كتاب الطهارة
3  
Purification
(6c)
Chapter: Washing - Section 3
(5)
باب الغسل - الفصل الثالث
Mishkat al-Masabih 448
Ubayy b. Ka'b said that “Water is necessary only when there is an emission” was a licence granted in the early days of Islam, but that afterwards it was renounced. Tirmidhi, Abu Dawud and Darimi transmitted it.
عَنْ أُبَيِّ بْنِ كَعْبٍ قَالَ: إِنَّمَا كَانَ الْمَاءُ مِنَ الْمَاءِ رُخْصَةً فِي أَوَّلِ الْإِسْلَامِ ثمَّ نهي عَنْهَا
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Reference : Mishkat al-Masabih 448
In-book reference : Book 3, Hadith 152