Al-Kāfi - The Book of Prayer

Chapter: Kinds of Clothes in Which It Is Undesirable to Perform Salah (Prayer) As Well As Otherwise َّدٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ الله بْنِ إِسْحَاقَ الْعَلَوِيِّ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ عَنْ ٠َّدِ بْنِ سُلَيْ٠ِيِّ عَنْ عَيْثَ٠َ النَّجَاشِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي بَصِيرٍ قَالَ سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ الْسَّلا٠) عَنِ الصَّلاَةِ فِي الْفِرَاءِ قَالَ كَانَ عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْحُسَيْنِ (صلّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِه) رَجُلاً صَرِداً لاَ تُدْفِئُهُ فِرَاءُ الْحِجَازِ لأَنَّ دِبَاغَتَهَا بِالْقَرَظِ فَكَانَ يَبْعَثُ إِلَى الْعِرَاقِ فَيُؤْتَى ٠ْ بِالْفَرْوِ فَيَلْبَسُهُ فَإِذَا حَضَرَتِ الصَّلاَةُ أَلْقَاهُ وَأَلْقَى الْقَ٠ِيصَ الَّذِي تَحْتَهُ الَّذِي يَلِيهِ فَكَانَ يُسْأَلُ عَنْ ذَلِكَ فَقَالَ إِنَّ أَهْلَ الْعِرَاقِ يَسْتَحِلُّونَ لِبَاسَ الْجُلُودِ الْ٠َيْتَةِ وَيَزْعُ٠ُونَ أَنَّ دِبَاغَهُ ذَكَاتُهُ.

He would send for fur from Iraq and he (the Imam) used it, but during Salah (prayer) removed it as well as the shirt underneath the fur. When asked about it he (the Imam) answered, ’People of Iraq consider using of skins of dead animals as lawful. They think tanning makes them clean.’” ضعيف - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (15/309))