Explaining Sahih Muslim Book 3 - Hadith 48-61

Chapter 10: The amount of water with which it is recommended to perform ghusl in the case of janabah; a man and woman washing from a single vessel; one of them washing with the left-over water of the other.

'A'isha reported:

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) washed himself with water from a vessel (measuring seven to eight seers) because of sexual intercourse. (Explaining Sahih Muslim Book 3 - Hadith 48)

'A'isha reported:

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) took a bath from the vessel (which contained seven to eight seers, i. e. fifteen to sixteen pounds) of water And I and he (the Holy Prophet) took a bath from the same vessel. And in the hadith narrated by Sufyan the words are:" from one vessel". Qutaiba said: Al-Faraq is three Sa' (a cubic measuring of varying magnitude). (Explaining Sahih Muslim Book 3 - Hadith 49)

Abu Salamab. 'Abd al-Rahman reported:

I along with the foster brother of 'A'isha went to her and he asked about the bath of the Apostle(ﷺ) because of sexual intercourse. She called for a vessel equal to a Sa' and she took a bath, and there was a curtain between us and her. She poured water on her head thrice and he (Abu Salama) said: The wives of the Apostle (ﷺ) collected hair on their heads and these lopped up to ears (and did not go beyond that). (Explaining Sahih Muslim Book 3 - Hadith 50)

Salama b. Abd al-Rahman narrated it on the authority of A'isha that when the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) took a bath, he started from the right hand and poured water over it and washed it, and then poured water on the impurity with the right band and washed it away with the help of the left hand, and after having removed it, he poured water on his head. A'isha said:

I and the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) took a bath from the same vessel, after sexual intercourse. (Explaining Sahih Muslim Book 3 - Hadith 51)

Hafsa, daughter of 'Abd al-Rahman b. Abu Bakr, reported that 'A'isha narrated to her that she and the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) took a bath from the same vessel which contained water equal to three Mudds or thereabout. (Explaining Sahih Muslim Book 3 - Hadith 52)

'A'isha reported:

I and the Messenger (ﷺ) took a bath from the same vessel and our hands alternated into it in the state that we had had sexual intercourse. (Explaining Sahih Muslim Book 3 - Hadith 53)

'A'isha reported:

I and the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) took a bath from one vessel which was placed between me and him and he would get ahead of me, so that I would say: Spare (some water for) me, spare (some water for) me; and she said that they had had sexual intercourse. (Explaining Sahih Muslim Book 3 - Hadith 54)

Ibn Abbas said:

Maimuna (the wife of the Holy Prophet) reported to me that she and the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) took a bath from one vessel. (Explaining Sahih Muslim Book 3 - Hadith 55)

Ibn Abbas reported that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) took a bath with the water left over by Maimuna. (Explaining Sahih Muslim Book 3 - Hadith 56)

Zainab bint Umm Salama (the wife of the Holy Prophet) reported that Umm Salama and the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) took a bath from the same vessel. (Explaining Sahih Muslim Book 3 - Hadith 57)

Anas reported that the Messenger of Allah (may peace he upon him) took a bath with five Makkuks of water and performed ablution with one Makkuk. Ibn Muthanna has used the words five Makakiyya, and Ibn Mu'adh narrated it from 'Abdullah b. 'Abdullah and he made no mention of Ibn Jabr. (Explaining Sahih Muslim Book 3 - Hadith 58)

Anas said:

The Apostle of Allah (ﷺ) performed ablution with one Mudd and took bath with a Sa' up to five Mudds. (Explaining Sahih Muslim Book 3 - Hadith 59)

Safina reported:

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) took a bath with one Sa` of water because of sexual intercourse and performed ablution with one Mudd. (Explaining Sahih Muslim Book 3 - Hadith 60)

Safina reported that Abu Bakr, the Companion of the Messenger of Allah (way peace be upon him), observed:

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) took a bath with one Sa' of water and performed ablution with one Mudd (of water); and in the hadith narrated by Ibn Hujr the words are: One Mudd sufficed for his (Holy Prophet's) ablution. And Ibn Hujr said that (his Shaikh) Isma'il was much advanced in age, and it was because of this that he could not fully rely on him for this tradition. (Explaining Sahih Muslim Book 3 - Hadith 61)