Water; Its Purity and Impurity
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh|Volume 1|Book 1|Chapter 2
وَ سَأَلَ يَعْقُوبُ بْنُ عُثَيْمٍ أَبَا عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ فَقَالَ لَهُ: بِئْرُ مَاءٍ فِي مَائِهَا رِيحٌ يَخْرُجُ مِنْهَا قِطَعُ جُلُودٍ فَقَالَ «لَيْسَ بِشَيْءٍ لِأَنَّ اَلْوَزَغَ رُبَّمَا طَرَحَ جِلْدَهُ إِنَّمَا يَكْفِيكَ مِنْ ذَلِكَ دَلْوٌ وَاحِدٌ.
Ya'qub ibn 'Uthaym asked Imam Jafar ibn Muhammad Al-Sadiq عليه السلام about a well of water that had a smell, and pieces of skin were coming out of it. Imam عليه السلام said: "It is nothing (to worry about) because a lizard may sometimes shed its skin. Drawing one bucket is sufficient for that."
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Faqīh