1. A number of our people have narrated from Sahl ibn Ziyad from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from ibn abu Nasr from Safwan al-Jammal who has said the following: “I once said to abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), that my family is with me and I need to carry around my loin something for my expenses with me. He (the Imam) said, ‘Yes, my father (a.s.), would say that of the strength of a traveler are his supplies.’”

Translation: Muhammad Sarwar — attributed by Thaqalayn·The Arabic above is the original.

2. A number of our people have narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from al-Husayn ibn Sa‘id from al-Nadr ibn Suwayd from ‘Asem ibn Hamid from abu Basir who has said the following: “I once asked abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), about a man who is in the state of Ihram and ties around his waist his turban. He (the Imam) said, ‘No, it is not acceptable.’ Then he said, ‘My father (a.s.), would say that one’s securing on his belly a belt in which there is his expense money to have confidence is of completion of al-Hajj.’”

Translation: Muhammad Sarwar — attributed by Thaqalayn·The Arabic above is the original.

3. Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Muhammad ibn al-Husayn from Safwan from Ya’qub ibn Shu’ayb who has said the following: “I once asked abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), about a man who in the state of Ihram keeps dirham in his cloths. He (the Imam) said, ‘Yes, he can wear a belt or a purse.’”

Translation: Muhammad Sarwar — attributed by Thaqalayn·The Arabic above is the original.