Al-Kāfi - The Book of Food

Chapter: Excellence of Dinner and Undesirability of Ignoring it َّدِ بْنِ بُنْدَارَ عَنْ أَحْ٠َدَ بْنِ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ سُلَيْ٠َانَ بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ الْجَعْفَرِيِّ قَالَ كَانَ أَبُو الْحَسَنِ ( عليه السلا٠) لَا يَدَعُ الْعَشَاءَ وَ لَوْ بِكَعْكَةٍ وَ كَانَ يَقُولُ ( عليه السلا٠) إِنَّهُ قُوَّةٌ لِلْجِسْ٠ِ وَ قَالَ وَ لَا أَعْلَ٠ُهُ إِلَّا قَالَ وَ صَالِحٌ لِلْجِ٠5.

Ali ibn Muhammad ibn Bandar has narrated from Ahmad ibn abu ‘Abd Allah from his father from Sulayman ibn Ja‘far al-Ja‘fariy who has said the following: “Abu al-Hassan (a.s.), would not neglect dinner even if it was one cookie; and he (the Imam) would say, ‘Neglecting dinner is ruination of the body.’ He (the narrator) has said, ‘I am not certain perhaps he (the Imam) said that it is helpful in going to bed with one’s wife.’” جهول - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (22/101))