Sahih Muslim Hadith 7519

English

[7519] (3013) (Jãbir said:) "Then we came to the camp, and the Messenger of Allah said: "Cl Jâbir, call (the people to perform) Wuti'." I said: "Come and perform Wu', come and perform Wu!â', come and perform Wuiâ'." I said: "0 Messenger of Allah, I cannot find a drop of water in the camp." But a man among the Anâr used to cool water for the Messenger of Allah in an old waterskin of his, that was hanging on a palm tree branch. He said to me: "Go to so- and-so the son of so-and-so, the AnsârI, and see if there is anything in his waterskin." I went to him and looked in it, and I did not find anything but a drop of water on the mouth of the waterskin, and if I had poured it, it would have been absorbed. I came to the Messenger of Allah and said: "0 Messenger of Allah, I did not find anything but a drop of water on the mouth of the waterskin, and if I had poured it, it would have been absorbed." He said: "Go and bring it to me." So I brought it, and he took it in his hand and started to say something that I did not understand, and he pressed it with his hand. Then he gave it to me and said: "0 Jãbir, call for a tub." I called for the tub of the camp and it was brought to me, and I placed it in front of him. Then the Messenger of Allah put his hand in the tub like this,— spreading out his fingers, then he put it on the bottom of the tub and said: "0 Jâbir, take (the waterskin) and pour it on me (i.e., hands), and say: 'In the Name of Allah." So I poured it onto him and said, "In the Name of Allah," and I saw the water gushing out between the fingers of the Messenger of Allah Then the tub gushed water until it filled up. He said: "0 Jâbir, call those who need water." The people came and drank their fill, then I said: "Is there anyone left who needs it?" Then the Messenger of Allah lifted his hand from the tub and it was full.