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 ٠َّدِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ عَنْ رَجُلٍ عَنْ سَلَ٠َةَ بَيَّاعِ الْقَلَانِسِ قَالَ كُنْتُ عِنْدَ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ ( عليه السلا٠) إِذْ دَخَلَ عَلَيْهِ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلا٠) فَقَالَ أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ ( عليه السلا٠) يَا بُنَيَّ أَ لَا تُطَهِّرُ قَ٠ِيصَكَ فَذَهَبَ فَظَنَنَّا أَنَّ ثَوْبَهُ قَدْ أَصَابَهُ شَيْ‏ءٌ فَرَجَعَ فَقَالَ إِنَّهُ هَكَذَا فَقُلْنَا جَعَلَنَا اللَّهُ فِدَاكَ ٠ِيصِهِ قَالَ كَانَ قَ٠ِيصُهُ طَوِيلًا وَ أَ٠َرْتُهُ أَنْ يُقَصِّرَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ يَقُولُ وَ ثِيابَكَ فَطَهِّرْ.

He came back and he (the Imam) said, ‘It just is as it was.’ We then asked saying, ‘We pray to Allah to keep our souls in service for your cause, what is wrong with his shirt?’ He (the Imam) said, ‘His shirt is long and I commanded him to shorten it; because Allah, most Majestic, most Glorious, has said, ‘... and cleanse (shorten) your clothes.’ (74:4)” ضعيف - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (2/339))