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سنن ابن ماجه
Ibn Majah
كتاب الطهارة وسننها
The Book of Purification and its Sunnah
بَابُ : النَّهْيِ عَنْ ذَلِكَ
Chapter: The prohibition of that (i.e., performing ablution with the leftover water)
Sunan Ibn Majah 374 — The prohibition of that (i.e., performing)
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى ، حَدَّثَنَا الْمُعَلَّى بْنُ أَسَدٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ بْنُ الْمُخْتَارِ ، حَدَّثَنَا عَاصِمٌ الْأَحْوَلُ ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ سَرْجِسَ ، قَالَ : " نَهَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَنْ يَغْتَسِلَ الرَّجُلُ بِفَضْلِ وَضُوءِ الْمَرْأَةِ ، وَالْمَرْأَةُ بِفَضْلِ الرَّجُلِ ، وَلَكِنْ يَشْرَعَانِ جَمِيعًا " .
´It was narrated that `Abdullah bin Sarjis said:` "The Messenger of Allah forbade men to perform ablution with the water left over by a woman, and women to perform ablution with water left over by a man, however both (spouses) may start to perform their ablutions at the same time." Abu `Abdullah Ibn Majah said: "The first (narration) is correct, and the second (narration) is Wahm (an error)." Another chain with similar wording.
قَالَ أَبُو عَبْد اللَّهِ بْن مَاجَةْ : الصَّحِيحُ هُوَ الْأَوَّلُ ، وَالثَّانِي ، وَهْمٌ ، قَالَ أَبُو الْحَسَنِ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ : حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو حَاتِمٍ ، وَأَبُو عُثْمَانَ الْبُخَارِيُّ ، قَالَا : حَدَّثَنَا الْمُعَلَّى بْنُ أَسَدٍ ، نَحْوَهُ .
A hadith with the same meaning has also been narrated through this chain.
Brief Explanation
1؎ : That is, the above hadith (373) is authentic. Imam Tirmidhi says that Imam Bukhari stated: The narration of Abdullah Sarjis in this chapter is authentically mawquf (stopped at the Companion), and whoever narrated it as marfu‘ (attributed to the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) has erred (Sunan Tirmidhi: 1/193).
Explanation & Benefits
Maulana Ataullah Sajid
Commentary:
(1)
Imam Ibn Majah rahimahullah said:
The first narration is authentic, and the second is an error.
This could mean that the first narration is authentic and in the second, the narrator made a mistake.
And it could also mean what was mentioned in the previous chapter: that husband and wife may perform ritual bath (ghusl) from the water left over by each other—that is correct.
And the issue in the second chapter, that is, its prohibition, is not the preferred view.
(2)
Some scholars have written regarding this prohibition that it is either from before the concession was granted, or it is based on precaution.
And the more correct view is what was mentioned in the previous chapter: that a woman and a man may perform ablution (wudu) from the water used and left over by each other.
(1)
Imam Ibn Majah rahimahullah said:
The first narration is authentic, and the second is an error.
This could mean that the first narration is authentic and in the second, the narrator made a mistake.
And it could also mean what was mentioned in the previous chapter: that husband and wife may perform ritual bath (ghusl) from the water left over by each other—that is correct.
And the issue in the second chapter, that is, its prohibition, is not the preferred view.
(2)
Some scholars have written regarding this prohibition that it is either from before the concession was granted, or it is based on precaution.
And the more correct view is what was mentioned in the previous chapter: that a woman and a man may perform ablution (wudu) from the water used and left over by each other.
Source: Commentary on Sunan Ibn Mājah by Mawlānā ‘Atā’ullāh Sājid, Page: 374
