 The Cleansing Quality of Water

The Quantity of Water that Always Remains Clean

The Case of a Small Quantity of Water, the Water with a Dead Body in it and its use by a Man to Wash His Dirty Hand in it

The Case of a Well and Things that May Fall in It (Fatwa best explains Ahadith 2-12 as well as the following chapter.)

A Well near a Cesspool

Taking Wudu’ With Water from Which Animals, Beasts and Birds Have Drunk

Taking Wudu’ with the Water from Which a Woman during Her Hayd (menses), People After Having Carnal Relations, a Jew, a Christian or a Person Hostile toward ’A’immah Has Drunk (Fatwa best explains Ahadith 4-6 of this chapter.)

A Man Places His Hand in the Water before Washing, the Limit of Washing Hands Because of Carnal Relations, Urination, Feces and Sleeping

Mixing of Rain Water with Urine, with Water Used for Taking Ghusl (bath) Because of Carnal Relations, Touching of One’s Cloth with Water Used for Washing Because of Urine

Water of Bath Houses and Water Heated by the Sun’s Rays

Places Not Desirable to Use as a Lavatory

Expressions to Say When Entering a Lavatory and When Coming Out

Draining Urine, Washing and If One Does Not Find Water

The Quantity of Water Required for Wudu’, Showers and One Who Is Excessive in the Use of Water for Wudu’

Brushing One’s Teeth

Rinsing One’s Mouth and Nostrils

Description of Wudu’

The Area of the Face and Hands to be Washed for Wudu’

Wiping of Head and Feet

Wiping Over the Shoes

Bandages and Wounds

Facing Doubts about Wudu’ Forgetting or Mixing Proper Order

Matters that Invalidate or Do not Invalidate Wudu’

One’s Stepping over Feces or Other Such Things

Certain Fluid, Which Is Other than Urine and Semen

Kinds of Ghusl (bath)

Matters Covered by Ghusl (bath)

Necessity of Ghusl (bath) on Friday

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)

Reason Necessitating Ghusl (bath) for Men and Women

Wet Dreams of Men and Women

Finding Fluid Coming Out after Ghusl (bath)

One after Carnal Relations Eats, Drinks, Reads, Enters a Masjid, Dyes Hair, Uses Fragrance and So On

One after Carnal Relation Sweats in His Clothes, Clothes Touch His Wet Body

Semen or Al-Madhiy Comes in Contact with One’s Clothes or Body

Urine Comes in Contact with One’s Clothes or Body

Urine of Animals and Their Dung

Clothes Come in Contact with Blood and Pus

Dogs Touching Clothes, Body and So On

Description of Tayammum

When Tayammum Is Necessary and Finding Water Thereafter

One’s having Little Water on a Journey but Is Afraid of Facing Thirst

One’s Experiencing Carnal Relations and Having Only Ice

Taking Tayammum with Clay

Bandages, Injuries, One’s Suffering from Smallpox and or Experiencing Carnal Relations

Rare Ahadith about Wudu’

Chapters on Hayd (menses)

Minimum and Maximum Duration of Hayd

Women’s Experiencing Hayd After or Before Their Date of Hayd

Women Observe Yellowish Blood Before or After Hayd (menses)

First Time Hayd (menses)

Examining if Hayd (menses) has Ended or Not

Taking Ghusl (bath) Because of Hayd and the Kind of Water Needed

Women Find Blood after Sexual Relation

Comprehensive Instructions About Hayd (menses) and Istihadah (irregular menses)

Signs for Differentiating Between Blood of Hayd and Istihadah

Differentiating Among Blood of Hayd, Virginity or a Wound

Pregnant Woman Finds Blood

Blood Because of Childbirth

Blood Discharge after a Woman’s Experiencing Discharge-Free Period after Childbirth and Blood Discharge before Birth or after Childbirth

Matters Necessary for Women during Hayd at the Times of Salah (prayer)

Women Find Hayd Blood after the Coming of the Time for a Salah (Prayer) Before Performing It Or Become Clean Before the Coming of the Time for a Salah (Prayer) But Are Too Lazy for Ghusl (bath)

Women Feel Hayd during Salah (Prayer)

Women Must Make-up-for Fasting Because of Hayd but Not Salah (Prayer) 

Women’s Reading the Holy Quran During Hayd or Child-birth 

Women during Hayd Can Pick up Things from a Masjid but Must Not Leave Anything Therein

Women’s Hayd (menses) Stops, Comes Again and the Time of Menopause

Women’s Using Medicine to Have Hayd (menses) after It Stops 

Using Dye during Hayd (menses) 

