Chapter on Water and Its Rules, and What is Permissible and Impermissible for Purification
Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām|Volume 1|Book 1|Chapter 10
Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām
Book 1, Chapter 10
Chapter on Water and Its Rules, and What is Permissible and Impermissible for Purification
فَأَمَّا اَلْخَبَرُ اَلَّذِي رَوَاهُ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَلِيِّ بْنِ مَحْبُوبٍ عَنِ اَلْعَبَّاسِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ بْنِ اَلْمُغِيرَةِ عَنْ بَعْضِ اَلصَّادِقِينَ قَالَ: «إِذَا كَانَ اَلرَّجُلُ لاَ يَقْدِرُ عَلَى اَلْمَاءِ وَ هُوَ يَقْدِرُ عَلَى اَللَّبَنِ فَلاَ يَتَوَضَّأْ بِاللَّبَنِ إِنَّمَا هُوَ اَلْمَاءُ أَوِ اَلتَّيَمُّمُ فَإِنْ لَمْ يَقْدِرْ عَلَى اَلْمَاءِ وَ كَانَ نَبِيذاً فَإِنِّي سَمِعْتُ حَرِيزاً يَذْكُرُ فِي حَدِيثٍ أَنَّ اَلنَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اَللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ قَدْ تَوَضَّأَ بِنَبِيذٍ وَ لَمْ يَقْدِرْ عَلَى اَلْمَاءِ».
As for the narration reported by Muhammad ibn Ali ibn Mahbub, from al-‘Abbas, from Abdullah ibn al-Mughira, from some of the truthful ones (sadiqin), who said:
"If a man cannot find water but has milk, he should not perform Wudu' (ablution) with milk. It is either water or Tayammum (dry ablution). If he cannot find water and has nabidh (fermented or steeped drink), I heard Hariz narrate in a hadith that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) performed Wudu' with nabidh when he could not find water."
- Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām fī Sharḥ al-Muqniʿah, vol. 1, p. 232
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