مشكوة المصابيح
Mishkat al-Masabih
كتاب الطهارة
The Book of Purification
(الوُضُوءُ مِنْ مَوَارِدِ شُرْبِ الحَيَوَانَاتِ)
(Performing Wudu from Places Where Animals Drink)
Hadith 486
عَن يَحْيَى بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ قَالَ: إِنَّ عُمَرَ بن الْخطاب خَرَجَ فِي رَكْبٍ فِيهِمْ عَمْرُو بْنُ الْعَاصِ حَتَّى وَرَدُوا حَوْضًا فَقَالَ عَمْرُو: يَا صَاحِبَ الْحَوْضِ هَلْ تَرِدُ حَوْضَكَ السِّبَاعُ فَقَالَ عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ يَا صَاحِبَ الْحَوْضِ لَا تُخْبِرْنَا فَإِنَّا نَرِدُ عَلَى السِّبَاعِ وَتَرِدُ عَلَيْنَا. رَوَاهُ مَالك
Yahya b. Abd ar-Rahman said that ‘Umar went out with a party of riders among whom was ‘Amr b al-‘As. When they came to a cistern and ‘Amr asked its owner whether beasts of prey came down to it, ‘Umar said, “Don't tell us, owner of the cistern, for we go down to what beasts of prey leave, and they go down to what we leave.” Malik transmitted it
