from Janaba; and a mudd is sufficient for wudu. Narrated by Muslim (3). It is narrated that a group asked Jabir about ghusl, and he said: A sa' suffices you. A man said: It does not suffice me. Jabir said: It used to suffice someone who had more (4) hair than you, and who was better than you—meaning the Prophet (peace be upon him). Agreed upon (5). There are many authentic reports concerning this. The sa' is five and a third Iraqi ratls, and the mudd is one-fourth of that, which is one and a third ratls. This is the opinion of Malik, al-Shafi'i, Ishaq, Abu 'Ubayd, and Abu Yusuf. Abu Hanifah said: The sa' is eight ratls, because Anas ibn Malik said: The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) used to perform wudu with a mudd—which is two ratls—and perform ghusl with a sa' (6). Our evidence is what was narrated that the Prophet (peace be upon him) said to Ka'b ibn 'Ujrah: "Feed six poor persons a faraq of food." Agreed upon (7).
(3) In: Chapter on the recommended amount of water for ghusl from Janaba, the ghusl of a woman and man in one vessel, and the ghusl of one of them with the remainder of the other, from the Book of Menstruation. Sahih Muslim 1/258. It was also recorded by al-Tirmidhi, in: Chapter on wudu with a mudd, from the Chapters on Purification. 'Aridat al-Ahwadhi 1/75; and al-Darimi, in: Chapter on how much water suffices for wudu, from the Book of Purification. Sunan al-Darimi 1/175; and Imam Ahmad, in: al-Musnad 5/222. It was also recorded from Safiyyah bint Shaybah by Abu Dawud, in: Chapter on what suffices of water for wudu, from the Book of Purification. Sunan Abi Dawud 1/21; and al-Nasa'i, in: Chapter on the amount that suffices a person of water for wudu and ghusl, from the Book of Waters. al-Mujtaba 1/147; and Ibn Majah, in: Chapter on what has been narrated regarding the amount of water for wudu and ghusl from Janaba, from the Book of Purification. Sunan Ibn Majah 1/99; and Imam Ahmad, in: al-Musnad 6/121, 219, 234, 239, 249, 280. (4) In M: "awfa" (greater). (5) Recorded by al-Bukhari, in: Chapter on ghusl with a sa' and similar amounts, from the Book of Ghusl. Sahih al-Bukhari 1/72; and Muslim, in: Chapter on the recommendation of pouring water over the head and other parts three times, from the Book of Menstruation. Sahih Muslim 1/259. It was also recorded by Imam Ahmad, in: al-Musnad 1/289. (6) Recorded by al-Bukhari, in: Chapter on wudu with a mudd, from the Book of Wudu. Sahih al-Bukhari 1/62; and Muslim, in: Chapter on the recommended amount of water for ghusl from Janaba, etc., from the Book of Menstruation. Sahih Muslim 1/258; and Abu Dawud, in: Chapter on what suffices of water for wudu, from the Book of Purification. Sunan Abi Dawud; and Imam Ahmad, in: al-Musnad 3/179. With the wording: The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) used to perform wudu with a makkuk and perform ghusl with five makakik. Recorded by Muslim in the aforementioned location 1/257; and al-Nasa'i, in: Chapter on the amount that suffices a person of water for wudu and ghusl, from the Book of Waters. al-Mujtaba 1/147; and al-Darimi, in: Chapter on how much water suffices for wudu, from the Book of Purification. Sunan al-Darimi 1/175. (7) Recorded by al-Bukhari, in: Chapter on the Expedition of al-Hudaybiyyah, from the Book of Military Expeditions. Sahih al-Bukhari 1/164; and Muslim, in: Chapter on the permissibility of a muhrim shaving his head if he is suffering from an ailment, etc., from the Book of Hajj. Sahih Muslim 2/861; and al-Tirmidhi, in: Chapter on what has been narrated concerning a muhrim who shaves his head while in ihram and what is upon him, from the Book of Hajj 4/177; and Imam Ahmad, in: al-Musnad 4/242, 243, 244.
