 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 عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ وَغَيْرُهُ عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْحَكَمِ عَنْ مُثَنًّى الْحَنَّاطِ عَنْ أَبِي بَصِيرٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ الْسَّلام) يَقُولُ مَنْ صَلَّى أَرْبَعَ رَكَعَاتٍ بِمِائَتَيْ مَرَّةٍ قُلْ هُوَ الله أَحَدٌ فِي كُلِّ رَكْعَةٍ خَمْسُونَ مَرَّةً لَمْ يَنْفَتِلْ وَبَيْنَهُ وَبَيْنَ الله ذَنْبٌ إِلاَّ غُفِرَ لَهُ.

1. Ali ibn Muhammad and others have narrated from Sahl ibn Ziyad from Ali ibn al-Hakam from Muthanna al-Hannat from abu Basir who has said the following: “I heard abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), saying, ’One who performs, four Rak’at Salah (prayer) and reads two hundred times Chapter 112 of the Holy Quran, fifty times in each Rak’at, does not move away with any of his sins before Allah without being forgiven.”’ 

2ـ عِدَّةٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنِ الْبَرْقِيِّ عَنْ سَعْدَانَ عَنْ عَبْدِ الله بْنِ سِنَانٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ الْسَّلام) قَالَ مَنْ صَلَّى أَرْبَعَ رَكَعَاتٍ يَقْرَأُ فِي كُلِّ رَكْعَةٍ قُلْ هُوَ الله أَحَدٌ خَمْسِينَ مَرَّةً لَمْ يَنْفَتِلْ وَبَيْنَهُ وَبَيْنَ الله ذَنْبٌ.

2. A number of our people have narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from al-Barqiy from Sa‘dan from ‘Abd Allah ibn Sinan who has said the following: “He has narrated from abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), a Hadith with the text which is the same as that of the previous Hadith.” 

3ـ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى بِإِسْنَادِهِ رَفَعَهُ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ الْسَّلام) قَالَ مَنْ صَلَّى رَكْعَتَيْنِ بِقُلْ هُوَ الله أَحَدٌ فِي كُلِّ رَكْعَةٍ سِتِّينَ مَرَّةً انْفَتَلَ وَلَيْسَ بَيْنَهُ وَبَيْنَ الله ذَنْبٌ.

3. Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from through the chain of his narrators in a marfu’ manner who has said the following: “Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said that the text is the same as the previous Hadith except that it says, ‘Read Chapter 112 of the Holy Quran sixty times in each Rak‘at.’” 

4ـ عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ بَعْضِ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ أَبِي الْحَسَنِ الرِّضَا (عَلَيْهِ الْسَّلام) قَالَ مَنْ صَلَّى الْمَغْرِبَ وَبَعْدَهَا أَرْبَعَ رَكَعَاتٍ وَلَمْ يَتَكَلَّمْ حَتَّى يُصَلِّيَ عَشْرَ رَكَعَاتٍ يَقْرَأُ فِي كُلِّ رَكْعَةٍ بِالْحَمْدِ وَقُلْ هُوَ الله أَحَدٌ كَانَتْ عِدْلَ عَشْرِ رِقَابٍ.

4. Ali ibn Muhammad has narrated from certain individuals of our people who have said the following: “Abu al-Hassan al-Rida (a.s.), has said, ‘If one after performing Maghrib (Salah (prayer) soon after sunset), the four Rak‘at and before speaking to anyone performs ten Rak‘at Salah (prayer), recites al-Fatihah and Chapter 112 of the Holy Quran it is equal in reward to setting free of ten slaves.” 

5ـ عِدَّةٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ كُرْدُوسٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ الْسَّلام) قَالَ مَنْ تَطَهَّرَ ثُمَّ أَوَى إِلَى فِرَاشِهِ بَاتَ وَفِرَاشُهُ كَمَسْجِدِهِ فَإِنْ قَامَ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ فَذَكَرَ الله تَنَاثَرَتْ عَنْهُ خَطَايَاهُ فَإِنْ قَامَ مِنْ آخِرِ اللَّيْلِ فَتَطَهَّرَ وَصَلَّى رَكْعَتَيْنِ وَحَمِدَ الله وَأَثْنَى عَلَيْهِ وَصَلَّى عَلَى النَّبِيِّ (صلّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِه) لَمْ يَسْأَلِ الله شَيْئاً إِلاَّ أَعْطَاهُ إِمَّا أَنْ يُعْطِيَهُ الَّذِي يَسْأَلُهُ بِعَيْنِهِ وَإِمَّا أَنْ يَدَّخِرَ لَهُ مَا هُوَ خَيْرٌ لَهُ مِنْهُ.

