Chapter on Rules of Janabah and Methods of Purification
Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām|Volume 1|Book 1|Chapter 6
وَ أَخْبَرَنِي اَلشَّيْخُ أَيَّدَهُ اَللَّهُ تَعَالَى عَنْ أَبِي اَلْقَاسِمِ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ يَعْقُوبَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ اَلْحَكَمِ عَنِ اَلْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ أَبِي اَلْعَلاَءِ قَالَ: سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ عَنِ اَلرَّجُلِ يَرَى فِي اَلْمَنَامِ حَتَّى يَجِدَ اَلشَّهْوَةَ وَ هُوَ يَرَى أَنَّهُ قَدِ اِحْتَلَمَ وَ إِذَا اِسْتَيْقَظَ لَمْ يَرَ فِي ثَوْبِهِ اَلْمَاءَ وَ لاَ فِي جَسَدِهِ قَالَ« لَيْسَ عَلَيْهِ اَلْغُسْلُ» وَ قَالَ« كَانَ عَلِيٌّ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ يَقُولُ« إِنَّمَا اَلْغُسْلُ مِنَ اَلْمَاءِ اَلْأَكْبَرِ فَإِذَا رَأَى فِي مَنَامِهِ وَ لَمْ يَرَ اَلْمَاءَ اَلْأَكْبَرَ فَلَيْسَ عَلَيْهِ غُسْلٌ»».
Narrated by the Shaykh (Al-Mufid), may Allah سبحانه وتعالى support him, narrated to me from Abu al-Qasim Ja’far ibn Muhammad, from Muhammad ibn Ya’qub, from Muhammad ibn Yahya, from Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Isa, from Ali ibn al-Hakam, from al-Husayn ibn Abi al-‘Ala, who said:
I asked Abu Abdullah عليه السلام about a man who experiences pleasure in his sleep, seeing in his dream that he has had a wet dream, but when he wakes up, he does not find any seminal fluid on his clothes or body. Imam عليه السلام said: 'There is no ghusl required for him.' Imam عليه السلام also said: '(Imam) Ali عليه السلام used to say: "Ghusl is only required due to al-ma’ al-akbar (seminal fluid). Therefore, if one dreams but does not find al-ma’ al-akbar, ghusl is not required."'"
- Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām fī Sharḥ al-Muqniʿah, vol. 1, p. 125
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