كَتَبَ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ إِلَى أَبِي مُحَمَّدٍ ( عليه السلام ) فِي الْمَاءِ الَّذِي يُغَسَّلُ بِهِ الْمَيِّتُ كَمْ حَدُّهُ فَوَقَّعَ ( عليه السلام ) حَدُّ غُسْلِ الْمَيِّتِ يُغْسَلُ حَتَّى يَطْهُرَ إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ قَالَ وَ كَتَبَ إِلَيْهِ هَلْ يَجُوزُ أَنْ يُغَسَّلَ الْمَيِّتُ وَ مَاؤُهُ الَّذِي يُصَبُّ عَلَيْهِ يَدْخُلُ إِلَى بِئْرِ كَنِيفٍ أَوِ الرَّجُلُ يَتَوَضَّأُ وُضُوءَ الصَّلَاةِ أَنْ يُصَبَّ مَاءُ وُضُوئِهِ فِي كَنِيفٍ فَوَقَّعَ ( عليه السلام ) يَكُونُ ذَلِكَ فِي بَلَالِيعَ .
Translation
Muhammad Bin Yahya who said, ‘Muhammad Bin Al-Hassan wrote to Abu Muhammad<sup>asws</sup> regarding the water by which the deceased is to be washed, how much is it’s limit?’ So he<sup>asws</sup> signed: ‘A limit of washing the deceased is until he is clean, Allah<sup>azwj</sup> Willing’. He (the narrator) said, ‘And he wrote to him<sup>asws</sup>, ‘Is it allowed to wash the deceased and the water which is poured upon him enters into a bathroom cesspool (underground reservoir), or the man performs an ablution for the <span class="iTxt">Salaat</span> and the water of his ablution pours into a cesspool’. So he<sup>asws</sup> signed: ‘That would happen (end up) to be in a cesspool anyway’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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