Reply to Khizr bin Muhammad’s queries

The late Rawandi writes that Ahmad bin Abu Rauh said that he sent Abul Hasan Khizr bin Muhammad with an amount to be paid to Abu Ja’far Muhammad bin Uthman Amari and to request him to pray for me as I was not keeping well and also to inquire if it was allowed to wear Pashmina.
Abul Hasan Khizr bin Muhammad says: Thus when I reached Baghdad to Amari, he refused to accept that amount and said that it was to be deposited with Abu Ja’far Muhammad bin Ahmad as he has been instructed and the replies to my questions have arrived which I will get from him as well. So I went to Abu Ja’far, gave him the amount and he took out a letter in which the following was written:
You requested me to pray for your cure and Almighty Allah has given you health. And you asked about the lawfulness of prayers wearing Pashmina and fox skin. Now it is unlawful to pray in it. You are however allowed to wear the fur of animals whose flesh is Halaal, provided nothing unlawful is mixed in it. And you are allowed to pray in a garment, which you received as income. Goatskin and sheepskin are allowed, provided the animal was not slaughtered in Armenia as Christians slaughter animals there. You are allowed to wear it if someone you can trust has slaughtered it.

Al-Kharaij, Vol. 2, Pg. 702; Biharul Anwar, Vol. 3, Pg. 197; Mustadrakul Wasail, Vol. 3, Pg. 197; Ithbatul Huda, Vol. 3, Pg. 296, Miracles of Ahlulbayt (a.s. ) - Vol. 4.Pg.340

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