5. A number of our people have narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn ‘Isa from Ibn Abi ‘Umayr from Muhammad ibn Kurdus who has said the following: “Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said, ‘If one cleanses himself (takes Wudu’ or bath), then goes to bed for the night, his bed is considered a Masjid. If he wakes up during the night and speaks of Allah, his sins scatter away from him. One who may get up toward the end of the night, cleanse himself (take Wudu’ or bath), perform two Rak‘at Salah (prayer), praise Allah and speak of His glory. If then says, “Allahumma Salli ‘Ala Muhammad wa ‘Ali Muhammad (O Allah grant Muhammad and his family compensation worthy of their serving Your cause).” The wishes he asks for are given to him in substance or are saved for him in a better form.’” 

6ـ عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ بِإِسْنَادِهِ عَنْ بَعْضِهِمْ (عَلَيْهِم الْسَّلام) فِي قَوْلِ الله عَزَّ وَجَلَّ إِنَّ ناشِئَةَ اللَّيْلِ هِيَ أَشَدُّ وَطْئاً وَأَقْوَمُ قِيلاً قَالَ هِيَ رَكْعَتَانِ بَعْدَ الْمَغْرِبِ تَقْرَأُ فِي أَوَّلِ رَكْعَةٍ بِفَاتِحَةِ الْكِتَابِ وَعَشْرٍ مِنْ أَوَّلِ الْبَقَرَةِ وَآيَةِ السُّخْرَةِ وَمِنْ قَوْلِهِ وَإِلهُكُمْ إِلهٌ واحِدٌ لا إِلهَ إِلاَّ هُوَ الرَّحْمنُ الرَّحِيمُ. إِنَّ فِي خَلْقِ السَّماواتِ وَالأرْضِ إِلَى قَوْلِهِ لَآياتٍ لِقَوْمٍ يَعْقِلُونَ وَخَمْسَ عَشْرَةَ مَرَّةً قُلْ هُوَ الله أَحَدٌ وَفِي الرَّكْعَةِ الثَّانِيَةِ فَاتِحَةَ الْكِتَابِ وَآيَةَ الْكُرْسِيِّ وَآخِرَ الْبَقَرَةِ مِنْ قَوْلِهِ لله ما فِي السَّماواتِ وَما فِي الأرْضِ إِلَى أَنْ تَخْتِمَ السُّورَةَ وَخَمْسَ عَشْرَةَ مَرَّةً قُلْ هُوَ الله أَحَدٌ ثُمَّ ادْعُ بَعْدَ هَذَا بِمَا شِئْتَ قَالَ وَمَنْ وَاظَبَ عَلَيْهِ كُتِبَ لَهُ بِكُلِّ صَلاَةٍ سِتُّمِائَةِ أَلْفِ حَجَّةٍ.

6. Ali ibn Muhammad has narrated from through his chain of narrators who has said the following: “One of the ’A’immah about the words of Allah, ‘An initiation (for Salah (prayer) is of a stronger impression’ (73:6), the Imam has said, ‘It is the two Rak‘at Salah (prayer) after Maghrib (Salah (prayer) soon after sunset). In the first Rak‘at read al-Fatihah and ten verses from the beginning of Chapter 2, verse 54 of Chapter 7, verses 153-154 of Chapter 2 and 15 times Chapter 112. In the second Rak‘at after al-Fatihah read verses 255- 257, then verses 284 - 286 of Chapter 2 and 15 times Chapter 112 of the Holy Quran. Then ask for your wishes as you like. If one maintains this practice a reward of six hundred thousand Hajj will be given to him.’” 

