the root of 'subat' is from stretching. It is said: a woman 'sabatat' her hair, meaning: she unbraided it and let it loose, and a man is 'masbut', meaning: stretched of stature. It is said: sleep is called 'subat' because it occurs with stretching, and in stretching there is a sense of rest. It is also said: 'al-sabt' is cutting off; thus, sleep is a cessation from occupation, and from this is the 'Sabt' (Sabbath) of the Jews, because of their cessation from work during it.

2705: 15240: Purifying: 1: On the authority of Abu Sa'id, he said: It was said, O Messenger of Allah, shall we perform ablution from the well of Bida'ah—a well into which carrion, menstrual cloths, and the flesh of dogs are thrown?—He replied: "Indeed, water is purifying; nothing makes it impure."

It is authentic (hasan). Narrated by Abu Dawud (h/67), al-Tirmidhi (h/66), Ahmad (3/86), al-Manthur (5/73), Talkhis (1/13), Ma'ani (1/11), Ibn Abi Shaybah (1/142), al-Mishkat (478), and al-Daraqutni (1/30, 31). It was also narrated by Ahmad (4/213, 215), al-Bayhaqi (1/257), al-Jawami' (5821), Ithaf (2/332), and Sharh al-Sunnah (2/61).

2706: 15247: Among them: 1: His saying, the Almighty: 'And We have distributed it among them,' meaning: the Qur'an. Its mention has already occurred at the beginning of the Surah: His saying, the Almighty, 'Blessed is He who sent down the Criterion (al-Furqan),' and His saying, 'He led me astray from the Remembrance after it had come to me,' and His saying, 'They have taken this Qur'an as something to be ignored.'

: 15249: A drop: 2: Tafsir Ibn Kathir (3/321), who said it is a mursal (disconnected) hadith. Al-Manthur (5/73).