Chapter on Entering the Bathhouse, Its Etiquettes, and Recommended Practices
Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām|Volume 1|Book 1|Chapter 18
Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām
Book 1, Chapter 18
Chapter on Entering the Bathhouse, Its Etiquettes, and Recommended Practices
أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنِ اِبْنِ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ أَسْلَمَ مَوْلَى عَلِيِّ بْنِ يَقْطِينٍ قَالَ: أَرَدْتُ أَنْ أَكْتُبَ إِلَى أَبِي اَلْحَسَنِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ أَسْأَلَهُ يَتَنَوَّرُ اَلرَّجُلُ وَ هُوَ جُنُبٌ قَالَ فَكَتَبَ لِيَ اِبْتِدَاءً «اَلنُّورَةُ تَزِيدُ اَلْجُنُبَ نَظَافَةً وَ لَكِنْ لاَ يُجَامِعِ اَلرَّجُلُ مُخْتَضِباً وَ لاَ تُجَامَعِ اِمْرَأَةٌ مُخْتَضِبَةٌ».
Ahmad bin Muhammad, from Ibn Abi Umayr, from Aslam, the servant of Ali bin Yaqtin, who said:
I intended to write to Abu Al-Hasan عليه السلام to ask Imam عليه السلام whether a man can use depilatory paste while in a state of janabah. Imam عليه السلام wrote to me first, saying: "Depilatory paste (Nuura) increases the cleanliness of a person in janabah, but a man should not have intercourse while his hair is dyed, nor should a woman have intercourse while she is dyed.'"
- Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām fī Sharḥ al-Muqniʿah, vol. 1, p. 399
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Tahdhīb, p. 78