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darimi:936ʿAbd al-Ṣamad b. ʿAbd al-Wārith > Shuʿbah > Abū Bishr > Saʿīd b. Jubayr > Katabat Āmraʾah > Ibn ʿAbbās And Ibn al-Zubayr Innī Ustaḥāḍ Falā Aṭhur And ʾInnī Udhakkirukumā Allāh Illā Aftaytumānī Waʾinnī Saʾalt

[Machine] About that, they said that Ali used to say, "You should wash for every prayer." So, I read and wrote the answer with my own hand, I couldn't find anything except what Ali said. It was said that Kufa is a cold land, so he said, "If Allah had willed, He would have tested it with something harsher than that."  

الدارمي:٩٣٦أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ الصَّمَدِ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْوَارِثِ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بِشْرٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ سَعِيدَ بْنَ جُبَيْرٍ يَقُولُ كَتَبَتِ امْرَأَةٌ إِلَى ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ وَابْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ إِنِّي أُسْتَحَاضُ فَلَا أَطْهُرُ وَإِنِّي أُذَكِّرُكُمَا اللَّهُ إِلَّا أَفْتَيْتُمَانِي وَإِنِّي سَأَلْتُ

عَنْ ذَلِكَ فَقَالُوا كَانَ عَلِيٌّ يَقُولُ «تَغْتَسِلُ لِكُلِّ صَلَاةٍ» فَقَرَأْتُ وَكَتَبْتُ الْجَوَابَ بِيَدِي مَا أَجِدُ لَهَا إِلَّا مَا قَالَ عَلِيٌّ فَقِيلَ إِنَّ الْكُوفَةَ أَرْضٌ بَارِدَةٌ فَقَالَ لَوْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ لَابْتَلَاهَا بِأَشَدَّ مِنْ ذَلِكَ