قُلْتُ لِأَبِي جَعْفَرٍ ( عليه السلام ) أَ لَا تُخْبِرُنِي مِنْ أَيْنَ عَلِمْتَ وَ قُلْتَ إِنَّ الْمَسْحَ بِبَعْضِ الرَّأْسِ وَ بَعْضِ الرِّجْلَيْنِ فَضَحِكَ ثُمَّ قَالَ يَا زُرَارَةُ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ( صلى الله عليه وآله ) وَ نَزَلَ بِهِ الْكِتَابُ مِنَ اللَّهِ لِأَنَّ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ يَقُولُ فَاغْسِلُوا وُجُوهَكُمْ فَعَرَفْنَا أَنَّ الْوَجْهَ كُلَّهُ يَنْبَغِي أَنْ يُغْسَلَ ثُمَّ قَالَ وَ أَيْدِيَكُمْ إِلَى الْمَرافِقِ ثُمَّ فَصَّلَ بَيْنَ الْكَلَامِ فَقَالَ وَ امْسَحُوا بِرُؤُسِكُمْ فَعَرَفْنَا حِينَ قَالَ بِرُؤُسِكُمْ أَنَّ الْمَسْحَ بِبَعْضِ الرَّأْسِ لِمَكَانِ الْبَاءِ ثُمَّ وَصَلَ الرِّجْلَيْنِ بِالرَّأْسِ كَمَا وَصَلَ الْيَدَيْنِ بِالْوَجْهِ فَقَالَ وَ أَرْجُلَكُمْ إِلَى الْكَعْبَيْنِ فَعَرَفْنَا حِينَ وَصَلَهَا بِالرَّأْسِ أَنَّ الْمَسْحَ عَلَى بَعْضِهَا ثُمَّ فَسَّرَ ذَلِكَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ( صلى الله عليه وآله ) لِلنَّاسِ فَضَيَّعُوهُ ثُمَّ قَالَ فَلَمْ تَجِدُوا ماءً فَتَيَمَّمُوا صَعِيداً طَيِّباً فَامْسَحُوا بِوُجُوهِكُمْ وَ أَيْدِيكُمْ مِنْهُ فَلَمَّا وَضَعَ الْوُضُوءَ إِنْ لَمْ تَجِدُوا الْمَاءَ أَثْبَتَ بَعْضَ الْغَسْلِ مَسْحاً لِأَنَّهُ قَالَ بِوُجُوهِكُمْ ثُمَّ وَصَلَ بِهَا وَ أَيْدِيَكُمْ ثُمَّ قَالَ مِنْهُ أَيْ مِنْ ذَلِكَ التَّيَمُّمِ لِأَنَّهُ عَلِمَ أَنَّ ذَلِكَ أَجْمَعَ لَمْ يَجْرِ عَلَى الْوَجْهِ لِأَنَّهُ يُعَلَّقُ مِنْ ذَلِكَ الصَّعِيدِ بِبَعْضِ الْكَفِّ وَ لَا يَعْلَقُ بِبَعْضِهَا ثُمَّ قَالَ ما يُرِيدُ اللَّهُ لِيَجْعَلَ عَلَيْكُمْ فِي الدِّينِ مِنْ حَرَجٍ وَ الْحَرَجُ الضِّيقُ .
Translation
Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father and Muhammad Bin Ismail, from Al Fazl Bin Shazaan, altogether from Hammad Bin Isa, from Hareyz, from Zurara who said, ‘I said to Abu Ja’far<sup>asws</sup>, ‘Can you<sup>asws</sup> inform me from where do you<sup>asws</sup> know and say that the wiping is with part of the head and part of the two legs?’ So he<sup>asws</sup> smiled and said: ‘O Zurara! Rasool-Allah<sup>saww</sup> said so and the Book was Revealed with it from Allah<sup>azwj</sup>, because Allah<sup>azwj</sup> Mighty and Majestic is Saying <span class="ibTxt"><a href="/#/books/quran:5#h6"><a href="/books/quran:5#h6">[5:6]</a></a> wash your faces</span>, thus we recognise that the face, all of it, it is befitting that one washes it. Then He<sup>azwj</sup> Said <span class="ibTxt">and your hands as far as the elbows</span>. Then He<sup>azwj</sup> Detailed between the Speech, so He<sup>azwj</sup> Said <span class="ibTxt">and wipe your heads</span>. So we recognise where He<sup>azwj</sup> Said <span class="ibTxt">your heads</span> that the wiping is with part of the head <span class="ibTxt"> and your feet to the ankles</span> due to the placing of the (letter) ‘Ba’. Then He<sup>azwj</sup> Linked the two feet with the head just as He<sup>azwj</sup> Linked the two hands with the face, so He<sup>azwj</sup> Said <span class="ibTxt">and your feet to the ankles</span>. Thus, we recognise where He<sup>azwj</sup> Linked it with the heat that the wiping is upon part of it. Then Rasool-Allah<sup>saww</sup> interpreted it for the people, by they wasted it. Then He<sup>azwj</sup> Said <span class="ibTxt">and if you cannot find water, betake yourselves to pure earth and wipe your faces and your hands from it</span>. So when the Ablution <span class="iTxt">(Wudhu)</span> is place and if you do not find the water, part of the washing is affirmed by the wiping, because He<sup>azwj</sup> Said <span class="ibTxt">wipe your faces</span>, the Linked with it <span class="ibTxt">and your hands</span>. Then He<sup>saww</sup> Said <span class="ibTxt">from it</span>, i.e. from that <span class="iTxt">Tayammum</span>, because He<sup>azwj</sup> Knew that that is not the entirety of the face because He<sup>azwj</sup> Attached the dust from that with part of the palm, and He<sup>azwj</sup> did not Attach with part of it. Then He<sup>azwj</sup> Said <span class="ibTxt">Allah does not desire to put on you any difficulty</span> in the Raligion, and the difficulty, it is the adversity’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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