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Sahih al-Bukhari 4152 (Book 64, Hadith 196) #3971
The Miraculous Water Supply at Al-Hudaibiya

SUMMARY: On the day of Al-Hudaibiya, Prophet Muhammad (ﷺ) provided water for 1500 people with a single utensil.

Narrated Salim: Jabir said "On the day of Al-Hudaibiya, the people felt thirsty and Allah's Messenger ﷺ had a utensil containing water. He performer ablution from it and then the people came towards him. Allah's Apostle said, 'What is wrong with you?' The people said, 'O Allah's Messenger ﷺ! We haven't got any water to perform ablution with or to drink, except what you have in your utensil'. So the Prophet ﷺ put his hand in the utensil and the water started spouting out between his fingers like springs. So we drank and performed ablution". I said to Jabir, "What was your number on that day?" He replied, "Even if we had been one hundred thousand, that water would have been sufficient for us. Anyhow, we were 1500'.
حَدَّثَنَا يُوسُفُ بْنُ عِيسَى، حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ فُضَيْلٍ، حَدَّثَنَا حُصَيْنٌ، عَنْ سَالِمٍ، عَنْ جَابِرٍ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ قَالَ عَطِشَ النَّاسُ يَوْمَ الْحُدَيْبِيَةِ وَرَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ رَكْوَةٌ، فَتَوَضَّأَ مِنْهَا، ثُمَّ أَقْبَلَ النَّاسُ نَحْوَهُ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ ‏ "‏ مَا لَكُمْ ‏"‏‏.‏ قَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ لَيْسَ عِنْدَنَا مَاءٌ نَتَوَضَّأُ بِهِ، وَلاَ نَشْرَبُ إِلاَّ مَا فِي رَكْوَتِكَ‏.‏ قَالَ فَوَضَعَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ يَدَهُ فِي الرَّكْوَةِ، فَجَعَلَ الْمَاءُ يَفُورُ مِنْ بَيْنِ أَصَابِعِهِ كَأَمْثَالِ الْعُيُونِ، قَالَ فَشَرِبْنَا وَتَوَضَّأْنَا‏.‏ فَقُلْتُ لِجَابِرٍ كَمْ كُنْتُمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ قَالَ لَوْ كُنَّا مِائَةَ أَلْفٍ لَكَفَانَا، كُنَّا خَمْسَ عَشْرَةَ مِائَةً‏.‏

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Show kindness and generosity towards others even during times of need

EXPLANATIONS:
On the day of Al-Hudaibiya, the people were feeling thirsty and had no water to drink or perform ablution with. Allah's Messenger, Prophet Muhammad ﷺ had a utensil containing water which he used to perform ablution from. When the people saw this they came towards him asking for some of it. The Prophet ﷺ asked them what was wrong and they told him that they did not have any water to drink or perform ablution with except what he had in his utensil. Then, miraculously, when he put his hand in the utensil, it started spouting out between his fingers like springs so everyone was able to drink and perform ablution from it. Jabir said that even if there were 100 thousand people present on that day there would have been enough water for all of them as there were only 1500 present on that day. This is an amazing miracle performed by Allah's Messenger ﷺ showing us how generous He is towards His followers even in times of need!

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