Washing Clothes of Women during Hayd 

Women During Hayd Pick up Prayer Rug or Water 

Causes of Death and that Believing People May Die by any Manner of Dying 

The Reward for a Person Suffering from Illness 

Another Section on the Same Subject 

The Limits of Complaints 

A Patient’s Giving Permission to His Visitors 

How Often a Patient Should Be Visited, How Long the Duration of Visitation Should Be and Complete Visit 

The Limit of a Sudden Death 

The Virtue (Reward) of Visiting a Patient 

Dictations to a Dying Person

Difficulty in Dying (If Dying Becomes Difficult and the Agony of Death Intense) 

Facing the Dying Person Toward Qiblah

A Believing Person Is Not Caused to Die Against His Will

Things that Believers and Unbelievers See in Dying Conditions

Taking out of the Souls of Believing and Unbelievers

Burial Should Take Place Immediately

Rare Ahadith

Women during Hayd Nurse a Patient (The following chapters are about rules of washing a dead body for burial, shrouding and other matters of burial, and are best explained in the form of fatwa. Consult current fatwa about them.)

Washing a Dead Body

Hunut (Rubbing Camphor) on a Dead Body and Shrouding

Shrouding a Deceased Women

Undesirability of Perfuming the Shroud or Warming Water for Washing Dead Bodies

The Desirable Pieces of Shroud and the Undesirable Ones

The Amount of Water Needed for Ghusl (bath) of a Deceased Person

The Two Fresh Al-Jaridah (Twigs of Palm Tree)

Persons Dead Without Shower Due to Carnal Relations Hayd or Child Birth Reasons

Chapter 26- Dead Woman with a Baby Moving Inside Her

Cutting of Nails and Hairs of Dead Person Undesirable

Things Coming Out of a Dead Body after Ghusl (bath)

Washing of Persons of opposite Gender

1ـ عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ حَفْصِ بْنِ الْبَخْتَرِيِّ قَالَ دَخَلَتْ عَلَى أَبِي عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ الْسَّلام) امْرَأَةٌ فَسَأَلَتْهُ عَنِ الْمَرْأَةِ يَسْتَمِرُّ بِهَا الدَّمُ فَلاَ تَدْرِي حَيْضٌ هُوَ أَوْ غَيْرُهُ قَالَ فَقَالَ لَهَا إِنَّ دَمَ الْحَيْضِ حَارٌّ عَبِيطٌ أَسْوَدُ لَهُ دَفْعٌ وَحَرَارَةٌ وَدَمَ الاسْتِحَاضَةِ أَصْفَرُ بَارِدٌ فَإِذَا كَانَ لِلدَّمِ حَرَارَةٌ وَدَفْعٌ وَسَوَادٌ فَلْتَدَعِ الصَّلاَةَ قَالَ فَخَرَجَتْ وَهِيَ تَقُولُ وَالله أَنْ لَوْ كَانَ امْرَأَةً مَا زَادَ عَلَى هَذَا.

1. Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father from Ibn Abi ‘Umayr from Hafs ibn af-Bakhtariy who has said the following: “Once a woman came to abu ’Abd Allah (a.s.), and asked about the case of a woman who experiences blood discharge which does not stop and she does not know whether it is Hayd (menses) or something else. He (the narrator) has said that he (the Imam) then said, ‘Blood discharged because of Hayd (menses) is hot, thick and of black color. It comes with pressure and hotness. Blood discharge because of Istihadah (irregular menses) is of yellow color and cold. If blood discharged is hot, comes with pressure and it is of black color, she must stop performing Salah (prayer).’ He (the narrator) said that she left saying, ‘By Allah, were it a woman she could not explain it any better than what he (the Imam) did.’” 

2ـ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ عَنِ الْفَضْلِ بْنِ شَاذَانَ عَنْ حَمَّادِ بْنِ عِيسَى وَابْنِ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ جَمِيعاً عَنْ مُعَاوِيَةَ بْنِ عَمَّارٍ قَالَ قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ الْسَّلام) إِنَّ دَمَ الاسْتِحَاضَةِ وَالْحَيْضِ لَيْسَ يَخْرُجَانِ مِنْ مَكَانٍ وَاحِدٍ إِنَّ دَمَ الاسْتِحَاضَةِ بَارِدٌ وَدَمَ الْحَيْضِ حَارٌّ.

2. Muhammad ibn ’Isma‘il has narrated from al-Fadl ibn Shadhan from Hammad ibn ‘Isa and Ibn Abi ‘Umayr all from Mu‘awiyah ibn ‘Ammar who has said the following: “Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said, ‘Blood discharge because of Istihadah (irregular menses) and Hayd (menses) does not come from the same place. Blood discharge because of Istihadah (irregular menses) is cold, and because of Hayd (menses) it is hot.’” 

