Entering the Sacred Area
Al-Kāfi|Volume 4|Book 3|Chapter 116
5ـ أَبُو عَلِيٍّ الأَشْعَرِيُّ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْجَبَّارِ عَنْ صَفْوَانَ عَنْ ذَرِيحٍ قَالَ سَأَلْتُهُ عَنِ الْغُسْلِ فِي الْحَرَمِ قَبْلَ دُخُولِهِ أَوْ بَعْدَ دُخُولِهِ قَالَ لا يَضُرُّكَ أَيَّ ذَلِكَ فَعَلْتَ وَإِنِ اغْتَسَلْتَ بِمَكَّةَ فَلا بَأْسَ وَإِنِ اغْتَسَلْتَ فِي بَيْتِكَ حِينَ تَنْزِلُ بِمَكَّةَ فَلا بَأْسَ.
5. Abu Ah al-Ash’ariy has narrated from Muhammad ibn ‘Abd al-Jabbar from Safwan from Dharih who has said the following: “I asked him (the source is not mentioned) about taking a shower in al-Haram (the sacred area) before or after entering. He replied, ‘Either way is not harmful. You may take a shower when you are in Makkah or take a shower at home when you are about to enter Makkah.’”
- Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (8/6)
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Kāfī, vol. 2, pp. 188, 189