Al-Kafi · Hadith 1

The Book of Taharat (Cleansing) · Finding Fluid Coming Out after Ghusl (bath) · Volume 3, book 1, chapter 32, Hadith 1

Original Arabic text

1ـ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ عَبْدِ الله بْنِ مُسْكَانَ عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ خَالِدٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ الْسَّلام) قَالَ سَأَلْتُهُ عَنْ رَجُلٍ أَجْنَبَ فَاغْتَسَلَ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَبُولَ فَخَرَجَ مِنْهُ شَيْ‏ءٌ قَالَ يُعِيدُ الْغُسْلَ قُلْتُ فَالْمَرْأَةُ يَخْرُجُ مِنْهَا بَعْدَ الْغُسْلِ قَالَ لاَ تُعِيدُ قُلْتُ فَمَا فَرْقٌ بَيْنَهُمَا قَالَ لأَنَّ مَا يَخْرُجُ مِنَ الْمَرْأَةِ إِنَّمَا هُوَ مِنْ مَاءِ الرَّجُلِ.

Published English translation

1. Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from ‘Uthman ibn ‘Isa from ‘Abd Allah ibn Muskan from Sulayman ibn Khalid who has said the following: “I once asked abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), about a man who experiences a wet dream and takes Ghusl (bath) before urinating then something comes out. He (the Imam) said, ‘He must take Ghusl (bath) again.’ I then asked what happens if such thing happens to a woman. He (the Imam) said, ‘She does not need a Ghusl (bath) again.’ I then asked, ‘What is the difference?’ He (the Imam) said, ‘A discharge from a woman is because of man’s discharge.’”

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Attributed scholarly assessments

Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi: موثق

Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (13/146)

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Shaykh Baqir al-Behbudi: صحيح

Ṣaḥīḥ al-Kāfī, vol. 1, p. 199

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