Clean and Pure
In a lengthy Hadith,
فَقَالُوا يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ أَ لَا تُغَسِّلُهُ
They said, ‘O Amir Al-Momineen-asws! Will you not wash him?’
قَالَ قَدِ اغْتَسَلَ بِمَاءٍ هُوَ مِنْهَا طَاهِرٌ إِلَى يَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ
He-asws said, ‘He has already been washed with water. He is clean from it up to the Day of Qiyamah’.
ثُمَّ قَالَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ صَلَوَاتُ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ مَنْ أَتَى هَذِهِ الْقَاذُورَةَ فَلْيَتُبْ إِلَى اللَّهِ فِيمَا بَيْنَهُ وَ بَيْنَ اللَّهِ فَوَ اللَّهِ لَتَوْبَتُهُ إِلَى اللَّهِ فِي السِّرِّ أَفْضَلُ مِنْ أَنْ يَفْضَحَ نَفْسَهُ وَ يَهْتِكَ سِتْرَهُ.
Then Amir Al-Momineen-asws, may the Salawaat of Allah-azwj be upon him-asws, said: ‘O you people! One who commits this filth, let him repent to Allah-azwj regarding what is between him and Allah-azwj. By Allah-azwj, his repenting to Allah-azwj in the secret is better than him shaming himself and violating his own veil![1]
[1] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 76 – The Book of Evil deeds – Ch 70 H 7