Section: Ahmad said: "I do not find it pleasing for one to enter the water except while covered; for the water has inhabitants." This is due to what was narrated from Al-Hasan and Al-Husayn, that they entered the water while wearing two cloaks (burdan), and when they were asked about that, they replied: "For the water has inhabitants." And because water does not conceal, so the nakedness (awrah) of one who enters it while naked becomes exposed.
= And Al-Tirmidhi, in: The Chapter on what has been reported regarding the virtue of providing food, from the Chapters on Food; and in: The Chapter of our narration from Abu Musa Muhammad ibn al-Muthanna, from the Chapters on the Description of the Resurrection. 'Aridat al-Ahwadhi 8/44, 45, 9/315. And Ibn Majah, in: The Chapter on Faith, from the Introduction; and The Chapter on what has been reported regarding the night prayer, from the Book of Establishing Prayer; and The Chapter on providing food, from the Book of Food; and The Chapter on spreading the greeting of peace, from the Book of Manners. Sunan Ibn Majah 1/26, 423, 2/1083, 1217. And Al-Darimi, in: The Chapter on the virtue of the night prayer, from the Book of Prayer; and in: The Chapter on providing food, from the Book of Food; and in: The Chapter on spreading the greeting of peace, and The Chapter on the prohibition of sitting in the streets, from the Book of Seeking Permission. Sunan al-Darimi 1/341, 2/109, 275, 282. And Imam Ahmad, in: Al-Musnad 1/165, 167, 2/156, 170, 196, 391, 442, 495, 512.
