کرع»: Drinking directly from the mouth (of the vessel), one flaw in this is also that often dirt or insects may enter the mouth along with the water, whereas this does not happen when drinking with the hand; a person takes the water in his hand, examines it, and then drinks it. Hafiz Ibn Hajar writes in Fath al-Bari that if this narration is authentic, then the prohibition is of a recommendatory (tanzihiyy) nature.
