Chapter on the Description of Ablution (Wudu)

Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām|Volume 1|Book 1|Chapter 4
Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām

Book 1, Chapter 4

Chapter on the Description of Ablution (Wudu)

وَ أَخْبَرَنِي اَلشَّيْخُ أَيَّدَهُ اَللَّهُ تَعَالَى عَنْ أَبِي اَلْقَاسِمِ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ يَعْقُوبَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ اَلْحَكَمِ عَنْ سَيْفِ بْنِ عَمِيرَةَ عَنْ أَبِي بَكْرٍ اَلْحَضْرَمِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ قَالَ:« لَيْسَ عَلَيْكَ اِسْتِنْشَاقٌ وَ لاَ مَضْمَضَةٌ لِأَنَّهُمَا مِنَ اَلْجَوْفِ».
The Shaykh (Al-Mufid), may Allah سبحانه وتعالى support him, informed me from Abu al-Qasim Jaʿfar ibn Muhammad, from Muhammad ibn Yaʿqub, from Muhammad ibn Yahya, from Ahmad ibn Muhammad, from Ali ibn al-Hakam, from Sayf ibn ʿUmayrah, from Abu Bakr al-Hadrami, from Abu Abdullah عليه السلام, who said: Imam عليه السلام said: "You are not required to sniff water (Istinshaq) or rinse your mouth (Madmada), as they pertain to the inner body."
  • Ali Akbar al-Ghaffari
    Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām fī Sharḥ al-Muqniʿah, vol. 1, p. 81
  • Shaykh Baqir al-Behbudi
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