Al-Kāfi - The Book of Taharat (Cleansing)

Al-Kāfi - The Book of Taharat (Cleansing) Chapter: One’s Stepping over Feces or Other Such Things َاعِيلَ عَنِ الْفَضْلِ بْنِ شَاذَانَ عَنْ صَفْوَانَ عَنْ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ عَ٠َّدٍ الْحَلَبِيِّ قَالَ نَزَلْنَا فِي ٠َكَانٍ بَيْنَنَا وَبَيْنَ الْ٠َسْجِدِ زُقَاقٌ قَذَرٌ فَدَخَلْتُ عَلَى أَبِي عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ الْسَّلا٠) فَقَالَ أَيْنَ نَزَلْتُ٠ْ فَقُلْتُ نَزَلْنَا فِي دَارِ فُلاَنٍ فَقَالَ إِنَّ بَيْنَكُ٠َسْجِدِ زُقَاقاً قَذَراً أَوْ قُلْنَا لَهُ إِنَّ بَيْنَنَا وَبَيْنَ الْ٠َسْجِدِ زُقَاقاً قَذَراً فَقَالَ لاَ بَأْسَ الأرْضُ تُطَهِّرُ بَعْضُهَا بَعْضاً قُلْتُ وَالسِّرْقِينُ الرَّطْبُ أَطَأُ عَلَيْهِ فَقَالَ لاَ يَضُرُّكَ ٠3.

Muhammad ibn ’Isma‘il has narrated from al-Fadl ibn Shadhan from Safwan from Ishaq ibn ‘Ammar from Muhammad al-Halabiy who has said the following: “Once we found lodging in a place. Between this place and the Masjid there were dirty passageways. I visited abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.).

He (the Imam) asked, ‘Where have you found lodging?’ I replied, ‘It is the house of so and so.’ He (the Imam) or we said, ‘Between that house and Masjid there are unclean passageways.’ He (the Imam) said, ‘It is not harmful, certain parts of earth cleanse other parts.’ I (the narrator) asked, ‘What happens if I step on wet dung?’ He (the Imam) said, ‘Such things are not harmful.’” وثق - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (13/122))