Lady Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) narrates that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said during his illness in which he passed away, "Pour seven water-skins of water over me whose knots (cords, ties) have not been untied, perhaps I will feel relief and be able to advise the people." Lady Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) says, "We seated the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) in Lady Hafsa's (may Allah be pleased with her) brass tub and poured water over him from her water-skins, until the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) began to gesture to us that you have fulfilled (the command)." Then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) went out. The Imam narrates a similar report from Lady Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) through another chain, but in it these words are not mentioned «‏‏‏‏من نحاس» ‏‏‏‏ "brass tub" and «‏‏‏‏ثم خرج» ‏‏‏‏ then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) went out.

Contrary to the statement of this Sufi who thinks that using glass utensils is extravagance because clay utensils are stronger and more durable than glass utensils.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) asked for water for ablution, so a bowl of water was brought to him. The narrator says: I think he said that a glass bowl was brought. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) put his fingers in it (and water began to gush forth from his fingers like a spring), so people started performing ablution one after another. I estimated their number and they were about seventy to eighty. I kept looking at the water as if it was bubbling out from between his fingers. Imam Abu Bakr (may Allah have mercy on him) says that several narrators have narrated this hadith from Hammad bin Zaid, and they have stated the word «‏‏‏‏رحراح» ‏‏‏‏ "wide vessel" instead of «‏‏‏‏الزجاج» ‏‏‏‏ "glass vessel" without any doubt. The Imam says that Muhammad bin Yahya narrated this hadith to us from Abu Nu'man, and he from Hamas. In the narration of Sulaiman bin Harith, it is: «‏‏‏‏اُتِیَ بِقَدحِ زُجَاجِ» ‏‏‏‏ "A glass bowl was brought to you." And in the narration of Abu Nu'man, it is: "A glass vessel was brought." Imam Abu Bakr (may Allah have mercy on him) says that «‏‏‏‏رحراح» ‏‏‏‏ refers to a wide glass vessel, and a deep one is not called «‏‏‏‏رحراح» ‏‏‏‏.

Sayyiduna Jabir bin Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with both of them) narrates that on the day of Hudaybiyyah, the people became thirsty while there was no water, and in front of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) there was a small leather bucket from which he (peace and blessings be upon him) was performing ablution. Suddenly, the people, in distress, came to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and submitted their concern. He (peace and blessings be upon him) asked: "What has happened to you?" They replied that they had no water for ablution or drinking, except for the water that was in front of him (peace and blessings be upon him). So he (peace and blessings be upon him) placed his blessed hand in that bucket and, according to the will of Allah Almighty, supplicated. Thus, water began to gush forth from between his (peace and blessings be upon him) fingers like springs. Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) says that we drank to our fill and performed ablution. Hazrat Salim says that he asked Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him): "How many people were you?" He replied: "We were fifteen hundred, and if there had been one hundred thousand people, that water would have sufficed for all of us."

Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that a large and thick leather vessel, and a small heart-shaped vessel, were brought to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). So the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) performed ablution from it. (Janab Amr bin Amir says) I asked Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him), "Did the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) perform ablution for every prayer?" He replied, "Yes." I asked, "And you people?" He replied, "We used to perform several prayers with one ablution."

Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrates that I spent the night at the house of my maternal aunt, Sayyidah Maymunah (may Allah be pleased with her), and I observed the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) to see how he performed prayer at night. So (during the night) the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) urinated, then washed his face and both hands, then went to sleep. Then (after resting for a while) he got up, untied the water-skin, and poured water into a large bowl or tub. Then the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) performed ablution between two extremes (neither very thorough nor very light), and began to pray standing. So I got up and performed ablution as well, then I came and stood on his left side, but the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) took me by the ear and made me stand on his right side.

Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) commanded us to cover the water (for ablution), to tie the mouths of water skins with rope, and to turn empty vessels upside down. Imam Abu Bakr (may Allah have mercy on him) says that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) called the water from which ablution is to be performed as "wudu." This is of the same kind that I have mentioned in several places in my books, that the Arabs give something the name at the beginning which it will receive at the end of its use, because water is called "wudu" even before it is used for ablution, as eventually it will be used for ablution.

And the explanation of the evidence that the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) commanded to cover the vessels at night; this command is not for the whole day.

Sayyiduna Abu Humayd (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that I brought a bowl of milk from Naqi’ to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) without covering it, so the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:“Why did you not cover it? Even if you had covered it by placing a piece of wood across its width.”Abu Humayd says that indeed the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) commanded to close the doors at night, and commanded to cover the water skins at night. In the narration of Darimi, it is mentioned that indeed the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) commanded to cover the vessels and tie the water skins at night, and did not mention the doors.

Sayyiduna Abu Humayd (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that indeed the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) commanded that the mouths of water-skins be tied and the doors be closed at night.