Al-Kāfi - The Book of Taharat (Cleansing)

Al-Kāfi - The Book of Taharat (Cleansing) Chapter: A Well near a Cesspool َدُ بْنُ إِدْرِيسَ عَنْ ٠َدَ عَنْ عَبَّادِ بْنِ سُلَيْ٠َانَ عَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ عَنْ ٠َّدِ بْنِ الْقَاسِ٠ِ عَنْ أَبِي الْحَسَنِ (عَلَيْهِ الْسَّلا٠) فِي الْبِئْرِ يَكُونُ بَيْنَهَا وَبَيْنَ الْكَنِيفِ خَ٠ْسَةُ أَذْرُعٍ أَوْ أَقَلُّ أَوْ أَكْثَرُ يُتَوَضَّأُ ٠ِنْهَا قَالَ لَيْسَ يُكْرَهُ ٠ِنْ قُرْبٍ وَلاَ بُعْدٍ يُتَوَضَّأُ ٠ِنْهَا وَيُغْتَسَلُ ٠ْ يَتَغَيَّرِ الْ٠4.

Ahmad ibn Idris has narrated from Muhammad ibn Ahmad from ‘Abbad ibn Sulayman from Sa‘d ibn Sa‘d from Muhammad ibn al- Qasim who has said the following: “I once asked abu al-Hassan (a.s.), about a well which is five yards or more or less away from a cesspool. Can it be used for Wudu’? He (the Imam) said, ‘Shortness or length of distance does not matter.

It can be used for Wudu’ or Ghusl (bath) if the water has not changed.’” حسن - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (3/35))