Chapter on Ritual Washings (Ghusl) and the Method of Performing Ghusl for Janabah (major impurity)

Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām|Volume 1|Book 1|Chapter 17
Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām

Book 1, Chapter 17

Chapter on Ritual Washings (Ghusl) and the Method of Performing Ghusl for Janabah (major impurity)

اَلْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ فَضَالَةَ عَنِ اَلْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ عُثْمَانَ عَنِ اِبْنِ مُسْكَانَ عَنْ عَنْبَسَةَ بْنِ مُصْعَبٍ قَالَ: قُلْتُ لِأَبِي عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ فِي رَجُلٍ اِحْتَلَمَ فَلَمَّا أَصْبَحَ نَظَرَ إِلَى ثَوْبِهِ فَلَمْ يَرَ بِهِ شَيْئاً قَالَ« يُصَلِّي فِيهِ» قُلْتُ فَرَجُلٌ رَأَى فِي اَلْمَنَامِ أَنَّهُ اِحْتَلَمَ فَلَمَّا قَامَ وَجَدَ بَلَلاً قَلِيلاً عَلَى طَرَفِ ذَكَرِهِ قَالَ« لَيْسَ عَلَيْهِ اَلْغُسْلُ إِنَّ عَلِيّاً عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ كَانَ يَقُولُ« إِنَّمَا اَلْغُسْلُ مِنَ اَلْمَاءِ اَلْأَكْبَرِ»».
Al-Husayn bin Saeed, from Fadalah, from Al-Husayn bin Uthman, from Ibn Muskan, from Anbasah bin Mus'ab, who said: I said to Abu Abdullah عليه السلام regarding a man who experienced a wet dream, and when he woke up in the morning, he looked at his garment and did not find anything on it. Imam عليه السلام said: "He may pray in it." I said: “What about a man who saw in a dream that he experienced a wet dream, and when he got up, he found a small amount of wetness on the tip of his private part?” Imam عليه السلام said: "Ghusl is not required for him. Indeed, (Imam) Ali عليه السلام used to say: 'Ghusl is only required for the greater discharge of fluid.'"
  • Ali Akbar al-Ghaffari
    Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām fī Sharḥ al-Muqniʿah, vol. 1, p. 391
  • Shaykh Baqir al-Behbudi
    Ṣaḥīḥ al-Tahdhīb, p. 74