hadith
412
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Hadith.413 - Imam Musa ibn Jafar Al-Kadhim (as) was asked about a man who had purchased part of the covering of the Kaaba (Kiswah) and used some of it to fulfil a need, while some of it remained with him. He was asked whether it was permissible to sell the remaining part.
Imam (as) said: "He may sell what he wants, give away what he does not need, use it, and seek its blessings."
He was then asked if it was permissible to shroud a deceased person in it
Imam (as) said: "No."
413 - وَ سُئِلَ مُوسَى بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ: عَنْ رَجُلٍ اِشْتَرَى مِنْ كِسْوَةِ اَلْكَعْبَةِ شَيْئاً فَقَضَى بِبَعْضِهِ حَاجَتَهُ وَ بَقِيَ بَعْضُهُ فِي يَدِهِ هَلْ يَصْلُحُ بَيْعُهُ فَقَالَ
«يَبِيعُ مَا أَرَادَ وَ يَهَبُ مَا لَمْ يُرِدْهُ وَ يَسْتَنْفِعُ بِهِ وَ يَطْلُبُ بَرَكَتَهُ» قِيلَ أَ يُكَفَّنُ فِيهِ اَلْمَيِّتُ قَالَ «لاَ.
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