Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām 1, narration 11

Shaykh Muḥammad b. al-Ḥasan al-Ṭūsī · Chapter on Causes Requiring Purification

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Arabic text

وَ بِهَذَا اَلْإِسْنَادِ عَنِ اَلْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ حَمَّادٍ عَنْ حَرِيزٍ عَنْ زُرَارَةَ قَالَ: قُلْتُ لَهُ اَلرَّجُلُ يَنَامُ وَ هُوَ عَلَى وُضُوءٍ أَ تُوجِبُ اَلْخَفْقَةُ وَ اَلْخَفْقَتَانِ عَلَيْهِ اَلْوُضُوءَ فَقَالَ« يَا زُرَارَةُ قَدْ تَنَامُ اَلْعَيْنُ وَ لاَ يَنَامُ اَلْقَلْبُ وَ اَلْأُذُنُ فَإِذَا نَامَتِ اَلْعَيْنُ وَ اَلْأُذُنُ وَ اَلْقَلْبُ فَقَدْ وَجَبَ اَلْوُضُوءُ» قُلْتُ فَإِنْ حُرِّكَ إِلَى جَنْبِهِ شَيْءٌ وَ لَمْ يَعْلَمْ بِهِ قَالَ« لاَ حَتَّى يَسْتَيْقِنَ أَنَّهُ قَدْ نَامَ حَتَّى يَجِيءَ مِنْ ذَلِكَ أَمْرٌ بَيِّنٌ وَ إِلاَّ فَإِنَّهُ عَلَى يَقِينٍ مِنْ وُضُوئِهِ وَ لاَ يَنْقُضُ اَلْيَقِينَ أَبَداً بِالشَّكِّ وَ لَكِنْ يَنْقُضُهُ بِيَقِينٍ آخَرَ».

Translation

And through the same chain of transmission, from Al-Husayn bin Sa‘id, from Hammad, from Hariz, from Zurara, who said: I said to Imam Abu Abdullah (a.s): "A man sleeps while in a state of ablution - does a light doze or two necessitate ablution (wudu’) for him?" Imam (a.s) said: "O Zurara, the eyes may sleep, but the heart and ears do not. However, when the eyes, ears, and heart all sleep, then ablution becomes obligatory." I asked: "If something is moved next to him, and he does not perceive it, what then?" Imam (a.s) said: "Not until he is certain that he has slept, and until there is clear evidence of it. Otherwise, he remains certain of his state of ablution, and certainty is never nullified by doubt - it is only nullified by another certainty."

Translation: Haydar Ali Shaykh ibn Muhammad — published with the edition, reproduced verbatim.

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Chain of narration (isnād)

  1. And through the same chain of transmission
  2. Al-Husayn bin Sa‘id
  3. Hammad
  4. Hariz
  5. Zurara, who said

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Published assessments

  • Shaykh Baqir al-Behbudi

    Ṣaḥīḥ

    Ṣaḥīḥ al-Tahdhīb, p. 35

  • Ali Akbar al-Ghaffari

    authentic

    Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām fī Sharḥ al-Muqniʿah, vol. 1, p. 7

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