Chapter on Purifying Water From Impurities

Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām|Volume 1|Book 1|Chapter 11
Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām

Book 1, Chapter 11

Chapter on Purifying Water From Impurities

مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَلِيِّ بْنِ مَحْبُوبٍ عَنِ اَلْعَبَّاسِ بْنِ مَعْرُوفٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ بْنِ اَلْمُغِيرَةِ عَنْ أَبِي مَرْيَمَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا جَعْفَرٌ قَالَ كَانَ أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ يَقُولُ:« إِذَا مَاتَ اَلْكَلْبُ فِي اَلْبِئْرِ نُزِحَتْ» قَالَ وَ قَالَ جَعْفَرٌ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ« إِذَا وَقَعَ فِيهَا ثُمَّ أُخْرِجَ مِنْهَا حَيّاً نُزِحَ مِنْهَا سَبْعُ دِلاَءٍ».
Narrated by Muhammad ibn Ali ibn Mahbub, from al-‘Abbas ibn Ma‘ruf, from Abdullah ibn al-Mughira, from Abu Maryam, who reported that Ja‘far said: Abu Ja‘far عليه السلام used to say: "If a dog dies in a well, the well should be emptied." Abu Ja‘far عليه السلام also said: "If it falls in and is taken out alive, seven buckets should be drawn from it."
  • Ali Akbar al-Ghaffari
    Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām fī Sharḥ al-Muqniʿah, vol. 1, p. 252
  • Shaykh Baqir al-Behbudi
    Ṣaḥīḥ al-Tahdhīb, p. 22