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 مَا رَوَاهُ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ يَحْيَى عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اَلْحَمِيدِ عَنْ يُونُسَ بْنِ يَعْقُوبَ عَنْ مِنْهَالِ بْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ: قُلْتُ لِأَبِي عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ اَلْعَقْرَبُ تُخْرَجُ مِنَ اَلْبِئْرِ مَيْتَةً قَالَ« اِسْتَقِ مِنْهَا عَشَرَةَ دِلاَءٍ» قَالَ فَقُلْتُ فَغَيْرُهَا مِنَ اَلْجِيَفِ فَقَالَ« اَلْجِيَفُ كُلُّهَا سَوَاءٌ إِلاَّ جِيفَةً قَدْ أُجِيفَتْ وَإِنْ كَانَتْ جِيفَةً قَدْ أُجِيفَتْ فَاسْتَقِ مِنْهَا مِائَةَ دَلْوٍ فَإِنْ غَلَبَ عَلَيْهَا اَلرِّيحُ بَعْدَ مِائَةِ دَلْوٍ فَانْزَحْهَا كُلَّهَا».
Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Yahya narrated from Muhammad ibn Abd al-Hamid, from Yunus ibn Ya'qub, from Minhal ibn Umar, who said:
I said to Abu Abdullah عليه السلام: "If a scorpion is found dead in a well, what should be done?" Imam عليه السلام said: "Draw out ten buckets of water from it." I then asked: "What about other carcasses?" Imam عليه السلام said: "All carcasses are the same unless it is a carcass that has decomposed. If it is decomposed, draw out one hundred buckets. If the odor persists after one hundred buckets, then empty the entire well."
- Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām fī Sharḥ al-Muqniʿah, vol. 1, p. 245
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