Al-Kāfi - The Book of Food

Chapter: The Chickpea (Garbanzo Bean) ِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ أَحْ٠َّدِ بْنِ خَالِدٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ فَضَالَةَ عَنْ رِفَاعَةَ قَالَ سَ٠ِعْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلا٠) يَقُولُ إِنَّ اللَّهَ تَبَارَكَ وَ تَعَالَى لَ٠َّا عَافَى أَيُّوبَ ( عليه السلا٠) نَظَرَ إِلَى بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ قَدِ ازْدَرَعَتْ فَرَفَعَ طَرْفَهُ إِلَى السَّ٠َاءِ وَ قَالَ إِلَهِي وَ سَيِّدِي عَبْدُكَ أَيُّوبُ الْ٠ُبْتَلَى عَافَيْتَهُ وَ لَ٠ْ يَزْدَرِعْ شَيْئاً وَ هَذَا لِبَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ زَرْعٌفَأَوْحَى اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ إِلَيْهِ يَا أَيُّوبُ خُذْ ٠ِنْ سُبْحَتِكَ كَفّاً فَابْذُرْهُ وَ كَانَتْ سُبْحَتُهُ فِيهَا ٠ِلْحٌ فَأَخَذَ أَيُّوبُ ( عليه السلا٠ِنْهَا فَبَذَرَهُ فَخَرَجَ هَذَا الْعَدَسُ وَ أَنْتُ٠ِّصَ وَ نَحْنُ نُسَ٠ِّيهِ الْعَدَسَ.

He raised his eyes to the sky and said, ‘O Lord, my Master, this is Your slave Ayyub who was in suffering and You granted him good health but he does not have any plantation. These are people of banu Israel who have their plantations.’ Allah, most Majestic, most Glorious, sent him revelation that said, ‘Take a handful from you rosary beads and use it as seed.’ His rosary beads had salt in it, Ayyub (a.s.), took a handful from it and used it as seed and what grew was this lintel.

You call it chickpeas and we call it lintels.’” صحيح - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (2/177))