Is handing over a wudu jug equated with providing a horse for battle in a hadith?
2026-10-14
T185 · Ibn Taymiyyah
Shaykh al-Islām Ibn Taymiyyah
شيخ الإسلام أحمد بن تيمية
Original Q&A · Complete individual question and response within a collected question
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النص العربي
السؤال الأصلي
ومما يروون عن النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم: "من قدم إبريقا لمتوضئ فكأنما قدم جوادا مسرجا ملجوما يقاتل عليه في سبيل الله".
الجواب
هذا ليس من كلام النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم، ولا يعرف في شيء من كتب المسلمين المعروفة.
English translation
English translation prepared for SalafAlSalih.com from the cited Arabic source. It is not an official translation.
Original question
Among the reports they attribute to the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, is: “Whoever hands a water jug to someone making wudu is like one who provides a saddled and bridled steed on which someone fights in Allah's path.”
Answer
These are not the words of the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace. This is not known in any of the well-known books of the Muslims.
Source and editorial notes
Majmūʿ al-Fatāwā 18/383
مجموع الفتاوى
Majmūʿ al-Fatāwā
Arabic collated with the cited edition and a second transcription: https://quranislam.github.io/fatwa/ibn-taymiyyah/fatwa291.html. Each individual report and its full reply is preserved within the larger collected question. Diacritics omitted and honorific glyphs expanded. Titles and scope notes are editorial.