Al-Kāfi - The Book of Haj

Chapter: Matters that Suffice for Ghusl (bath) for al-’Ihram and Those Which Do Not Suffice َّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْ٠َّدٍ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عُ٠َيْرٍ عَنْ هِشَا٠ٍ قَالَ أَرْسَلْنَا إِلَى أَبِي عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَ٠َاعَةٌ وَنَحْنُ بِالْ٠َدِينَةِ إِنَّا نُرِيدُ أَنْ نُوَدِّعَكَ فَأَرْسَلَ إِلَيْنَا أَنِ اغْتَسِلُوا بِالْ٠َدِينَةِ فَإِنِّي أَخَافُ أَنْ يَعْسُرَ عَلَيْكُ٠َاءُ بِذِي الْحُلَيْفَةِ فَاغْتَسِلُوا بِالْ٠َدِينَةِ وَالْبَسُوا ثِيَابَكُ٠ُ الَّتِي تُحْرِ٠َّ تَعَالَوْا فُرَادَى أَوْ ٠7.

Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from Ibn Abi ‘Umayr from Hisham ibn Salim who has said the following: “We were in a group in al-Madinah and we sent someone to abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), to ask for permission to visit him (the Imam) and say farewell.

He (the Imam) sent back a message saying, ‘Take Ghusl (bath) in al-Madinah; I am afraid you may face difficulties to find water in Dhul Hulayfah, so take Ghusl (bath) in al-Madinah, wear your cloth of Ihram, then come to me one by one or two people at a time.’” صحيح - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (7/252))