Chapter on Water and Its Rules
Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām|Volume 1|Book 1|Chapter 21
اَلْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ عَنِ اِبْنِ سِنَانٍ عَنِ اِبْنِ مُسْكَانَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي صَاحِبٌ لِي ثِقَةٌ: أَنَّهُ سَأَلَ أَبَا عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ عَنِ اَلرَّجُلِ يَنْتَهِي إِلَى اَلْمَاءِ اَلْقَلِيلِ فِي اَلطَّرِيقِ فَيُرِيدُ أَنْ يَغْتَسِلَ وَ لَيْسَ مَعَهُ إِنَاءٌ وَ اَلْمَاءُ فِي وَهْدَةٍ فَإِنْ هُوَ اِغْتَسَلَ رَجَعَ غُسْلُهُ فِي اَلْمَاءِ كَيْفَ يَصْنَعُ قَالَ« يَنْضِحُ بِكَفٍّ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ وَ كَفّاً مِنْ خَلْفِهِ وَ كَفّاً عَنْ يَمِينِهِ وَ كَفّاً عَنْ شِمَالِهِ ثُمَّ يَغْتَسِلُ».
Al-Husayn ibn Sa’id, from Ibn Sinan, from Ibn Muskan, who said:
A trustworthy companion narrated to me that he asked Abu Abdullah عليه السلام about a man who comes across a small amount of water on the road and wants to perform ghusl (ritual bathing), but he has no vessel, and the water is in a low-lying area. If he performs ghusl, the water from his body will flow back into it. What should he do? Imam عليه السلام said: "He should sprinkle a handful of water in front of him, a handful behind him, a handful to his right, and a handful to his left, and then he may perform ghusl."
- Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām fī Sharḥ al-Muqniʿah, vol. 1, p. 442
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