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Sunan Ibn MajahThe Book of Purification and its Sunnah

Sunan Ibn Majah 370

Chapter: Concession regarding water left over from a woman's ablution

Differing grades 4 scholars’ grades Sunan Ibn Majah 370

Narrator:Ibn ‘Abbās

حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الأَحْوَصِ، عَنْ سِمَاكِ بْنِ حَرْبٍ، عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ، قَالَ

اغْتَسَلَ بَعْضُ أَزْوَاجِ النَّبِيِّ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ فِي جَفْنَةٍ فَجَاءَ النَّبِيُّ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ لِيَغْتَسِلَ أَوْ يَتَوَضَّأَ فَقَالَتْ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنِّي كُنْتُ جُنُبًا ‏.‏ فَقَالَ ‏"‏ الْمَاءُ لاَ يُجْنِبُ ‏"

It was narrated that Ibn 'Abbas said:

"One of the wives of the Prophet took a bath from a large vessel, then the Prophet came and had a bath or ablution, and she said: 'O Messenger of Allah, I was sexually impure.' He said: 'Water does not become impure.'"

Reported by Ibn Majah (No. 370), Abu Dawud (No. 68) and At-Tirmidhi (No. 65).

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Classical commentary

Al-Sindi — Hashiyat al-Sindi on Sunan Ibn Majah

قَوْله ( فِي جَفْنَة ) بِفَتْحٍ فَسُكُون أَيْ قَصْعَة كَبِيرَة وَقَوْله الْمَاء لَا يَجْنَب مِنْ أَجْنَب أَيْ لَا يَتَنَجَّس بِاسْتِعْمَالِ الْجُنُب مِنْهُ وَلَا يَظْهَر فِيهِ أَثَر جَنَابَته بِحَيْثُ لَا يَحِلُّ اِسْتِعْمَالُهُ.…

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Scholars’ grades

The 4 scholars cited do not give the same grade: each one is shown below.

ScholarGradeApplies toWork
Al-Albanid. 1420 AH AuthenticSahih The hadith No. 370
Shu'ayb al-Arna'utd. 1438 AH AuthenticSahih Lighairihi The hadith No. 370
Zubair Ali Zaid. 1435 AH WeakDaif The hadith No. 370
Muhammad Fu'ad Abd al-Baqid. 1388 AH AuthenticSahih The hadith No. 370

Other versions

Not graded Bulugh al-Maram 9

And Ashab As-Sunan (compilers of the prophet’s sayings) reported that one of the wives of the Prophet (ﷺ) took bath from a vessel, then came the Prophet (ﷺ) and when he wanted to take bath from that (vessel), she said, “I was sexually impure”. He said, “Water does not become sexually impure”…

وَلِأَصْحَابِ "اَلسُّنَنِ": { اِغْتَسَلَ بَعْضُ أَزْوَاجِ اَلنَّبِيِّ ‏- صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏-فِي جَفْنَةٍ, فَجَاءَ لِيَغْتَسِلَ مِنْهَا, فَقَالَتْ لَهُ: إِنِّي كُنْتُ جُنُبًا, فَقَالَ: "إِنَّ اَلْمَاءَ لَا يُجْنِبُ" }…

Authentic Mishkat al-Masabih 457

We shall mention the tradition of Ibn ‘Abbas in the book on Foods* if God most High wills *Book XX , Chap. I, section II, 8th tradition; but one would have expected a tradition in section I.

عَن ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ اغْتَسَلَ بَعْضُ أَزْوَاجِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فِي جَفْنَةٍ فَأَرَادَ رَسُول الله صلى الله عَلَيْهِ وَسلم إِن يَتَوَضَّأَ مِنْهُ فَقَالَتْ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنِّي…

Narrated by Ibn ‘Abbās

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  • تهذيب الآثار للطبري (2736)الْمَاءُ لا يُجْنِبُ
  • صحيح ابن حبان (1270)الْمَاءَ لا يُجْنِبُ
  • صحيح ابن حبان (1283)الْمَاءُ لا يُجْنِبُ
  • مصنف ابن أبي شيبة (350)الْمَاءَ لَا يُجْنِبُ
  • مصنف ابن أبي شيبة (1466)الْمَاءُ لَا يُجْنِبُ
  • مصنف ابن أبي شيبة (35406)الْمَاءَ لَا يُجْنِبُ
  • معجم الشيوخ الكبير للذهبي (797)الْمَاءَ لا يَجْنُبُ

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