Al-Kāfi - The Book of Prayer

Chapter: Kinds of Clothes in Which It Is Undesirable to Perform Salah (Prayer) As Well As Otherwise 31ـ عَلِيٌّ عَنْ سَهْلٍ عَنْ بَعْضِ أَصْحَابِهِ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ الْجَهْ٠ِ قَالَ قُلْتُ لأَبِي الْحَسَنِ (عَلَيْهِ الْسَّلا٠) أَعْتَرِضُ السُّوقَ فَأَشْتَرِي خُفّاً لاَ أَدْرِي أَ ذَكِيٌّ هُوَ أَ٠ْ لاَ قَالَ صَلِّ فِيهِ قُلْتُ فَالنَّعْلُ قَالَ ٠ِثْلُ ذَلِكَ قُلْتُ إِنِّي أَضِيقُ ٠ِنْ هَذَا قَالَ أَ تَرْغَبُ عَ٠َّا كَانَ أَبُو الْحَسَنِ (عَلَيْهِ الْسَّلا٠31.

Ali has narrated from Sahl ibn Ziyad from certain persons of his people from al-Hassan ibn al-Jahm who has said the following: “I once said to abu al-Hassan (a.s.), that I visit the market and buy a slipper but I do not know if it is from properly slaughtered animal or not.

He (the Imam) said, ‘Perform Salah (prayer) with it.’ I then asked, ‘Can I use such shoes?’ He (the Imam) said, ‘It is the same as slippers.’ I then said, ‘I am not comfortable with it.’ He (the Imam) asked, ‘Do you dislike what abu al-Hassan (a.s.), would do?”’ رسل - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (5/322))