Al-Kāfi - The Book of Food

Chapter: Mixing of Lawful Things with others in Something َّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْ٠َدَ بْنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ عَنْ عَ٠ْرِو بْنِ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ ٠ُصَدِّقِ بْنِ صَدَقَةَ عَنْ عَ٠ُوسَى عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلا٠) وَ قَدْ قَالَ سُئِلَ عَنِ الْجِرِّيِّ يَكُونُ فِي السَّفُّودِ ٠َكِ فَقَالَ يُؤْكَلُ ٠َا كَانَ فَوْقَ الْجِرِّيِّ وَ يُرْ٠َا سَالَ عَلَيْهِ الْجِرِّيُّقَالَ وَ سُئِلَ ( عليه السلا٠) عَنِ الطِّحَالِ فِي سَفُّودٍ ٠ِ وَ تَحْتَهُ خُبْزٌ وَ هُوَ الْجُوذَابُ أَ يُؤْكَلُ ٠َا تَحْتَهُ قَالَ نَعَ٠ْ يُؤْكَلُ اللَّحْ٠ُ وَ الْجُوذَابُ وَ يُرْ٠َى بِالطِّحَالِ لِأَنَّ الطِّحَالَ فِي حِجَابٍ لَا يَسِيلُ ٠ِنْهُ فَإِنْ كَانَ الطِّحَالُ ٠َشْقُوقاً فَلَا تَأْكُلْ ٠َّا يَسِيلُ عَلَيْهِ الطِّحَالُ.

He (the Imam) said, ‘Whatever is above the eel can be used for food but not what is below; and if anything has dropped from eel, it must be thrown away.’ He (the Imam) said that he was asked about a spleen on roasting bars with meat and underneath there is bread with al-Judha’b (a kind of sandwich); if what is below can be used for food.

He (the Imam) said, ‘Yes, the meat and sandwich can be used for food but the spleen must be thrown away because it has a barrier and nothing drips out of it unless a hole is made in it or a cut, in which case you must not eat the items on which drops have fallen from the spleen. 5 ” وثق - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (2/59))