CHAPTER: THE QUANTITY OF WATER THAT IS DESIRABLE FOR A BATH BECAUSE OF SEXUAL INTERCOURSE, BATHING OF THE MALE AND FEMALE WITH ONE VESSEL IN THE SAME CONDITION AND WASHING OF ONE OF THEM WITH THE LEFT-OVER OF THE OTHER
No. 624
'A'isha reported: The Messenger of Allaah (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) washed himself with water from a vessel (measuring seven to eight seers) because of sexual intercourse.
'A'isha reported: The Messenger of Allaah (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) took a bath from the vessel (which contained seven to eight seers, i. e. fifteen to sixteen pounds) of water And I and he (the Prophet) took a bath from the same vessel. And in the hadith narrated by Sufyan the words are:" from one vessel". Qutaiba said: Al-Faraq is three Sa' (a cubic measuring of varying magnitude).
Abu Salamab. 'Abd al-Rahman reported: I along with the foster brother of 'A'isha went to her and he asked about the bath of the Prophet (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) because of sexual intercourse. She called for a vessel equal to a Sa' and she took a bath. and there was a curtain between us and her. She poured water on her head thrice and he (Abu Salama) said: The wives of the Prophet (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) collectedhair on their heads and these lopped up to ears (and did rot go beyond that).
Salama b. Abd al-Rahman narrated it on the authority of A'isha that when the Messenger of Allaah (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) took a bath, he started from the right hand and poured water over it and washed it, and then poured water on the impurity with the right band and washed it away with the help of the left hand. and after having removed it, he poured water on his head. A'isha said: I and the Messenger of Allaah (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) took a bath from the same vessel, after sexual intercourse.
Hafsa, daughter of 'Abd al-Rahman b. Abu Bakr, reported that 'A'isha narrated to her that she and the Prophet of Allaah (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) took a bath from the same vessel which contained water equal to three Mudds or thereabout.
'A'isha reported: I and the Messenger (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) took a bath from the same vessel and our hands alternated into it in the state that we had had sexual intercourse.
'A'isha reported: I and the Messenger of Allaah (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) took a bath from one vessel which was placed between me and him and he would get ahead of me, so that I would say: Spare (some water for) me, spare (some water for) me; and she said that they had had sexual intercourse.
Ibn Abbas said: Maimuna (the wife of the Prophet) reported to me that she and the Prophet of Allaah (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) took a bath from one vessel.
Zainab bint Umm Salama (the wife of the Prophet) reported that Umm Salama and the Messenger of Allaah (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) took a bath from the same vessel.
Anas reported that the Messenger of Allaah (may peace he upon him) took a bath with five Makkuks of water and performed ablution with one Makkuk. Ibn Muthanna has used the words five Makakiyya, and Ibn Mu'adh narrated it from 'Abdullah b. 'Abdullah and he made no mention of Ibn Jabr.
Safina reported: The Messenger of Allaah (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) took a bath with one g' of water because of sexual intercourse and performed ablution with one Mudd.
Safina reported that Abd Bakr, the Companion of the Messenger of Allaah (way sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam), observed: The Messenger of Allaah (may peace. 1) e upon him) took a bath with one Sa' of water and performed ablution with one Mudd (of water) ; and in the hadith narrated by Ibn Hujr the words are: One Mudd sufficed for his (Prophet's) ablution. And Ibn Hujr said that (his Shaikh) Isma'il was much advanced in age, and it was because of this that he could not fully rely on him for this tradition.