No one of you should urinate in stagnant water then take a ritual bath with it

Chapter: Urinating in stagnant water

Authentic hadith of Sahih al-Bukhari Muttafaq ‘alayh (Bukhari and Muslim) Sahih al-Bukhari 239

وَبِإِسْنَادِهِ قَالَ ‏"‏

لاَ يَبُولَنَّ أَحَدُكُمْ فِي الْمَاءِ الدَّائِمِ الَّذِي لاَ يَجْرِي، ثُمَّ يَغْتَسِلُ فِيهِ ‏"

Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) reported that the Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) said: "No one of you should urinate in stagnant water then take a ritual bath with it."

Another narration reads: "No one of you should take a ritual bath in stagnant water while being in the state of major ritual impurity."

Reported by Al-Bukhari (No. 239), Muslim (No. 282a, 283), Abu Dawud (No. 69, 70), At-Tirmidhi (No. 68), An-Nasa’i (No. 57, 58, 220, 221, 331, 396, 397, 398), Ibn Majah (No. 344, 605), Ahmad (No. 7213, 7285, 8202, 8385, 8752, 9224, 9609, 9988) and Ad-Darimi (No. 724).

Explanation

The Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) prohibited Muslims from urinating in stagnant water, which is not running, because doing that would cause it to be polluted with impurities and microbes that the urine might be carrying. This, in turn, will harm those who use such water. In addition to that, the one who urinates in stagnant water may use it himself in taking a ritual bath. So, it is not logical to urinate in the water that he will, later on, use in purifying himself.

Moreover, the Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) prohibited the one in the state of major ritual impurity from taking a ritual bath in stagnant water, because that causes the water to be polluted with the filth and impurities of the ritual state.

Explanation in Arabic

نهى النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم عن البول في الماء الراكد الذي لا يجري؛ لأن ذلك يقتضي تلوثه بالنجاسة والأمراض التي قد يحملها البول فتضر كل من استعمل الماء، وربما يستعمله البائل نفسه فيغتسل منه، فكيف يبول بما سيكون طهورًا له فيما بعد.

كما نهى عن اغتسال الجنب في الماء الراكد؛ لأن ذلك يلوث الماء بأوساخ وأقذار الجنابة.

النًهْي عن البول في الماء الذي لا يجرى وتحريمه، وأولى بالتحريم التغوط سواء أكان قليلا أم كثيرا، دون المياه المستبحرة فإن ماءها لا يتنجس بمجرد الملاقاة.
النهي عن الاغتسال في الماء الدائم بالانغماس فيه، لاسيما الجنب ولو لم يبُلْ فيه كما في رواية مسلم، والمشروع أن يتناول منه تناولا.
جواز ذلك في الماء الجاري، والأحسن اجتنابه.
النهي عن كل شيء من شأنه الأذى والاعتداء، وهذا دليل كمال الشريعة الإسلامية.

Classical commentary

Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani — Fath al-Bari

قَوْله : ( الَّذِي لَا يَجْرِي ) قِيلَ هُوَ تَفْسِيرٌ لِلدَّائِمِ وَإِيضَاحٌ لِمَعْنَاهُ , وَقِيلَ اِحْتَرَزَ بِهِ عَنْ رَاكِدٍ يَجْرِي بَعْضه كَالْبِرَكِ وَقِيلَ اِحْتَرَزَ بِهِ عَنْ الْمَاءِ الدَّائِمِ ; لِأَنَّهُ جَارٍ مِنْ حَيْثُ الصُّورَة سَاكِن مِنْ حَيْثُ الْمَعْنَى وَلِهَذَا لَمْ يَذْكُرْ هَذَا الْقَيْدَ فِي رِوَايَةِ أَبِي عُثْمَان عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَة الَّتِي تَقَدَّمَتْ الْإِشَارَة إِلَيْهَا حَيْثُ جَاءَ فِيهَا بِلَفْظ " الرَّاكِد " بَدَلَ الدَّائِم وَكَذَا أَخْرَجَهُ مُسْلِم مِنْ حَدِيثِ جَابِر وَقَالَ اِبْنُ الْأَنْبَارِيِّ : الدَّائِمُ مِنْ حُرُوف الْأَضْدَاد يُقَالُ لِلسَّاكِنِ وَالدَّائِرِ وَمِنْهُ أَصَابَ الرَّأْسَ دُوَامٌ أَيْ دُوَارٌ وَعَلَى هَذَا فَقَوْله " الَّذِي لَا يَ…

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Other versions

Authentic Muttafaq ‘alayh (Bukhari and Muslim) Sahih Muslim 282a

the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: None amongst you should urinate in standing water, and then wash in it.

