Al-Kāfi - The Book of Food

َّدِ بْنِ بُنْدَارَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ ٠َّدِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ الْهَ٠َذَانِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الرَّقَّا٠ِ عَنْ صَالِحِ بْنِ عُقْبَةَ قَالَ سَ٠ِعْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلا٠) يَقُولُ كُلُوا الرُّ٠ِهِ فَإِنَّهُ يَدْبُغُ الْ٠َعِدَةَ وَ يَزِيدُ فِي الذِّهْنِ. 12.

Ali ibn Muhammad ibn Bandar has narrated from his father from Muhammad ibn Ali al-Hamadaniy from Sa‘id al-Raqqam from Salih ibn ‘Uqbah who has said the following: “I once heard abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), saying, ‘Eat pomegranate with its flesh; it tans (cleans) the stomach and increases the brain’s ability.’” ضعيف - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (2/193))