 if his shirt was new and washed and they brought him all the incense on earth he would not burn it for fear that the smoke of the incense would blacken the whiteness of his shirt. but if it became dirty and incense was brought he would not be satisfied with the incense and with the exhaustion of what was in the incense until he called for oil and wiped his chest and stomach with it and the inside of his garment then he would burn it so that the incense would stick better.
وكان إذا كان جديد القميص ومغسوله، ثم أتوه بكل بخور في الأرض، لم يتبخر، مخافة أن يسود دخان العود بياض قميصه. فإن اتسخ فأتي بالبخور، لم يرض بالتبخر، واستقصاء ما في العود من القتار ١ ، حتى يدعو بدهن، فيمسح به صدره وبطنه، وداخلة إزارة، ثم يتبخر، ليكون أعلق للبخور.