Shaykh Muḥammad b. al-Ḥasan al-Ṭūsī · Chapter on the Description of Ablution (Wudu)
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مَا أَخْبَرَنَا بِهِ اَلشَّيْخُ أَيَّدَهُ اَللَّهُ تَعَالَى عَنْ أَبِي اَلْقَاسِمِ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ يَعْقُوبَ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ وَ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِسْمَاعِيلَ عَنِ اَلْفَضْلِ بْنِ شَاذَانَ جَمِيعاً عَنْ حَمَّادِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ حَرِيزٍ عَنْ زُرَارَةَ قَالَ: قُلْتُ لِأَبِي جَعْفَرٍ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ أَ لاَ تُخْبِرُنِي مِنْ أَيْنَ عَلِمْتَ وَ قُلْتَ« إِنَّ اَلْمَسْحَ بِبَعْضِ اَلرَّأْسِ وَ بَعْضِ اَلرِّجْلَيْنِ» فَضَحِكَ ثُمَّ قَالَ« يَا زُرَارَةُ قَالَهُ رَسُولُ اَللَّهِ صَلَّى اَللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ وَ نَزَلَ بِهِ اَلْكِتَابُ مِنَ اَللَّهِ تَعَالَى لِأَنَّ اَللَّهَ تَعَالَى يَقُولُ «فَاغْسِلُوا وُجُوهَكُمْ» فَعَرَفْنَا أَنَّ اَلْوَجْهَ كُلَّهُ يَنْبَغِي لَهُ أَنْ يُغْسَلَ ثُمَّ قَالَ« وَ أَيْدِيَكُمْ إِلَى اَلْمَرٰافِقِ» ثُمَّ فَصَّلَ بَيْنَ اَلْكَلاَمَيْنِ فَقَالَ« وَ اِمْسَحُوا بِرُؤُسِكُمْ» فَعَرَفْنَا حِينَ قَالَ« بِرُؤُسِكُمْ» أَنَّ اَلْمَسْحَ بِبَعْضِ اَلرَّأْسِ لِمَكَانِ اَلْبَاءِ ثُمَّ وَصَلَ اَلرِّجْلَيْنِ بِالرَّأْسِ كَمَا وَصَلَ اَلْيَدَيْنِ بِالْوَجْهِ فَقَالَ« وَأَرْجُلَكُمْ إِلَى اَلْكَعْبَيْنِ» فَعَرَفْنَا حِينَ وَصَلَهُمَا بِالرَّأْسِ أَنَّ اَلْمَسْحَ عَلَى بَعْضِهِمَا ثُمَّ فَسَّرَ ذَلِكَ رَسُولُ اَللَّهِ صَلَّى اَللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ لِلنَّاسِ فَضَيَّعُوهُ ثُمَّ قَالَ« فَلَمْ تَجِدُوا مٰاءً فَتَيَمَّمُوا صَعِيداً طَيِّباً فَامْسَحُوا بِوُجُوهِكُمْ وَأَيْدِيكُمْ» فَلَمَّا وَضَعَ اَلْوُضُوءَ عَمَّنْ لَمْ يَجِدِ اَلْمَاءَ أَثْبَتَ بِعِوَضِ اَلْغَسْلِ مَسْحاً لِأَنَّهُ قَالَ« بِوُجُوهِكُمْ» ثُمَّ وَصَلَ بِهَا« وَأَيْدِيَكُمْ» ثُمَّ قَالَ« مِنْهُ» أَيْ مِنْ ذَلِكَ اَلتَّيَمُّمِ لِأَنَّهُ عَلِمَ أَنَّ ذَلِكَ أَجْمَعَ لاَ يَجْرِي عَلَى اَلْوَجْهِ لِأَنَّهُ يَعْلَقُ مِنْ ذَلِكَ اَلصَّعِيدِ بِبَعْضِ اَلْكَفِّ وَ لاَ يَعْلَقُ بِبَعْضِهَا ثُمَّ قَالَ« مٰا يُرِيدُ اَللّٰهُ لِيَجْعَلَ عَلَيْكُمْ مِنْ حَرَجٍ» وَ اَلْحَرَجُ اَلضِّيقُ».
The Shaykh (Al-Mufid), may Allah (swt) support him, narrated to me from Abu Al-Qasim Ja‘far bin Muhammad, from Muhammad bin Ya‘qub, from Ali bin Ibrahim, from his father, and Muhammad bin Isma‘il, from Al-Fadl bin Shadhan, all from Hammad bin ‘Isa, from Hariz, from Zurarah, who said: I said to Abu Ja‘far (a.s): "Will you not inform me how you came to know and say that the wiping is over part of the head and part of the feet?" Imam (a.s) laughed and then said: "O Zurarah, the Messenger of Allah (swt) (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) said it, and it was revealed in the Book of Allah (swt), the Exalted. Allah (swt), the Exalted, says: 'Wash your faces' (Surah Al-Ma'idah 5:6), so we understood that the entire face should be washed. Then He (swt) said: 'And your hands to the elbows,' and then He (swt) separated the statements by saying: 'And wipe over your heads.' When He (swt) said, 'over your heads,' we understood that wiping over part of the head was sufficient due to the inclusion of the letter 'ba'. Then He (swt) connected the feet to the head just as He (swt) connected the hands to the face by saying: 'And your feet to the ankles.' So we understood, when He (swt) connected them to the head, that wiping over part of them was sufficient. Then the Messenger of Allah (swt) (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) explained this to the people, but they neglected it. Then He (swt) said: 'And if you cannot find water, then perform tayammum with clean earth: wipe your faces and your hands with it' (Surah An-Nisa 4:43). When He (swt) exempted ablution for those who could not find water, He (swt) replaced washing with wiping, for He (swt) said: 'Wipe your faces' and then connected to it: 'And your hands.' Then He (swt) said: 'From it,' meaning from the tayammum, because He (swt) knew that the entirety of the face would not be covered, as only part of the palm would contact the earth, and not all of it. Then He (swt) said: 'Allah (swt) does not intend to impose hardship on you' (Surah Al-Ma'idah 5:6), and hardship is difficulty and restriction."
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Ali Akbar al-Ghaffari
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Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām fī Sharḥ al-Muqniʿah, vol. 1, p. 64
Shaykh Baqir al-Behbudi
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