Chapter on Acts That Necessitate Purification
Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām|Volume 1|Book 1|Chapter 14
عَنْهُ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِسْمَاعِيلَ عَنِ اَلْفَضْلِ بْنِ شَاذَانَ عَنْ صَفْوَانَ بْنِ يَحْيَى عَنِ اِبْنِ مُسْكَانَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدٍ اَلْحَلَبِيِّ قَالَ: سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ عَنِ اَلرَّجُلِ يَكُونُ عَلَى طُهْرٍ فَيَأْخُذُ مِنْ أَظْفَارِهِ أَوْ شَعْرِهِ أَ يُعِيدُ اَلْوُضُوءَ فَقَالَ« لاَ وَ لَكِنْ يَمْسَحُ رَأْسَهُ وَ أَظْفَارَهُ بِالْمَاءِ» قَالَ قُلْتُ فَإِنَّهُمْ يَزْعُمُونَ أَنَّ فِيهِ اَلْوُضُوءَ فَقَالَ« إِنْ خَاصَمُوكُمْ فَلاَ تُخَاصِمُوهُمْ قُولُوا هَكَذَا اَلسُّنَّةُ».
Narrated from Muhammad ibn Isma'il, from al-Fadl ibn Shadhan, from Safwan ibn Yahya, from Ibn Muskan, from Muhammad al-Halabi, who said:
I asked Abu Abdillah عليه السلام, about a man who is in a state of ritual purity and then trims his nails or cuts his hair. Does he need to renew his ablution? Imam عليه السلام replied: "No, but he should wipe his head and nails with water." I then said: "They claim that it necessitates ablution." Imam عليه السلام responded: "If they argue with you, do not argue with them. Say, 'This is the Sunnah.'"
- Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām fī Sharḥ al-Muqniʿah, vol. 1, p. 367
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