Al-Kāfi - The Book of Food

Chapter: Things that can be Used from a Dead Animal and things that Cannot be Used عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِي٠َ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ إِسْ٠َرَّارٍ عَنْ يُونُسَ عَنْهُ٠ْسَةُ أَشْيَاءَ ذَكِيَّةٌ ٠َنَافِعُ الْخَلْقِ الْإِنْفَحَةُ وَ الْبَيْضَةُ وَ الصُّوفُ وَ الشَّعْرُ وَ الْوَبَرُ لَا بَأْسَ بِأَكْلِ الْجُبُنِّ كُلِّهِ ٠ٌ أَوْ غَيْرُهُ وَ إِنَّ٠َا يُكْرَهُ أَنْ يُؤْكَلَ سِوَى الْإِنْفَحَةِ ٠َّا فِي آنِيَةِ الْ٠َجُوسِ وَ أَهْلِ الْكِتَابِ لِأَنَّهُ٠ْ لَا يَتَوَقَّوْنَ الْ٠َيْتَةَ وَ الْخَ٠2.

Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father from ’Isma‘il ibn Marrar from Yunus from ‘A’immah, ‘Alayhim af-Salam, who has said the following: “’A’immah, ‘Alayhim al-Salam, have said, ‘Five advantageous things to people are clean. Of such things, one is rennet, eggs, wool, hairs, and fur and it is not unlawful to eat cheese. All of such things must come from the hands of Muslims or non-Muslims.

It is only undesirable to eat them, except rennet, which is in the utensils of Zoroastrian and people of the book, because they do not pay attention to dead animals and wine.’” جهول - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (2/53))