Chapter on Rules of Janabah and Methods of Purification
Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām|Volume 1|Book 1|Chapter 6
مَا أَخْبَرَنِي بِهِ اَلشَّيْخُ أَيَّدَهُ اَللَّهُ تَعَالَى عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ اَلْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ اَلْحَسَنِ بْنِ أَبَانٍ عَنِ اَلْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ بَزِيعٍ قَالَ: كَتَبْتُ إِلَى مَنْ يَسْأَلُهُ عَنِ اَلْغَدِيرِ يَجْتَمِعُ فِيهِ مَاءُ اَلسَّمَاءِ أَوْ يُسْتَقَى فِيهِ مِنْ بِئْرٍ فَيَسْتَنْجِي فِيهِ اَلْإِنْسَانُ مِنْ بَوْلٍ أَوْ يَغْتَسِلُ فِيهِ اَلْجُنُبُ مَا حَدُّهُ اَلَّذِي لاَ يَجُوزُ فَكَتَبَ« لاَ تَوَضَّأْ مِنْ مِثْلِ هَذَا إِلاَّ مِنْ ضَرُورَةٍ إِلَيْهِ».
Narrated by the Shaykh (Al-Mufid), may Allah سبحانه وتعالى support him, from Ahmad ibn Muhammad, from his father, from al-Husayn ibn al-Hasan ibn Aban, from al-Husayn ibn Sa'id, from Muhammad ibn Isma'il ibn Bazi', who said:
I wrote to someone to ask Imam عليه السلام about a pond in which rainwater gathers or water is drawn into from a well, and a person uses it for istinja (washing after urination) or a junub person bathes in it. What is the limit (of water) that makes it impermissible? Imam عليه السلام wrote: "Do not perform wudu from such water except in case of necessity."
- Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām fī Sharḥ al-Muqniʿah, vol. 1, p. 157
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