While eating...

While eating, he would not talk, and the others would also keep silent out of respect for him. If someone invited him to a feast, he would accept or reject it with some deliberation. Nevertheless, he would most often accept his friends' invitations. He would not mind eating out; however, he was conscious of the effect of food on one's soul, and regarded some spiritual changes as a consequence of eating certain foods.

Once, while he was traveling to Mashhad by train, he felt some spiritual contraction. He made an appeal (to Ahlul Bayt (a)), then after a while he was informed by intuition that the spiritual contraction had been the consequence of drinking of the tea served by the train's restaurant.[^2] [^1]: S.H. Solar Hijra, the Iranian Solar Calendar that began at Prophet's (s) Hijra to Medina [^2]: See "Threatened to a destiny like that of Balaam of Boer", Chapter Two, Part 2. Previous…