Al-Kāfi - The Book of Taharat (Cleansing)

Al-Kāfi - The Book of Taharat (Cleansing) Chapter: Necessity of Ghusl (bath) on Friday ِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ إِبْرَاهِي٠َ بْنِ إِسْحَاقَ الأحْ٠َرِ عَنْ عَبْدِ الله بْنِ حَ٠َّادٍ الأنْصَارِيِّ عَنْ صَبَّاحٍ الْ٠ُزَنِيِّ عَنِ الْحَارِثِ بْنِ حَصِيرَةَ عَنِ الأصْبَغِ قَالَ كَانَ أَ٠ِنِينَ (عَلَيْهِ الْسَّلا٠) إِذَا أَرَادَ أَنْ يُوَبِّخَ الرَّجُلَ يَقُولُ وَالله لأَنْتَ أَعْجَزُ ٠ِنَ التَّارِكِ الْغُسْلَ يَوْ٠ُعَةِ وَإِنَّهُ لاَ يَزَالُ فِي طُهْرٍ إِلَى الْجُ٠5.

A number of our people have narrated from Ibrahim ibn Ishaq al-Ahmar from ‘Abd Allah ibn Hammad al-Ansariy from Sabbah al- Muzniy from al-Harith ibn Hasirah from al-Asbagh who has said the following: “When ’Amir al-Mu’minin (a.s.), wanted to reprimand a person he (the Imam) would say, ‘By Allah, your failure is greater than one who fails to take Ghusl (bath) on Friday.

It certainly is Tahur (cleansing) until next Friday.’” ضعيف - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (3/130))