٥ـ عِدَّةٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الله الْبَرْقِيِّ عَنْ بَعْضِ أَصْحَابِنَا قَالَ دَفَعَتْ إِلَيَّ امْرَأَةٌ غَزْلاً فَقَالَتِ ادْفَعْهُ بِمَكَّةَ لِيُخَاطَ بِهِ كِسْوَةُ الْكَعْبَةِ فَكَرِهْتُ أَنْ أَدْفَعَهُ إِلَى الْحَجَبَةِ وَأَنَا أَعْرِفُهُمْ فَلَمَّا صِرْتُ بِالْمَدِينَةِ دَخَلْتُ عَلَى أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَم) فَقُلْتُ لَهُ جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ إِنَّ امْرَأَةً أَعْطَتْنِي غَزْلاً وَأَمَرَتْنِي أَنْ أَدْفَعَهُ بِمَكَّةَ لِيُخَاطَ بِهِ كِسْوَةُ الْكَعْبَةِ فَكَرِهْتُ أَنْ أَدْفَعَهُ إِلَى الْحَجَبَةِ فَقَالَ اشْتَرِ بِهِ عَسَلاً وَزَعْفَرَاناً وَخُذْ طِينَ قَبْرِ أَبِي عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَم) وَاعْجِنْهُ بِمَاءِ السَّمَاءِ وَاجْعَلْ فِيهِ شَيْئاً مِنَ الْعَسَلِ وَالزَّعْفَرَانِ وَفَرِّقْهُ عَلَى الشِّيعَةِ لِيُدَاوُوا بِهِ مَرْضَاهُمْ. 
5. A number of our people have narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from abu ‘Abd Allah al-Barqiy from certain persons of our people who has said the following: “Once, a woman gave to me a certain amount of yarn as gift to al-Ka‘bah to be used in stitching its covering. I disliked giving it to the caretakers because I knew them. When I arrived in al-Madinah I went to visit abu Ja‘far . I said to him, ‘I pray to Allah to keep my soul in service for your cause, a woman gave to me a certain amount of yarn as gift to al-Ka‘bah to be used in stitching its covering and I disliked giving it to the caretakers.’ He (the Imam) said, ‘Buy with it saffron and honey, then take a little of the soil from the grave of abu ‘Abd Allah, al-Husayn . Mix it with water from the sky, a certain amount of honey and saffron; then distribute it among the Shi`a so they can use it as curing medicine for their patients.’” 