أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُبَارَكِ ، قِرَاءَةً، عَنْ مَالِكٍ ، 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 ، يَقُولُ : سَأَلَ رَجُلٌ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، فَقَالَ : إِنَّا نَرْكَبُ الْبَحْرَ وَنَحْمِلُ مَعَنَا الْقَلِيلَ 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, in a reading, on the authority of Malik, 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 Abi Burdah, a man from Banu Abd al-Dar, told him that he heard Abu Hurairah say: A man asked the Prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace, He said: We ride the sea and carry with us a little water. If we perform ablution with it, we become thirsty. Should we perform ablution with sea water? Then the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, said: “Its water is pure, and its dead body is permissible.”