Ablution in the mosque

Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: "I do not consider the water of Zamzam lawful for someone who bathes in the mosque; but for the one who drinks and the one who performs ablution it is lawful, and it is a source of healing."

Salih bin Muslim said: I saw the son of Jubayr bin Mut'im in the mosque. He cleared the pebbles aside, and then performed his entire ablution in the mosque.

Atiyyah said: I saw Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) perform ablution in the mosque after he had urinated outside the mosque.

Ibrahim saw no harm in performing ablution inside the mosque.

Ata was asked about the ruling on performing ablution inside the mosque, and he said: "We used to perform ablution even in the most sacred of mosques, al-Masjid al-Haram."

Sulayman said: Abu Mijlaz mostly taught us about the Qur'an in the mosque. Whenever the time of prayer came and he needed to perform ablution, he would perform it in the mosque itself. Someone asked him whether this was permissible, and he said: "It is permissible."

Ata said: "There is no harm in performing ablution in the mosque, but a man should not wash his private parts there."

Ibn Abi Rawwad said: I saw Ata and Tawus performing ablution in al-Masjid al-Haram.

Abu al-Aliyah said: I heard one of the Companions (may Allah be pleased with him) say: "I have preserved this for you: that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) performed ablution in the mosque."

Ibn Sirin considered it disliked to perform ablution in the mosque.