أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُبَارَكِ ، عَنْ مَالِكٍ قِرَاءَةً، عَنْ صَفْوَانَ بْنِ سُلَيْمٍ ، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ سَلَمَةَ مِنْ آلِ الْأَزْرَقِ، أَنَّ الْمُغِيرَةَ بْنَ أَبِي بُرْدَةَ وَهُوَ رَجُلٌ مِنْ بَنِي عَبْدِ الدَّارِ أَخْبَرَهُ، أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ، يَقُولُ : سَأَلَ رَجُلٌ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقَالَ : إِنَّا نَرْكَبُ الْبَحْرَ وَمَعَنَا الْقَلِيلُ مِنْ الْمَاءِ، فَإِنْ تَوَضَّأْنَا بِهِ عَطِشْنَا، أَفَنَتَوَضَّأُ مِنْ مَاءِ الْبَحْرِ؟، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ :" هُوَ الطَّهُورُ مَاؤُهُ، الْحِلُّ مَيْتَتُهُ "

Muhammad ibn al-Mubarak informed us, on the authority of Malik, in a reading, on the authority of Safwan ibn Sulaym, on the authority of Sa`id ibn Salamah, from the family of al-Azraq, that Al-Mughirah ibn Abu Burdah, a man from Banu Abd al-Dar, told him that he heard Abu Hurairah, may God be pleased with him, say: A man asked the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace. He, peace and blessings be upon him, said: We are sailing on the sea and we have a little water. If we perform ablution with it, we become thirsty. Should we perform ablution with sea water? The Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace: “Its water is pure, and its dead body is permissible.”