Al-Kafi · Hadith 6

The Book of Taharat (Cleansing) · Description of Ghusl (bath), Wudu’ Before or Thereafter and a Man’s Ghusl (bath) in an Improper Place, Expressions to Say During Taking Ghusl (bath) and Moving a Ring During Ghusl (bath) · Volume 3, book 1, chapter 29, Hadith 6

Original Arabic text

6ـ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنِ الْعَمْرَكِيِّ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ عَنْ أَخِيهِ مُوسَى بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ (عَلَيْهِ الْسَّلام) قَالَ سَأَلْتُهُ عَنِ الْمَرْأَةِ عَلَيْهَا السِّوَارُ وَالدُّمْلُجُ فِي بَعْضِ ذِرَاعِهَا لاَ تَدْرِي يَجْرِي الْمَاءُ تَحْتَهُ أَمْ لاَ كَيْفَ تَصْنَعُ إِذَا تَوَضَّأَتْ أَوِ اغْتَسَلَتْ قَالَ تُحَرِّكُهُ حَتَّى يَدْخُلَ الْمَاءُ تَحْتَهُ أَوْ تَنْزِعُهُ وَعَنِ الْخَاتَمِ الضَّيِّقِ لاَ يَدْرِي هَلْ يَجْرِي الْمَاءُ تَحْتَهُ إِذَا تَوَضَّأَ أَمْ لاَ كَيْفَ يَصْنَعُ قَالَ إِنْ عَلِمَ أَنَّ الْمَاءَ لاَ يَدْخُلُهُ فَلْيُخْرِجْهُ إِذَا تَوَضَّأَ.

Published English translation

6. Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from al-‘Amrakiy from Ali ibn Ja‘far from his brother, Musa ibn Ja‘far (a.s.), who has said the following: “I once asked him (the Imam) about a woman who wears a bracelet and there is bangle on her forearm and does not know if water reaches (her skin) under the bracelet, what should she do for Wudu’ or taking Ghusl (bath)? He (the Imam) said, ‘She must move them so that water reaches beneath or remove them.’ I then asked about a tight ring about which one is not certain if water reaches beneath when taking Wudu’. He (the Imam) said, ‘If one knows that water does not reach beneath, one must remove it when taking Wudu’.’”

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Attributed scholarly assessments

Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi: صحيح

Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (13/134)

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Shaykh Baqir al-Behbudi: Catalogue non-inclusion note (not an authenticity grade)

Ṣaḥīḥ al-Kāfī

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