Al-Kāfi

عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ الْقَاسَانِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي أَيُّوبَ الْمَدِينِيِّ عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ الْجَعْفَرِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي الْحَسَنِ الرِّضَا ( عليه السلام ) أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ( صلى الله عليه وآله ) كَانَ يُعْجِبُهُ النَّظَرُ إِلَى الْأُتْرُجِّ الْأَخْضَرِ وَ التُّفَّاحِ الْأَحْمَرِ .

6. Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father from Ali ibn Muhammad al-Qasaniy from abu Ayyub al-Madiniy from Sulayman ibn Ja‘far al-Ja‘fariy who has said the following: “Abu al-Hassan, al-Rida’, has said that the Messenger of Allah, O Allah, grant compensation to Muhammad and his family worthy of their services to Your cause, liked to look at the green citron and red apple.’”

عِدَّةٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ مُوسَى الصَّنْعَانِيِّ قَالَ دَخَلْتُ عَلَى أَبِي الْحَسَنِ الرِّضَا ( عليه السلام ) بِمِنًى وَ أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ الثَّانِي ( عليه السلام ) عَلَى فَخِذِهِ وَ هُوَ يُقَشِّرُ لَهُ مَوْزاً وَ يُطْعِمُهُ .

1. A number of our people have narrated from Ahmad ibn abu ‘Abd Allah from his father from Muhammad Ibn Abi ‘Umayr from Yahya ibn Musa, San’aniy who has said the following: “I once visited abu al-Hassan, al-Rida’ (a.s.), in Mina and abu Ja‘far, al-Thaniy was in his lap. He (the Imam) peeled banana and fed him (abu Ja‘far, al-Thaniy).”’

أَبُو عَلِيٍّ الْأَشْعَرِيُّ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْجَبَّارِ عَنْ صَفْوَانَ عَنْ أَبِي أُسَامَةَ قَالَ دَخَلْتُ عَلَى أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) فَقَرَّبَ إِلَيَّ مَوْزاً فَأَكَلْتُهُ .

2. Abu Ali al-Ash‘ariy has narrated from Muhammad ibn ‘Abd al-Jabbar from Safwan from abu ‘Usamah who has said the following: “I once visited abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.). He brought banana nearer to me and I ate.’”

عِدَّةٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَسْبَاطٍ عَنْ يَحْيَى الصَّنْعَانِيِّ قَالَ دَخَلْتُ عَلَى أَبِي الْحَسَنِ الرِّضَا ( عليه السلام ) وَ هُوَ بِمَكَّةَ وَ هُوَ يُقَشِّرُ مَوْزاً وَ يُطْعِمُهُ أَبَا جَعْفَرٍ ( عليه السلام ) فَقُلْتُ لَهُ جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ هَذَا الْمَوْلُودُ الْمُبَارَكُ قَالَ نَعَمْ يَا يَحْيَى هَذَا الْمَوْلُودُ الَّذِي لَمْ يُولَدْ فِي الْإِسْلَامِ مِثْلُهُ مَوْلُودٌ أَعْظَمُ بَرَكَةً عَلَى شِيعَتِنَا مِنْهُ .

3. A number of our people have narrated from Sahl ibn Ziyad Ali ibn Asbat from Yahya al-San’aniy who has said the following: “I once visited Abu al-Hassan, al-Rida’ (a.s.), in Makkah. He (the Imam) peeled banana and fed it to Abu Ja‘far, al-Thaniy (a.s.). I then said, ‘I pray to Allah to keep my soul in service for your cause, is this the blessed newborn?’ He (the Imam) said, ‘Yes, O Yahya, this is the newborn, the like of whom in greatness of blessing is not born in Islam for our Shi ’a.’”

عِدَّةٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ وَ عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ جَمِيعاً عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ عُثْمَانَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ بَعْضِ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) وَ عِدَّةٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا أَيْضاً عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ خَالِدٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَسْلَمَ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ سَالِمٍ عَنْ مُفَضَّلِ بْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ قُلْتُ لِأَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) أَخْبِرْنِي جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ لِمَ حَرَّمَ اللَّهُ تَبَارَكَ وَ تَعَالَى الْخَمْرَ وَ الْمَيْتَةَ وَ الدَّمَ وَ لَحْمَ الْخِنْزِيرِفَقَالَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ سُبْحَانَهُ وَ تَعَالَى لَمْ يُحَرِّمْ ذَلِكَ عَلَى عِبَادِهِ وَ أَحَلَّ لَهُمْ سِوَاهُ رَغْبَةً مِنْهُ فِيمَا حَرَّمَ عَلَيْهِمْ وَ لَا زُهْداً فِيمَا أَحَلَّ لَهُمْ وَ لَكِنَّهُ خَلَقَ الْخَلْقَ وَ عَلِمَ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ مَا تَقُومُ بِهِ أَبْدَانُهُمْ وَ مَا يُصْلِحُهُمْ فَأَحَلَّهُ لَهُمْ وَ أَبَاحَهُ تَفَضُّلًا مِنْهُ عَلَيْهِمْ بِهِ تَبَارَكَ وَ تَعَالَى لِمَصْلَحَتِهِمْ وَ عَلِمَ مَا يَضُرُّهُمْ فَنَهَاهُمْ عَنْهُ وَ حَرَّمَهُ عَلَيْهِمْثُمَّ أَبَاحَهُ لِلْمُضْطَرِّ وَ أَحَلَّهُ لَهُ فِي الْوَقْتِ الَّذِي لَا يَقُومُ بَدَنُهُ إِلَّا بِهِ فَأَمَرَهُ أَنْ يَنَالَ مِنْهُ بِقَدْرِ الْبُلْغَةِ لَا غَيْرِ ذَلِكَثُمَّ قَالَ أَمَّا الْمَيْتَةُ فَإِنَّهُ لَا يُدْمِنُهَا أَحَدٌ إِلَّا ضَعُفَ بَدَنُهُ وَ نَحَلَ جِسْمُهُ وَ ذَهَبَتْ قُوَّتُهُ وَ انْقَطَعَ نَسْلُهُ وَ لَا يَمُوتُ آكِلُ الْمَيْتَةِ إِلَّا فَجْأَةًوَ أَمَّا الدَّمُ فَإِنَّهُ يُورِثُ آكِلَهُ الْمَاءَ الْأَصْفَرَ وَ يُبْخِرُ الْفَمَ وَ يُنَتِّنُ الرِّيحَ وَ يُسِي‏ءُ الْخُلُقَ وَ يُورِثُ الْكَلَبَ وَ الْقَسْوَةَ فِي الْقَلْبِ وَ قِلَّةَ الرَّأْفَةِ وَ الرَّحْمَةِ حَتَّى لَا يُؤْمَنَ أَنْ يَقْتُلَ وَلَدَهُ وَ وَالِدَيْهِ وَ لَا يُؤْمَنَ عَلَى حَمِيمِهِ وَ لَا يُؤْمَنَ عَلَى مَنْ يَصْحَبُهُوَ أَمَّا لَحْمُ الْخِنْزِيرِ فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ تَبَارَكَ وَ تَعَالَى مَسَخَ قَوْماً فِي صُوَرٍ شَتَّى شِبْهِ الْخِنْزِيرِ وَ الْقِرْدِ وَ الدُّبِّ وَ مَا كَانَ مِنَ الْمُسُوخِ ثُمَّ نَهَى عَنْ أَكْلِهِ لِلْمَثُلَةِ لِكَيْلَا يَنْتَفِعَ النَّاسُ بِهَا وَ لَا يُسْتَخَفَّ بِعُقُوبَتِهَاوَ أَمَّا الْخَمْرُ فَإِنَّهُ حَرَّمَهَا لِفِعْلِهَا وَ لِفَسَادِهَا وَ قَالَ مُدْمِنُ الْخَمْرِ كَعَابِدِ وَثَنٍ تُورِثُهُ الِارْتِعَاشَ وَ تَذْهَبُ بِنُورِهِ وَ تَهْدِمُ مُرُوءَتَهُ وَ تَحْمِلُهُ عَلَى أَنْ يَجْسُرَ عَلَى الْمَحَارِمِ مِنْ سَفْكِ الدِّمَاءِ وَ رُكُوبِ الزِّنَا فَلَا يُؤْمَنُ إِذَا سَكِرَ أَنْ يَثِبَ عَلَى حَرَمِهِ وَ هُوَ لَا يَعْقِلُ ذَلِكَ وَ الْخَمْرُ لَا يَزْدَادُ شَارِبُهَا إِلَّا كُلَّ سُوءٍ .

