The Amount of Water for Ablution and Ghusl

Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh|Volume 1|Book 1|Chapter 8
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh

Book 1, Chapter 8

The Amount of Water for Ablution and Ghusl

وَقَالَ رَسُولُ اَللَّهِ صَلَّى اَللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ: «اَلْوُضُوءُ مُدٌّ وَ اَلْغُسْلُ صَاعٌ وَ سَيَأْتِي أَقْوَامٌ بَعْدِي يَسْتَقِلُّونَ ذَلِكَ فَأُولَئِكَ عَلَى خِلاَفِ سُنَّتِي وَ اَلثَّابِتُ عَلَى سُنَّتِي مَعِي فِي حَظِيرَةِ اَلْقُدْسِ.
The Messenger of Allah صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم said: "Ablution (wudu) is a mud (a specific measure), and ghusl (ritual washing) is a saa' (a larger measure). There will come people after me who will underestimate these amounts, and those will be contrary to my Sunnah. The one who adheres to my Sunnah will be with me in the enclosure of holiness (Paradise)."
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