Chapter on Instructing the Dying (Talqin al-Muhtadarin)
Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām|Volume 1|Book 1|Chapter 23
سَعْدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَنْ أَيُّوبَ بْنِ نُوحٍ عَنْ بَعْضِ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ قَالَ:« إِذَا قُطِعَ مِنَ اَلرَّجُلِ قِطْعَةٌ فَهِيَ مَيْتَةٌ فَإِذَا مَسَّهُ إِنْسَانٌ فَكُلُّ مَا كَانَ فِيهِ عَظْمٌ فَقَدْ وَجَبَ عَلَى مَنْ يَمَسُّهُ اَلْغُسْلُ فَإِنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ فِيهِ عَظْمٌ فَلاَ غُسْلَ عَلَيْهِ».
Sa'd ibn 'Abdullah narrated from Ayyub ibn Nuh, from some of our companions, from Abu 'Abdillah عليه السلام:
Imam عليه السلام said: "If a piece is severed from a man's body, it is considered a dead body (maytah). If someone touches it, then any part of it that contains bone requires ghusl for the one who touches it. However, if it does not contain bone, then no ghusl is required."
- Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām fī Sharḥ al-Muqniʿah, vol. 1, p. 455
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Tahdhīb