Chapter on Tayammum (dry ablution) and Its Rules
Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām|Volume 1|Book 1|Chapter 20
عَنْهُ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سِنَانٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ بْنِ مُسْكَانَ وَ فَضَالَةَ عَنِ اَلْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ عُثْمَانَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ بْنِ مُسْكَانَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدٍ اَلْحَلَبِيِّ قَالَ: قُلْتُ لِأَبِي عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ اَلْجُنُبُ يَكُونُ مَعَهُ اَلْمَاءُ اَلْقَلِيلُ فَإِنْ هُوَ اِغْتَسَلَ بِهِ خَافَ اَلْعَطَشَ أَ يَغْتَسِلُ بِهِ أَوْ يَتَيَمَّمُ قَالَ« بَلْ يَتَيَمَّمُ وَ كَذَلِكَ إِذَا أَرَادَ اَلْوُضُوءَ».
From him, from Muhammad ibn Sinan, from Abdullah ibn Muskan, and Fadala, from Al-Husayn ibn Uthman, from Abdullah ibn Muskan, from Muhammad Al-Halabi, who said:
I said to Abu Abdullah عليه السلام: "A junub (one in a state of major ritual impurity) has a small amount of water with him, and if he uses it for ghusl (ritual purification), he fears thirst. Should he perform ghusl with it or perform tayammum (dry ablution)?" Imam عليه السلام said: "Rather, he should perform tayammum, and the same applies if he intends to perform wudu (ablution)."
- Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām fī Sharḥ al-Muqniʿah, vol. 1, p. 429
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Tahdhīb, p. 106