Chapter on Obligatory and Recommended Ritual Washing
Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām|Volume 1|Book 1|Chapter 5
مَا أَخْبَرَنِي بِهِ اَلشَّيْخُ أَيَّدَهُ اَللَّهُ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ اَلْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ اَلْحَسَنِ بْنِ أَبَانٍ عَنِ اَلْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ حَمَّادٍ عَنْ حَرِيزٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ مُسْلِمٍ عَنْ أَحَدِهِمَا عَلَيْهِمَا اَلسَّلاَمُ قَالَ:« اَلْغُسْلُ فِي سَبْعَةَ عَشَرَ مَوْطِناً لَيْلَةِ سَبْعَ عَشْرَةَ مِنْ شَهْرِ رَمَضَانَ وَ هِيَ لَيْلَةُ« اِلْتَقَى اَلْجَمْعٰانِ» وَ لَيْلَةِ تِسْعَ عَشْرَةَ وَ فِيهَا يُكْتَبُ اَلْوَفْدُ وَفْدُ اَلسَّنَةِ وَ لَيْلَةِ إِحْدَى وَ عِشْرِينَ وَ هِيَ اَللَّيْلَةُ اَلَّتِي أُصِيبَ فِيهَا أَوْصِيَاءُ اَلْأَنْبِيَاءِ وَ فِيهَا رُفِعَ عِيسَى اِبْنُ مَرْيَمَ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ وَقُبِضَ مُوسَى عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ وَ لَيْلَةِ ثَلاَثٍ وَعِشْرِينَ يُرْجَى فِيهَا لَيْلَةُ اَلْقَدْرِ وَ يَوْمَيِ اَلْعِيدَيْنِ وَإِذَا دَخَلْتَ اَلْحَرَمَيْنِ وَيَوْمِ تُحْرِمُ وَيَوْمِ اَلزِّيَارَةِ وَ يَوْمِ تَدْخُلُ اَلْبَيْتَ وَ يَوْمِ اَلتَّرْوِيَةِ وَ يَوْمِ عَرَفَةَ وَإِذَا غَسَّلْتَ مَيِّتاً أَوْ كَفَّنْتَهُ أَوْ مَسِسْتَهُ بَعْدَ مَا يَبْرُدُ وَ يَوْمِ اَلْجُمُعَةِ وَ غُسْلُ اَلْجَنَابَةِ فَرِيضَةٌ وَ غُسْلُ اَلْكُسُوفِ إِذَا اِحْتَرَقَ اَلْقُرْصُ كُلُّهُ فَاغْتَسِلْ.
Narrated by the Shaykh (Al-Mufid), may Allah سبحانه وتعالى support him, narrated to me from Ahmad ibn Muhammad, from his father, from al-Husayn ibn al-Hasan ibn Aban, from al-Husayn ibn Sa’id, from Hammad, from Hariz, from Muhammad ibn Muslim, from one of the Imams عليه السلام, who said:
Imam عليه السلام said: "The ghusl (ritual bath) is prescribed for seventeen occasions: The night of the 17th of Ramadan, which is the night of 'the meeting of the two hosts.' The night of the 19th, during which the annual records are written. The night of the 21st, the night in which the successors of the prophets were afflicted, during which Jesus son of Mary عليه السلام was raised to the heavens, and Moses عليه السلام passed away. The night of the 23rd, in which the Night of Decree (Laylat al-Qadr) is hoped for. The two Eid days (Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha). When you enter the two sacred sanctuaries (Mecca and Medina). The day you enter into ihram. The day of visitation (ziyarah). The day you enter the Kaaba. The day of Tarwiyah (8th of Dhul-Hijjah). The day of Arafah. When you wash a deceased person, shroud them, or touch them after they have cooled. On Fridays. The ghusl for janabah, which is obligatory. The ghusl for a solar eclipse (kusuf) when the entire disk is darkened - then you should perform ghusl."
- Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām fī Sharḥ al-Muqniʿah, vol. 1, p. 120
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