alkafi-12433Vol. 6, p. 449
كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص يَكْرَهُ السَّوَادَ إِلَّا فِي ثَلَاثٍ الْخُفِّ وَ الْعِمَامَةِ وَ الْكِسَاءِ.
it is detestable to wear black except three items such as slippers, turbans and gowns.”’
Wearing Black
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Beautification and Showing the Bounty15Garments made entirely of al-Washy (al-Khazz, garments made of skin or fur of an animal that lives in water)3Wearing Silk and al-Dibaj (Silk Brocade)14Lifting up Garments13The Words to Say when Wearing New clothes6Wearing Old clothes3The Turbans7The cape4The Footgear15The Color of shoes7Al-Khuff (the half-Boot)6The Dress16
alkafi-12434Vol. 6, p. 449
كُنْتُ عِنْدَ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع بِالْحِيرَةِ فَأَتَاهُ رَسُولُ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ[1] الْخَلِيفَةِ يَدْعُوهُ فَدَعَا بِمِمْطَرٍ[2] أَحَدُ وَجْهَيْهِ أَسْوَدُ وَ الْآخَرُ أَبْيَضُ فَلَبِسَهُ ثُمَّ قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع أَمَا إِنِّي أَلْبَسُهُ وَ أَنَا أَعْلَمُ أَنَّهُ لِبَاسُ أَهْلِ النَّارِ[3].
“Once I was with abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), in al-Hirah (a city in Iraq) when the messenger of abu Ja‘far al-Mansur, the caliph came to call him. He (the Imam) asked for a raincoat, one side black and the other side white, and abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), said, ‘I wear it but I know that it is the dress of the people of fire.””
alkafi-12435Vol. 6, p. 449
رَأَيْتُ عَلِيَّ بْنَ الْحُسَيْنِ ع وَ عَلَيْهِ دُرَّاعَةٌ سَوْدَاءُ وَ طَيْلَسَانٌ أَزْرَقُ.
“I once saw Ali ibn al-Husayn, ‘Alayhim al-Salam, wearing a black outer garment and a blue Taylisan (pallium).’”