Sunan Ibn Majah
Sunan Ibn Majah 3411
حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْحَمِيدِ بْنُ بَيَانٍ الْوَاسِطِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا خَالِدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، عَنْ سُهَيْلٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، قَالَ أَمَرَنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ بِتَغْطِيَةِ الإِنَاءِ وَإِيكَاءِ السِّقَاءِ وَإِكْفَاءِ الإِنَاءِ " .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Abū Hurayrah reported: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ instructed us to cover the vessel, tie the waterskin, and turn the vessel upside down.
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The report lists three actions: covering a vessel, tying a waterskin, and turning a vessel over. It gives no further detail about the vessels or reason for inverting one.
قَالَ أَمَرَنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ بِتَغْطِيَةِ الإِنَاءِ وَإِيكَاءِ السِّقَاءِ وَإِكْفَاءِ الإِنَاءِ " .
The final verb means to turn or invert the vessel, but the report does not specify whether it should be emptied or stored upside down.
What practical action is intended by turning the vessel over?