Chapter on the Description of Ablution and Its Obligations
Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām|Volume 1|Book 1|Chapter 16
اَلْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ صَفْوَانَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اَلرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ اَلْحَجَّاجِ قَالَ: سَأَلْتُ أَبَا إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ عَنِ اَلْكَسِيرِ يَكُونُ عَلَيْهِ اَلْجَبَائِرُ كَيْفَ يَصْنَعُ بِالْوُضُوءِ وَ غُسْلِ اَلْجَنَابَةِ وَ غُسْلِ اَلْجُمُعَةِ قَالَ« يَغْسِلُ مَا وَصَلَ إِلَيْهِ مِمَّا ظَهَرَ مِمَّا لَيْسَ عَلَيْهِ اَلْجَبَائِرُ وَ يَدَعُ مَا سِوَى ذَلِكَ مِمَّا لاَ يُسْتَطَاعُ غَسْلُهُ وَ لاَ يَنْزِعُ اَلْجَبَائِرَ وَ لاَ يَعْبَثُ بِجِرَاحَتِهِ».
Al-Husayn ibn Sa'id narrated from Safwan, from Abdul-Rahman ibn al-Hajjaj, who said:
I asked Abu IbraHim عليه السلام about a person who has a fracture and has splints or bandages on it - how should he perform wudu (ablution), ghusl for janabah (ritual purification after major impurity), and ghusl for Friday (Jumu’ah)? Imam عليه السلام said: "He should wash whatever part is reachable and visible that does not have splints or bandages on it, and leave out what cannot be washed due to inability. He should neither remove the splints nor tamper with the wound."
- Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām fī Sharḥ al-Muqniʿah, vol. 1, p. 386
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Tahdhīb, p. 60