 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 مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنِ ابْنِ مَحْبُوبٍ عَنِ الْفَضْلِ بْنِ يُونُسَ قَالَ سَأَلْتُ أَبَا الْحَسَنِ الأوَّلَ (عَلَيْهِ الْسَّلام) قُلْتُ الْمَرْأَةُ تَرَى الطُّهْرَ قَبْلَ غُرُوبِ الشَّمْسِ كَيْفَ تَصْنَعُ بِالصَّلاَةِ قَالَ إِذَا رَأَتِ الطُّهْرَ بَعْدَ مَا يَمْضِي مِنْ زَوَالِ الشَّمْسِ أَرْبَعَةُ أَقْدَامٍ فَلاَ تُصَلِّي إِلاَّ الْعَصْرَ لأَنَّ وَقْتَ الظُّهْرِ دَخَلَ عَلَيْهَا وَهِيَ فِي الدَّمِ وَخَرَجَ عَنْهَا الْوَقْتُ وَهِيَ فِي الدَّمِ فَلَمْ يَجِبْ عَلَيْهَا أَنْ تُصَلِّيَ الظُّهْرَ وَمَا طَرَحَ الله عَنْهَا مِنَ الصَّلاَةِ وَهِيَ فِي الدَّمِ أَكْثَرُ قَالَ وَإِذَا رَأَتِ الْمَرْأَةُ الدَّمَ بَعْدَ مَا يَمْضِي مِنْ زَوَالِ الشَّمْسِ أَرْبَعَةُ أَقْدَامٍ فَلْتُمْسِكْ عَنِ الصَّلاَةِ فَإِذَا طَهُرَتْ مِنَ الدَّمِ فَلْتَقْضِ صَلاَةَ الظُّهْرِ لأَنَّ وَقْتَ الظُّهْرِ دَخَلَ عَلَيْهَا وَهِيَ طَاهِرٌ وَخَرَجَ عَنْهَا وَقْتُ الظُّهْرِ وَهِيَ طَاهِرٌ فَضَيَّعَتْ صَلاَةَ الظُّهْرِ فَوَجَبَ عَلَيْهَا قَضَاؤُهَا.

1. Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from ibn Mahbub from al-Fadl ibn Yunus who has said the following: “I once asked abu al-Hassan, al-Awwal (a.s.), about the case of a woman who finds herself Hayd (menses) free just before sunset. What must she do for Salah (prayer)? He (the Imam) said, ‘If she finds herself Hayd (menses) free after four steps have passed from noon-time, she only performs al-‘Asr Salah (prayer). It is because the time for al-Dhuhr Salah (prayer) arrived when she was not Hayd (menses) free and it passed when she still was not Hayd (menses) free so it is not obligatory for her to perform al-Dhuhr Salah (prayer). It is because Allah has exempted her from Salah (prayer) when she was most of the time bleeding? He (the Imam) then said, ‘If a woman finds blood discharge after four steps from the time for al-Dhuhr passed, she must stop performing Salah (prayer). However, when she becomes Hayd (menses) free she must compensatory prayer that al-Dhuhr Salah (prayer) because it was time for al-Dhuhr when she was Hayd (menses)-free. It (time) passed while she was Hayd (menses)-free, so she lost al-Dhuhr Salah (prayer). Therefore she must compensatory prayer it.’” 

2ـ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنِ الْحَجَّالِ عَنْ ثَعْلَبَةَ عَنْ مَعْمَرِ بْنِ يَحْيَى قَالَ سَأَلْتُ أَبَا جَعْفَرٍ (عَلَيْهِ الْسَّلام) عَنِ الْحَائِضِ تَطْهُرُ عِنْدَ الْعَصْرِ تُصَلِّي الأولَى قَالَ لاَ إِنَّمَا تُصَلِّي الصَّلاَةَ الَّتِي تَطْهُرُ عِنْدَهَا.

2. Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from al-Hajjal from Tha’labah from Mu’ammar ibn Yahya who has said the following: “I once asked abu Ja‘far (a.s.), about the case of a woman experiencing Hayd (menses) becomes clean at the time of al-‘Asr must she perform al-Salah (prayer) before (al-‘Asr)? He (the Imam) said, ‘No, she is required to perform only al-Salah (prayer) in the time of which she has become clean.’” 

