Al-Kafi 10221

Translation

A number of our companions, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Khalid, from Muhammad Bin Ali, from Muhammad Bin Aslam Al Jably, from Abdul Rahman Bin Salim Al Ashal, from Al Mufazzal Bin Umar who said, ‘I said to Abu Abdullah^asws, ‘How did Rasool-Allah^saww touch the hands of the women when they pledged their allegiances to him^saww?’ He^asws said: ‘He^saww called for his^saww bowl which he^saww used to perform his^saww ablution in, so he^saww poured water in it, then immersed his^saww right hand therein. So every time one of them pledged her allegiance, he^saww said: ‘Immerse your hand’. So she would immerse just as Rasool-Allah^saww had immersed. Thus, this was his^saww ‘touching’ of their hands’. Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from one of his companions, from Abu Abdullah^asws, similar to it.

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