Permission Not to Perform the Ghusl Before the Ziyārah of Ĥusain (a.s.)
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1 حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي وَ أَخِي عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ مَتَّوَيْهِ بْنِ السِّنْدِيِّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ أَبِي الْخَطَّابِ بِالْكُوفَةِ عَنْ صَفْوَانَ بْنِ يَحْيَى عَنِ الْعِيصِ بْنِ الْقَاسِمِ الْبَجَلِيِّ قَالَ قُلْتُ لِأَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ (ع) مَنْ زَارَ الْحُسَيْنَ بْنَ عَلِيٍّ (ع) عَلَيْهِ غُسْلٌ قَالَ فَقَالَ لَا وَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي ره عَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي خَلَفٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ أَبِي الْخَطَّابِ عَنْ صَفْوَانَ عَنِ الْعِيصِ بْنِ الْقَاسِمِ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ (ع) مِثْلَهُ حَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْحَسَنِ الصَّفَّارِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْجَبَّارِ عَنْ صَفْوَانَ عَنِ الْعِيصِ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ (ع) مِثْلَهُ
1. My father and my brother both narrated to me from Ḥasan ibn Mutawayh ibn Sindi, from his father, from Muḥammad ibn Ḥusain ibn Abil Khaťťāb in the city of Kūfah, from Safwān ibn Yaḥyā, from ‘Ǐs ibn Qāsim Al-Bajali, who said: I asked Abā ‘Abdillāh (Imam Sādiq (a.s.)), “Is it obligatory to perform Ghusl before going to the Ziyārah of Ḥusain ibn ‘Ali (a.s.)?” Imam (a.s.) replied, “No.” The above Ḥadīth has also been narrated to me through the following chains: A) My father, from Sa’d ibn ‘Abdillāh ibn Abī Khalaf, from Muḥammad ibn Ḥusain ibn Abil Kaťťāb, from Safwān (ibn Yaḥyā), from ‘Ǐs ibn Qāsim, from Abī ‘Abdillāh (a.s.). B) Muḥammad ibn Ḥasan, from Muḥammad ibn Ḥasan Al-Saffār, from Muḥammad ibn ‘Abdil Jabbār, from Safwān (ibn Yaḥyā), from ‘Ǐs (ibn Qāsim), from Abī ‘Abdillāh (a.s.).
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2 حَدَّثَنِي عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ مُوسَى عَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنِ الْعَبَّاسِ بْنِ مَعْرُوفٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الْمُغِيرَةِ عَنْ أَبِي الْيَسَعِ قَالَ سَأَلَ رَجُلٌ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ (ع) وَ أَنَا أَسْمَعُ عَنِ الْغُسْلِ إِذَا أَتَى قَبْرَ الْحُسَيْنِ (ع) فَقَالَ لَا حَدَّثَنِي جَمَاعَةُ مَشَايِخِي عَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْحُسَيْنِ عَنْ أَيُّوبَ بْنِ نُوحٍ وَ غَيْرِهِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الْمُغِيرَةِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْيَسَعِ وَ ذَكَرَ الْحَدِيثَ بِنَفْسِهِ وَ حَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ الْحُسَيْنِ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ مَهْزِيَارَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَلِيٍّ عَنْ أَيُّوبَ بْنِ نُوحٍ وَ غَيْرِهِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الْمُغِيرَةِ عَنْ أَبِي الْيَسَعِ قَالَ سَأَلَ رَجُلٌ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ (ع) وَ ذَكَرَ مِثْلَهُ
2. ‘Ali ibn Ḥusain ibn Mūsā narrated to me from Sa’d ibn ‘Abdillāh, from Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn ‘Isā, from ‘Abbās ibn Ma’rūf, from ‘Abdillāh ibn Mughīrah, from Abil Yasa’, who said: I heard a man ask Abā ‘Abdillāh (Imam Sādiq (a.s.)) if one has to perform Ghusl before going to (the Ziyārah of) the grave of Ḥusain (a.s.). Imam (a.s.) replied, “No.” The above Ḥadīth has also been narrated to me through the following chains: A) All of my scholars, from Sa’d ibn ‘Abdillāh, from Muḥammad ibn Ḥusain, from Ayyūb ibn Nūḥ, and from others, from ‘Abdillāh ibn Mughīrah, from Abil Yasā’, from Abī ‘Abdillāh (a.s.). B) Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad ibn Ḥusain, from Ḥasan ibn ‘Ali ibn Mahziyār, from his father ‘Ali, from Ayyūb ibn Nūḥ, and from others, from ‘Abdillāh ibn Mughīrah, from Abil Yasa’, from Abī ‘Abdillāh (a.s.).