3ـ عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ مَحْبُوبٍ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ رِئَابٍ عَنْ أَبِي عُبَيْدَةَ قَالَ إِذَا رَأَتِ الْمَرْأَةُ الطُّهْرَ وَقَدْ دَخَلَ عَلَيْهَا وَقْتُ الصَّلاَةِ ثُمَّ أَخَّرَتِ الْغُسْلَ حَتَّى تَدْخُلَ وَقْتُ صَلاَةٍ أُخْرَى كَانَ عَلَيْهَا قَضَاءُ تِلْكَ الصَّلاَةِ الَّتِي فَرَّطَتْ فِيهَا فَإِذَا طَهُرَتْ فِي وَقْتِ وُجُوبِ الصَّلاَةِ فَأَخَّرَتِ الصَّلاَةَ حَتَّى يَدْخُلَ وَقْتُ صَلاَةٍ أُخْرَى ثُمَّ رَأَتْ دَماً كَانَ عَلَيْهَا قَضَاءُ تِلْكَ الصَّلاَةِ الَّتِي فَرَّطَتْ فِيهَا.

3. Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father from ibn Mahbub from ibn Ri’ab from abu ‘ Ubaydah who has said the following: “He (the Imam) (a.s.), has said, ‘If a woman finds herself clean when it has become time for a Salah (prayer) but she delays Ghusl (bath) until it become time for another Salah (prayer), she owes Qada’ (compensatory prayer) of Salah (prayer) that is so missed. If she is clean in the time of a Salah (prayer) and delays to perform it until it becomes time of another Salah (prayer), then she experiences Hayd (menses) she owes Qada’ (compensatory prayer) of Salah (prayer) that is missed due to her neglect.’” 

4ـ ابْنُ مَحْبُوبٍ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ رِئَابٍ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ بْنِ زُرَارَةَ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ الْسَّلام) قَالَ قَالَ أَيُّمَا امْرَأَةٌ رَأَتِ الطُّهْرَ وَهِيَ قَادِرَةٌ عَلَى أَنْ تَغْتَسِلَ فِي وَقْتِ صَلاَةٍ فَفَرَّطَتْ فِيهَا حَتَّى يَدْخُلَ وَقْتُ صَلاَةٍ أُخْرَى كَانَ عَلَيْهَا قَضَاءُ تِلْكَ الصَّلاَةِ الَّتِي فَرَّطَتْ فِيهَا وَإِنْ رَأَتِ الطُّهْرَ فِي وَقْتِ صَلاَةٍ فَقَامَتْ فِي تَهْيِئَةِ ذَلِكَ فَجَازَ وَقْتُ صَلاَةٍ وَدَخَلَ وَقْتُ صَلاَةٍ أُخْرَى فَلَيْسَ عَلَيْهَا قَضَاءٌ وَتُصَلِّي الصَّلاَةَ الَّتِي دَخَلَ وَقْتُهَا.

4. Ibn Mahbub has narrated from ibn Ri’ab from ‘ Ubayd ibn Zurarah who has said the following: “Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said, ‘Any woman who finds herself clean and is able to take Ghusl (bath) in time for Salah (prayer) but neglects it until it becomes time for another Salah (prayer), she owes Qada’ (compensatory prayer) of Salah (prayer) she has neglected. If she finds herself clean in the time of a Salah (prayer), begins to prepare, but the time for that Salah (prayer) expires and it becomes time for another Salah (prayer), Qada’ (compensatory prayer) of such Salah (prayer) is not obligatory on her. She must perform only that Salah (prayer) for which it has become time.’” 

5ـ ابْنُ مَحْبُوبٍ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ رِئَابٍ عَنْ أَبِي الْوَرْدِ قَالَ سَأَلْتُ أَبَا جَعْفَرٍ (عَلَيْهِ الْسَّلام) عَنِ الْمَرْأَةِ تَكُونُ فِي صَلاَةِ الظُّهْرِ وَقَدْ صَلَّتْ رَكْعَتَيْنِ ثُمَّ تَرَى الدَّمَ قَالَ تَقُومُ مِنْ مَسْجِدِهَا وَلاَ تَقْضِي الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ وَإِنْ كَانَتْ رَأَتِ الدَّمَ وَهِيَ فِي صَلاَةِ الْمَغْرِبِ وَقَدْ صَلَّتْ رَكْعَتَيْنِ فَلْتَقُمْ مِنْ مَسْجِدٍ فَإِذَا طَهُرَتْ فَلْتَقْضِ الرَّكْعَةَ الَّتِي فَاتَتْهَا مِنَ الْمَغْرِبِ. 

5. Ibn Mahbub has narrated from ibn Ri’ab from abu Dawud who has said the following: “I once asked abu Ja‘far (a.s.), about the case of a woman who is in Salah (prayer) of al- Dhuhr, of which two Rak‘at are complete, and finds blood of Hayd (menses). He (the Imam) said, ‘She must stop and move away from Masjid without performing the remaining two Rak‘at. If she finds blood during her performing al-Maghrib when two Rak‘at are complete, she must move away from Masjid, and when she becomes clean, she must perform Qada’ (compensatory prayer) of one Rak‘at missed of that Salah (prayer) of al-Maghrib.’” 

Al-Kāfi - Volume 3

Book 2, Chapter 16