Al-Kāfi 3, narration 14

Shaykh Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb al-Kulaynī · 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

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Arabic text

1ـ عِدَّةٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْحَكَمِ عَنْ عَبْدِ الله بْنِ يَحْيَى الْكَاهِلِيِّ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ الْسَّلام) يَقُولُ إِذَا أَتَيْتَ مَاءً وَفِيهِ قِلَّةٌ فَانْضَحْ عَنْ يَمِينِكَ وَعَنْ يَسَارِكَ وَبَيْنَ يَدَيْكَ وَتَوَضَّأْ.

Translation

1. A number of our people have narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from Ali ibn al-Hakam from ‘Abd Allah ibn Yahya al-Kahiliy who has said the following: “I heard abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), say, ‘If you find a small quantity of water, then take away some water from the right, left and in front of you, then take a Wudu’”

Translation: Muhammad Sarwar — published with the edition, reproduced verbatim.

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Chain of narration (isnād)

  1. 1. A number of our people have narrated
  2. Ahmad ibn Muhammad
  3. Ali ibn al-Hakam
  4. ‘Abd Allah ibn Yahya al-Kahiliy who has said the following: “I heard abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), say

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Published assessments

  • Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi

    حسن

    Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (13/17)

  • Shaykh Baqir al-Behbudi

    صحيح

    Ṣaḥīḥ al-Kāfī, vol. 1, p. 174

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Persian rendering (AI)

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