لاَ يَبُولَنَّ أَحَدُكُمْ فِي الْمَاءِ الدَّائِمِ ثُمَّ يَغْتَسِلُ مِنْهُ ‏"

Narrated by Abu Hurayrah

Authentic Muttafaq ‘alayh (Bukhari and Muslim) Sahih Muslim 283

None of you must wash in standing water when he is in a state of Junub. And Abu Huraira was asked how it was to be done; he said: It was to be taken out in handfuls.

لاَ يَغْتَسِلُ أَحَدُكُمْ فِي الْمَاءِ الدَّائِمِ وَهُوَ جُنُبٌ

Narrated by Abu Hurayrah

Authentic Muttafaq ‘alayh (Bukhari and Muslim) Sunan Abu Dawud 69

The Prophet ( sal Allaahu alayhi wa sallam ) said : None amongst you should urinate in stagnant water , and then wash in it.

لاَ يَبُولَنَّ أَحَدُكُمْ فِي الْمَاءِ الدَّائِمِ ثُمَّ يَغْتَسِلُ مِنْهُ ‏"

Narrated by Abu Hurayrah

Authentic Muttafaq ‘alayh (Bukhari and Muslim) Sunan Abu Dawud 70

The Prophet (ﷺ) said: None amongst you should urinate in standing water, then wash in it after sexual defilement.

لاَ يَبُولَنَّ أَحَدُكُمْ فِي الْمَاءِ الدَّائِمِ وَلاَ يَغْتَسِلْ فِيهِ مِنَ الْجَنَابَةِ ‏"

Narrated by Abu Hurayrah

Authentic Muttafaq ‘alayh (Bukhari and Muslim) Jami' at-Tirmidhi 68

the Prophet said: "Let none of you urinate [in still water, then perform Wudu with it."1

"‏ لاَ يَبُولَنَّ أَحَدُكُمْ فِي الْمَاءِ الدَّائِمِ ثُمَّ يَتَوَضَّأُ مِنْهُ ‏"

Narrated by Abu Hurayrah

Authentic Muttafaq ‘alayh (Bukhari and Muslim) Sunan an-Nasa'i 57

"None of you should urinate into still water and then perform Wudu' with it."

"‏ لاَ يَبُولَنَّ أَحَدُكُمْ فِي الْمَاءِ الدَّائِمِ ثُمَّ يَتَوَضَّأُ مِنْهُ ‏"

Narrated by Abu Hurayrah

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Authentic Muttafaq ‘alayh (Bukhari and Muslim) Sunan an-Nasa'i 58

"The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: 'None of you should urinate in still water and perform Ghusl with it.'" Abu 'Abdur-Rahman (An-Nasa'i) said: "ya'qub would not narrate this Hadith except for a Dinar."[1] [1] Ya'qub bin Ibrahim Ad-Dawrqi, and the meaning is that he held the view that it is…

"‏ لاَ يَبُولَنَّ أَحَدُكُمْ فِي الْمَاءِ الدَّائِمِ ثُمَّ يَغْتَسِلُ مِنْهُ ‏"

Narrated by Abu Hurayrah

Authentic Muttafaq ‘alayh (Bukhari and Muslim) Sunan an-Nasa'i 220

"The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: 'None of you should perform Ghusl in standing water when he is Junub.'"

"‏ لاَ يَغْتَسِلْ أَحَدُكُمْ فِي الْمَاءِ الدَّائِمِ وَهُوَ جُنُبٌ ‏"

Narrated by Abu Hurayrah

Authentic Muttafaq ‘alayh (Bukhari and Muslim) Sunan an-Nasa'i 221

"None of you should urinate into still water and then perform Ghusl from it."

