خَرَجْتُ مَعَ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) إِلَى يَنْبُعَ فَلَمَّا خَرَجَ رَأَيْتُ عَلَيْهِ خُفّاً أَحْمَرَ فَقُلْتُ لَهُ جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ مَا هَذَا الْخُفُّ الْأَحْمَرُ الَّذِي أَرَاهُ عَلَيْكَ فَقَالَ خُفٌّ اتَّخَذْتُهُ لِلسَّفَرِ وَ هُوَ أَبْقَى عَلَى الطِّينِ وَ الْمَطَرِ وَ أَحْمَلُ لَهُ قُلْتُ فَأَتَّخِذُهَا وَ أَلْبَسُهَا قَالَ أَمَّا فِي السَّفَرِ فَنَعَمْ وَ أَمَّا فِي الْحَضَرِ فَلَا تَعْدِلَنَّ بِالسَّوَادِ شَيْئاً .
Translation
From him, form one whom mentioned it, from Muhammad Bin Sinan, from Dawood Al Raqqy who said, ‘I went out with Abu Abdullah<sup>asws</sup> to Yanba’a. So when he<sup>asws</sup> came out, I saw red socks upon him<sup>asws</sup>, so I said to him<sup>asws</sup>, ‘May I be sacrificed for you<sup>asws</sup>! What is this, the red socks which I see to be upon you<sup>asws</sup>?’ So he<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘Socks which I<sup>asws</sup> have taken for the journey, and it is more lasting upon the clay, and the rain, and more load-bearing for it’. I said, ‘So shall I<sup>asws</sup> take it and wear it?’ He<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘As for during the journey, so yes, and as for during the present, so do not change anything with the black’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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