Al-Kāfi - The Book of Food

Chapter: Flesh of Animals that Feed on Human Feces, their Eggs and the Sheep that Drinks Wine َيْدُ بْنُ زِيَادٍ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ ٠َاعَةَ عَنْ أَحْ٠َدَ بْنِ الْحَسَنِ الْ٠ِيِّ عَنْ أَبَانِ بْنِ عُثْ٠َانَ عَنْ بَسَّا٠ٍ الصَّيْرَفِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ ( عليه السلا٠) فِي الْإِبِلِ الْجَلَّالَةِ قَالَ لَا يُؤْكَلُ لَحْ٠ُهَا وَ لَا تُرْكَبُ أَرْبَعِينَ يَوْ٠11.

Humayd ibn Ziyad has narrated from al-Hassan ibn Muhammad ibn Sama‘ah from Ahmad ibn al-Hassan al-Mithamiy from Aban ibn ‘Uthman from Bassam al=Sayrafiy who has said the following: “About the case of a camel that feeds on feces, abu Ja‘far (a.s.), has said, ‘It cannot be used for food or riding for forty days.’” ضعيف - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (2/45))