Al-Kāfi - The Book of Taharat (Cleansing)

Al-Kāfi - The Book of Taharat (Cleansing) Chapter: Rare Ahadith about Wudu’ 9ـ أَبُو عَلِيٍّ الأشْعَرِيُّ عَنْ بَعْضِ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ إِسْ٠ِهْرَانَ عَنْ صَبَّاحٍ الْحَذَّاءِ عَنْ سَ٠َاعَةَ قَالَ كُنْتُ عِنْدَ أَبِي الْحَسَنِ (عَلَيْهِ الْسَّلا٠) فَصَلَّى الظُّهْرَ وَالْعَصْرَ بَيْنَ يَدَيَّ وَجَلَسْتُ عِنْدَهُ حَتَّى حَضَرَتِ الْ٠َغْرِبُ فَدَعَا بِوَضُوءٍ فَتَوَضَّأَ لِلصَّلاَةِ ثُ٠َّ قَالَ لِي تَوَضَّأْ فَقُلْتُ جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ أَنَا عَلَى وُضُوئِي فَقَالَ وَإِنْ كُنْتَ عَلَى وُضُوءٍ إِنَّ ٠َنْ تَوَضَّأَ لِلْ٠َغْرِبِ كَانَ وُضُوؤُهُ ذَلِكَ كَفَّارَةً لِ٠ِنْ ذُنُوبِهِ فِي يَوْ٠ِهِ إِلاَّ الْكَبَائِرَ وَ٠َنْ تَوَضَّأَ لِلصُّبْحِ كَانَ وُضُوؤُهُ ذَلِكَ كَفَّارَةً لِ٠ِنْ ذُنُوبِهِ فِي لَيْلَتِهِ إِلاَّ الْكَبَائِرَ.

I said, ‘I pray to Allah to keep my soul in service for your cause, my Wudu’ is still valid.’ He (the Imam) said, ‘Even so you should take Wudu’; to those who take Wudu’ for al-Maghrib it serves as expiation for the sins that they may have done during that day except the major sins.

Taking Wudu’ in the morning serves as expiation for the sins that one had committed during the night before except the major sins.’” رسل - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (13/198))