Question 993: What is the duty of a person if no moisture remains on their hand for wiping their feet?

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✅Answer: Please pay attention to the following narrations:

1 مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْحُسَيْنِ قَالَ: قَالَ الصَّادِقُ إِنْ نَسِيتَ مَسْحَ رَأْسِكَ فَامْسَحْ عَلَيْهِ وَ عَلَى رِجْلَيْكَ مِنْ بِلَّةِ وُضُوئِكَ فَإِنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ بَقِيَ فِي يَدِكَ مِنْ نَدَاوَةِ وُضُوئِكَ شَيْءٌ فَخُذْ مَما بَقِيَ مِنْهُ فِي لِحْيَتِكَ وَ امْسَحْ بِهِ رَأْسَكَ وَ رِجْلَيْكَ وَ إِنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ لَكَ لِحْيَةٌ فَخُذْ مِنْ حَاجِبَيْكَ وَ أَشْفَارِ عَيْنَيْكَ وَ امْسَحْ بِهِ رَأْسَكَ وَ رِجْلَيْكَ وَ إِنْ لَمْ يَبْقَ مِنْ بِلَّةِ وُضُوئِكَ شَيْءٌ أَعَدْتَ الْوُضُوءَ.

📚Al-Faqih, Vol. 1, p. 60

Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him) said: If you forget to wipe your head, wipe it and your two feet with the moisture from your ablution. If nothing from the moisture of your ablution remains on your hand, take from what remains of the moisture of the ablution in your beard and wipe your head and your two feet with it, and if it is not in your beard, take from your two eyebrows and eyelids and wipe your head and your two feet, and if nothing from the moisture of your ablution remains, you repeat the ablution!

2 عَنْ مَالِكِ بْنِ أَعْيَنَ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ: مَنْ نَسِيَ مَسْحَ رَأْسِهِ ثُمَّ ذَكَرَ أَنَّهُ لَمْ يَمْسَحْ رَأْسَهُ فَإِنْ كَانَ فِي لِحْيَتِهِ بَلَلٌ فَلْيَأْخُذْ مِنْهُ وَ لْيَمْسَحْ رَأْسَهُ وَ إِنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ فِي لِحْيَتِهِ بَلَلٌ فَلْيَنْصَرِفْ وَ لْيُعِدِ الْوُضُوءَ.

📚Al-Tahdhib, Vol. 2, p. 201

Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him) said: A person who forgets to wipe his head and then remembers that he has not wiped his head, if there is moisture in his beard, he should take from it and wipe his head, and if there is no moisture in his beard, he should go back and repeat the ablution!

3 عَنْ زُرَارَةَ قَالَ: قَالَ أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ أَ لَا أَحْكِي لَكُمْ وُضُوءَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ.. الي ان قال... وَ تَمْسَحُ بِبِلَّةِ يُمْنَاكَ نَاصِيَتَكَ- وَ مَا بَقِيَ مِنْ بِلَّةِ يَمِينِكَ ظَهْرَ قَدَمِكَ الْيُمْنَى- وَ تَمْسَحُ بِبِلَّةِ يَسَارِكَ ظَهْرَ قَدَمِكَ الْيُسْرَى..

📚Al-Kafi, Vol. 3, p. 25

Zurarah said: Imam Baqir (peace be upon him) said: Should I not narrate to you the ablution of the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his family)?... until he said: You wipe the front of your head with the moisture of your right hand, and with the remaining moisture of your right hand, you wipe your right foot, and with the moisture and wetness of your left hand, you wipe your left foot...

4 عَنْ زُرَارَةَ وَ بُكَيْرٍ أَنَّهُمَا سَأَلَا أَبَا جَعْفَرٍ عَنْ وُضُوءِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ.... ثُمَّ مَسَحَ رَأْسَهُ وَ قَدَمَيْهِ بِبَلَلِ كَفِّهِ- لَمْ يُحْدِثْ لَهُمَا مَاءً جَدِيداً

📚Al-Kafi, Vol. 3, p. 25

Zurarah and Bukayr asked Imam Baqir (peace be upon him) about the ablution of the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his family). Until they said: Then the Imam wiped his head and his two feet with the moisture and wetness of his hand, and he did not take new water for them!

✅Based on the above narrations and others, wiping the head and the two feet is done with the wetness of the hands and the moisture from the ablution, and it is not permissible to take new water for them. In situations where no moisture remains on the hands, moisture and wetness are taken from what remains of the ablution in the beard, eyebrows, or eyelids, etc., and the wiping is performed, and if no moisture remains at all, the ablution is repeated, and taking new water for wiping has not been narrated in the traditions.

اللَّهُمَّ فَصَلِّ عَلَی مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ عَجِّلْ لِوَلِیِّکَ الْفَرَجَ وَ الْعَافِیَةَ وَ النَّصْرَ