Chapter on Purifying Water From Impurities
Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām|Volume 1|Book 1|Chapter 11
مَا أَخْبَرَنَا بِهِ اَلشَّيْخُ أَيَّدَهُ اَللَّهُ تَعَالَى عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ اَلْحَسَنِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ يَحْيَى عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ اَلْحَسَنِ بْنِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ فَضَّالٍ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ مُصَدِّقِ بْنِ صَدَقَةَ عَنْ عَمَّارٍ اَلسَّابَاطِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ فِي حَدِيثٍ طَوِيلٍ قَالَ: وَ سُئِلَ عَنْ بِئْرٍ يَقَعُ فِيهَا كَلْبٌ أَوْ فَأْرَةٌ أَوْ خِنْزِيرٌ قَالَ« يُنْزَفُ كُلُّهَا» يَعْنِي إِذَا تَغَيَّرَ لَوْنُهُ أَوْ طَعْمُهُ بِدَلاَلَةِ مَا تَقَدَّمَ مِنِ اِعْتِبَارِ أَرْبَعِينَ دَلْواً فِي هَذِهِ اَلْأَشْيَاءِ ثُمَّ قَالَ أَعْنِي أَبَا عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ« فَإِنْ غَلَبَ عَلَيْهِ اَلْمَاءُ فَلْيُنْزَفْ يَوْماً إِلَى اَللَّيْلِ ثُمَّ يُقَامُ عَلَيْهَا قَوْمٌ يَتَرَاوَحُونَ اِثْنَيْنِ اِثْنَيْنِ فَيَنْزِفُونَ يَوْماً إِلَى اَللَّيْلِ وَ قَدْ طَهُرَتْ».
The Shaykh (Al-Mufid), may Allah سبحانه وتعالى support him, narrated to us from Abu Ja'far Muhammad ibn Ali, from Muhammad ibn Al-Hasan, from Muhammad ibn Yahya, 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. He said:
Imam عليه السلام was asked about a well into which a dog, a mouse, or a pig falls. Imam عليه السلام said: "All the water must be drawn out." That is if its color or taste changes, based on the indication of what was mentioned earlier regarding the consideration of forty buckets for such cases. Then Abu Abdullah عليه السلام said: "If the water overcomes (absorbs) it, then it should be emptied for a day until night. Then a group of people should alternate, two by two, drawing water for a day until night, and it will be purified."
- Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām fī Sharḥ al-Muqniʿah, vol. 1, p. 257
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