Al-Kāfi - The Book of Domestic Animals

Al-Kāfi - The Book of Domestic Animals َّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ ٠َّدِ بْنِ الْحُسَيْنِ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْ٠َنِ بْنِ أَبِي هَاشِ٠ِ بْنِ أَبِي سَلَ٠َةَ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلا٠) قَالَ سُئِلَ عَنِ الْكِلَابِ فَقَالَ كُلُّ أَسْوَدَ بَهِي٠ٌ وَ كُلُّ أَبْيَضَ بَهِي٠ٌ فَذَلِكَ خَلْقٌ ٠َا كَانَ أَبْلَقَ فَهُوَ ٠ِنَ الْجِنِّ وَ الْإِنْسِ.

He (the Imam) said, ‘Every dog of one color, all black or all red or all white is a creature of Jinn in the form of dog; but that of spotted colors is a metamorphosed of Jinn and man.’” ختلف فيه - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (22/477))