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 أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ اَلْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ اَلْحَسَنِ بْنِ أَبَانٍ عَنِ اَلْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ فَضَالَةَ عَنْ حَمَّادِ بْنِ عُثْمَانَ عَنْ حَكَمِ بْنِ حُكَيْمٍ قَالَ: سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ عَنْ غُسْلِ اَلْجَنَابَةِ فَقَالَ« أَفِضْ عَلَى كَفِّكَ اَلْيُمْنَى مِنَ اَلْمَاءِ فَاغْسِلْهَا ثُمَّ اِغْسِلْ مَا أَصَابَ جَسَدَكَ مِنْ أَذًى ثُمَّ اِغْسِلْ فَرْجَكَ وَ أَفِضْ عَلَى رَأْسِكَ وَ جَسَدِكَ فَاغْتَسِلْ فَإِنْ كُنْتَ فِي مَكَانٍ نَظِيفٍ فَلاَ يَضُرُّكَ أَلاَّ تَغْسِلَ رِجْلَيْكَ وَ إِنْ كُنْتَ فِي مَكَانٍ لَيْسَ بِنَظِيفٍ فَاغْسِلْ رِجْلَيْكَ» قُلْتُ إِنَّ اَلنَّاسَ يَقُولُونَ يَتَوَضَّأُ وُضُوءَ اَلصَّلاَةِ قَبْلَ اَلْغُسْلِ فَضَحِكَ وَ قَالَ« أَيُّ وُضُوءٍ أَنْقَى مِنَ اَلْغُسْلِ وَ أَبْلَغُ».
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 Fadalah, from Hammad ibn Uthman, from Hakam ibn Hukaym, who said:
I asked Abu Abdullah عليه السلام about the ghusl of janabah. Imam عليه السلام said: "Pour water onto your right hand and wash it, then wash off anything impure from your body, then wash your private parts. Pour water over your head and body, and perform your ghusl. If you are in a clean place, there is no harm if you do not wash your feet. However, if you are in a place that is not clean, then wash your feet." I said: "People say that one should perform wudu, like the wudu for prayer, before ghusl." Imam عليه السلام laughed and said: "What purification is more thorough and complete than ghusl?"
- Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām fī Sharḥ al-Muqniʿah, vol. 1, p. 146
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Tahdhīb, p. 70