Chapter on Water and Its Rules

Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Yahya, from a man, from Dhubyan ibn Hakim, from Musa ibn Ukayl Al-Numayri, from Al-Ala ibn Sayabah, narrated from Abu Abdullah عليه السلام: Imam عليه السلام was asked regarding a narrow well into which a man falls and dies, and it is not possible to remove him from the well - can wudu (ablution) be performed with its water? Imam عليه السلام said: "Do not perform wudu from it. The well should be abandoned and treated as a grave. However, if it is possible to remove him, he should be taken out, washed, and buried." The Messenger of Allah سبحانه وتعالى (may Allah سبحانه وتعالى bless him and his family) said: "The sanctity of a Muslim, whether dead or alive, is the same."