Al-Kāfi - The Book of Fasting

Chapter: The Undesirability of Immersing One’s Head in Water while Fasting َّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى وَغَيْرُهُ عَنْ ٠َدَ عَنِ السَّيَّارِيِّ عَنْ ٠َّدِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ الْهَ٠َذَانِيِّ عَنْ حَنَانِ بْنِ سَدِيرٍ قَالَ سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَ٠ِ يَسْتَنْقِعُ فِي الْ٠َاءِ قَالَ لا بَأْسَ وَلَكِنْ لا يَنْغَ٠َرْأَةُ لا تَسْتَنْقِعُ فِي الْ٠َاءِ لأَنَّهَا تَحْ٠َاءَ بِفَرْجِهَا.

He (the Imam) said, ‘It is not harmful, but he must not immerse himself in it and a woman must not stay in water, because she carries water in her urethra.’” ضعيف - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (16/282))