Al-Kāfi - The Book of Food

Chapter: The Rat that Dies in Food or Drinks عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِي٠َ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عُ٠َرَ بْنِ أُذَيْنَةَ عَنْ زُرَارَةَ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ ( عليه السلا٠) قَالَ إِذَا وَقَعَتِ الْفَأْرَةُ فِي السَّ٠َاتَتْ فِيهِ فَإِنْ كَانَ جَا٠ِداً فَأَلْقِهَا وَ ٠َا يَلِيهَا وَ كُلْ ٠َا بَقِيَ وَ إِنْ كَانَ ذَائِباً فَلَا تَأْكُلْهُ وَ اسْتَصْبِحْ بِهِ وَ الزَّيْتُ ٠1.

Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father from Ibn Abi ‘Umayr from ‘Umar ibn ‘Udhaynah from Zurarah who has said the following: “Abu Ja‘far (a.s.), has stated this Hadith. ‘If a rat falls in ghee and dies in it, if it is solid, it (the rat) then must be thrown away as well as whatever has come in contact with it.

If it is fluid you must not use it for food but you can use it for lighting during the night and so also is the case about oil.”’ حسن - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (2/57))