The Book of Food
Tharid (Pieces of Bread in Broth)
عِدَّةٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ أُمَيَّةَ بْنِ عَمْرٍو عَنِ الشَّعِيرِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) قَالَ أَطْفِئُوا نَائِرَةَ الضَّغَائِنِ بِاللَّحْمِ وَ الثَّرِيدِ .
10. A number of our people have narrated from Sahl ibn Ziyad Muhammad ibn ‘Isa from ‘Umayyah ibn ‘Amr from al-Shu’ayriy who has said the following: “Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said, ‘You must extinguish the flame of malice with meat and Tharid (bread in broth).’”
The Book of Food
Roast, al-Kabab and Heads
مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْحَسَنِ عَنْ مُوسَى بْنِ عُمَرَ عَنْ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ بَشِيرٍ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ مِهْزَمٍ عَنْ أَبِي مَرْيَمَ عَنِ الْأَصْبَغِ بْنِ نُبَاتَةَ قَالَ دَخَلْتُ عَلَى أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ( عليه السلام ) وَ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ شِوَاءٌ فَقَالَ لِي ادْنُ فَكُلْ فَقُلْتُ يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ هَذَا لِي ضَارٌّ فَقَالَ لِي ادْنُ أُعَلِّمُكَ كَلِمَاتٍ لَا يَضُرُّكَ مَعَهُنَّ شَيْءٌ مِمَّا تَخَافُ قُلْ بِسْمِ اللَّهِ خَيْرِ الْأَسْمَاءِ مِلْءَ الْأَرْضِ وَ السَّمَاءِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ الَّذِي لَا يَضُرُّ مَعَ اسْمِهِ شَيْءٌ وَ لَا دَاءٌ تَغَدَّ مَعَنَا .
1. Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Muhammad ibn al-Hassan from Musa ibn ‘Umar from Ja‘far ibn Bashir from Ibrahim ibn Mehzam from abu Maryam from al-Asbagh ibn Nabatah who has said the following: “I once went to visit ’Amir al-Mu’minin and before him (the Imam) there was roasted meat. He (the Imam) said to me, ‘Come close and eat.’ I said, ‘O ’Amir al-Mu’minin, this thing is harmful for me.’ He (the Imam) said, ‘Come close. I will teach you certain words with which not even one thing will harm you of which you are afraid. Say, ‘In the name of Allah, the best of names, to the fill of the earth and sky, the Beneficent, the Merciful, the one with whose name not even one thing and illness harms.’ Now you can have lunch with us.’”
عِدَّةٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ حَسَّانَ عَنْ مُوسَى بْنِ بَكْرٍقَالَ اشْتَكَيْتُ بِالْمَدِينَةِ شَكَاةً ضَعُفْتُ مَعَهَا فَأَتَيْتُ أَبَا الْحَسَنِ ( عليه السلام ) فَقَالَ لِي أَرَاكَ ضَعِيفاً قُلْتُ نَعَمْ فَقَالَ لِي كُلِ الْكَبَابَ فَأَكَلْتُهُ فَبَرَأْتُ .
2. A number of our people have narrated from Sahl ibn Ziyad from Ali ibn Hassan from Musa ibn Bakr who has said the following: “I once in al-Madinah became very weak and visited abu al-Hassan (a.s.). He (the Imam) said, ‘I can see you are very weak.’ I replied, ‘Yes, I feel weak.’ He (the Imam) said, ‘Eat kabab .’ I then ate kabab and I was cured.’”
مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سِنَانٍ عَنْ مُوسَى بْنِ بَكْرٍ قَالَ قَالَ لِي أَبُو الْحَسَنِ يَعْنِي الْأَوَّلَ ( عليه السلام ) مَا لِي أَرَاكَ مُصْفَرّاً فَقُلْتُ لَهُ وَعَكٌ أَصَابَنِي فَقَالَ لِي كُلِ اللَّحْمَ فَأَكَلْتُهُ ثُمَّ رَآنِي بَعْدَ جُمْعَةٍ وَ أَنَا عَلَى حَالِي مُصْفَرّاً فَقَالَ لِي أَ لَمْ آمُرْكَ بِأَكْلِ اللَّحْمِ قُلْتُ مَا أَكَلْتُ غَيْرَهُ مُنْذُ أَمَرْتَنِي فَقَالَ وَ كَيْفَ تَأْكُلُهُ قُلْتُ طَبِيخاً فَقَالَ لَا كُلْهُ كَبَاباً فَأَكَلْتُهُ ثُمَّ أَرْسَلَ إِلَيَّ فَدَعَانِي بَعْدَ جُمْعَةٍ وَ إِذَا الدَّمُ قَدْ عَادَ فِي وَجْهِي فَقَالَ لِي الْآنَ نَعَمْ .
3. Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn ‘Isa from Muhammad ibn Sinan from Musa ibn Bakr who has said the following: “Once abu al-Hassan, al- Awwal asked me, ‘Why do you look pale?’ I replied, ‘I suffer from a certain pain.’ He (the Imam) said, ‘Eat meat.’ I ate meat and the next Friday he (the Imam) saw me as pale as before and said, ‘Did I not tell you to eat meat?’ I replied, ‘Yes, I have not eaten anything other than meat from the day you instructed me.’ He (the Imam) then asked, ‘How did you eat?’ I replied, ‘I ate as mixed with other items.’ He (the Imam) said, ‘No, eat as kabab.’ I then ate kabab and he (the Imam) sent for me next Friday when my blood level had come back in my face, and he (the Imam) said to me, ‘Now it is good, you are fine.’”
عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَبِي نَصْرٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ الشَّامِيِّ عَنْ حُسَيْنِ بْنِ حَنْظَلَةَ عَنْ أَحَدِهِمَا ( عليهما السلام ) قَالَ أَكْلُ الْكَبَابِ يَذْهَبُ بِالْحُمَّى .
4. Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from ibn Abu Nasr from ‘Abd Allah ibn Muhammad al-Shami from al-Husayn ibn Hanzalah who has said the following: “One of the two Imam, (Abu Ja‘far or Abu ‘Abd Allah) (a.s.) has said, eating kabab dispels fever.’”
عِدَّةٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الرَّيَّانِ بْنِ الصَّلْتِ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْوَاسِطِيِّ عَنْ وَاصِلِ بْنِ سُلَيْمَانَ عَنْ دُرُسْتَ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) قَالَ ذَكَرْنَا الرُّءُوسَ مِنَ الشَّاةِ فَقَالَ الرَّأْسُ مَوْضِعُ الذَّكَاةِ وَ أَقْرَبُ مِنَ الْمَرْعَى وَ أَبْعَدُ مِنَ الْأَذَى .
5. A number of our people have narrated from Ahmad ibn abu ‘Abd Allah from Ali ibn al-Rayyan ibn al-Salt from ‘Ubayd Allah ibn ‘Abd Allah al-Wasitiy from Wasil ibn Sulayman from Durust who has said the following: “We once mentioned heads of sheep before abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), and he (the Imam) said, ‘The head is the place of slaughtering (intelligence), close to means for grazing and far from harms.’”
The Book of Food
Al-Harisah (Mashed Grains and Meat)
الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ مُعَلَّى بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ بِسْطَامَ بْنِ مُرَّةَ الْفَارِسِيِّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ يَزِيدَ الْفَارِسِيُّ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ مَعْرُوفٍ عَنْ صَالِحِ بْنِ رَزِينٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) قَالَ قَالَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ( عليه السلام ) عَلَيْكُمْ بِالْهَرِيسَةِ فَإِنَّهَا تُنْشِطُ لِلْعِبَادَةِ أَرْبَعِينَ يَوْماً وَ هِيَ مِنَ الْمَائِدَةِ الَّتِي أُنْزِلَتْ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ( صلى الله عليه وآله ) .
