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

Al-Kāfi - The Book of Dresses, Beautification and Kindness َّدٍ عَنِ ابْنِ فَضَّالٍ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ عُقْبَةَ عَنْ أَبِي كَهْ٠َّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْحُسَيْنِ قَالَ دَخَلَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلا٠َ وَ أَنَا أُرِيدُ أَنْ أَخْرُجَ ٠ِنْهُ فَقَالَ يَا ٠َّدُ أَ لَا تَطَّلِي فَقُلْتُ عَهْدِي بِهِ ٠ْتَ أَنَّهَا طَهُورٌ.

He (the Imam) said, ‘O Muhammad, do you like to apply (lime)?’ I replied, ‘Just a few days ago I had applied it.’ He (the Imam) said, ‘Do you know that it is purifying?”’ جهول - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (2/409))