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3 حَدَّثَنِي جَمَاعَةُ مَشَايِخِي عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ يَحْيَى الْعَطَّارِ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ أَبِي زَاهِرٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ أَبِي الْخَطَّابِ عَنْ صَفْوَانَ بْنِ يَحْيَى عَنْ سَيْفِ بْنِ عَمِيرَةَ عَنِ الْعِيصِ بْنِ الْقَاسِمِ الْبَجَلِيِّ قَالَ قُلْتُ لِأَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ (ع) مَنْ زَارَ الْحُسَيْنَ (ع) عَلَيْهِ غُسْلٌ قَالَ لَا
3. All of my scholars narrated to me from Muḥammad ibn Yaḥyā Al-‘Aťťār, from Aḥmad ibn Abī Zāhir, from Muḥammad ibn Ḥusain ibn Abil Khaťťāb, from Safwān ibn Yaḥyā, from Sayf ibn ‘Amīrah, from ‘Ǐs ibn Qāsim Al-Bajali, who said: I asked Abā ‘Abdillāh (Imam Sādiq (a.s.)), “Is it obligatory to perform Ghusl before going to the Ziyārah of Ḥusain (a.s.)?” Imam (a.s.) replied, “No.”
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4 حَدَّثَنِي جَعْفَرُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مُوسَى الْكَاظِمِ بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ الصَّادِقِ (ع) عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ نَهِيكٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ عَنْ أَبِي حَنِيفَةَ السَّابِقِ [السَّائِقِ عَنْ يُونُسَ بْنِ عَمَّارٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ (ع) قَالَ إِذَا كُنْتَ مِنْهُ قَرِيباً يَعْنِي الْحُسَيْنَ (ع) فَإِنْ أَصَبْتَ غُسْلًا فَاغْتَسِلْ وَ إِلَّا فَتَوَضَّأْ ثُمَّ ائْتِهِ
4. Ja’far ibn Muḥammad ibn Ibrāhīm ibn ‘Ubaydillāh ibn Mūsā Al-Kāżim (a.s.) ibn Jafar Al-Sādiq (a.s.), narrated to me from ‘Ubaydillāh ibn Nahīk, from Muḥammad ibn Ziyād, from Abī Ḥanīfah Al-Sābiq, from Yūnus ibn ‘Ammār, who said: Abū ‘Abdillāh (Imam Sādiq (a.s.)) said: If you are close (in proximity) to him – referring to Ḥusain (a.s.) – and it is possible to perform Ghusl before going to him, do so. Otherwise, perform Wuďū and then go to him.
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5 حَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ يَعْقُوبَ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ فَضَّالٍ عَنِ الْعَبَّاسِ بْنِ عَامِرٍ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ عَطِيَّةَ أَبِي نَابٍ قَالَ سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ (ع) عَنِ الْغُسْلِ إِذَا أَتَيْتُ قَبْرَ الْحُسَيْنِ (ع) قَالَ لَيْسَ عَلَيْكَ غُسْلٌ
5. Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad ibn Ya’qūb narrated to me from ‘Ali ibn Ḥasan ibn Faďďāl, from ‘Abbās ibn ‘Āmir, from Abī Nāb Ḥasan ibn ‘Aťiyyāh, who said: I asked Abā ‘Abdillāh (Imam Sādiq (a.s.)) about performing Ghusl when going to (the Ziyārah of) the grave of Ḥusain (a.s.). Imam (a.s.) replied, “Performing Ghusl is not obligatory.”
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6 حَدَّثَنِي الْحَسَنُ بْنُ الزِّبْرِقَانِ الطَّبَرِيُّ بِإِسْنَادٍ لَهُ يَرْفَعُهُ إِلَى الصَّادِقِ (ع) قَالَ قُلْتُ رُبَّمَا أَتَيْنَا قَبْرَ الْحُسَيْنِ (ع) فَيَصْعُبُ عَلَيْنَا الْغُسْلُ لِلزِّيَارَةِ مِنَ الْبَرْدِ أَوْ غَيْرِهِ فَقَالَ (ع) مَنِ اغْتَسَلَ فِي الْفُرَاتِ وَ زَارَ الْحُسَيْنَ (ع) كُتِبَ لَهُ مِنَ الْفَضْلِ مَا لَا يُحْصَى فَمَتَى مَا رَجَعَ إِلَى الْمَوْضِعِ الَّذِي اغْتَسَلَ فِيهِ وَ تَوَضَّأَ وَ زَارَ الْحُسَيْنَ (ع) كُتِبَ لَهُ ذَلِكَ الثَّوَابُ
6. Ḥasan ibn Zibriqān Al-Ťabari narrated to me through his Isnād, from someone who said: I said to Imam Sādiq (a.s.), “Sometimes when we go to the Ziyārah of Ḥusain (a.s.), it is difficult to perform Ghusl because of the cold (climate) or for other reasons.” Imam (a.s.) replied, “So many merits will be registered for those who go to the Euphrates (River) and perform Ghusl in it before going to the Ziyārah of Ḥusain (a.s.), that they cannot be counted. And if they return anytime (in the future) to the place where they performed Ghusl, and (instead) perform Wuďū before going to the Ziyārah of Ḥusain (a.s.), the same (extent of) rewards will be registered for them.”