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
عَنْهُ عَنْ أَبِي يَحْيَى اَلْوَاسِطِيِّ عَنْ بَعْضِ أَصْحَابِهِ عَنْ أَبِي اَلْحَسَنِ اَلْهَاشِمِيِّ قَالَ: سُئِلَ عَنِ اَلرِّجَالِ يَقُومُونَ عَلَى اَلْحَوْضِ فِي اَلْحَمَّامِ لاَ أَعْرِفُ اَلْيَهُودِيَّ مِنَ اَلنَّصْرَانِيِّ وَ لاَ اَلْجُنُبَ مِنْ غَيْرِ اَلْجُنُبِ قَالَ« تَغْتَسِلُ مِنْهُ وَ لاَ تَغْتَسِلُ مِنْ مَاءٍ آخَرَ فَإِنَّهُ طَهُورٌ» وَ عَنِ اَلرَّجُلِ يَدْخُلُ اَلْحَمَّامَ وَ هُوَ جُنُبٌ فَيَمَسُّ اَلْمَاءَ مِنْ غَيْرِ أَنْ يَغْسِلَهَا قَالَ« لاَ بَأْسَ» وَ قَالَ أَدْخُلُ اَلْحَمَّامَ فَأَغْتَسِلُ فَيُصِيبُ جَسَدِي بَعْدَ اَلْغُسْلِ جُنُباً أَوْ غَيْرَ جُنُبٍ قَالَ« لاَ بَأْسَ».
From him, from Abu Yahya Al-Wasiti, from one of his companions, from Abu Al-Hasan Al-Hashimi, who said:
Imam عليه السلام was asked about men standing by the pool in the bathhouse, where it is not possible to distinguish a Jew from a Christian, or someone in a state of janabah from someone not in janabah. Imam عليه السلام said: "You may perform ghusl from it and do not need to use other water, for it is pure." And Imam عليه السلام said regarding a man who enters the bathhouse in a state of janabah and touches the water without washing himself first. Imam عليه السلام said: "There is no harm." And Imam عليه السلام was asked: "I enter the bathhouse and perform ghusl, but afterward my body is touched by someone in janabah or someone not in janabah." Imam عليه السلام said: "There is no harm."
- Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām fī Sharḥ al-Muqniʿah, vol. 1, p. 400
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