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7. Ali ibn Muhammad has narrated from Sahl ibn Ziyad from Ali ibn Mahziyar from Muhammad ibn al-Hassan al-Ash’ariy who has said the following: “Certain individuals of our people once wrote to abu Ja’far (a.s.), asking, ‘What do you say about fur purchased from al-Suq (marketplace)? He (the Imam) replied, ‘If it is (lawfully) guaranteed, then it is not an offense to buy it.’”
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8. Ahmad ibn Idris has narrated from Muhammad ibn ‘Abd al-Jabbar from Ali ibn Mahziyar from a man who had has said the following: “He had asked him (the Imam) about performing Salah (prayer) with foxes (things from it) and he (the Imam) prohibited him to perform Salah (prayer) in such things and with the clothes which is the next layer. He (the man) did not know which layer was meant; the one touching the furs or the one touching one’s skin. He (the Imam) wrote with his handwriting that said, ‘It is the one that touches the skin. He (the narrator) has said that he then asked abu al-Hassan that he had asked him (the Imam) about this issue and he (the Imam) had said, ‘Do not perform Salah (prayer) with the clothes which are on its top as well as that which is beneath.’”
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9. Ali ibn Mahziyar from has said the following: “Ibrahim ibn ‘Uqbah once wrote to him (the Imam) (a.s.), asking, ‘People here make socks and waistbands from the fur of foxes. Is it permissible to perform Salah (prayer) with it without Taqiyah (fear) or necessity? He (the Imam) wrote with his hand writing, ‘It is not permissible to perform Salah (prayer) with it.’”
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10. Ahmad ibn Idris has narrated from Muhammad ibn ‘Abd al-Jabbar who has said the following: “I once wrote to abu Muhammad (a.s.), asking if it is permissible to perform Salah (prayer) with a cap of pure silk or silk brocade. He (the Imam) wrote, ‘It is not lawful to perform Salah (prayer) with pure silk.’”
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11. Ali ibn Muhammad has narrated from ‘Abd Allah ibn Ishaq al-‘Alaviy from al-Hassan ibn Ali from Muhammad ibn Sulayman al- Daylamiy from Furayt from ibn abu Ya‘fur who has said the following: “Once I was in the presence of abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), when a man of al-Khazzazin came and said, ‘I pray to Allah to keep my soul in service for your cause, ‘What do you say about performing Salah (prayer) with al-Khazz? He (the Imam) said, ‘It is not an offense to perform Salah (prayer) with it.’ A man then said to him (the Imam), ‘I pray to Allah to keep my soul in service for your cause, it is dead and it is manufactured and I know it. Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), said, ‘I know it more than you do.’ The man said, ‘It is manufactured and no one knows more than I know.’ Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), then smiled and asked, ‘Do you say that it is an animal that comes from water? Or you say that it is caught from water and is brought out and when it is away from water it dies?’ The man said, ‘You spoke the truth, I pray to Allah to keep my soul in service for your cause, that is how it is.’ Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), said to him, ‘So you say that it is an animal that walks on four feet and it is not like whales in the case of which its properly being slaughtered is its coming out of the water.’ The man said, ‘Yes, by Allah that is what I say how it is.’ Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), said, ‘Allah, most High has made it lawful and its proper slaughtering is its dying like whales for which proper slaughtering is its dying.’”
[1]أي صنعتى و قد اختلف في حقيقة الخز فقيل: هو دابة بحرية ذات أربع إذا فارقت الماء ماتت قال المحقق في المعتبر: حدّثني جماعة من التجار انه قندس و لم اتحققه. و قال في الذكرى:ص 400
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[١]أي قال البائع: هذا الجلد من المزكى.
[٢]اعلم ان عبارات هذا الخبر لا تخلو من تشويش و الذي يمكن توجيهه به هو أن على بن مهزيار كتب إلى ابى الحسن الثالث و إلى العسكريّ عليهما السلام و سأل عن التفسير الخبر الذي ورد عن ابى الحسن الثالث او الثاني فأجاب عليه السلام بالتفسير تقية حيث خص النهى بالذى يلصق به الجلد لان جواز الصلاة في الوبر عندهم مشهور و اما الجلد فيمكن التخلص باعتبار كونه ميتة غالبا فيكون التقية فيه أخفّ و يقول محمّد بن عبد الجبار: أن أبا الحسن اي عليّ بن مهزيار بعد ما لقيه عليه السلام سأل عنه مشافهة فأجاب عليه السلام بغير تقية و لم يخصه بالجلد هذا على نسخة لم يوجد فيها« عليه السلام» و اما على تقديره كما في بعض النسخ فيمكن توجيهه على نسخة الماضى بان يكون المكتوب إليه و الذي سأل عنه الرجل واحدا و هو أبو الحسن الثالث عليه السلام و يكون المعنى ان على ابن مهزيار يقول: إنى لما لقيت أبا الحسن عليه السلام ذكر لي أن السائل الذي سألت عنه عليه السلام عن تفسير مسألته اجابه عليه السلام بالتفصيل حين سأله عنها فلم ينقله و جواب المكاتبة صدر عنه عليه السلام تقية هذا غاية توجيه الكلام و اللّه اعلم بالمرام.( آت)