1. A number of our people have narrated from Sahl ibn Ziyad, Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father all, from ‘Amr ibn ‘Uthman from Muhammad ibn ‘Abd Allah, from certain persons of our people from abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.). A number of our people have narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Khalid from Muhammad ibn Aslam from ‘Abd al-Rahman ibn Salim from Mufaddal ibn ‘Umar who has said the following: “I once asked abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), saying, ‘I pray to Allah to keep my soul in service for your cause, why has Allah, most Blessed, most High, made wine, dead animals, blood and the flesh of pigs unlawful?’ He (the Imam) said, ‘Allah, who is free of all defects, the most High has not made such things unlawful for His servants and made certain things lawful for them because of His interest in what He has made unlawful and His dislike of what He has made lawful for them. In fact He created the creatures and He, most Majestic, most Glorious, knew what their bodies needed and what was beneficial for them; so He made such things lawful for them as a favor to them from Him, most Blessed, most High, for their well being. He knew what was harmful to them, so He prohibited them and made it unlawful to them but then He made lawful for those compelled and in the times when their bodies could not survive without it so He commanded to use it for the bare necessities and not more.’ “He (the Imam) said, ‘The dead animals are unlawful; no one must use it every now and then because it weakens their bodies, makes it thin and his power goes away, his offspring become cutoff and those who eat dead bodies die suddenly. “Blood is unlawful because eating it causes yellow fluid, bad breath, foul smell, bad moral behavior and causes an illness similar to madness, hardheartedness, lack of kindness and sympathy so much so that one may murder his children, and parents, and he cannot be trusted about his best friends and his companions. “The flesh of pigs is unlawful because Allah, most Blessed, most High, metamorphosed certain people in different shapes such as pigs, apes and bears and others. He then prohibited eating such things, it is a kind of cannibalism, so people must not take advantage of such things and must not take consequent suffering lightly. “Wine is made unlawful because of its bad effects and damages it may cause. He (the Imam) then said, ‘One who often uses wine is like a worshipper of idols, it causes tremors, takes away the light (beauty), abolishes kindness, carries him to excessive boldness against the relatives like bloodshed and fornication. He, when drunk cannot be trusted and he may disregard his sanctity when failing to understand. Drinking wine does not increase anything to one except what is worse and evil.’”

الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ مُعَلَّى بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ بِسْطَامَ بْنِ مُرَّةَ عَنْ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ حَسَّانَ عَنْ هَيْثَمِ بْنِ وَاقِدٍ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْحَسَنِ الْعَبْدِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي هَارُونَ عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ أَنَّهُ سُئِلَ مَا قَوْلُكَ فِي هَذَا السَّمَكِ الَّذِي يَزْعُمُ إِخْوَانُنَا مِنْ أَهْلِ الْكُوفَةِ أَنَّهُ حَرَامٌ فَقَالَ أَبُو سَعِيدٍ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ( صلى الله عليه وآله ) يَقُولُ الْكُوفَةُ جُمْجُمَةُ الْعَرَبِ وَ رُمْحُ اللَّهِ تَبَارَكَ وَ تَعَالَى وَ كَنْزُ الْإِيمَانِ فَخُذْ عَنْهُمْ أُخْبِرُكَ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ( صلى الله عليه وآله ) مَكَثَ بِمَكَّةَ يَوْماً وَ لَيْلَةً يَطْوِي ثُمَّ خَرَجَ وَ خَرَجْتُ مَعَهُ فَمَرَرْنَا بِرِفْقَةٍ جُلُوسٍ يَتَغَدَّوْنَ فَقَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ الْغَدَاءَ فَقَالَ لَهُمْ نَعَمْ أَفْرِجُوا لِنَبِيِّكُمْفَجَلَسَ بَيْنَ رَجُلَيْنِ وَ جَلَسْتُ وَ تَنَاوَلَ رَغِيفاً فَصَدَعَ بِنِصْفِهِ ثُمَّ نَظَرَ إِلَى أُدْمِهِمْ فَقَالَ مَا أُدْمُكُمْ هَذَا فَقَالُوا الْجِرِّيثُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ فَرَمَى بِالْكِسْرَةِ مِنْ يَدِهِ وَ قَامَقَالَ أَبُو سَعِيدٍ وَ تَخَلَّفْتُ بَعْدَهُ لِأَنْظُرَ مَا رَأْيُ النَّاسِ فَاخْتَلَفَ النَّاسُ فِيمَا بَيْنَهُمْ فَقَالَتْ طَائِفَةٌ حَرَّمَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ الْجِرِّيثَ وَ قَالَتْ طَائِفَةٌ لَمْ يُحَرِّمْهُ وَ لَكِنْ عَافَهُ فَلَوْ كَانَ حَرَّمَهُ لَنَهَانَا عَنْ أَكْلِهِ قَالَ فَحَفِظْتُ مَقَالَتَهُمْ وَ تَبِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ( صلى الله عليه وآله ) جَوَاداً حَتَّى لَحِقْتُهُثُمَّ غَشِينَا رِفْقَةً أُخْرَى يَتَغَدَّوْنَ فَقَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ الْغَدَاءَ فَقَالَ نَعَمْ أَفْرِجُوا لِنَبِيِّكُمْ فَجَلَسَ بَيْنَ رَجُلَيْنِ وَ جَلَسْتُ مَعَهُ فَلَمَّا أَنْ تَنَاوَلَ كِسْرَةً نَظَرَ إِلَى أُدْمِ الْقَوْمِ فَقَالَ مَا أُدْمُكُمْ هَذَا قَالُوا ضَبٌّ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ فَرَمَى بِالْكِسْرَةِ وَ قَامَقَالَ أَبُو سَعِيدٍ فَتَخَلَّفْتُ بَعْدُ فَإِذَا النَّاسُ فِرْقَتَانِ فَقَالَتْ فِرْقَةٌ حَرَّمَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ فَمِنْ هُنَاكَ لَمْ يَأْكُلْهُ وَ قَالَتْ فِرْقَةٌ أُخْرَى إِنَّمَا عَافَهُ وَ لَوْ حَرَّمَهُ لَنَهَانَا عَنْ أَكْلِهِ ثُمَّ تَبِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ( صلى الله عليه وآله ) حَتَّى لَحِقْتُهُفَمَرَرْنَا بِأَصْلِ الصَّفَا وَ بِهَا قُدُورٌ تَغْلِي فَقَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ لَوْ عَرَّجْتَ عَلَيْنَا حَتَّى تُدْرِكَ قُدُورَنَا فَقَالَ لَهُمْ وَ مَا فِي قُدُورِكُمْ فَقَالُوا حُمُرٌ لَنَا كُنَّا نَرْكَبُهَا فَقَامَتْ فَذَبَحْنَاهَا فَدَنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ( صلى الله عليه وآله ) مِنَ الْقُدُورِ فَأَكْفَأَهَا بِرِجْلِهِ ثُمَّ انْطَلَقَ جَوَاداً وَ تَخَلَّفْتُ بَعْدَهُ فَقَالَ بَعْضُهُمْ حَرَّمَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ( صلى الله عليه وآله ) لَحْمَ الْحَمِيرِ وَ قَالَ بَعْضُهُمْ كَلَّا إِنَّمَا أَفْرَغَ قُدُورَكُمْ حَتَّى لَا تَعُودُوا فَتَذْبَحُوا دَوَابَّكُمْقَالَ أَبُو سَعِيدٍ فَبَعَثَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ( صلى الله عليه وآله ) إِلَيَّ فَلَمَّا جِئْتُهُ قَالَ يَا أَبَا سَعِيدٍ ادْعُ لِي بِلَالًا فَلَمَّا جِئْتُهُ بِبِلَالٍ قَالَ يَا بِلَالُ اصْعَدْ أَبَا قُبَيْسٍ فَنَادِ عَلَيْهِ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ حَرَّمَ الْجِرِّيَّ وَ الضَّبَّ وَ الْحَمِيرَ الْأَهْلِيَّةَ أَلَا فَاتَّقُوا اللَّهَ جَلَّ وَ عَزَّ وَ لَا تَأْكُلُوا مِنَ السَّمَكِ إِلَّا مَا كَانَ لَهُ قِشْرٌ وَ مَعَ الْقِشْرِ فُلُوسٌ فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ تَبَارَكَ وَ تَعَالَى مَسَخَ سَبْعَمِائَةِ أُمَّةٍ عَصَوُا الْأَوْصِيَاءَ بَعْدَ الرُّسُلِ فَأَخَذَ أَرْبَعُمِائَةٍ مِنْهُمْ بَرّاً وَ ثَلَاثُمِائَةٍ بَحْراًثُمَّ تَلَا هَذِهِ الْآيَةَ فَجَعَلْناهُمْ أَحادِيثَ وَ مَزَّقْناهُمْ كُلَّ مُمَزَّقٍ .

