Rules about Performing Salah (Prayer) in an Unclean Cloth Regardless One Knows it or Not

Al-Kāfi|Volume 3|Book 4|Chapter 61
Al-Kāfi

Volume 3, Book 4, Chapter 61

Rules about Performing Salah (Prayer) in an Unclean Cloth Regardless One Knows it or Not

5ـ عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ عَنْ خَيْرَانَ الْخَادِمِ قَالَ كَتَبْتُ إِلَى الرَّجُلِ (صلّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِه) أَسْأَلُهُ عَنِ الثَّوْبِ يُصِيبُهُ الْخَمْرُ وَلَحْمُ الْخِنْزِيرِ أَ يُصَلَّى فِيهِ أَمْ لاَ فَإِنَّ أَصْحَابَنَا قَدِ اخْتَلَفُوا فِيهِ فَقَالَ بَعْضُهُمْ صَلِّ فِيهِ فَإِنَّ الله إِنَّمَا حَرَّمَ شُرْبَهَا وَقَالَ بَعْضُهُمْ لاَ تُصَلِّ فِيهِ فَكَتَبَ (عَلَيْهِ الْسَّلام) لاَ تُصَلِّ فِيهِ فَإِنَّهُ رِجْسٌ قَالَ وَسَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ الْسَّلام) عَنِ الَّذِي يُعِيرُ ثَوْبَهُ لِمَنْ يَعْلَمُ أَنَّهُ يَأْكُلُ الْجِرِّيَّ أَوْ يَشْرَبُ الْخَمْرَ فَيَرُدُّهُ أَ يُصَلِّي فِيهِ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَغْسِلَهُ قَالَ لاَ يُصَلِّ فِيهِ حَتَّى يَغْسِلَهُ.
5. Ali ibn Muhammad has narrated from Sahl ibn Ziyad from Khayran al-Khadim who has said the following: “I once wrote to the man عليه السلام, asking him about clothes which come in contact with wine and flesh of pig, if I can perform Salah (prayer) wearing such cloth or not. Our people have differences on the issue. Certain ones say, ‘You can perform Salah (prayer) with it because only drinking is unlawful.’ Certain others say, ‘You must not perform Salah (prayer) wearing them.’ He (the Imam) wrote, ‘You must not perform Salah (prayer) wearing them: it is rijs (filthy).’ I then asked abu ‘Abd Allah عليه السلام, about someone who borrows clothes from one whom he knows consumes al- Jirry (scale-less fish) or drinks wine. He then returns what he has borrowed. Can he perform Salah (prayer) wearing them before washing? He (the Imam) said, ‘He does not perform Salah (prayer) wearing them before washing.’”
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