Al-Kafi 3932

Translation

Ali, from his father, and Muhammad Bin Ismail, from Al Fazl Bin Shazaan, altogether from Hammad Bin Isa, from Hareyz, from Zurara who said, ‘Abu Ja’far^asws said: ‘Shall I^asws imitate for you all an Ablution <span class="iTxt">(Wudhu)</span> of Rasool-Allah^saww?’ So we said, ‘Yes’. So he^asws called for a jug wherein was some water. Then he^asws placed it in front of him^asws. Then he^asws bared his^asws arms. Then he^asws immered his^asws right palm into it, then said: ‘This is how, when the palm was clean’. Then he^asws scooped and filled it with water, so he^asws placed it upon his^asws forehead, then said: ‘In the Name of Allah^azwj’, and poured it upon the sides of his^asws beard. Then he^asws passed his^asws hand upon his^asws face and the apparent of his^asws forehead, once. Then he^asws immersed his^asws left hand and he^asws scooped a full palmful with it, then placed it upon his^asws right elbow, and passed his^asws palm upon his^asws forearm until the water flowed upon the sides of his^asws fingers, and wiped the front of his^asws hand, and the back of his^asws face with the remnants of his left, and remnants of his^asws right hand’. He (the narrator) said, ‘And Abu Ja’far^asws said: ‘Allah^azwj is Odd (One) and Loves the odd (numbers), so it would suffice you from the Ablution <span class="iTxt">(Wudhu)</span>, three scoops – one for the face, and two for the two arms, and you should wipe the forehead with the remnant of your right hand, and whatever remains of your right hand, the back of your right foot, and you should wipe the remnant of your left hand, the back of your left foot’. Zurara said, ‘Abu Ja’far^asws said: ‘A man asked Amir Al-Momineen^asws about an Ablution <span class="iTxt">(Wudhu)</span> of Rasool-Allah^saww, so he^asws imitated it for him similar to that’.

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