Bir Budaah
بئر بضاعة
Bir Buda'ah
Overview
Bir Budaah is a historic well located approximately 500 meters from Masjid Nabawi in the old city area of Madinah. The well is known for a specific prophetic narration about the purity of water and was historically used for various purposes by the people of Madinah. The site has been marked and preserved, though the well is no longer in active use.
Historical significance
When some people expressed concern about the purity of the water in this well because rain runoff and other substances would flow into it, the Prophet ﷺ declared that water is pure and nothing makes it impure, as recorded in the hadith collections of Abu Dawud and al-Tirmidhi. This prophetic ruling became a foundational principle in Islamic jurisprudence regarding water purity, influencing legal opinions across all schools of thought for over fourteen centuries.
Did you know?
The Prophet's statement about Bir Budaah established the legal principle that large bodies of water maintain their purity unless their color, taste, or smell is visibly altered, a rule that simplified water usage for Muslims across diverse environments.
Hadith
Water is pure; nothing makes it impure.
- Sunan Abu Dawud 67, Sunan an-Nasa'i 326
Du'as
General supplication
رَبَّنَا آتِنَا فِي الدُّنْيَا حَسَنَةً وَفِي الْآخِرَةِ حَسَنَةً وَقِنَا عَذَابَ النَّارِ
Rabbanā ātinā fid-dunyā ḥasanah, wa fil-ākhirati ḥasanah, wa qinā ʿadhāb an-nār
Our Lord, give us good in this world and good in the Hereafter, and save us from the punishment of the Fire.
Nearby sites
بئر رومة
Bir Rumah, also known as the Well of Uthman, is a historic well located in the northwestern part of Madinah surrounded by a public garden and date palm groves. The well site has been developed into a small park-like area that provides a peaceful green space for visitors. A large date palm garden adjacent to the well is said to still produce fruit from trees descended from the original plantings.
بئر العِهْن
Bir al-Ehn lies in the Aliyah district of Madinah, among what were the dwellings of Banu Umayyah of the Ansar. Sources differ on whether it is a well in its own right: Saudi and Arabic reference works treat "al-Ehn" and "al-Yasira" as two names for a single well, while some listings of the prophetic wells count them as separate sites. HalalAtlas keeps both entries until that is settled, so this record and the Alyasira Well record may describe the same place.
بئر بصة
Owned by Abu Saeed al-Khudri (RA). The Prophet (peace be upon him) washed his head with fragrant extract and poured the residue into this well, blessing its water.