Sahih Muslim Hadith 4518 – It is recommended

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[45181 19 – (1729) Iyâs bin (W)— [to 1A] Salamah narrated that his father said: We went out with the – U '-Y- Messenger of Allah on a campaign, and we faced hardship, so much so that we thought of slaughtering some of our mounts. The Prophet of Allah ordered us to gather together our provisions, then we spread out a sheet of leather and he gathered together the people's provisions on that leather sheet. I measured it and found that it was the size of a spot where a goat could sit, and we were fourteen hundred men. We ate until we were all had our hunger satisfied, then we filled our bags. The Prophet of Allah ç said: "Is there any water for Wudâ'?" A man brought a small bucket in which there was a drop of water, and poured it into a bowl. We all did Wutâ', using water plentifully, fourteen hundred men. Then after that eight men came and said: Is there any water for WuIâ'? And the Messenger of Allah said: "(The water for) Wudâ' is finished."