1. Al-Husayn from Muhammad has narrated from Mu‘alla’ ibn Muhammad from Bistam ibn Murrah from Ishaq ibn Hassan from Haytham ibn Waqid from Ali ibn al-Hassan al-‘Abdiy from abu Harun from abu Sa‘id al-Khudriy who was asked about the following: “Abu Harun once asked abu Sa‘id al-Khudriy, ‘What do you say about this fish that our brothers in al- Kufah use for food, is it unlawful?’ Abu Sa‘id said, ‘I heard the Messenger of Allah, O Allah, grant compensation to Muhammad and his family worthy of their services to Your cause, saying, “Al-Kufah is the skull and the spear of Allah, most Blessed, most High, and the mine of faith, thus you must accept from them. I can inform you that the Messenger of Allah stayed in Makkah one day and one night hungry. Then he went out and I went with him (the Messenger of Allah). We passed by a group of friends who were eating lunch. They said, ‘O Messenger of Allah, join us for lunch.’ He (the Messenger of Allah) said, ‘Yes, make room for your Prophet.’ He (the Messenger of Allah) sat between two men and I also sat down. He (the Messenger of Allah) took a loaf and made it into two portions, then he (the Messenger of Allah) looked at their curry and asked, ‘What your curry is made of?’ They replied, ‘It is made of eel, O Messenger of Allah.’ He (the Messenger of Allah) threw the piece of bread from his hand and left. Abu Sa‘id has said, ‘I stayed behind to find out people’s opinion. People differed. One group said that the Messenger of Allah has made it (eel) unlawful. The other group said, ‘He (the Messenger of Allah) did not make it unlawful but just left, had he made it unlawful he would have prohibitted eating it.’ He (abu Sa‘id) has said, ‘I memorized what they had said and followed running to join the Messenger of Allah, then we met a group of friends eating lunch; and they asked, ‘O Messenger of Allah, join us for lunch.’ He (the Messenger of Allah) said, ‘Yes, make room for your Prophet.’ He (the Messenger of Allah) sat between two men and I also sat with him. When he took a piece of bread and looked at their curry, then asked, ‘What your curry is made of?’ They replied, ‘It is made of lizard, O Messenger of Allah.’ He (the Messenger of Allah) threw the piece of bread from his hand and left. Abu Sa‘id has said, ‘I stayed behind and people differed. They were two groups. One group said, ‘The Messenger of Allah has made it unlawful and for this reason, he (the Messenger of Allah) did not eat.’ The other group said, ‘He (the Messenger of Allah) just left. Had he made it unlawful he would have prohibited us from eating.’ I then followed the Messenger of Allah until I joined him and we passed by the foot of al-Safa’ where cooking pots were boiling. They said, ‘O Messenger of Allah if you can wait until our cooking pots are ready.’ He (the Messenger of Allah) asked them, ‘What is in your cooking pots?’ They replied, ‘Our donkeys that we used to ride, have failed to move so we slaughtered them.’ The Messenger of Allah went close and turned the cooking pots with his foot, then he (the Messenger of Allah) left fast. I stayed behind and certain ones of them said, ‘The Messenger of Allah has made the flesh of donkeys unlawful’ and others said, ‘No, he did not do so. He only emptied out your cooking pots so that you never slaughter your stumpers.’ Abu Sa‘id has said that the Messenger of Allah sent for me and when I arrived in his presence he (the Messenger of Allah) said. ‘Call for me Bilal.’ When I brought Bilal in, he (the Messenger of Allah) said, ‘O Bilal climb on abu Qubays hill and announce that the Messenger of Allah has declared, eel, lizard and domestic donkeys unlawful for food. So have fear of Allah, most Majestic, most Glorious, and do not eat of fish except what has peels and the peels have scales, because Allah, most Blessed, most High, has metamorphosed seven hundred nations who had disobeyed the executors of wills after the messengers. Four hundred of them remained on land and three hundred of them went in the sea’, then he read this verse. ‘. . . We turned their existence into ancient tales by making them disintegrate totally.’ (34:19)” (The above Hadith is from ‘ Ammah narrators and its style is very different from those of the Khassah narrators).

عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ مَحْبُوبٍ عَنْ دَاوُدَ بْنِ فَرْقَدٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ كُلُّ ذِي نَابٍ مِنَ السِّبَاعِ وَ مِخْلَبٍ مِنَ الطَّيْرِ حَرَامٌ .

2. Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father from ibn Mahbub from Dawud ibn Farqad who has said the following: “Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said, ’Of the beasts that which have canine teeth and of birds those which have claws are not lawful for food.’”

عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ حَمَّادٍ عَنِ الْحَلَبِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) قَالَ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ( صلى الله عليه وآله ) قَالَ كُلُّ ذِي نَابٍ مِنَ السِّبَاعِ وَ مِخْلَبٍ مِنَ الطَّيْرِ حَرَامٌ وَ قَالَ ( عليه السلام ) لَا تَأْكُلْ مِنَ السِّبَاعِ شَيْئاً.

3. Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father from ibn abu ‘ Umayr from Hammad from al-Halabiy who has said the following: “Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said that the Messenger of Allah, O Allah, grant compensation to Muhammad and his family worthy of their services to Your cause, has said, ‘Of the beasts that which have canine teeth and of birds that which have claws are not lawful for food.’ He (the Imam) has said, ‘Do not use any of the beasts for food.’”

عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ عُثْمَانَ عَنِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ خَالِدٍ قَالَ قُلْتُ لِأَبِي الْحَسَنِ يَعْنِي مُوسَى بْنَ جَعْفَرٍ ( عليه السلام ) أَ يَحِلُّ أَكْلُ لَحْمِ الْفِيلِ فَقَالَ لَا قُلْتُ وَ لِمَ قَالَ ( عليه السلام ) لِأَنَّهُ مَثُلَةٌ وَ قَدْ حَرَّمَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ الْأَمْسَاخَ وَ لَحْمَ مَا مُثِّلَ بِهِ فِي صُوَرِهَا .

4. Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father from ‘Amr ibn ‘ Uthman from al-Husayn ibn Khalid who has said the following: “I once asked abu al-Hassan, Musa ibn Ja‘far (a.s.), about the flesh of elephants. He (the Imam) said, ‘No, it is not lawful for food.’ I then asked, ‘Why is it so?’ He (the Imam) said, ‘It has deformities and Allah, most Majestic, most Glorious, has made what is metamorphosed unlawful for food as well as the flesh of what is deformed in its shape.”’

عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ حَمَّادٍ عَنِ الْحَلَبِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) قَالَ سَأَلْتُهُ عَنْ أَكْلِ الضَّبِّ فَقَالَ إِنَّ الضَّبَّ وَ الْفَأْرَةَ وَ الْقِرَدَةَ وَ الْخَنَازِيرَ مُسُوخٌ .

5. Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father from Ibn Abi ‘Umayr from Hammad from al-Halabiy who has said the following: “I once asked abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), about eating lizards. He (the Imam) said, ‘Lizards, rats, apes and pigs are metamorphosed.’”