وَ رَوَى مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى اَلْخَثْعَمِيُّ عَنْ حَمَّادِ بْنِ عُثْمَانَ قَالَ: قُلْتُ لِأَبِي عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ مَا تَقُولُ فِي اَلْكَنْعَتِ قَالَ "لاَ بَأْسَ بِأَكْلِهِ" قُلْتُ فَإِنَّهُ لَيْسَ لَهُ قِشْرٌ قَالَ "بَلَى وَ لَكِنَّهَا حُوتَةٌ سَيِّئَةُ اَلْخُلُقِ تَحْتَكُّ بِكُلِّ شَيْءٍ فَإِذَا نَظَرْتَ فِي أَصْلِ أُذُنَيْهَا وَجَدْتَ لَهَا قِشْراً".
It is narrated from Muhammad ibn Yahya al-Khath'ami, from Hammad ibn Uthman, who said: I said to Abu Abdullah (a.s): "May I be your ransom! What do you say about eating 'Kan'at'?" Imam (a.s) replied: "There is no harm in eating it." I said: "But it has no scales." Imam (a.s) replied: "Indeed, it does! However, it is a fish with bad manners that rubs against everything. If you look at the base of its ears, you will find scales."