Chapter on Water and Its Rules, and What is Permissible and Impermissible for Purification

This is also supported by what the Shaykh (Al-Mufid), may Allah سبحانه وتعالى support him, narrated to me from Abu Ja'far Muhammad ibn Ali, from Muhammad ibn al-Hasan, from Ahmad ibn Idris, from Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Yahya, from Ahmad ibn al-Hasan ibn Ali ibn Faddal, from Amr ibn Sa'id, from Musaddiq ibn Sadaqah, from Ammar al-Sabati, from Abu Abdullah عليه السلام, in a lengthy narration, in which he was asked: Imam عليه السلام was asked: "What about a beetle (khunfasa'), a fly, a locust, an ant, and similar creatures that die in a well, oil, clarified butter, or similar substances?" Imam عليه السلام said: "Anything that does not have blood, there is no harm in it."