حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مَسْلَمَةَ، عَنْ مَالِكٍ، عَنْ صَفْوَانَ بْنِ سُلَيْمٍ، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ سَلَمَةَ، - مِنْ آلِ ابْنِ الأَزْرَقِ - أَنَّ الْمُغِيرَةَ بْنَ أَبِي بُرْدَةَ، - وَهُوَ مِنْ بَنِي عَبْدِ الدَّارِ - أَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّهُ، سَمِعَ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ، يَقُولُ سَأَلَ رَجُلٌ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّا نَرْكَبُ الْبَحْرَ وَنَحْمِلُ مَعَنَا الْقَلِيلَ مِنَ الْمَاءِ فَإِنْ تَوَضَّأْنَا بِهِ عَطِشْنَا أَفَنَتَوَضَّأُ بِمَاءِ الْبَحْرِ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏"‏هُوَ الطَّهُورُ مَاؤُهُ الْحِلُّ مَيْتَتُهُ ‏"

Narrated AbuHurayrah

Abdullah ibn Maslamah narrated to us, from Malik, from Safwan ibn Sulaym, from Sa'id ibn Salamah (from the family of Ibn al-Azraq), that al-Mughirah ibn Abi Burdah (who is from Banu Abd al-Dar) informed him that he heard Abu Hurayrah saying: A man asked the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, and said: "O Messenger of Allah, we sail on the sea and carry with us a small amount of water. If we use it for ablution, we will suffer from thirst. Should we perform ablution with sea water?" The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, replied:

"Its water is pure, and its dead [animals] are lawful."