Al-Bidayah wa an-NihayahIbn Kathir

The Prophet ﷺ took the cup, performed wudūʾ from it, then spread four of his fingers across its rim and said,

“Come forward and perform your wudūʾ.”

The people performed wudūʾ until each of them had completed what he needed. ʿAlī al-Ḥasan said: Anas was asked, “How many were they?” He replied, “Seventy or eighty.” Al-Bukhārī likewise transmitted the report through ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn al-Mubārak al-Anṣī, from Ḥazm ibn Mihrān al-Quṭaʿī (1).

Another chain from Anas:

Imām Aḥmad (2) relates: Ibn Abī ʿAdiyy narrated to us—via Ḥumayd and Yazīd—who said: Ḥumayd al-Maʿnā informed us, from Anas ibn Mālik:

“The call to prayer was made, and those whose homes were near the mosque rose at once, whereas those who lived farther away remained seated. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ was brought a stone wash-basin, yet it was too small for him to spread his palm inside it, so he drew his fingers together. Then the rest of the people performed their wudūʾ. Ḥumayd said: Anas was asked, ‘How many were they?’ He answered, ‘Eighty, or a little more.’”

Al-Bukhārī (3) also records—through ʿAbd Allāh ibn Munayr, from Yazīd ibn Hārūn, from Ḥumayd, from Anas ibn Mālik—who said:

“When the time for prayer arrived, the men whose houses were near the mosque went to make wudūʾ, while others stayed behind. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ was brought a stone wash-basin containing some water. He placed his hand within it, but the basin was too small for him to spread out his palm, so he gathered his fingers and set them in the basin. All the people then performed wudūʾ. I asked, ‘How many were they?’ He said, ‘Eighty men.’”

Another route from him:

Imām Aḥmad (4) narrates: Muḥammad ibn Jaʿfar told us; Saʿīd dictated to us, from Qatādah, from Anas ibn Mālik:

“The Messenger of Allah ﷺ was at al-Zawrāʾ. He was brought a vessel of water that did not even cover his fingers. He ordered his Companions to perform wudūʾ, placed his palm in the vessel, and water began to gush from between his fingers and their tips until the people had completed their wudūʾ. I asked Anas, ‘How many were you?’ He replied, ‘We were three hundred.’”

Al-Bukhārī transmits the same through Bundār, from Ibn Abī ʿAdiyy; and Muslim through Abū Mūsā (5), from Ghundar—both from Saʿīd ibn Abī ʿArūbah (some say from Shuʿbah, but the sound version is Saʿīd)—from Qatādah, from Anas, who said:

“The Messenger of Allah ﷺ was brought a vessel of water while he was at al-Zawrāʾ. He placed his hand in it and water flowed from between his fingers, so the people performed wudūʾ.” Qatādah added: “I asked Anas, ‘How many were you?’ He replied, ‘Three hundred, or just under three hundred.’” This is al-Bukhārī’s wording.

The report of al-Barāʾ ibn ʿĀzib concerning the same event:

Al-Bukhārī (6) states: Mālik ibn Ismāʿīl related to us; Isrāʾīl related to us, from Abū Isḥāq, from al-Barāʾ ibn ʿĀzib, who said: “We were fourteen hundred on the day of al-Ḥudaybiyah, and al-Ḥudaybiyah was a well; we drew from it until …”

