Shaykh Muḥammad b. ʿAlī al-Ṣaduq · 1,574 narrations in this edition
وَقَالَ اَلصَّادِقُ جَعْفَرُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ: «كُلُّ مَاءٍ طَاهِرٌ إِلاَّ مَا عَلِمْتَ أَنَّهُ قَذِرٌ.
Imam Jafar ibn Muhammad Al-Sadiq (a.s) said: "All water is pure except for that which you know to be impure."
وَقَالَ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ: «اَلْمَاءُ يُطَهِّرُ وَ لاَ يُطَهَّرُ.
Imam Jafar ibn Muhammad Al-Sadiq (a.s) said: "Water purifies, but is not purified itself”.
وَقَالَ اَلصَّادِقُ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ: «إِذَا كَانَ اَلْمَاءُ قَدْرَ قُلَّتَيْنِ لَمْ يُنَجِّسْهُ شَيْءٌ وَ اَلْقُلَّتَانِ جَرَّتَانِ.
Imam Jafar ibn Muhammad Al-Sadiq (a.s), said: "If the water is the amount of two qullas, nothing can make it impure, and two qullas are (equal to) two jars”.
وَ سَأَلَ هِشَامُ بْنُ سَالِمٍ أَبَا عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ: عَنِ اَلسَّطْحِ يُبَالُ عَلَيْهِ فَتُصِيبُهُ اَلسَّمَاءُ فَيَكِفُ فَيُصِيبُ اَلثَّوْبَ فَقَالَ «لاَ بَأْسَ بِهِ مَا أَصَابَهُ مِنَ اَلْمَاءِ أَكْثَرُ مِنْهُ.
Hisham ibn Salim asked Imam Jafar ibn Muhammad Al-Sadiq (a.s) about a man urinating on a roof, then rain falls on it causing water to drip onto clothes. Imam (a.s) said: "There is no harm in it as long as the water that hits it is more than the urine”.
وَ سُئِلَ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ: عَنْ طِينِ اَلْمَطَرِ يُصِيبُ اَلثَّوْبَ فِيهِ اَلْبَوْلُ وَ اَلْعَذِرَةُ وَ اَلدَّمُ فَقَالَ «طِينُ اَلْمَطَرِ لاَ يُنَجِّسُ.
Imam Jafar ibn Muhammad Al-Sadiq (a.s) was asked about rain-soaked mud that gets on clothes, which may contain urine, feces, and blood. Imam (a.s) said: "Rain-soaked mud does not make (the clothes) impure”.
وَ سَأَلَ عَلِيُّ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ أَخَاهُ مُوسَى بْنَ جَعْفَرٍ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ: عَنِ اَلْبَيْتِ يُبَالُ عَلَى ظَهْرِهِ وَ يُغْتَسَلُ مِنَ اَلْجَنَابَةِ ثُمَّ يُصِيبُهُ اَلْمَطَرُ أَ يُؤْخَذُ مِنْ مَائِهِ فَيُتَوَضَّأَ بِهِ لِلصَّلاَةِ فَقَالَ «إِذَا جَرَى فَلاَ بَأْسَ بِهِ.
Ali ibn Ja'far asked his brother, Imam Musa ibn Jafar Al-Kadhim (a.s) about a roof where people urinate and perform ritual washing after major impurity (ghusl), and then it rains. He asked: "Can the water that flows from it be used for ablution (wudu) for prayer?" Imam (a.s) said: "If it flows, there is no harm in it."
وَ سَأَلَهُ عَنِ اَلرَّجُلِ يَمُرُّ فِي مَاءِ اَلْمَطَرِ وَ قَدْ صُبَّ فِيهِ خَمْرٌ فَأَصَابَ ثَوْبَهُ هَلْ يُصَلِّي فِيهِ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَغْسِلَهُ فَقَالَ «لاَ يَغْسِلُ ثَوْبَهُ وَ لاَ رِجْلَهُ وَ يُصَلِّي فِيهِ وَ لاَ بَأْسَ بِهِ.
Ali ibn Ja'far asked Imam Musa ibn Jafar Al-Kadhim (a.s) was asked about a man who walks through rainwater into which wine has been poured in and it gets on his clothes. Should he wash it before praying in those clothes? Imam (a.s) said: "He does not need to wash his clothes or his feet, and he may pray in them, and there is no harm in it."
وَ سَأَلَ عَمَّارٌ اَلسَّابَاطِيُّ أَبَا عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ عَنِ اَلْقَيْءِ يُصِيبُ اَلثَّوْبَ فَلاَ يُغْسَلُ فَقَالَ «لاَ بَأْسَ بِهِ.
Ammar al-Sabati asked Imam Jafar ibn Muhammad Al-Sadiq (a.s) about vomit that gets on clothing and is not washed off. Imam (a.s) said: "There is no harm in it."
وقَالَ رَسُولُ اَللَّهِ صَلَّى اَللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ: «كُلُّ شَيْءٍ يَجْتَرُّ فَسُؤْرُهُ حَلاَلٌ وَ لُعَابُهُ حَلاَلٌ.
The Messenger of Allah (saws), said: "Everything that chews the cud—its leftover water and saliva are permissible."
وأَتَى أَهْلُ اَلْبَادِيَةِ رَسُولَ اَللَّهِ صَلَّى اَللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ فَقَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اَللَّهِ إِنَّ حِيَاضَنَا هَذِهِ تَرِدُهَا اَلسِّبَاعُ وَ اَلْكِلاَبُ وَ اَلْبَهَائِمُ فَقَالَ لَهُمْ صَلَّى اَللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ «لَهَا مَا أَخَذَتْ أَفْوَاهُهَا وَ لَكُمْ سَائِرُ ذَلِكَ.
The people of the desert came to the Messenger of Allah (saws) and said: "O’ Messenger of Allah (saws), our water reservoirs are frequented by wild animals, dogs, and livestock." He (saws) said to them: "What they take with their mouths is for them, and the rest is for you”.
وقَالَ اَلصَّادِقُ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ: «إِنِّي لاَ أَمْتَنِعُ مِنْ طَعَامٍ طَعِمَ مِنْهُ اَلسِّنَّوْرُ وَ لاَ مِنْ شَرَابٍ شَرِبَ مِنْهُ.
Imam Jafar ibn Muhammad Al-Sadiq (a.s) said: "I do not refrain from food that a cat has tasted, nor from drink that it has sipped."
وَقَالَ اَلصَّادِقُ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ: فِي اَلْمَاءِ اَلَّذِي تَبُولُ فِيهِ اَلدَّوَابُّ وَ تَلَغُ فِيهِ اَلْكِلاَبُ وَ يَغْتَسِلُ فِيهِ اَلْجُنُبُ «إِنَّهُ إِذَا كَانَ قَدْرَ كُرٍّ لَمْ يُنَجِّسْهُ شَيْءٌ.
Imam Jafar ibn Muhammad Al-Sadiq (a.s) said: "Regarding water into which animals urinate, dogs drink, or someone performs ghusl (ritual washing after major impurity): "If it reaches the amount of a kurr (a specific measure), then nothing can make it impure”.