سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) عَنِ الْوُضُوءِ فَقَالَ مَا كَانَ وُضُوءُ عَلِيٍّ ( عليه السلام ) إِلَّا مَرَّةً مَرَّةً . هَذَا دَلِيلٌ عَلَى أَنَّ الْوُضُوءَ إِنَّمَا هُوَ مَرَّةٌ مَرَّةٌ لِأَنَّهُ ( صلوات الله عليه ) كَانَ إِذَا وَرَدَ عَلَيْهِ أَمْرَانِ كِلَاهُمَا لِلَّهِ طَاعَةٌ أَخَذَ بِأَحْوَطِهِمَا وَ أَشَدِّهِمَا عَلَى بَدَنِهِ وَ إِنَّ الَّذِي جَاءَ عَنْهُمْ ( عليهم السلام ) أَنَّهُ قَالَ الْوُضُوءُ مَرَّتَانِ إِنَّهُ هُوَ لِمَنْ لَمْ يُقْنِعْهُ مَرَّةٌ وَ اسْتَزَادَهُ فَقَالَ مَرَّتَانِ ثُمَّ قَالَ وَ مَنْ زَادَ عَلَى مَرَّتَيْنِ لَمْ يُؤْجَرْ وَ هَذَا أَقْصَى غَايَةِ الْحَدِّ فِي الْوُضُوءِ الَّذِي مَنْ تَجَاوَزَهُ أَثِمَ وَ لَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ وُضُوءٌ وَ كَانَ كَمَنْ صَلَّى الظُّهْرَ خَمْسَ رَكَعَاتٍ وَ لَوْ لَمْ يُطْلِقْ ( عليه السلام ) فِي الْمَرَّتَيْنِ لَكَانَ سَبِيلُهُمَا سَبِيلَ الثَّلَاثِ . وَ رُوِيَ فِي رَجُلٍ كَانَ مَعَهُ مِنَ الْمَاءِ مِقْدَارُ كَفٍّ وَ حَضَرَتِ الصَّلَاةُ قَالَ فَقَالَ يَقْسِمُهُ أَثْلَاثاً ثُلُثٌ لِلْوَجْهِ وَ ثُلُثٌ لِلْيَدِ الْيُمْنَى وَ ثُلُثٌ لِلْيَدِ الْيُسْرَى وَ يَمْسَحُ بِالْبِلَّةِ رَأْسَهُ وَ رِجْلَيْهِ .
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Ali Bin Muhammad and Muhammad Bin Al Hassan, from Sahl Bin Ziyad, and Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father and Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, altogether from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Abu Nasr, from Abdul Kareem who said, ‘I asked Abu Abdullah<sup>asws</sup> about the Ablution <span class="iTxt">(Wudhu)</span>, so he<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘What was the Ablution <span class="iTxt">(Wudhu)</span> of Ali<sup>asws</sup> except for one (washing), one (washing)’. (Al-Kulayni said), ‘This is proof upon (the fact) that the Ablution <span class="iTxt">(Wudhu)</span>, rather, is once, once, because he<sup>asws</sup>, had two orders to him<sup>asws</sup>, both of these would be in obedience to Allah<sup>azwj</sup>, to be on the safe side, and taking to the most difficult one upon his body, and that which has come from them<sup>asws</sup> is that he<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘The Ablution <span class="iTxt">(Wudhu)</span> is twice’, is for the one who is not certain of once, and increases it, thus he<sup>asws</sup>, said: ‘Twice’. Then he<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘The one who increases upon twice would not be Recompensed’, and this the very maximum limit regarding the Ablution <span class="iTxt">(Wudhu)</span> which, if one were to exceed it, would sin, and an Ablution <span class="iTxt">(Wudhu)</span> would not happen to be for him, and he would be like the one who prays the Zohr <span class="iTxt">Salaat</span> with five Cycles; and had he<sup>asws</sup> not given the slack regarding the twice, it would have led the way to the three’. And it is reported regarding a man who had with him water of the measurement of a palmfull, and the <span class="iTxt">Salaat</span> presented itself. So he<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘(Divide it) into thirds – a third for the face, and a third for the right hand, and a third for the left hand, and he would wipe with the remnant, his head and his feet’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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