Chapter on Water and Its Rules
Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām|Volume 1|Book 1|Chapter 21
اَلْعَمْرَكِيُّ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ عَنْ أَخِيهِ مُوسَى بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ عَلَيْهِمَا اَلسَّلاَمُ قَالَ: سَأَلْتُهُ عَنِ اَلدَّجَاجَةِ وَ اَلْحَمَامَةِ وَ أَشْبَاهِهِمَا تَطَأُ اَلْعَذِرَةَ ثُمَّ تَدْخُلُ فِي اَلْمَاءِ يُتَوَضَّأُ مِنْهُ لِلصَّلاَةِ قَالَ« لاَ إِلاَّ أَنْ يَكُونَ اَلْمَاءُ كَثِيراً قَدْرَ كُرٍّ مِنْ مَاءٍ» وَ سَأَلْتُهُ عَنِ اَلْعَظَايَةِ وَ اَلْحَيَّةِ وَ اَلْوَزَغِ تَقَعُ فِي اَلْمَاءِ فَلاَ يَمُوتُ أَ يُتَوَضَّأُ مِنْهُ لِلصَّلاَةِ قَالَ« لاَ بَأْسَ بِهِ» وَ سَأَلْتُهُ عَنْ فَأْرَةٍ وَقَعَتْ فِي حُبِّ دُهْنٍ فَأُخْرِجَتْ قَبْلَ أَنْ تَمُوتَ أَيَبِيعُهُ مِنْ مُسْلِمٍ قَالَ« نَعَمْ وَ يَدَّهِنُ مِنْهُ».
I asked Imam عليه السلام about chickens, pigeons, and similar birds that step on feces and then enter water - can one perform wudu (ablution) with it for prayer? Imam عليه السلام said: "No, unless the water is abundant, measuring a kurr." I also asked Imam عليه السلام about lizards, snakes, and geckos that fall into water but do not die - can one perform wudu with it for prayer? Imam عليه السلام said: "There is no harm." I further asked Imam عليه السلام about a mouse that falls into a container of oil but is taken out before it dies - can it be sold to a Muslim? Imam عليه السلام said: "Yes, and it may also be used for applying oil."
- Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām fī Sharḥ al-Muqniʿah, vol. 1, p. 444
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