Hadith 126
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9. Ali ibn Muhammad and Muhammad ibn al-Hassan have narrated from Sahl ibn Ziyad and Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father and Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad all from Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn abu Nasr from ‘Abd al-Karim who has said the following
“I once asked abu ‘Abdillah (a.s.), about Wudu’. He (the Imam) said, ‘Wudu’ of Ali (a.s.), was once (washing of face and hands) and once (wiping of head and feet).’”
This is evidence that ablution is only "once and once", because he (sw) whenever faced two matters, both of which were in obedience of Allah, he would take the more cautious and more intense of the two for his body. Indeed, what has come from them (i.e. the Imams (AS)) is that he said, 'Ablution is twice. It is for the one who is not satisfied with it once, and he adds to it, then he says twice.' Then he said, 'And whoever adds more than twice will not be rewarded, and this is the utmost limit in ablution. Whoever exceeds it is sinful and does not have ablution. It is like someone who prays five units in Dhuhr, and had he (AS) not made it clear that it should only be made twice, it would have led the way to (washing) three (times)’. It is narrated about a man who had with him an amount of water equal to a handful, and the prayer was imminent. He said, 'So he divided it into three parts: one-third for the face, one-third for the right hand, and one-third for the left hand. He wiped his head and his feet with the remainder.'
This is evidence that ablution is only "once and once", because he (sw) whenever faced two matters, both of which were in obedience of Allah, he would take the more cautious and more intense of the two for his body. Indeed, what has come from them (i.e. the Imams (AS)) is that he said, 'Ablution is twice. It is for the one who is not satisfied with it once, and he adds to it, then he says twice.' Then he said, 'And whoever adds more than twice will not be rewarded, and this is the utmost limit in ablution. Whoever exceeds it is sinful and does not have ablution. It is like someone who prays five units in Dhuhr, and had he (AS) not made it clear that it should only be made twice, it would have led the way to (washing) three (times)’. It is narrated about a man who had with him an amount of water equal to a handful, and the prayer was imminent. He said, 'So he divided it into three parts: one-third for the face, one-third for the right hand, and one-third for the left hand. He wiped his head and his feet with the remainder.'
9ـ عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ وَعَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ جَمِيعاً عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَبِي نَصْرٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ الْكَرِيمِ قَالَ
سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ الْسَّلام) عَنِ الْوُضُوءِ فَقَالَ مَا كَانَ وُضُوءُ عَلِيٍّ (عَلَيْهِ الْسَّلام) إِلاَّ مَرَّةً مَرَّةً. هَذَا دَلِيلٌ عَلَى أَنَّ الْوُضُوءَ إِنَّمَا هُوَ مَرَّةٌ مَرَّةٌ لأَنَّهُ (صلّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِه) كَانَ إِذَا وَرَدَ عَلَيْهِ أَمْرَانِ كِلاَهُمَا لله طَاعَةٌ أَخَذَ بِأَحْوَطِهِمَا وَأَشَدِّهِمَا عَلَى بَدَنِهِ وَإِنَّ الَّذِي جَاءَ عَنْهُمْ (عَلَيْهِم الْسَّلام) أَنَّهُ قَالَ الْوُضُوءُ مَرَّتَانِ إِنَّهُ هُوَ لِمَنْ لَمْ يُقْنِعْهُ مَرَّةٌ وَاسْتَزَادَهُ فَقَالَ مَرَّتَانِ ثُمَّ قَالَ وَمَنْ زَادَ عَلَى مَرَّتَيْنِ لَمْ يُؤْجَرْ وَهَذَا أَقْصَى غَايَةِ الْحَدِّ فِي الْوُضُوءِ الَّذِي مَنْ تَجَاوَزَهُ أَثِمَ وَلَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ وُضُوءٌ وَكَانَ كَمَنْ صَلَّى الظُّهْرَ خَمْسَ رَكَعَاتٍ وَلَوْ لَمْ يُطْلِقْ (عَلَيْهِ الْسَّلام) فِي الْمَرَّتَيْنِ لَكَانَ سَبِيلُهُمَا سَبِيلَ الثَّلاَثِ. وَرُوِيَ فِي رَجُلٍ كَانَ مَعَهُ مِنَ الْمَاءِ مِقْدَارُ كَفٍّ وَحَضَرَتِ الصَّلاَةُ قَالَ فَقَالَ يَقْسِمُهُ أَثْلاَثاً ثُلُثٌ لِلْوَجْهِ وَثُلُثٌ لِلْيَدِ الْيُمْنَى وَثُلُثٌ لِلْيَدِ الْيُسْرَى وَيَمْسَحُ بِالْبِلَّةِ رَأْسَهُ وَرِجْلَيْهِ.
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