قَالَ فَأَتَيْنَا الْعَسْکَرَ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَا جَابِرُ نَادِ بِوَضُوئٍ فَقُلْتُ أَلَا وَضُوئَ أَلَا وَضُوئَ أَلَا وَضُوئَ قَالَ قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ مَا وَجَدْتُ فِي الرَّکْبِ مِنْ قَطْرَةٍ وَکَانَ رَجُلٌ مِنْ الْأَنْصَارِ يُبَرِّدُ لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ الْمَائَ فِي أَشْجَابٍ لَهُ عَلَی حِمَارَةٍ مِنْ جَرِيدٍ قَالَ فَقَالَ لِيَ انْطَلِقْ إِلَی فُلَانِ ابْنِ فُلَانٍ الْأَنْصَارِيِّ فَانْظُرْ هَلْ فِي أَشْجَابِهِ مِنْ شَيْئٍ قَالَ فَانْطَلَقْتُ إِلَيْهِ فَنَظَرْتُ فِيهَا فَلَمْ أَجِدْ فِيهَا إِلَّا قَطْرَةً فِي عَزْلَائِ شَجْبٍ مِنْهَا لَوْ أَنِّي أُفْرِغُهُ لَشَرِبَهُ يَابِسُهُ فَأَتَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنِّي لَمْ أَجِدْ فِيهَا إِلَّا قَطْرَةً فِي عَزْلَائِ شَجْبٍ مِنْهَا لَوْ أَنِّي أُفْرِغُهُ لَشَرِبَهُ يَابِسُهُ قَالَ اذْهَبْ فَأْتِنِي بِهِ فَأَتَيْتُهُ بِهِ فَأَخَذَهُ بِيَدِهِ فَجَعَلَ يَتَکَلَّمُ بِشَيْئٍ لَا أَدْرِي مَا هُوَ وَيَغْمِزُهُ بِيَدَيْهِ ثُمَّ أَعْطَانِيهِ فَقَالَ يَا جَابِرُ نَادِ بِجَفْنَةٍ فَقُلْتُ يَا جَفْنَةَ الرَّکْبِ فَأُتِيتُ بِهَا تُحْمَلُ فَوَضَعْتُهَا بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بِيَدِهِ فِي الْجَفْنَةِ هَکَذَا فَبَسَطَهَا وَفَرَّقَ بَيْنَ أَصَابِعِهِ ثُمَّ وَضَعَهَا فِي قَعْرِ الْجَفْنَةِ وَقَالَ خُذْ يَا جَابِرُ فَصُبَّ عَلَيَّ وَقُلْ بِاسْمِ اللَّهِ فَصَبَبْتُ عَلَيْهِ وَقُلْتُ بِاسْمِ اللَّهِ فَرَأَيْتُ الْمَائَ يَفُورُ مِنْ بَيْنِ أَصَابِعِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ثُمَّ فَارَتْ الْجَفْنَةُ وَدَارَتْ حَتَّی امْتَلَأَتْ فَقَالَ يَا جَابِرُ نَادِ مَنْ کَانَ لَهُ حَاجَةٌ بِمَائٍ قَالَ فَأَتَی النَّاسُ فَاسْتَقَوْا حَتَّی رَوُوا قَالَ فَقُلْتُ هَلْ بَقِيَ أَحَدٌ لَهُ حَاجَةٌ فَرَفَعَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَدَهُ مِنْ الْجَفْنَةِ وَهِيَ مَلْأَی
صحیح مسلم · Hadith 7519
Jabir said: We came back to the (camp of the) army and Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) said: Jabir, call people for per- forming wudu. I cried: Come and perform wudu, come and perform wudu, come and perform wudu. I said: Allah's Messenger, there is not even a drop of water in the army camp, and there. was a person who used to cool the water for Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) in the old water-skin which kept hanging by the twig. He asked me to go to such and such Ansari and ask him to see if there was any water in that skin. I went to him and cast a glance in it but did not find anything but a drop in the mouth of that water-skin and if I were to draw that, the water-skin's,. dried part would suck it up. I came to Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) and said: Allah's Messenger, I have not found anything in it but a drop of water in the mouth of the water-skin and now if I were to draw that, it would be absorbed. He said: Go and bring that to me. I brought that to him. He took hold of it -and began to utter something which I could not understand and then pressed it with his hand and gave that to me and said: Jabir, announce for the tub to be brought. So I announced that the tub of the army (be brought). It was brought accordingly and I placed it before him (the Holy Prophet). Thereupon Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) placed his hands in the tub like this: with his fingers stretched out, and then he placed his fingers at the bottom of the tub and said: Jabir, take it (that waters-skin) and pour water over me, by reciting Bismillah, and I poured water and I said: Bismillah, and found water sprouting out between the fingers of Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ). Then that tub gushed forth until it was filled up and the Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) said: Jabir, make an announcement to the effect: He who needs water should take that. Jabir said: The people came and got water until they were all satiated. I said: Is there anyone left who wants to get it? And Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) then lifted up his hand from that tub and it was still full.
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020