Hazrat Abu Farwah says that I asked Hazrat Sha’bi,“Would you perform ghusl (ritual bath) with the water of a public bath while in a state of janabah (major ritual impurity)?”He replied,“Yes, and then I would consider it my best ghusl.”I asked,“Would you perform ghusl again after coming out of the bath?”He replied,“Then why would I enter it in the first place?”

Hasan considered bathing with the water of the public bath disliked.

Hazrat Sayyar says that I saw Hazrat Sha'bi coming out of the bathhouse and washing his body with the bathhouse water, but he did not wash his feet. I asked him the reason for this, so he said: I am a person who is looked at by others.