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Al-Kafi · Hadith 15

The Book of Prayer · Kinds of Clothes in Which It Is Undesirable to Perform Salah (Prayer) As Well As Otherwise · Volume 3, book 4, chapter 60, Hadith 15

Original Arabic text

15ـ عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ عِبْدِيلٍ عَنِ ابْنِ سِنَانٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ الله بْنِ جُنْدَبٍ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ بْنِ السِّمْطِ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ الْسَّلام) قَالَ الرَّجُلُ إِذَا اتَّزَرَ بِثَوْبٍ وَاحِدٍ إِلَى ثُنْدُوَتِهِ صَلَّى فِيهِ قَالَ وَقَرَأْتُ فِي كِتَابِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ إِلَى أَبِي الْحَسَنِ (عَلَيْهِ الْسَّلام) يَسْأَلُهُ عَنِ الْفَنَكِ يُصَلَّى فِيهِ فَكَتَبَ لاَ بَأْسَ بِهِ وَكَتَبَ يَسْأَلُهُ عَنْ جُلُودِ الأرَانِبِ فَكَتَبَ (عَلَيْهِ الْسَّلام) مَكْرُوهٌ وَكَتَبَ يَسْأَلُهُ عَنْ ثَوْبٍ حَشْوُهُ قَزٌّ يُصَلَّى فِيهِ فَكَتَبَ لاَ بَأْسَ بِهِ.

Published English translation

15. Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from Ahmad ibn ’Abddeyl from ibn Sinan from ‘Abd Allah ibn Jundab from Sufyan ibn al-Simt who has said the following: “Abu ’Abd Allah (a.s.), has said, ‘If a man covers himself with a loincloth up to his two breast he can perform Salah (prayer) with it. He (the narrator) has said that he read in the letter of Muhammad ibn Ibrahim to abu al-Hassan (a.s.), in which he had asked about fennec if it is permissible to perform Salah (prayer) with it. He (the Imam) had written, ‘It is not an offense to perform Salah (prayer) with it.’ He had written asking about the skins of foxes and he (the Imam) had written, ‘It is undesirable.’ He had written asking about lining of silk (not the one from silkworm) if performing Salah (prayer) with it is permissible. He (the Imam) had written, ‘It is permissible.’”

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Attributed scholarly assessments

Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi: ضعيف

Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (15/316)

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Shaykh Baqir al-Behbudi: Catalogue non-inclusion note (not an authenticity grade)

Ṣaḥīḥ al-Kāfī

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