Al-Kafi · Hadith 1

The Book of Taharat (Cleansing) · A Man Places His Hand in the Water before Washing, the Limit of Washing Hands Because of Carnal Relations, Urination, Feces and Sleeping · Volume 3, book 1, chapter 8, Hadith 1

Original Arabic text

1ـ عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَبْدِ الله بْنِ الْمُغِيرَةِ عَنْ سَمَاعَةَ عَنْ أَبِي بَصِيرٍ عَنْهُمْ (عَلَيْهِم الْسَّلام) قَالَ إِذَا دَخَلْتَ يَدَكَ فِي الإِنَاءِ قَبْلَ أَنْ تَغْسِلَهَا فَلاَ بَأْسَ إِلاَّ أَنْ يَكُونَ أَصَابَهَا قَذَرُ بَوْلٍ أَوْ جَنَابَةٍ فَإِنْ دَخَلْتَ يَدَكَ فِي الإِنَاءِ وَفِيهَا شَيْ‏ءٌ مِنْ ذَلِكَ فَأَهْرِقْ ذَلِكَ الْمَاءَ.

Published English translation

1. Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father from ’Abd Allah ibn al-Mughirah from Sama‘ah from abu Basir the following: ‘‘(’A’immah), ‘Alayhim al-Salam, have said that it is permissible to place one’s hand in a water container before washing them, provided, urine or things from semen discharge has not reached them; otherwise, one must throw away such water.”

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Attributed scholarly assessments

Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi: حسن أو موثق

Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (13/41)

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Shaykh Baqir al-Behbudi: صحيح

Ṣaḥīḥ al-Kāfī, vol. 1, p. 177

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