alkafi-3800Vol. 3, p. 2
سَمِعْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع يَقُولُ إِذَا كَانَ الْمَاءُ قَدْرَ كُرٍّ لَمْ يُنَجِّسْهُ شَيْءٌ.
“I heard abu ’Abd Allah (a.s.), say, ‘If the quantity of water is one Kur, then things do not make it unclean.”’
The Quantity of Water that Always Remains Clean
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alkafi-3801Vol. 3, p. 2
سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع عَنِ الْمَاءِ الَّذِي تَبُولُ فِيهِ الدَّوَابُّ وَ تَلَغُ[1] فِيهِ الْكِلَابُ وَ يَغْتَسِلُ فِيهِ الْجُنُبُ قَالَ إِذَا كَانَ الْمَاءُ قَدْرَ كُرٍّ لَمْ يُنَجِّسْهُ شَيْءٌ.
“I once asked abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), about a water which dogs lick and in which animals urinate and people take baths after sexual activities. He (the Imam) said, ‘If its quantity is one Kur, then such things cannot make it unclean.’”
alkafi-3802Vol. 3, p. 2
إِذَا كَانَ الْمَاءُ أَكْثَرَ مِنْ رَاوِيَةٍ لَمْ يُنَجِّسْهُ شَيْءٌ تَفَسَّخَ فِيهِ أَوْ لَمْ يَتَفَسَّخْ فِيهِ إِلَّا أَنْ يَجِيءَ لَهُ رِيحٌ يَغْلِبُ عَلَى رِيحِ الْمَاءِ.
“If the quantity of water is more than a Rawiyah, then it does not become unclean because of things falling in it, regardless of whether they have disintegrated or not, unless the smell of such things overwhelms the smell of water.”
alkafi-3803Vol. 3, p. 2
إِذَا كَانَ الْمَاءُ فِي الرَّكِيِ[3] كُرّاً لَمْ يُنَجِّسْهُ شَيْءٌ قُلْتُ وَ كَمِ الْكُرُّ قَالَ ثَلَاثَةُ أَشْبَارٍ وَ نِصْفٌ عُمْقُهَا فِي ثَلَاثَةِ أَشْبَارٍ وَ نِصْفٍ عَرْضِهَا[4].
‘If a quantity of water measures one Kur it does not become unclean.’ I then asked, ‘How much is the quantity of Kur?’ He (the Imam) replied, ‘Three and a half shibr in depth and three and a half in width. ”’(A Shibr is from the tip of thumb to the tip of the small finger with the palm spread open)
alkafi-3804Vol. 3, p. 3
سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع عَنِ الْكُرِّ مِنَ الْمَاءِ كَمْ يَكُونُ قَدْرُهُ قَالَ إِذَا كَانَ الْمَاءُ ثَلَاثَةَ أَشْبَارٍ وَ نِصْفٍ [نِصْفاً] فِي مِثْلِهِ ثَلَاثَةِ أَشْبَارٍ وَ نِصْفٍ فِي عُمْقِهِ فِي الْأَرْضِ فَذَلِكَ الْكُرُّ مِنَ الْمَاءِ.
“I asked abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), ‘How much is the quantity of one Kur of water?’ He (the Imam) replied, ‘If the size of water is three and a half shibr by three and a half shibr, and three and a half shibr in its depth in the ground, then it is one Kur.’”
alkafi-3805Vol. 3, p. 3
الْكُرُّ مِنَ الْمَاءِ أَلْفٌ وَ مِائَتَا رِطْلٍ.
“Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said that the quantity of one Kur of water is one thousand and two hundred ritl (a certain measurement).”
alkafi-3806Vol. 3, p. 3
سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع عَنِ الْمَاءِ الَّذِي لَا يُنَجِّسُهُ شَيْءٌ قَالَ كُرٌّ قُلْتُ وَ مَا الْكُرُّ قَالَ ثَلَاثَةُ أَشْبَارٍ فِي ثَلَاثَةِ أَشْبَارٍ.
‘It is one Kur.’ I then asked, ‘How much is one Kur?’ He (the Imam) replied, ‘It is three shibr by three shibr in size.’”
alkafi-3807Vol. 3, p. 3
الْكُرُّ مِنَ الْمَاءِ نَحْوُ حُبِّي هَذَا وَ أَشَارَ بِيَدِهِ إِلَى حُبٍّ مِنْ تِلْكَ الْحِبَابِ الَّتِي تَكُونُ بِالْمَدِينَةِ.
“Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said, ‘The quantity of one Kur of water is of the size of this Hubb (a water container).’ He pointed with his hand to one of those Hubb which are used in al- Madinah.”