حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ أَبِي شُعَيْبٍ وَعَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ بْنُ يَحْيَی الْحَرَّانِيَّانِ قَالَا حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِسْحَقَ عَنْ سَلِيطِ بْنِ أَيُّوبَ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ رَافِعٍ الْأَنْصَارِيِّ ثُمَّ الْعَدَوِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَهُوَ يُقَالُ لَهُ إِنَّهُ يُسْتَقَی لَکَ مِنْ بِئْرِ بُضَاعَةَ وَهِيَ بِئْرٌ يُلْقَی فِيهَا لُحُومُ الْکِلَابِ وَالْمَحَايِضُ وَعَذِرُ النَّاسِ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِنَّ الْمَائَ طَهُورٌ لَا يُنَجِّسُهُ شَيْئٌ قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُد و سَمِعْت قُتَيْبَةَ بْنَ سَعِيدٍ قَالَ سَأَلْتُ قَيِّمَ بِئْرِ بُضَاعَةَ عَنْ عُمْقِهَا قَالَ أَکْثَرُ مَا يَکُونُ فِيهَا الْمَائُ إِلَی الْعَانَةِ قُلْتُ فَإِذَا نَقَصَ قَالَ دُونَ الْعَوْرَةِ قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُد وَقَدَّرْتُ أَنَا بِئْرَ بُضَاعَةَ بِرِدَائِي مَدَدْتُهُ عَلَيْهَا ثُمَّ ذَرَعْتُهُ فَإِذَا عَرْضُهَا سِتَّةُ أَذْرُعٍ وَسَأَلْتُ الَّذِي فَتَحَ لِي بَابَ الْبُسْتَانِ فَأَدْخَلَنِي إِلَيْهِ هَلْ غُيِّرَ بِنَاؤُهَا عَمَّا کَانَتْ عَلَيْهِ قَالَ لَا وَرَأَيْتُ فِيهَا مَائً مُتَغَيِّرَ اللَّوْنِ
سنن ابودوٗد · Hadith 67
Narrated Abu Saeed al-Khudri: I heard that the people asked the Prophet of Allah ﷺ: Water is brought for you from the well of Budaah. It is a well in which dead dogs, menstrual clothes and excrement of people are thrown. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ replied: Verily water is pure and is not defiled by anything. Abu Dawud said I heard Qutaibah bin Saeed say: I asked the person in charge of the well of Bud'ah about the depth of the well. He replied: At most the water reaches pubes. Then I asked: Where does it reach when its level goes down ? He replied: Below the private part of the body. Abu Dawud said: I measured the breadth of the well of Budaah with my sheet which I stretched over it. I them measured it with the hand. It measured six cubits in breadth. I then asked the man who opened the door of garden for me and admitted me to it: Has the condition of this well changed from what it had originally been in the past ? He replied: No. I saw the color of water in this well had changed.
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020