كُنْتُ حَاضِراً عِنْدَ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) إِذْ قَالَ لَهُ رَجُلٌ أَصْلَحَكَ اللَّهُ ذَكَرْتَ أَنَّ عَلِيَّ بْنَ أَبِي طَالِبٍ ( عليه السلام ) كَانَ يَلْبَسُ الْخَشِنَ يَلْبَسُ الْقَمِيصَ بِأَرْبَعَةِ دَرَاهِمَ وَ مَا أَشْبَهَ ذَلِكَ وَ نَرَى عَلَيْكَ اللِّبَاسَ الْجَيِّدَ قَالَ فَقَالَ لَهُ إِنَّ عَلِيَّ بْنَ أَبِي طَالِبٍ ( عليه السلام ) كَانَ يَلْبَسُ ذَلِكَ فِي زَمَانٍ لَا يُنْكَرُ وَ لَوْ لَبِسَ مِثْلَ ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمَ لَشُهِرَ بِهِ فَخَيْرُ لِبَاسِ كُلِّ زَمَانٍ لِبَاسُ أَهْلِهِ غَيْرَ أَنَّ قَائِمَنَا إِذَا قَامَ لَبِسَ لِبَاسَ عَلِيٍّ ( عليه السلام ) وَ سَارَ بِسِيرَتِهِ .
Translation
Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Hammad Bin Usman who said, ‘I was there in the presence of Abu Abdullah<sup>asws</sup> when a man said to him<sup>asws</sup>, ‘May Allah<sup>azwj</sup> Keep you<sup>asws</sup> well! You<sup>asws</sup> mentioned that Ali<sup>asws</sup> Bin Abu Talib<sup>asws</sup> was wearing the coarse (clothes), wearing the shirt of four Dirhams, and what resembles that, and we see upon you<sup>asws</sup> the new clothes?’ So he<sup>asws</sup> said to him: ‘Ali<sup>asws</sup> Bin Abu Talib<sup>asws</sup> was wearing that during an era undeniably, and were he<sup>asws</sup> to wear the likes of that today he<sup>asws</sup> would have been defamed by it. So the best of the clothes during every era are clothes of its people, besides that when our<sup>asws</sup> Qaim<sup>asws</sup> rises, he<sup>asws</sup> would wear the clothes of Ali<sup>asws</sup>, and walk upon his<sup>asws</sup> way’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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