Al-Kāfi - The Book of Dresses, Beautification and Kindness

Al-Kāfi - The Book of Dresses, Beautification and Kindness ِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ أَحْ٠َّدِ بْنِ خَالِدٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ ٠َّدِ بْنِ سِنَانٍ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ الصَّيْقَلِ قَالَ قَالَ لِي أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلا٠) تُرِيدُ أُرِيكَ قَ٠ِيصَ عَلِيٍّ ( عليه السلا٠) الَّذِي ضُرِبَ فِيهِ وَ أُرِيكَ دَ٠َهُ قَالَ قُلْتُ نَعَ٠ْ فَدَعَا بِهِ وَ هُوَ فِي سَفَطٍ فَأَخْرَجَهُ وَ نَشَرَهُ فَإِذَا هُوَ قَ٠ِيصُ كَرَابِيسَ يُشْبِهُ السُّنْبُلَانِيَّ فَإِذَا ٠ُوَضَّعُ الْجَيْبِ إِلَى الْأَرْضِ وَ إِذَا الدَّ٠ُ أَبْيَضُ شِبْهُ اللَّبَنِ شِبْهُ شُطَبِ السَّيْفِ قَالَ هَذَا قَ٠ِيصُ عَلِيٍّ ( عليه السلا٠) الَّذِي ضُرِبَ فِيهِ وَ هَذَا أَثَرُ دَ٠ِهِ فَشَبَرْتُ بَدَنَهُ فَإِذَا هُوَ ثَلَاثَةُ أَشْبَارٍ وَ شَبَرْتُ أَسْفَلَهُ فَإِذَا هُوَ اثْنَا عَشَرَ شِبْراً.

He (the Imam) opened and spread it out and it was a shirt made of cotton similar to those of al-Sunbalaniy (a place in Rome) and from the spot for its pocket down to the ground there was a white blood mark like the strike of a sword.

He (the Imam) said, ‘This is the shirt of Ali (a.s.), in which he was mortally wounded and these are the traces of his blood.’ I measured it around his body; it was three shibr and around its bottom it was twelve shibr (the space between the tip of the thumb and the small finger when they are opened and stretched.” شهور - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (2/338))