There are also many traditions about the properties of fruits...

There are also many traditions about the properties of fruits, cereals, vegetables, and various kinds of meat which make us more fond of our religion. For example, about the property of melon, the messenger of Allah (SAW) has said: “Eating melon is recommended to you, for there are ten properties in it.

Melon is food, water, sweetmeat and at the same time it refines the bladder, cleans the stomach, increases semen and potency, cures cold, and brightens the skin.”[^13] The same has been reported by Imam Ali and Imam Sadiq (AS).[^14] It is related that Imam Reza (AS) has versified the ten properties of melon as follows: “The days have offered to us a watermelon, From the lawful gifts…