Chapter on Obligatory and Recommended Ritual Washing

Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām|Volume 1|Book 1|Chapter 5
Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām

Book 1, Chapter 5

Chapter on Obligatory and Recommended Ritual Washing

وَ أَخْبَرَنِي أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عُبْدُونٍ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ اَلزُّبَيْرِ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ اَلْحَسَنِ بْنِ فَضَّالٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ بْنِ زُرَارَةَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ اَلْحَلَبِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ قَالَ:« غُسْلُ اَلْجَنَابَةِ وَ اَلْحَيْضِ وَاحِدٌ» قَالَ وَ سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ عَنِ اَلْحَائِضِ عَلَيْهَا غُسْلٌ مِثْلُ غُسْلِ اَلْجُنُبِ قَالَ« نَعَمْ»
Ahmad ibn Ubdun narrated to me from Ali ibn Muhammad ibn al-Zubayr, from Ali ibn al-Hasan ibn Faddal, from Muhammad ibn Abdullah ibn Zurara, from Muhammad ibn Ali al-Halabi, from Abu Abdullah عليه السلام, who said: Imam عليه السلام said: "The ghusl (ritual bath) for janabah and menstruation is the same." He also said: "I asked Abu Abdullah عليه السلام whether a menstruating woman has to perform a ghusl similar to the ghusl for janabah." Imam عليه السلام replied: "Yes."
  • Ali Akbar al-Ghaffari
    Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām fī Sharḥ al-Muqniʿah, vol. 1, p. 110
  • Shaykh Baqir al-Behbudi
    Ṣaḥīḥ al-Tahdhīb, p. 62