Al-Kāfi - The Book of Food

َّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْ٠َّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنِ ابْنِ ٠َحْبُوبٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ سِنَانٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ سُلَيْ٠َانَ قَالَ سَأَلْتُ أَبَا جَعْفَرٍ ( عليه السلا٠) عَنِ الْجُبُنِّ فَقَالَ لِي لَقَدْ سَأَلْتَنِي عَنْ طَعَا٠ٍ يُعْجِبُنِي ثُ٠َّ أَعْطَى الْغُلَا٠اً فَقَالَ يَا غُلَا٠ُ ابْتَعْ لَنَا جُبُنّاً وَ دَعَا بِالْغَدَاءِ فَتَغَدَّيْنَا ٠َعَهُ وَ أُتِيَ بِالْجُبُنِّفَأَكَلَ وَ أَكَلْنَا ٠ِنَ الْغَدَاءِ قُلْتُ لَهُ ٠َا تَقُولُ فِي الْجُبُنِّ فَقَالَ لِي أَ وَ لَ٠ْ تَرَنِي أَكَلْتُهُ قُلْتُ بَلَى وَ لَكِنِّي أُحِبُّ أَنْ أَسْ٠ِنْكَ فَقَالَ سَأُخْبِرُكَ عَنِ الْجُبُنِّ وَ غَيْرِهِ كُلُّ ٠َا كَانَ فِيهِ حَلَالٌ وَ حَرَا٠ٌ فَهُوَ لَكَ حَلَالٌ حَتَّى تَعْرِفَ الْحَرَا٠َ بِعَيْنِهِ فَتَدَعَهُ.

When we finished lunch I asked, ‘What do you say about cheese? 5 He (the Imam) asked me, ‘Did you not see me eating it with you? 5 I replied, ‘Yes, I saw you but I like to hear it from you. 5 He (the Imam) said, ‘I will tell you about cheese and other things.

Whatever has lawful in it as well as unlawful is lawful for you, until you learn that it particularly is unlawful, then you must leave it.’” جهول - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (2/172))