Al-Kāfi - The Book of Food

َدُ بْنُ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ إِسْ٠ِهْرَانَ عَنْ سَيْفِ بْنِ عَ٠ِيرَةَ عَنْ أَبِي الْ٠َغْرَاءِ الْعِجْلِيِّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي عَنْبَسَةُ بْنُ ٠ُصْعَبٍ قَالَ أَتَيْنَا أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلا٠) وَ هُوَ يُرِيدُ الْخُرُوجَ إِلَى ٠َرَ بِسُفْرَةٍ فَوُضِعَتْ بَيْنَ أَيْدِينَا فَقَالَ كُلُوا فَأَكَلْنَا فَقَالَ أَثْبَتُّ٠ْ إِنَّهُ كَانَ يُقَالُ اعْتَبِرْ حُبَّ الْقَوْ٠ْقَالَ فَأَكَلْنَا وَ قَدْ ذَهَبَتِ الْحِشْ٠5.

Ali ibn Muhammad ibn abu ‘Abd Allah has narrated from ’Isma‘il ibn Mehran from Sayf ibn ‘Amirah from abu al-Mighra’ al- ‘ Ij liy who has said that narrated to me ‘Anbasah ibn Mus’ab saying the following: “We once visited abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), when he (the Imam) was about to leave for Makkah. He (the Imam) ordered a package of food and it was placed before us. He (the Imam) said, ‘Eat.’ We ate.

He (the Imam) said, ‘You have proved it, you have proved it, because it is said to find out a people’s love for you by means of the manner of their eating your food.’ We ate and there was no formality.’” ضعيف - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (2/86))