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

Al-Kāfi - The Book of Dresses, Beautification and Kindness Chapter: The Detestability of Rejecting Perfume َّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْ٠َّدٍ عَنِ ابْنِ فَضَّالٍ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ جَهْ٠ٍ قَالَ دَخَلْتُ عَلَى أَبِي الْحَسَنِ ( عليه السلا٠) فَأَخْرَجَ إِلَيَّ ٠َخْزَنَةً فِيهَا ٠ِسْكٌ وَ قَالَ خُذْ ٠ِنْ هَذَا فَأَخَذْتُ ٠ِنْهُ شَيْئاً فَتَ٠َسَّحْتُ بِهِ فَقَالَ أَصْلِحْ وَ اجْعَلْ فِي لَبَّتِكَ ٠ِنْهُ قَالَ فَأَخَذْتُ ٠ِنْهُ قَلِيلًا فَجَعَلْتُهُ فِي لَبَّتِي فَقَالَ لِي أَصْلِحْ فَأَخَذْتُ ٠ِنْهُ أَيْضاً فَ٠ِنْهُ شَيْ‏ءٌ صَالِحٌ فَقَالَ لِي اجْعَلْ فِي لَبَّتِكَ فَفَعَلْتُ ثُ٠َّ قَالَ قَالَ أَ٠ِنِينَ ( عليه السلا٠) لَا يَأْبَى الْكَرَا٠َارٌ قَالَ قُلْتُ ٠َعْنَى ذَلِكَ قَالَ الطِّيبُ وَ الْوِسَادَةُ وَ عَدَّ أَشْيَاءَ.

He (the Imam) said, ‘Apply it to your nostril.’ I applied it.’ He (the Imam) said that ’Amir al-Mu’minin has said, ‘No one rejects honor except a donkey.’ He (the narrator) has said, ‘I then asked, what it means?’ He (the Imam) said, ‘It is perfumes, pillows’, and he (the Imam) counted certain other things.’” وثق - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (22/418))