7ـ عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ رَفَعَهُ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ الْسَّلام) قَالَ إِذَا كَانَ النِّصْفُ مِنْ شَعْبَانَ فَصَلِّ أَرْبَعَ رَكَعَاتٍ تَقْرَأُ فِي كُلِّ رَكْعَةٍ الْحَمْدَ وَقُلْ هُوَ الله أَحَدٌ مِائَةَ مَرَّةٍ فَإِذَا فَرَغْتَ فَقُلِ اللهمَّ إِنِّي إِلَيْكَ فَقِيرٌ وَإِنِّي عَائِذٌ بِكَ وَمِنْكَ خَائِفٌ وَبِكَ مُسْتَجِيرٌ رَبِّ لاَ تُبَدِّلِ اسْمِي رَبِّ لاَ تُغَيِّرْ جِسْمِي رَبِّ لاَ تُجْهِدْ بَلاَئِي أَعُوذُ بِعَفْوِكَ مِنْ عِقَابِكَ وَأَعُوذُ بِرِضَاكَ مِنْ سَخَطِكَ وَأَعُوذُ بِرَحْمَتِكَ مِنْ عَذَابِكَ وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْكَ جَلَّ ثَنَاؤُكَ أَنْتَ كَمَا أَثْنَيْتَ عَلَى نَفْسِكَ وَفَوْقَ مَا يَقُولُ الْقَائِلُونَ قَالَ وَقَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ الْسَّلام) يَوْمُ سَبْعَةٍ وَعِشْرِينَ مِنْ رَجَبٍ نُبِّىَ فِيهِ رَسُولُ الله (صلّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِه) مَنْ صَلَّى فِيهِ أَيَّ وَقْتٍ شَاءَ اثْنَتَيْ عَشْرَةَ رَكْعَةً يَقْرَأُ فِي كُلِّ رَكْعَةٍ بِأُمِّ الْقُرْآنِ وَسُورَةٍ مَا تَيَسَّرَ فَإِذَا فَرَغَ وَسَلَّمَ جَلَسَ مَكَانَهُ ثُمَّ قَرَأَ أُمَّ الْقُرْآنِ أَرْبَعَ مَرَّاتٍ وَالْمُعَوِّذَاتِ الثَّلاَثَ كُلَّ وَاحِدَةٍ أَرْبَعَ مَرَّاتٍ فَإِذَا فَرَغَ وَهُوَ فِي مَكَانِهِ قَالَ لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ الله وَالله أَكْبَرُ وَالْحَمْدُ لله وَسُبْحَانَ الله وَلاَ حَوْلَ وَلاَ قُوَّةَ إِلاَّ بِالله أَرْبَعَ مَرَّاتٍ ثُمَّ يَقُولُ الله الله رَبِّي لاَ أُشْرِكُ بِهِ شَيْئاً أَرْبَعَ مَرَّاتٍ ثُمَّ يَدْعُو فَلاَ يَدْعُو بِشَيْ‏ءٍ إِلاَّ اسْتُجِيبَ لَهُ فِي كُلِّ حَاجَةٍ إِلاَّ أَنْ يَدْعُوَ فِي جَائِحَةِ قَوْمٍ أَوْ قَطِيعَةِ رَحِمٍ. 

7. Ali ibn Muhammad has narrated in a marfu‘ manner who has said the following: “Abu ’Abd Allah (a.s.), has said that on the night of the middle of the month of Sha’ban perform four Rak‘at Salah (prayer). In every Rak‘at read al-Fatihah and Chapter 112 one hundred times. After completing say, ‘O Lord, I am needy to You. I seek protection with You and I am afraid of Your (anger). I plead before You for your protection. O Lord, do not replace my name and do not change my body. O my Lord, do not make my trial extremely hard. I seek your protection with Your pardon against Your punishment, I seek protection with Your pleasure against Your anger, I seek protection with Your mercy against Your punishment, I seek protection with You from You. Your praise is exalted. You are just as You have said You are and beyond what others say.’ The narrator has said that abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), then said this, ‘On the twenty-seventh of the month of Rajab the Messenger of Allah gave people this information. It said, “One can perform a Salah (prayer), any time he wants, of twelve Rak‘at. In each Rak‘at he can recite al-Fatihah and another chapter from the Holy Quran. After completing and Salam, sits in his place, then reads al-Fatihah four times, chapters 112, 113 and 114 four times each. After completing while still in his place says four times, ‘No one, other than Allah, deserves worship, Allah is great, all praise belongs to Allah, Allah is free of all defects and there is no means and power other than the power and means of Allah. 5 Then says four times, ‘O Allah, (be a witness that) Allah is my Lord. I do not consider anyone as His partner.’ Then he may ask for his wishes. His wishes will be made to come true about everything except for the destruction of a people or the destruction of good relations with relatives.’”” 

Al-Kāfi - Volume 3

Book 4, Chapter 92