What Defiles Clothing and the Body

Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh|Volume 1|Book 1|Chapter 17
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh

Book 1, Chapter 17

What Defiles Clothing and the Body

وَ سَأَلَ مُحَمَّدٌ اَلْحَلَبِيُّ أَبَا عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ: عَنْ رَجُلٍ أَجْنَبَ فِي ثَوْبِهِ وَ لَيْسَ مَعَهُ ثَوْبٌ غَيْرُهُ قَالَ «يُصَلِّي فِيهِ فَإِذَا وَجَدَ اَلْمَاءَ غَسَلَهُ.
Muhammad Al-Halabi asked Imam Jafar ibn Muhammad Al-Sadiq عليه السلام about a man who becomes junub (ritually impure due to seminal discharge) while wearing a garment and has no other garment to wear. Imam عليه السلام said: 'He should pray in it, and when he finds water, he should wash it.'.
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