1. Al-Husayn from Muhammad has narrated from Mu‘alla’ ibn Muhammad from Bistam ibn Murrah al-Farsiy who has said that narrated to us ‘Abd al-Rahman ibn Yazid al-Farsiy from Muhammad ibn Ma’ruf from Salih ibn Razin who has said the following: “Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said that ’Amir al-Mu’minin has said, ‘You must eat al- Harisah (mashed grains and meat) because it energizes you for worshipping for forty days. It was of the items in the table-spread with food that was revealed to the Messenger of Allah, O Allah, grant compensation to Muhammad and his family worthy of their services to Your cause.’”
عِدَّةٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ خَالِدٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنِ الدِّهْقَانِ عَنْ دُرُسْتَ بْنِ أَبِي مَنْصُورٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ سِنَانٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) قَالَ إِنَّ نَبِيّاً مِنَ الْأَنْبِيَاءِ شَكَا إِلَى اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ الضَّعْفَ وَ قِلَّةَ الْجِمَاعِ فَأَمَرَهُ بِأَكْلِ الْهَرِيسَةِ .
2. A number of our people have narrated from Ahmad ibn Khalid from Muhammad ibn ‘Isa from al-Dihqan from Durust ibn abu Mansur from ‘Abd Allah ibn Sinan who has said the following: “Abu ‘Abd Allah, Alayhi al-Salam, has said, ‘A Prophet of the Prophets of Allah, most Majestic, most Glorious, complained against deficiency in going to bed with one’s wife and he was commanded to eat al-Harisah (mashed grains and meat).’”
وَ فِي حَدِيثٍ آخَرَ رَفَعَهُ إِلَى أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) قَالَ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ( صلى الله عليه وآله ) شَكَا إِلَى رَبِّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ وَجَعَ الظَّهْرِ فَأَمَرَهُ بِأَكْلِ الْحَبِّ بِاللَّحْمِ يَعْنِي الْهَرِيسَةَ .
3. In another Hadith in a marfu‘ manner the following is narrated: “Abu ‘Abd Allah, Alayhi al-Salam, has said that the Messenger of Allah, O Allah, grant compensation to Muhammad and his family worthy of their services to Your cause, complained before Allah, most Majestic, most Glorious, against back pain and He commanded him to eat grains with meat, that is, al-Harisah.”’
مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سِنَانٍ عَنْ مَنْصُورٍ الصَّيْقَلِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أَبِي بَصِيرٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) قَالَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ تَبَارَكَ وَ تَعَالَى أَهْدَى إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ( صلى الله عليه وآله ) هَرِيسَةً مِنْ هَرَائِسِ الْجَنَّةِ غُرِسَتْ فِي رِيَاضِ الْجَنَّةِ وَ فَرَكَهَا الْحُورُ الْعِينُ فَأَكَلَهَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ( صلى الله عليه وآله ) فَزَادَ فِي قُوَّتِهِ بُضْعَ أَرْبَعِينَ رَجُلًا وَ ذَلِكَ شَيْءٌ أَرَادَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ أَنْ يَسُرَّ بِهِ نَبِيَّهُ مُحَمَّداً ( صلى الله عليه وآله ) .
4. Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn ‘Isa from Muhammad ibn Sinan from Mansur al-Sayqal from his father from abu Basir who has said the following: “Abu ‘Abd Allah, Alayhi al-Salam, has said that Allah, most Blessed, most High, sent to His Messenger, O Allah, grant compensation to Muhammad and his family worthy of their services to Your cause, al-Harisah. It was of the kind planted in gardens of paradise, which is stirred by al-Hur al- ‘iyn as a gift and the Messenger of Allah ate it. It increased his power equal to forty men. This was something with which Allah, most Majestic, most Glorious, wanted to make His Prophet, Muhammad, happy.’”
