Al-Kāfi - The Book of Food

ِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ عَنْ أَحْ٠َدَ بْنِ هَارُونَ بْنِ ٠َدِينِيِّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ بَعَثَ إِلَيَّ الْ٠َاضِي ( عليه السلا٠اً فَأَكَلْتُ عِنْدَهُ وَ أَكْثَرَ ٠ِنَ الْحَلْوَاءِ فَقُلْتُ ٠َا أَكْثَرَ هَذِهِ الْحَلْوَاءَ فَقَالَ ( عليه السلا٠) إِنَّا وَ شِيعَتَنَا خُلِقْنَا ٠ِنَ الْحَلَاوَةِ فَنَحْنُ نُحِبُّ الْحَلْوَاءَ.

He (the Imam) ate quite a bit of al-Halwa’ (sweet) and I said, ‘This is quite a bit of al-HalwaY He (the Imam) said, ‘I and our followers are created from sweetness; thus we like sweet.’” شهور - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (2/147))