(1) Reported by al-Bukhari in his Sahih (no. 3574) in al-Manaqib. (2) In the Musnad (3:106). (3) Reported by al-Bukhari in his Sahih (no. 3575) in al-Manaqib. “al-mikhdhab” refers to a vessel similar to an ijāna. (4) In the Musnad (3:170). (5) Reported by al-Bukhari in his Sahih (no. 3572) in al-Manaqib, and by Muslim in his Sahih (no. 2279) in al-Fada'il. “zaha” denotes a cooking pot of roughly that capacity and similar size. (6) Reported by al-Bukhari in his Sahih (no. 3577) in al-Manaqib, and in his Sahih (no. 4151) in al-Maghazi.
فأخذه نبيُّ اللّه فتوضأ منه، ثم مد أصابعه الأربع على القدح، ثم قال: "هلُمُّوا فتوضؤوا" فتوضأ القومُ حتى بلغوا فيما يريدون من الوضوء، قال الحسن: سئل أنس كم بلغوا؟ قال: سبعين أو ثمانين. وهكذا رواه البخاري، عن عبد الرحمن بن المبارك العَنْسي، عن حَزْم بن مِهْران القُطَعي (١) . طريق أخرى عن أنس: قال الإمام أحمد (٢) : حَدَّثَنَا ابن أبي عدي، عن حميد ويزيد قال: أخبرنا حُميد المَعْنى، عن أنس بن مالك، قال: نُودي بالصلاة فقام كلُّ قريب الدار من المسجد، وبقي من كان أهله نائي الدار، فأُتي رسولُ اللّه ﷺ بمِخْضب من حجارة، فَصَغُرَ أن يَبسطَ كفَّه فيه، قال: فضمَّ أصابعه. قال: فتوضأ بقيّتهم. قال حميد: وسُئل أنس: كم كانوا؟ قال: ثمانين أو زيادة. وقد روى البخاري (٣) ، عن عبد اللّه بن منير، عن يزيد بن هارون، عن حُميد، عن أنس بن مالك، قال: حضرتِ الصَّلاةُ، فقام من كان قريبَ الدار من المسجد يتوضأ، وبقي قومٌ، فأُتي رسولُ اللّه ﷺ بمِخْضب من حجارة فيه ماء، فوضع كفَّه، فَصَغُر المِخْضب أن يبسطَ فيه كفَّه، فضمَّ أصابعَه فوضعَها في المِخْضب، فتوضأ القومُ كلُّهم جميعًا. قلت: كم كانوا؟ قال: كانوا ثمانين رجلًا. طريق أخرى عنه: قال الإمام أحمد (٤) : حَدَّثَنَا محمد بن جعفر، حَدَّثَنَا سعيد إملاءً، عن قتادة، عن أنس بن مالك: أن رسولَ اللّه ﷺ كان بالزَّوراء، فأُتي بإناء فيه ماء لا يَغمرُ أصابعَه، فأمرَ أصحابَه يتوضؤوا، فوضع كفَّه في الماء، فجعل الماءُ ينبعُ من بين أصابعه وأطراف أصابعه، حتى توضأ القوم، قال: فقلت لأنس: كم كنتم؟ قال: كنا ثلاثمئة. وهكذا رواه البخاري، عن بُنْدار، عن ابن أبي عدي، ومسلم عن أبي موسى (٥) ، عن غندر، كلاهما عن سعيد بن أبي عروبة، وبعضُهم يقول عن شعبة، والصحيح سعيد، عن قتادة، عن أنس، قال: أُتي رسولُ اللّه ﷺ بماناء وهو في الزوراء، فوضع يدَه في الإناء، فجعلَ الماءُ ينبعُ من بين أصابعه فتوضَّأ القومُ. قال قتادة: فقلت لأنس: كم كنتم؟ قال: ثلاثمئة، أو زُهَاءَ ثلاثمئة. لفظ البخاري. حديث البراء بن عازب في ذلك: قال البخاري (٦) : حَدَّثَنَا مالك بن إسماعيل، حَدَّثَنَا إسرائيل، عن أبي إسحاق، عن البراء بن عازب، قال: كنا يومَ الحديبية أربعَ عشرة مئة، والحُدَيبيةُ بئرٌ فنزحناها حتى
(١) رواه البخاري في صحيحه رقم (٣٥٧٤) في المناقب. (٢) في المسند (٣/ ١٠٦). (٣) رواه البخاري في صحيحه رقم (٣٥٧٥) في المناقب. و"المِخْضب": وعاء كالإجانة. (٤) في مسنده (٣/ ١٧٠). (٥) رواه البخاري في صحيحه رقم (٣٥٧٢) في المناقب، ومسلم في صحيحه رقم (٢٢٧٩) (٧) في الفضائل. و"زهاء": قدر كذا وما يقاربه. (٦) رواه البخاري في صحيحه رقم (٣٥٧٧) في المناقب، و (٤١٥١) في المغازي.

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