Chapter on the Description of Ablution (Wudu)
Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām|Volume 1|Book 1|Chapter 4
وَ أَخْبَرَنِي اَلشَّيْخُ أَيَّدَهُ اَللَّهُ تَعَالَى قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي أَبُو اَلْقَاسِمِ جَعْفَرُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ يَعْقُوبَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ يَحْيَى عَنِ اَلْعَمْرَكِيِّ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ عَنْ أَخِيهِ مُوسَى بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ قَالَ: سَأَلْتُهُ عَنِ اَلْمَرْأَةِ عَلَيْهَا اَلسِّوَارُ وَ اَلدُّمْلُجُ فِي بَعْضِ ذِرَاعِهَا لاَ تَدْرِي أَ يَجْرِي اَلْمَاءُ تَحْتَهُمَا أَمْ لاَ كَيْفَ تَصْنَعُ إِذَا تَوَضَّأَتْ أَوِ اِغْتَسَلَتْ قَالَ قَالَ« تُحَرِّكُهُ حَتَّى تُدْخِلَ اَلْمَاءَ تَحْتَهُ أَوْ تَنْزِعُهُ» وَ عَنِ اَلْخَاتَمِ اَلضَّيِّقِ لاَ يَدْرِي هَلْ يَجْرِي اَلْمَاءُ تَحْتَهُ إِذَا تَوَضَّأَ أَمْ لاَ كَيْفَ يَصْنَعُ قَالَ «إِنْ عَلِمَ أَنَّ اَلْمَاءَ لاَ يَدْخُلُهُ فَلْيُخْرِجْهُ إِذَا تَوَضَّأَ».
The Shaykh (Al-Mufid), may Allah سبحانه وتعالى support him, informed me, saying: Abu al-Qasim Jaʿfar ibn Muhammad reported to me, from Muhammad ibn Yaʿqub, from Muhammad ibn Yahya, from al-Amraki, from Ali ibn Jaʿfar, from his brother Imam Musa ibn Jaʿfar, who said:
I asked Imam عليه السلام about a woman wearing bracelets or armlets on part of her forearm, unsure whether water reaches underneath them when she performs ablution (Wuduʾ) or Ghusl. Imam عليه السلام said: "She should move them so that the water reaches underneath, or she should remove them." I also asked Imam عليه السلام about a tight ring, where one does not know if water reaches underneath it during ablution. What should be done? Imam عليه السلام said: "If it is known that water does not reach underneath, then it must be removed during ablution."
- Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām fī Sharḥ al-Muqniʿah, vol. 1, p. 88
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