كَتَبْتُ إِلَى الرِّضَا ( عليه السلام ) أَنِّي أَعْمَلُ أَغْمَادَ السُّيُوفِ مِنْ جُلُودِ الْحُمُرِ الْمَيْتَةِ فَيُصِيبُ ثِيَابِي فَأُصَلِّي فِيهَا فَكَتَبَ ( عليه السلام ) إِلَيَّ اتَّخِذْ ثَوْباً لِصَلَاتِكَ فَكَتَبْتُ إِلَى أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ الثَّانِي ( عليه السلام ) كُنْتُ كَتَبْتُ إِلَى أَبِيكَ ( عليه السلام ) بِكَذَا وَ كَذَا فَصَعَّبَ عَلَيَّ ذَلِكَ فَصِرْتُ أَعْمَلُهَا مِنْ جُلُودِ الْحُمُرِ الْوَحْشِيَّةِ الذَّكِيَّةِ فَكَتَبَ ( عليه السلام ) إِلَيَّ كُلُّ أَعْمَالِ الْبِرِّ بِالصَّبْرِ يَرْحَمُكَ اللَّهُ فَإِنْ كَانَ مَا تَعْمَلُ وَحْشِيّاً ذَكِيّاً فَلَا بَأْسَ .
Translation
Al Husayn Bin Muhammad, from Moalla Bin Muhammad, from Muhammad Bin Abdullah Al Wasity, from Qasim Al Sayqal who said, ‘I wrote to Al-Reza<sup>asws</sup>, ‘I manufacture the sheaths for the swords from the skins of dead donkeys, and my clothes get hit. So can I pray <span class="iTxt">Salāt</span> in these?’ So he<sup>asws</sup> wrote to me: ‘Take (other) clothes for your <span class="iTxt">Salāt</span>’. So I wrote to Abu Ja’far<sup>asws</sup> the 2<sup>nd</sup>, ‘I had written to your<sup>asws</sup> father<sup>asws</sup> with such and such. So that was difficult upon me, so I started making these from the skinks of wild donkey properly slaughtered’. So he<sup>asws</sup> wrote to me: ‘Every righteous work is with the patience. May Allah<sup>azwj</sup> have Mercy on you<sup>asws</sup>. So it was such that what you are making is of wild (donkeys), slaughtered, so there is no problem’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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