Ali Ibn Abi Talib - Volume 1 of 2

488 Financial and judiciary institutions at the time of 'Ali
3. The Islamic jurisprudence of
Arnir al-Mu'mineen 'Ali ibn Abi Tglib (&)
3;l. With regard to acts of worship
Amir d-Mu'mineen 'Ali ibn Ahi Tilib (&) never spared any
effort to explain the rulings on acts of worship to the people, because
of what he enjoyed of great abundance of knowledge and
understanding of Islam. What he taught the people about the rulings
on acts of worship would require many huge volumes;55 therefore,
we will refer to just a few of his rulings by way of example:
Rulings on purification
1. The urine of a baby girl needs to be washed,
and the urine of a baby boy needs only to be
sprinkled if he does not yet eat solid food
Amir d-Mu'mineen 'Ali(4)
said: 'The urine of a baby girl
needs to be washed, and the urine of a baby boy needs only to be
sprinkled if be does not yet eat solid food."56 The evidence for that is
that when al-Husayn ibn 'Ali urinated in the lap of the Prophet a),
Lubibah hint al-H%ith said: "0 Messenger of Allah (&), give me
your gannent and put another on." He (g) said: "The urine of the
male only needs to be sprinkled, whereas the urine of the female
needs to be washed."57
2. The sleep of one who is sitting up,
and the ruling if he breaks wind
'Abdur-Razziq nanated in his Musannaf that 'Ali, Ibn
Mas'ood and ash-Sha'bi said concerning a man who sleeps while
sitting: "He does not have to perform ablution (w~doo')."~~ This
may be understood as referring to very Light sleep or dozing, because