Chapter on Water and Its Rules

Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām|Volume 1|Book 1|Chapter 21
Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām

Book 1, Chapter 21

Chapter on Water and Its Rules

اَلْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ كُرْدَوَيْهِ قَالَ: سَأَلْتُ أَبَا اَلْحَسَنِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ عَنْ بِئْرٍ يَدْخُلُهَا مَاءُ اَلْمَطَرِ فِيهِ اَلْبَوْلُ وَ اَلْعَذِرَةُ وَ أَبْوَالُ اَلدَّوَابِّ وَ أَرْوَاثُهَا وَ خُرْءُ اَلْكِلاَبِ قَالَ« يُنْزَحُ مِنْهَا ثَلاَثُونَ دَلْواً وَ إِنْ كَانَتْ مُبْخِرَةً».
Al-Husayn ibn Sa’id, from Muhammad ibn Abi Umair, from Kurdawiyah, who said: I asked Abu Al-Hasan عليه السلام about a well into which rainwater flows, carrying urine, feces, the urine and droppings of animals, and the excrement of dogs. Imam عليه السلام said: "Thirty buckets should be drawn from it, and if it has a bad odor, more should be drawn."
  • Ali Akbar al-Ghaffari
    Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām fī Sharḥ al-Muqniʿah, vol. 1, p. 438
  • Shaykh Baqir al-Behbudi
    Ṣaḥīḥ al-Tahdhīb