This applies when the mouse has not decomposed. If it has decomposed, then seven buckets must be drawn from the water, as evidenced by the two preceding narrations. The first of these narrations was transmitted by al-Husayn ibn Sa‘id, from al-Qasim, from Ali, who said: I asked Abu Abdullah عليه السلام about a mouse that falls into a well. Imam عليه السلام replied: “Seven buckets.” The second narration was also reported by al-Husayn ibn Sa‘id, from Uthman ibn Isa, from Sama‘ah, who said: I asked Abu Abdullah عليه السلام about a mouse or a bird that falls into a well. Imam عليه السلام replied: “If it is removed before it rots, draw seven buckets from it.” We interpret these two narrations as referring to the case where the mouse has decomposed to reconcile the apparent conflict in the narrations and avoid rejecting the previously mentioned ruling of three buckets. There is also another narration that supports our interpretation.