Al-Kafi · Hadith 1

The Book of Taharat (Cleansing) · Taking Tayammum with Clay · Volume 3, book 1, chapter 44, Hadith 1

Original Arabic text

1ـ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنِ ابْنِ مَحْبُوبٍ عَنِ ابْنِ رِئَابٍ عَنْ أَبِي بَصِيرٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ الْسَّلام) قَالَ إِذَا كُنْتَ فِي حَالٍ لاَ تَقْدِرُ إِلاَّ عَلَى الطِّينِ فَتَيَمَّمْ بِهِ فَإِنَّ الله أَوْلَى بِالْعُذْرِ إِذَا لَمْ يَكُنْ مَعَكَ ثَوْبٌ جَافٌّ أَوْ لِبْدٌ تَقْدِرُ أَنْ تَنْفُضَهُ وَتَتَيَمَّمَ بِهِ. وَفِي رِوَايَةٍ أُخْرَى صَعِيدٌ طَيِّبٌ وَمَاءٌ طَهُورٌ.

Published English translation

1. Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from ibn Mahbub from ibn Ri’ab from abu Basir who has said the following: “Abu ’Abd Allah (a.s.), has said, ‘In a condition where you cannot find anything other than clay, take Tayammum with it; Allah accepts one’s inabilities. So also is the case if you do not have any dry clothes or bricks from which dust can be collected for Tayammum.’” In another Hadith it is said that soil is fine and water is purifying.”

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Attributed scholarly assessments

Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi: صحيح وآخره مرسل

Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (3/185)

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

Ṣaḥīḥ al-Kāfī

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