صحيح ابن خزيمه
Ibn Khuzaymah
جماع أبواب ذكر الماء الذي لا ينجس، والذي ينجس إذا خالطته نجاسةChapters on Water that is Pure and Impure
(70) بَابُ ذِكْرِ خَبَرٍ رُوِيَ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فِي نَفْيِ تَنْجِيسِ الْمَاءِ بِلَفْظٍ مُجْمَلٍ غَيْرِ مُفَسَّرٍ، بِلَفْظٍ عَامٍّ مُرَادُهُ خَاصٌّChapter 70: Report on the Prophet’s statement about water not becoming impure, with general wording
Hadith 91
نا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ الْمِقْدَامِ الْعِجْلِيُّ ، وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى الْقُطَعِيُّ ، قَالا : حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَكْرٍ ، نا شُعْبَةُ ، عَنْ سِمَاكٍ ، عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ ، قَالَ : أَرَادَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَنْ يَتَوَضَّأَ ، فَقَالَتِ امْرَأَةٌ مِنْ نِسَائِهِ : يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ، إِنِّي قَدْ تَوَضَّأْتُ مِنْ هَذَا ، فَتَوَضَّأَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، وَقَالَ : " الْمَاءُ لا يُنَجِّسُهُ شَيْءٌ " . هَذَا حَدِيثُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ الْمِقْدَامِ
Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrates that when the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) intended to perform ablution, one of his noble wives said, "O Messenger of Allah, I have performed ablution with this (water)." So the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) performed ablution and said: "Nothing makes water impure." This is the narration of Ahmad bin Muqaddam.
Explanation & Benefits
Shaykh Muhammad Farooq Rafi
Benefits:
This hadith is evidence that water used for ablution (wudu) does not become impure, and the act does not remove the water’s purity. Therefore, the Hanafi position—that water loses its purifying capacity after being used—is not correct. Likewise, the position of the Shafi’i, Ahmad, Hasan al-Basri, Ata’, Nakha’i, Zuhri, Mak’hul, and Ibn Tahir rahimahullah is also that used water (ma’ musta’mal) is pure and purifying, and its ability to purify and remove impurity is not nullified by use.
[المغني لابن قدامه الشرح الكبير: 47/1]
This hadith is evidence that water used for ablution (wudu) does not become impure, and the act does not remove the water’s purity. Therefore, the Hanafi position—that water loses its purifying capacity after being used—is not correct. Likewise, the position of the Shafi’i, Ahmad, Hasan al-Basri, Ata’, Nakha’i, Zuhri, Mak’hul, and Ibn Tahir rahimahullah is also that used water (ma’ musta’mal) is pure and purifying, and its ability to purify and remove impurity is not nullified by use.
[المغني لابن قدامه الشرح الكبير: 47/1]
Source: Sahih Ibn Khuzaymah: Commentary by Muhammad Farooq Rafee, Page: 91
