فَقَالَ لَهُ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) كَانَ...
فَقَالَ لَهُ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ( صلى الله عليه وآله ) فِي زَمَانِ قَتْرٍ مُقْتِرٍ وَ كَانَ يَأْخُذُ لِقَتْرِهِ وَ اقْتِدَارِهِ وَ إِنَّ الدُّنْيَا بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ أَرْخَتْ عَزَالِيَهَا فَأَحَقُّ أَهْلِهَا بِهَا أَبْرَارُهَا ثُمَّ تَلَا قُلْ مَنْ حَرَّمَ زِينَةَ اللَّهِ الَّتِي أَخْرَجَ لِعِبادِهِ وَ الطَّيِّباتِ مِنَ الرِّزْقِ وَ نَحْنُ أَحَقُّ مَنْ أَخَذَ مِنْهَا مَا أَعْطَاهُ اللَّهُ غَيْرَ أَنِّي يَا ثَوْرِيُّ مَا تَرَى عَلَيَّ مِنْ ثَوْبٍ إِنَّمَا أَلْبَسُهُ لِلنَّاسِ Abu Abdullah -asws said to him: ‘Rasool-Allah -saww was in an era of scarcity and financial straitness, and he -saww used to take in accordance with his -saww straitness and his -saww ability, and the world after that has long gone past it, thus the most deserving of its people with it are its righteous ones’.
Then he -asws recited [7:32] Say: Who has prohibited the adornments of Allah which He has Brought forth for His servants and the good provisions? And we -asws are the most rightful of taking from it what Allah -azwj has Granted it, besides I -asws , O Sowry, what you see upon me -asws from the clothes, rather I -asws wear it for the people’.
ثُمَّ اجْتَذَبَ يَدَ سُفْيَانَ فَجَرَّهَا إِلَيْهِ ثُمَّ رَفَعَ الثَّوْبَ الْأَعْلَى وَ أَخْرَجَ ثَوْباً تَحْتَ ذَلِكَ عَلَى جِلْدِهِ غَلِيظاً فَقَالَ هَذَا أَلْبَسُهُ لِنَفْسِي وَ مَا رَأَيْتَهُ لِلنَّاسِ ثُمَّ جَذَبَ ثَوْباً عَلَى سُفْيَانَ أَعْلَاهُ غَلِيظٌ خَشِنٌ وَ دَاخِلُ ذَلِكَ ثَوْبٌ لَيِّنٌ فَقَالَ لَبِسْتَ هَذَا الْأَعْلَى لِلنَّاسِ وَ لَبِسْتَ هَذَا لِنَفْسِكَ تَسُرُّهَا. Then he -asws drew the hand of Sufyan, so he -asws brought it towards himself -asws .
Then he -asws raised his upper garment, and there was a cloth beneath that, upon his -asws skin, which was rough. So he -asws said: ‘This, I -asws wear it for myself -asws , and what you see is for the people’. Then he -asws drew the upper clothing of Sufyan which was rough, coarse, and inside that was a smooth cloth. So he -asws said: ‘You wear this outer garment for the people, and you wear this for yourself, delighting in it’.