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)
مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَلِيِّ بْنِ مَحْبُوبٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ إِسْمَاعِيلَ اَلْهَاشِمِيِّ عَنْ عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ بْنِ اَلْحَسَنِ عَنْ جَدِّهِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ عَنْ أَخِيهِ مُوسَى بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ عَلَيْهِمَا اَلسَّلاَمُ قَالَ: سَأَلْتُهُ عَنِ اَلرَّجُلِ يُصِيبُ اَلْمَاءَ فِي اَلسَّاقِيَةِ أَوْ مُسْتَنْقَعاً فَيَتَخَوَّفُ أَنْ يَكُونَ اَلسِّبَاعُ قَدْ شَرِبَتْ مِنْهَا يَغْتَسِلُ مِنْهُ لِلْجَنَابَةِ وَ يَتَوَضَّأُ مِنْهُ لِلصَّلاَةِ إِذَا كَانَ لاَ يَجِدُ غَيْرَهُ وَاَلْمَاءُ لاَ يَبْلُغُ صَاعاً لِلْجَنَابَةِ وَ لاَ مُدّاً لِلْوُضُوءِ وَ هُوَ مُتَفَرِّقٌ كَيْفَ يَصْنَعُ قَالَ« إِذَا كَانَ كَفُّهُ نَظِيفَةً فَلْيَأْخُذْ كَفّاً مِنَ اَلْمَاءِ بِيَدٍ وَاحِدَةٍ وَ لْيَنْضِحْهُ خَلْفَهُ وَ عَنْ أَمَامِهِ وَ عَنْ يَمِينِهِ وَ عَنْ يَسَارِهِ فَإِنْ خَشِيَ أَنْ لاَ يَكْفِيَهُ غَسَلَ رَأْسَهُ ثَلاَثَ مَرَّاتٍ ثُمَّ مَسَحَ جِلْدَهُ بِيَدِهِ فَإِنَّ ذَلِكَ يُجْزِيهِ إِنْ شَاءَ اَللَّهُ تَعَالَى».
Muhammad bin Ali bin Mahbub, from Muhammad bin Ahmad bin Ismail Al-Hashimi, from Abdullah bin Al-Hasan, from his grandfather Ali bin Ja'far, from his brother Imam Musa bin Ja'far عليه السلام, said:
I asked Imam عليه السلام about a man who finds water in a stream or a stagnant pool and fears that wild animals may have drunk from it. Can he perform ghusl for janabah and wudu for prayer with it if he cannot find any other water, and the water does not amount to a sa‘ for janabah or a mudd for wudu, and it is scattered? What should he do? Imam عليه السلام said: "If his hand is clean, let him take a handful of water with one hand and sprinkle it behind him, in front of him, to his right, and to his left. If he fears that it will not be sufficient, let him wash his head three times, then wipe his skin with his hand. That will suffice him, Allah سبحانه وتعالى willing."
- Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām fī Sharḥ al-Muqniʿah, vol. 1, p. 390
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