Facing Doubts about Wudu’ Forgetting or Mixing Proper Order

Al-Kāfi|Volume 3|Book 1|Chapter 22
Al-Kāfi

Volume 3, Book 1, Chapter 22

Facing Doubts about Wudu’ Forgetting or Mixing Proper Order

1ـ عِدَّةٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنِ الْعَبَّاسِ بْنِ عَامِرٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ الله بْنِ بُكَيْرٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ قَالَ لِي أَبُو عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ الْسَّلام) إِذَا اسْتَيْقَنْتَ أَنَّكَ قَدْ أَحْدَثْتَ فَتَوَضَّأْ وَإِيَّاكَ أَنْ تُحْدِثَ وُضُوءاً أَبَداً حَتَّى تَسْتَيْقِنَ أَنَّكَ قَدْ أَحْدَثْتَ.
1. A number of our people have narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from al-‘Abbass ibn ‘Amir from ‘Abd Allah ibn Bukayr from his father who has said the following: “Abu ‘Abd Allah عليه السلام, once said to me, ‘When you are certain that your Wudu’ has become invalid you must take Wudu’. You must never invent a Wudu’ until you are certain that your Wudu’ has become invalid.’”
  • Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi
    Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (3/109)
  • Shaykh Baqir al-Behbudi
    Ṣaḥīḥ al-Kāfī, vol. 1, p. 189