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 عَنِ اَلْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ اَلْحَسَنِ بْنِ أَبَانٍ عَنِ اَلْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ سَمَاعَةَ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ قَالَ: سَأَلْتُهُ عَنِ اَلرَّجُلِ يَمُرُّ بِالْمَاءِ وَ فِيهِ دَابَّةٌ مَيْتَةٌ قَدْ أَنْتَنَتْ قَالَ« إِنْ كَانَ اَلنَّتْنُ اَلْغَالِبَ عَلَى اَلْمَاءِ فَلاَ يَتَوَضَّأْ وَ لاَ يَشْرَبْ».
The Shaykh (Al-Mufid), may Allah سبحانه وتعالى support him, narrated to me from Ahmad ibn Muhammad, from his father, from al-Husayn ibn al-Hasan ibn Aban, from al-Husayn ibn Sa'id, from Uthman ibn Isa, from Sama'ah, from Abu Abdullah عليه السلام, who said:
I asked Imam عليه السلام about a man passing by water in which a dead animal has decayed and caused a stench. Imam عليه السلام said: "If the stench dominates the water, then he should neither perform Wudu' (ablution) with it nor drink from it."
- Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām fī Sharḥ al-Muqniʿah, vol. 1, p. 229
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Tahdhīb, p. 13