English Translation

Hajjaj told us: Shu'bah told us, from 'Amr ibn 'Amir al-Ansari, who said: I heard Anas ibn Malik say, "A cup of water was brought to the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, and he performed ablution." He said: I said to Anas, "Did the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, perform ablution before every prayer?" He said, "Yes." I said, "And what did you do?" He said, "We used to pray all the prayers with a single ablution." He said: Then I asked him about this afterward, and he said, "As long as we had not broken our ablution."