Al-Kafi · Hadith 3

The Book of Taharat (Cleansing) · One after Carnal Relation Sweats in His Clothes, Clothes Touch His Wet Body · Volume 3, book 1, chapter 34, Hadith 3

Original Arabic text

3ـ عِدَّةٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ عَنِ الْقَاسِمِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي حَمْزَةَ قَالَ سُئِلَ أَبُو عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ الْسَّلام) وَأَنَا حَاضِرٌ عَنْ رَجُلٍ أَجْنَبَ فِي ثَوْبِهِ فَيَعْرَقُ فِيهِ فَقَالَ مَا أَرَى بِهِ بَأْساً فَقِيلَ إِنَّهُ يَعْرَقُ حَتَّى لَوْ شَاءَ أَنْ يَعْصِرَهُ عَصَرَهُ قَالَ فَقَطَّبَ أَبُو عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ الْسَّلام) فِي وَجْهِ الرَّجُلِ وَقَالَ إِنْ أَبَيْتُمْ فَشَيْ‏ءٌ مِنْ مَاءٍ يَنْضَحُهُ بِهِ.

Published English translation

3. A number of our people have narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from al-Husayn ibn Sa‘id from al-Qasim ibn Muhammad from Ali ibn abu Hamzah who has said the following: “Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), once was asked, when I was present, about a man who has experienced sexual relation and perspires in his clothes. He (the Imam) said, ‘I do not find anything harmful in it.’ Someone then said, ‘His perspiration is so much that he can wring it out.’ He (the narrator) said that abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), then glared at the man’s face and said, ‘If you do not mind, in such case, he can use some water to wash it away.’””

Narrator and transmission

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Attributed scholarly assessments

Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi: ضعيف على المشهور

Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (3/153)

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

Ṣaḥīḥ al-Kāfī

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