Sunan an-Nasa'i

Sunan an-Nasa'i 326

Arabic hadith text

أَخْبَرَنَا هَارُونُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو أُسَامَةَ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الْوَلِيدُ بْنُ كَثِيرٍ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ كَعْبٍ الْقُرَظِيُّ، عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ رَافِعٍ، عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ، قَالَ قِيلَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَتَتَوَضَّأُ مِنْ بِئْرِ بُضَاعَةَ وَهِيَ بِئْرٌ يُطْرَحُ فِيهَا لُحُومُ الْكِلاَبِ وَالْحِيَضُ وَالنَّتَنُ فَقَالَ ‏ "‏ الْمَاءُ طَهُورٌ لاَ يُنَجِّسُهُ شَىْءٌ ‏"‏ ‏.‏

Translation

Harun ibn 'Abd Allah informed us: Abu Usamah narrated to us: al-Walid ibn Kathir narrated to us: Muhammad ibn Ka'b al-Qurazi narrated to us, from 'Ubayd Allah ibn 'Abd al-Rahman ibn Rafi', from Abu Sa'id al-Khudri, who said: It was asked: Messenger of Allah, may one perform ablution from the well of Buda'ah, into which dog meat, menstrual rags, and foul matter are thrown? He replied: Water is pure and purifying; nothing makes it impure.

Translation notes
  • أَخْبَرَنَا هَارُونُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ،

    The English witness omits Harun ibn Abd Allah, Abu Usamah, al-Walid ibn Kathir, Muhammad ibn Ka'b al-Qurazi, and Ubayd Allah ibn Abd al-Rahman ibn Rafi' from the chain.

    Please confirm the transliteration of the omitted transmitters.

  • قَالَ قِيلَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَتَتَوَضَّأُ مِنْ بِئْرِ بُضَاعَةَ وَهِيَ بِئْرٌ يُطْرَحُ فِيهَا لُحُومُ الْكِلاَبِ وَالْحِيَضُ وَالنَّتَنُ فَقَالَ ‏ "‏ الْمَاءُ طَهُورٌ لاَ يُنَجِّسُهُ شَىْءٌ ‏"‏ ‏.

    The Arabic says al-ma'u tahur ('water is pure/purifying') before stating that nothing makes it impure; the English witness omits this first descriptor.

    Please confirm whether 'pure and purifying' should be retained as a distinct phrase.