What Garments Are Permissible for Prayer and What Garments Are Not
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh|Volume 1|Book 1|Chapter 40
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh
Book 1, Chapter 40
What Garments Are Permissible for Prayer and What Garments Are Not
وَ سُئِلَ أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ وَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِمَا اَلسَّلاَمُ فَقِيلَ لَهُمَا إِنَّا نَشْتَرِي ثِيَاباً يُصِيبُهَا اَلْخَمْرُ وَ وَدَكُ اَلْخِنْزِيرِ عِنْدَ حَاكَتِهَا أَ نُصَلِّي فِيهَا قَبْلَ أَنْ نَغْسِلَهَا فَقَالاَ «نَعَمْ لاَ بَأْسَ إِنَّمَا حَرَّمَ اَللَّهُ أَكْلَهُ وَ شُرْبَهُ وَ لَمْ يُحَرِّمْ لُبْسَهُ وَ مَسَّهُ وَ اَلصَّلاَةَ فِيهِ.
Imam Muhammad ibn Ali Al-Baqir عليه السلام and Imam Jafar ibn Muhammad Al-Sadiq عليه السلام were asked: "We buy clothes that may have come into contact with wine or the fat of a pig during their tailoring. Should we pray in them before washing them?" They replied: "Yes, there is no harm. Allah سبحانه وتعالى has only forbidden eating and drinking it (pork and wine) but has not forbidden wearing it, touching it, or praying in it."
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Faqīh