Al-Kafi · Hadith 1

The Book of Taharat (Cleansing) · Certain Fluid, Which Is Other than Urine and Semen · Volume 3, book 1, chapter 25, Hadith 1

Original Arabic text

1ـ عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ حَمَّادٍ عَنْ حَرِيزٍ عَنْ زُرَارَةَ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ الْسَّلام) قَالَ إِنْ سَالَ مِنْ ذَكَرِكَ شَيْ‏ءٌ مِنْ مَذْيٍ أَوْ وَدْيٍ وَأَنْتَ فِي الصَّلاَةِ فَلاَ تَغْسِلْهُ وَلاَ تَقْطَعِ الصَّلاَةَ وَلاَ تَنْقُضْ لَهُ الْوُضُوءَ وَإِنْ بَلَغَ عَقِيبَكَ فَإِنَّمَا ذَلِكَ بِمَنْزِلَةِ النُّخَامَةِ وَكُلُّ شَيْ‏ءٍ يَخْرُجُ مِنْكَ بَعْدَ الْوُضُوءِ فَإِنَّهُ مِنَ الْحَبَائِلِ أَوْ مِنَ الْبَوَاسِيرِ وَلَيْسَ بِشَيْ‏ءٍ فَلاَ تَغْسِلْهُ مِنْ ثَوْبِكَ إِلاَّ أَنْ تُقْذِرَهُ.

Published English translation

1. Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father from Hammad from Hariz from Zurarah who has said the following: “Once abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), said, ‘If certain fluids (called al-Madhiy or Wadiy) other than semen and urine come out of your urethra during Salah (prayer), you do not have to wash them or discontinue your Salah (prayer); nor do they invalidate Wudu’ even if such fluids reach up to your backside. It is like nasal mucus. Everything like this that may come out from you after Wudu’ is of secreted lubricants or Hemorrhoids, and they do not matter and it is not necessary to wash unless they are dirty.’”

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Attributed scholarly assessments

Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi: حسن

Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (13/123)

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Shaykh Baqir al-Behbudi: صحيح

Ṣaḥīḥ al-Kāfī, vol. 1, p. 193

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