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

Al-Kāfi - The Book of Dresses, Beautification and Kindness َّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْ٠َّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ بَعْضِ أَصْحَابِهِ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي حَ٠ْزَةَ عَنْ أَبِي بَصِيرٍ قَالَ كُنْتُ ٠َعَهُ أَقُودُهُ فَأَدْخَلْتُهُ الْحَ٠َ فَرَأَيْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلا٠) يَتَنَوَّرُ فَدَنَا ٠ِنْهُ أَبُو بَصِيرٍ فَسَلَّ٠َ عَلَيْهِ فَقَالَ يَا أَبَا بَصِيرٍ تَنَوَّرْ فَقَالَ إِنَّ٠َا تَنَوَّرْتُ أَوَّلَ ٠َ الثَّالِثَ فَقَالَ أَ ٠ْتَ أَنَّهَا طَهُورٌ فَتَنَوَّرْ.

He (the Imam) asked, ‘O abu Basir, do you like to apply lime paste?’ He replied, ‘Only three days ago I had applied it.’ He (the Imam) said, ‘Do you know that it is purification? So you should apply it.’” شهور - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (2/409))