Jurayj (4) who said: "I saw the jars of Hajar, and the qullah holds two qirabs or two qirabs and a little more." Thus, it is more cautious to count it as two and a half qirabs.
Al-Athram (5) and Isma'il ibn Sa'id (6) narrated from Ahmad that the two qullahs are four qirabs, and Ibn al-Mundhir cited this from Ahmad in his book. This is based on what al-Juzajani (7) narrated with his chain of transmission from Yahya ibn 'Aqil (8), who said: "I saw the jars of Hajar, and I believe each qullah holds two qirabs." Similar was narrated from Ibn Jurayj.
Those who determined the water by qirabs have agreed upon estimating each qirab as one hundred Iraqi ratls; I know of no disagreement among them regarding this. Perhaps they took this from those who tested the qirabs of the Hijaz and knew that this was their measure.
We specifically limited this to the jars of Hajar for two reasons:
One of them is that it has been narrated in a hadith that makes it explicit, narrated by al-Khattabi (9) in Ma'alim al-Sunan (10) with his chain of transmission to Ibn Jurayj, from the Prophet (may the peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) as a mursal report: "When the water is two qullahs, by the measure of the jars of Hajar," and he mentioned the hadith.
(4) Abu al-Walid 'Abd al-Malik ibn 'Abd al-'Aziz ibn Jurayj al-Rumi, the jurist of the Meccan sanctuary and the imam of the people of the Hijaz in his era. He was born in the year 80 AH and died in the year 150 AH. Tarikh Baghdad 10/400, al-'Ibar 1/213, 214. (5) His biography was mentioned previously on page 25. (6) Abu Ishaq Isma'il ibn Sa'id al-Shalinji. He narrated much from Imam Ahmad and was an expert in ra'y (discretionary legal opinion) and held a high status among the Hanafis. He died in the year 230 AH; it is also said 246 AH. Al-Jawahir al-Mudiyya 1/406-407, Tabaqat al-Hanabila 1/104-105. (7) Abu Ishaq Ibrahim ibn Ya'qub al-Juzajani. He possessed two parts of Masa'il from Imam Ahmad. Imam Ahmad used to correspond with him and honor him greatly. He is one of the men of the third century. Tabaqat al-Hanabila 1/98-99. (8) Yahya ibn 'Aqil (diminutive form) al-Khuza'i al-Basri, a resident of Marw. He narrated from Anas ibn Malik and others. See: Tahdhib al-Tahdhib 11/259. (9) Abu Sulayman Hamd ibn Muhammad ibn Ibrahim al-Khattabi al-Busti, the jurist, hadith scholar, and man of letters. He died in the year 388 AH. Yatimat al-Dahr 4/334-336, Wafayat al-A'yan 2/214-216, al-'Ibar 3/39. (10) Ma'alim al-Sunan 9; see also Nasb al-Raya 1/110-112.
