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

مَا أَخْبَرَنِي بِهِ اَلشَّيْخُ أَيَّدَهُ اَللَّهُ تَعَالَى عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ اَلْحَسَنِ عَنِ اَلْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ اَلْحَسَنِ بْنِ أَبَانٍ عَنِ اَلْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ حَمَّادٍ عَنْ حَرِيزٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ مُسْلِمٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَ قَالَ: سَأَلْتُهُ عَنِ اَلْكَلْبِ يَشْرَبُ مِنَ اَلْإِنَاءِ قَالَ« اِغْسِلِ اَلْإِنَاءَ» وَ عَنِ اَلسِّنَّوْرِ قَالَ« لاَ بَأْسَ أَنْ يُتَوَضَّأَ مِنْ فَضْلِهَا إِنَّمَا هِيَ مِنَ اَلسِّبَاعِ».
father Muhammad ibn al-Hasan, from al-Husayn ibn al-Hasan ibn Aban, from al-Husayn ibn Sa'id, from Hammad, from Hariz, from Muhammad ibn Muslim, from Abu Abdullah عليه السلام, who said: I asked Imam عليه السلام about a dog drinking from a vessel. Imam عليه السلام said: "Wash the vessel." And when asked about a cat, Imam عليه السلام said: "There is no harm in performing Wudu' (ablution) with its leftover water. It is considered amongst the wild animals."
  • Ali Akbar al-Ghaffari
    Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām fī Sharḥ al-Muqniʿah, vol. 1, p. 238
  • Shaykh Baqir al-Behbudi
    Ṣaḥīḥ al-Tahdhīb, p. 15