"‏ لاَ يَبُولَنَّ أَحَدُكُمْ فِي الْمَاءِ الرَّاكِدِ ثُمَّ يَغْتَسِلُ مِنْهُ ‏"

Narrated by Abu Hurayrah

Authentic Muttafaq ‘alayh (Bukhari and Muslim) Sunan an-Nasa'i 331

"The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: 'None of you should perform Ghusl in standing water while he is Junub.'"

"‏ لاَ يَغْتَسِلْ أَحَدُكُمْ فِي الْمَاءِ الدَّائِمِ وَهُوَ جُنُبٌ ‏"

Narrated by Abu Hurayrah

Authentic Muttafaq ‘alayh (Bukhari and Muslim) Sunan an-Nasa'i 396

"The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: 'None of you should perform ghusl in standing water while he is Junub.'"

"‏‏ لاَ يَغْتَسِلْ أَحَدُكُمْ فِي الْمَاءِ الدَّائِمِ وَهُوَ جُنُبٌ ‏‏"

Narrated by Abu Hurayrah

Authentic Muttafaq ‘alayh (Bukhari and Muslim) Sunan an-Nasa'i 397

"None of you should urinate into standing water and then perform Ghusl or Wudu' with it."

"‏‏ لاَ يَبُولَنَّ الرَّجُلُ فِي الْمَاءِ الدَّائِمِ ثُمَّ يَغْتَسِلُ مِنْهُ أَوْ يَتَوَضَّأُ ‏‏"

Narrated by Abu Hurayrah

Authentic Muttafaq ‘alayh (Bukhari and Muslim) Sunan an-Nasa'i 398

It was narrated from Abu Hurairah that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) forbade urinating into standing water and then performing Ghusl from Janabah in it.

أَنْ يُبَالَ فِي الْمَاءِ الدَّائِمِ ثُمَّ يُغْتَسَلَ فِيهِ مِنَ الْجَنَابَةِ ‏‏.‏‏

Narrated by Abu Hurayrah

Authentic Muttafaq ‘alayh (Bukhari and Muslim) Sunan an-Nasa'i 399

It was narrated from Abu Hurairah that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) forbade urinating into standing water then performing Ghusl with it.

يُبَالَ فِي الْمَاءِ الرَّاكِدِ ثُمَّ يُغْتَسَلَ مِنْهُ ‏‏.‏‏

Narrated by Abu Hurayrah

Authentic chain Muttafaq ‘alayh (Bukhari and Muslim) Sunan an-Nasa'i 400

"None of you should urinate into standing water which does not flow and then perform Ghusl with it." (One of the narrators) Sufyan said: "They said to Hisham - meaning Ibn Hassan - 'Ayyub only attributed this Hadith to Abu Hurairah?' So he said: 'If Ayyub is not able to raise up a narration then he…

لاَ يَبُولَنَّ أَحَدُكُمْ فِي الْمَاءِ الدَّائِمِ الَّذِي لاَ يَجْرِي ثُمَّ يَغْتَسِلُ مِنْهُ ‏‏

Narrated by Abu Hurayrah

Authentic Muttafaq ‘alayh (Bukhari and Muslim) Sunan Ibn Majah 344

"The Messenger of Allah said: 'No one among you should urinate into standing water.'"

"‏ لاَ يَبُولَنَّ أَحَدُكُمْ فِي الْمَاءِ الرَّاكِدِ ‏"

Narrated by Abu Hurayrah

Authentic Muttafaq ‘alayh (Bukhari and Muslim) Sunan Ibn Majah 605

Abu Sa'ib, the freed slave of Hisham bin Zuhrah, told him that he heard Abu Hurairah say: "The Messenger of Allah said: 'No one of you should bathe in standing water when he is sexually impure.'" He (Abu Sa'ib) said: "What should he do, O Abu Hurairah?" He said: "Let him take some out (and pour it…

"‏ لاَ يَغْتَسِلْ أَحَدُكُمْ فِي الْمَاءِ الدَّائِمِ وَهُوَ جُنُبٌ ‏"

Narrated by Abu Hurayrah

Not graded Muttafaq ‘alayh (Bukhari and Muslim) Musnad Ahmad 7213