Is there a contradiction between the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): “None of you should bathe in stagnant water while in a state of major ritual impurity,” and the other hadith?

The questioner : All right, Shaykh, the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): , and in another hadith in the books of the Sunan: ... How do we reconcile the two hadiths?

The Shaykh : Where is the contradiction? Show me the contradiction so I can remove it? Otherwise, it is removed by itself.

The questioner : The contradiction ... .

The Shaykh : So what are you asking about?

The questioner : That the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) prohibited?

The Shaykh : Prohibited what, my brother? Look carefully.

The questioner : .

The Shaykh : Yes, so did the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) bathe in stagnant water? Is that in the second hadith? Excuse me: Did he bathe in stagnant water?

The questioner : No, he did not bathe.

The Shaykh : So there is no contradiction!

The questioner : But the basin is not considered ... .

The Shaykh : Did I make myself clear to you up to this point?

The questioner: Yes.

The Shaykh : All right, now leave the first hadith and stop at the second hadith: What is the story of the basin? That a wife of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) bathed; all right, so what? Did she bathe in the basin? Tell me now?

The questioner : The hadith says.

The Shaykh : No, no, don’t tell me the hadith, I am asking you.

The questioner: The hadith...

The Shaykh : Excuse me: Do you understand from the hadith that she, take your time, do you understand from the hadith - may Allah reward you - that the wife of the Messenger bathed in the basin?

Another questioner : From the water.

The Shaykh : It is this.

Another questioner : She bathed from the water that was in the basin.

The Shaykh : That is it, and therefore.

Another questioner : With the water, with the water ... with the water that was in the basin.

The Shaykh : Yes, but she did not bathe in the basin.

Another questioner : ... .

The Shaykh : What does the first hadith say? , so there is no difference between “she bathed from the basin” or “she bathed in the basin,” you are Arabs, you must ... .

Another questioner : ... .

The Shaykh : What is a basin? So let us also learn what a basin is? Is it a reservoir?!

Another questioner: No...

The Shaykh : All right, perhaps bathing in the basin? Prepositions - the scholars say - some stand in place of others, and this is one of the arguments of the people of the Sunnah against the people of innovation, just as when - Exalted is He - narrated - listen, our brothers - when the magicians embraced Islam, what was Pharaoh’s stance toward them? He threatened them with the worst kind of killing, so what did he say in Surat Ta-Ha? So what did he say before his saying - Exalted is He - narrated about him: ? What did the beginning of the verse say? . Is there any Arab who understands “in the trunks of the palm trees” to mean he splits the trunk like a closet door - for example - into two doors and puts them inside, and closes the trunk on them, and they die of suffocation?! No one understands anything from this, rather his saying - Exalted is He - : , meaning in the belly of the earth with the worms and snakes and scorpions and the like? No, walk on the surface of the earth, prepositions stand in place of one another.
Finally: We reach with you a hadith that is circulated on tongues - and it is, praise be to Allah, from the authentic hadiths - and in it is the belief of the people of the Sunnah that Allah - Mighty and Majestic - is above the Throne, and that He is as He said in the noble Qur'an: What is the hadith? He said - peace and blessings be upon him - : His saying: means the worms and insects? No, it means that some of you should show mercy to others , and this is the most important point I want to draw your attention to, linking this hadith to the previous verse: ; because some of the innovators - old and new - find this Qur'anic text and the Prophetic hadith - also - difficult to understand, but the Prophetic hadith removes the difficulty; because he said: ; so no one understands from his saying in the first sentence of the hadith: to mean: those in the belly of the earth, but rather those on the earth, meaning from among the humans, in the sky - also - here means on the sky, so prepositions stand in place of one another, so his saying - Exalted is He - : this point must be known by the people of the Sunnah, so that if they do not know it, they are not exploited by the innovators; where they say: You say that Allah - Mighty and Majestic - is above the Throne and you interpret “istawa” to mean “istala” (rose above), hey, our Lord says: ; so Allah is in the sky, and the sky is a creation of Allah’s creations; so is the sky a container for Allah - Mighty and Majestic - that surrounds Him? And the reality is that Allah described Himself with His saying: , and He is greater than everything, therefore we begin our prayers by saying: How is our Lord in the sky? And what is the meaning of the saying of the girl when the Messenger asked her and she said: In the sky. Meaning: On the sky; because prepositions stand in place of one another, and accordingly his saying - Exalted is He - : to the end of the verse agrees with the hadiths and the other texts that give that Allah - Mighty and Majestic - has the attribute of being above all creations, and the highest of them is the Throne of the Most Merciful - Blessed and Exalted is He - this hadith comes to confirm this meaning and says: meaning: those on the earth meaning: those on the sky.
So if the hadith is worded: ; it does not mean that the basin became a container for the wife who bathed from it while she was in a state of major ritual impurity, but rather she took from the basin, so “in” means “from,” based on this rule I mentioned earlier.
In summary: Bathing in stagnant water is one thing, and taking water from stagnant water is another thing, and the evidence is that in the first hadith, in a narration in “Sahih Muslim,” Abu Hurayrah said: .
The difficulty is removed, and praise be to Allah.