Chapter on Water and Its Rules
Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām|Volume 1|Book 1|Chapter 21
مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنِ اَلْعَمْرَكِيِّ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ قَالَ: سَأَلْتُهُ عَنْ رَجُلٍ ذَبَحَ شَاةً فَاضْطَرَبَتْ فَوَقَعَتْ فِي بِئْرِ مَاءٍ وَ أَوْدَاجُهَا تَشْخُبُ دَماً هَلْ يَتَوَضَّأُ مِنْ ذَلِكَ اَلْبِئْرِ قَالَ« يَنْزَحُ مَا بَيْنَ اَلثَّلاَثِينَ إِلَى اَلْأَرْبَعِينَ دَلْواً ثُمَّ يَتَوَضَّأُ مِنْهَا وَ لاَ بَأْسَ بِهِ» قَالَ وَ سَأَلْتُهُ عَنْ رَجُلٍ ذَبَحَ دَجَاجَةً أَوْ حَمَامَةً فَوَقَعَتْ فِي بِئْرٍ هَلْ يَصْلُحُ أَنْ يَتَوَضَّأَ مِنْهَا قَالَ« يَنْزَحُ مِنْهَا دِلاَءً يَسِيرَةً ثُمَّ يَتَوَضَّأُ مِنْهَا» وَ سَأَلْتُهُ عَنْ رَجُلٍ يَسْتَقِي مِنْ بِئْرٍ فَرَعَفَ فِيهَا هَلْ يَتَوَضَّأُ مِنْهَا قَالَ« نْزَحُ مِنْهَا دِلاَءً يَسِيرَةً».
Muhammad ibn Yahya, from Al-Amraki ibn Ali, from Ali ibn Ja’far عليه السلام, who said:
I asked Imam عليه السلام about a man who slaughtered a sheep, and it thrashed about, causing it to fall into a well while its veins were still pouring blood. Can one perform wudu (ablution) from that well? Imam عليه السلام said: "He should draw between thirty to forty buckets from it, and then he may perform wudu from it, and there is no harm." I also asked Imam عليه السلام about a man who slaughtered a chicken or a pigeon, and it fell into a well. Can one perform wudu from it? Imam عليه السلام said: "He should draw a few buckets from it, and then he may perform wudu from it." I further asked Imam عليه السلام about a man who was drawing water from a well and had a nosebleed into it. Can one perform wudu from it? Imam عليه السلام said: "He should draw a few buckets from it."
- Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām fī Sharḥ al-Muqniʿah, vol. 1, p. 432
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