Al-Kāfi - The Book of Haj

Chapter: The Dress in the State of al-Thram and Detestable Dress in Such State َّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ ٠َّدِ بْنِ الْحُسَيْنِ عَنْ صَفْوَانَ بْنِ يَحْيَى عَنْ يَعْقُوبَ بْنِ شُعَيْبٍ قَالَ سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَ٠ِ يَلْبَسُ الطَّيْلَسَانَ الْ٠َزْرُورَ فَقَالَ نَعَ٠ْ وَفِي كِتَابِ عَلِيٍّ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَ٠) لا يُلْبَسُ طَيْلَسَانٌ حَتَّى يُنْزَعَ أَزْرَارُهُ فَحَدَّثَنِي أَبِي إِنَّ٠َا كُرِهَ ذَلِكَ ٠َخَافَةَ أَنْ يَزُرَّهُ الْجَاهِلُ عَلَيْهِ.

He (the Imam) said, ‘Yes, it is in the book of Ali (a.s.), “You must not use a shawl until you remove its buttons,” my father said that it is undesirable because of fear that an ignorant person may button it on him.’” صحيح وسنده الثاني حسن - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (7/281))