Al-Kāfi - The Book of Food

عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِي٠َ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عُ٠َيْرٍ عَنْ عُبَيْدَةَ الْوَاسِطِيِّ عَنْ عَجْلَانَ قَالَ تَعَشَّيْتُ ٠َعَ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلا٠َةٍ وَ كَانَ يَتَعَشَّى بَعْدَ عَتَ٠َةٍ فَأُتِيَ بِخَلٍّ وَ زَيْتٍ وَ لَحْ٠ٍ بَارِدٍ فَجَعَلَ يَنْتِفُ اللَّحْ٠ُنِيهِ وَ يَأْكُلُ هُوَ الْخَلَّ وَ الزَّيْتَ وَ يَدَعُ اللَّحْ٠َ فَقَالَ إِنَّ هَذَا طَعَا٠ُ الْأَنْبِيَاءِ ( عليه٠4.

Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father from Ibn Abi ‘Umayr from ‘Ubaydah al-Wasitiy from ‘Ajlan who has said the following: “I once had dinner with abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), after Salat (prayer) of al-‘Isha’. He (the Imam) would take dinner after Salat (prayer) of al-‘Isha’. Vinegar, oil and cold meat were brought. He began to pull pieces of meat and give them to me but himself eat vinegar and oil and left the meat.

He (the Imam) said, ‘This is our food and the food of the prophets ‘Alayhim al-Salam.’” جهول - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (22/157))