Chapter on Rules of Janabah and Methods of Purification

from Muhammad ibn al-Hasan al-Saffar and Isma'il ibn Abdullah, from Ahmad ibn Muhammad, from al-Husayn ibn Sa'id, from Hammad, from Hariz, from someone who narrated to him, from Abu Abdullah عليه السلام. (Narrator said) Isma'il, the son of Abu Abdullah عليه السلام, was with him. Abu Abdullah عليه السلام said to him (Isma’il): "O my son, read the Quran." He (Isma’il) replied: "I am not in a state of ablution." Abu Abdullah عليه السلام said: "Do not touch the writing; touch the pages and read it."