قُلْتُ لِأَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) الرَّجُلُ يَرَى فِي الْمَنَامِ وَ يَجِدُ الشَّهْوَةَ فَيَسْتَيْقِظُ وَ يَنْظُرُ فَلَا يَجِدُ شَيْئاً ثُمَّ يَمْكُثُ بَعْدُ فَيَخْرُجُ قَالَ إِنْ كَانَ مَرِيضاً فَلْيَغْتَسِلْ وَ إِنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ مَرِيضاً فَلَا شَيْءَ عَلَيْهِ قَالَ فَقُلْتُ لَهُ فَمَا فَرْقٌ بَيْنَهُمَا فَقَالَ لِأَنَّ الرَّجُلَ إِذَا كَانَ صَحِيحاً جَاءَ بِدُفْقَةٍ وَ قُوَّةٍ وَ إِذَا كَانَ مَرِيضاً لَمْ يَجِئْ إِلَّا بَعْدُ .
Translation
Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Ibn Abu Umeyr, from Ibn Al Mugheira, from Hareyz, from Ibn Abu Yafour who said, ‘I said to Abu Abdullah<sup>asws</sup>, ‘The man sees (a dream) in the sleep and finds the excitement, but (when) he wakes up and looks, he does not find anything. Then he waits afterwards, so it (discharge) comes out’. He<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘If he was sick so let him wash, and if he does not happen to be sick, then there is nothing upon him’. He (the narrator) said, ‘So I said to him<sup>asws</sup>, ‘So what is the difference between the two?’ So he<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘Because the man, when he was healthy, it would come with ejaculation (spurts) and strength, and when he was sick, it would not come except afterwards’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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