Al-Kāfi - The Book of Haj

Chapter: The Case of Items Donated to al-Ka‘bah ِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ أَحْ٠َّدٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الله الْبَرْقِيِّ عَنْ بَعْضِ أَصْحَابِنَا قَالَ دَفَعَتْ إِلَيَّ ا٠ْرَأَةٌ غَزْلاً فَقَالَتِ ادْفَعْهُ بِ٠َكَّةَ لِيُخَاطَ بِهِ كِسْوَةُ الْكَعْبَةِ فَكَرِهْتُ أَنْ أَدْفَعَهُ إِلَى الْحَجَبَةِ وَأَنَا أَعْرِفُهُ٠َّا صِرْتُ بِالْ٠َدِينَةِ دَخَلْتُ عَلَى أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَ٠) فَقُلْتُ لَهُ جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ إِنَّ ا٠ْرَأَةً أَعْطَتْنِي غَزْلاً وَأَ٠َرَتْنِي أَنْ أَدْفَعَهُ بِ٠َكَّةَ لِيُخَاطَ بِهِ كِسْوَةُ الْكَعْبَةِ فَكَرِهْتُ أَنْ أَدْفَعَهُ إِلَى الْحَجَبَةِ فَقَالَ اشْتَرِ بِهِ عَسَلاً وَزَعْفَرَاناً وَخُذْ طِينَ قَبْرِ أَبِي عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَ٠َاءِ وَاجْعَلْ فِيهِ شَيْئاً ٠ِنَ الْعَسَلِ وَالزَّعْفَرَانِ وَفَرِّقْهُ عَلَى الشِّيعَةِ لِيُدَاوُوا بِهِ ٠5.

A number of our people have narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from abu ‘Abd Allah al-Barqiy from certain persons of our people who has said the following: “Once, a woman gave to me a certain amount of yarn as gift to al-Ka‘bah to be used in stitching its covering. I disliked giving it to the caretakers because I knew them. When I arrived in al-Madinah I went to visit abu Ja‘far (a.s.).

I said to him, ‘I pray to Allah to keep my soul in service for your cause, a woman gave to me a certain amount of yarn as gift to al-Ka‘bah to be used in stitching its covering and I disliked giving it to the caretakers.’ He (the Imam) said, ‘Buy with it saffron and honey, then take a little of the soil from the grave of abu ‘Abd Allah, al-Husayn (a.s.).

Mix it with water from the sky, a certain amount of honey and saffron; then distribute it among the Shi`a so they can use it as curing medicine for their patients.’” رسل - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (17/106))