Mice, chickens and the like falling into a well

Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said: If a mouse falls into the water (of a well), water should be drawn out until the water overwhelms the people.

Al-Hasan said: If a mouse falls into the water (of a well), forty buckets of water should be drawn out.

Ibrahim said: If a rat or a cat falls into the water (of a well), forty buckets of water should be drawn out. Mughirah said: Water should be drawn out until the water changes.

Ata said: If a rat falls into the water (of a well), twenty buckets of water should be drawn out; if it swells and breaks apart, forty buckets should be drawn out. If a goat falls in, forty buckets should be drawn out, and if it swells and breaks apart, all the water or a hundred buckets should be drawn out.

Al-Sha'bi said: If a chicken falls into a well, seventy buckets of water should be drawn out.

Ata said: If a chicken or something similar falls into a well and dies, draw one bucket of water from it and perform ablution, and if it swells and breaks apart, draw forty buckets of water from it.

Hammad said: If a chicken, a dog or a cat falls into a well and dies, thirty to forty buckets of water should be drawn out of it.

Al-Zuhri said: If an animal falls into a well, then if the taste and smell of the water have not changed, there is no harm in the water; and if the taste or smell of the water changes, water is to be drawn out until the water becomes pure.

Salamah bin Kuhayl said: If a chicken falls into a well, forty buckets are to be drawn out.

Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) was asked what the ruling is if a child urinates in a well. He said: All of its water is to be drawn out.

Ata said: Once an Abyssinian fell into the well of Zamzam and died. Sayyiduna Ibn al-Zubayr (may Allah be pleased with them both) ordered that all the water of the well of Zamzam be drawn out. The people began drawing out the water, but the water would not stop. It was seen that a spring was gushing from the direction of the Black Stone, because of which the water of Zamzam would not stop. Sayyiduna Ibn al-Zubayr said: This much is enough for you.

Qatadah said: Once an Abyssinian fell into the well of Zamzam and died. Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) sent a man down into it, who brought him out. Then he said: Draw out all of its water. Then he said to the man who was in the well: Draw the water from the side of the spring that faces the House (of Allah) or the Corner, for it is a spring of Paradise.