Chapter on Etiquettes of Acts That Require Purification

Sa'd, from Ahmad, from Al-Hasan ibn Ali ibn Faddal, from Yunus ibn Ya'qub, who said: I said to Abu Abdillah عليه السلام: "Can a woman wash her husband's private parts?" Imam عليه السلام replied: "Why? Is it due to an illness?" I said: "No." Imam عليه السلام said: "I do not like a free woman to do so. However, as for a bondwoman, it does not harm him." I said to Imam عليه السلام: "Can a man perform ghusl (ritual bathing) in front of his wife?" Imam عليه السلام said: "Yes, for what he exposes in front of her is even greater (compared to ghusl)."