3ـ عِدَّةٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْحَكَمِ عَنْ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ جَرِيرٍ قَالَ سَأَلَتْنِي امْرَأَةٌ مِنَّا أَنْ أُدْخِلَهَا عَلَى أَبِي عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ الْسَّلام) فَاسْتَأْذَنْتُ لَهَا فَأَذِنَ لَهَا فَدَخَلَتْ وَمَعَهَا مَوْلاَةٌ لَهَا فَقَالَتْ لَهُ يَا أَبَا عَبْدِ الله قَوْلُهُ تَعَالَى زَيْتُونَةٍ لا شَرْقِيَّةٍ وَلا غَرْبِيَّةٍ مَا عَنَى بِهَذَا فَقَالَ لَهَا أَيَّتُهَا الْمَرْأَةُ إِنَّ الله تَعَالَى لَمْ يَضْرِبِ الأمْثَالَ لِلشَّجَرَةِ إِنَّمَا ضَرَبَ الأمْثَالَ لِبَنِي آدَمَ سَلِي عَمَّا تُرِيدِينَ قَالَتْ أَخْبِرْنِي عَنِ اللَّوَاتِي بِاللَّوَاتِي مَا حَدُّهُنَّ فِيهِ قَالَ حَدُّ الزِّنَا إِنَّهُ إِذَا كَانَ يَوْمُ الْقِيَامَةِ أُتِيَ بِهِنَّ وَأُلْبِسْنَ مُقَطَّعَاتٍ مِنْ نَارٍ وَقُمِعْنَ بِمَقَامِعَ مِنْ نَارٍ وَسُرْبِلْنَ مِنَ النَّارِ وَأُدْخِلَ فِي أَجْوَافِهِنَّ إِلَى رُءُوسِهِنَّ أَعْمِدَةٌ مِنْ نَارٍ وَقُذِفَ بِهِنَّ فِي النَّارِ أَيَّتُهَا الْمَرْأَةُ إِنَّ أَوَّلَ مَنْ عَمِلَ هَذَا الْعَمَلَ قَوْمُ لُوطٍ وَاسْتَغْنَى الرِّجَالُ بِالرِّجَالِ فَبَقِينَ النِّسَاءُ بِغَيْرِ رِجَالٍ فَفَعَلْنَ كَمَا فَعَلَ رِجَالُهُنَّ لِيَسْتَغْنِيَ بَعْضُهُنَّ بِبَعْضٍ فَقَالَتْ لَهُ أَصْلَحَكَ الله مَا تَقُولُ فِي الْمَرْأَةِ تَحِيضُ فَتَجُوزُ أَيَّامُ حَيْضِهَا قَالَ إِنْ كَانَ حَيْضُهَا دُونَ عَشَرَةِ أَيَّامٍ اسْتَظْهَرَتْ بِيَوْمٍ وَاحِدٍ ثُمَّ هِيَ مُسْتَحَاضَةٌ قَالَتْ فَإِنَّ الدَّمَ يَسْتَمِرُّ بِهَا الشَّهْرَ وَالشَّهْرَيْنِ وَالثَّلاَثَةَ كَيْفَ تَصْنَعُ بِالصَّلاَةِ قَالَ تَجْلِسُ أَيَّامَ حَيْضِهَا ثُمَّ تَغْتَسِلُ لِكُلِّ صَلاَتَيْنِ فَقَالَتْ لَهُ إِنَّ أَيَّامَ حَيْضِهَا تَخْتَلِفُ عَلَيْهَا وَكَانَ يَتَقَدَّمُ الْحَيْضُ الْيَوْمَ وَالْيَوْمَيْنِ وَالثَّلاَثَةَ وَيَتَأَخَّرُ مِثْلَ ذَلِكَ فَمَا عِلْمُهَا بِهِ قَالَ دَمُ الْحَيْضِ لَيْسَ بِهِ خَفَاءٌ هُوَ دَمٌ حَارٌّ تَجِدُ لَهُ حُرْقَةً وَدَمُ الاسْتِحَاضَةِ دَمٌ فَاسِدٌ بَارِدٌ قَالَ فَالْتَفَتَتْ إِلَى مَوْلاَتِهَا فَقَالَتْ أَ تَرَاهُ كَانَ امْرَأَةً مَرَّةً. 

3. A number of our people have narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from Ali ibn al-Hakam from Ishaq ibn Jarir who has said the following: “Once, a woman of our family asked me to take her to abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.). I asked for permission for her and permission was granted. She went to visit abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), along with her slave-girl. She asked, ‘O abu ‘Abd Allah, what is the meaning of the words of Allah, “. 

Al-Kāfi - Volume 3

Book 2, Chapter 10