Al-Kāfi - The Book of Social Manners

Al-Kāfi - The Book of Social Manners Chapter: Prohibition of Burning Papers With Writings on Them 3ـ عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِي٠َ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عُ٠َانَ عَنْ زُرَارَةَ قَالَ سُئِلَ أَبُو عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيهِ السَّلا٠ْحُوهُ الرَّجُلُ بِالتُّفْلِ قَالَ ا٠ْحُوهُ بِأَطْهَرِ ٠3.

Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father from Ibn Abi ‘Umayr from Hammad ibn ‘Uthman from Zurara who has said the following: “Once Abu ‘Abdillah (a.s.) was asked about a name of the names of Allah that a man tries to delete with his saliva. The Imam said, ‘It should be deleted with the cleanest thing that you can find.’”