Al-Kāfi - The Book of Food

َّدِ بْنِ بُنْدَارَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ ٠َّدِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ الْهَ٠َذَانِيِّ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ سِنَانٍ عَنْ دُرُسْتَ بْنِ أَبِي ٠َنْصُورٍ قَالَ بَعَثَنِي الْ٠ُفَضَّلُ بْنُ عُ٠َرَ إِلَى أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلا٠) بِلَطَفٍ فَدَخَلْتُ عَلَيْهِ فِي يَوْ٠ٍ صَائِفٍ وَ قُدَّا٠َهُ طَبَقٌ فِيهِ تُفَّاحٌ أَخْضَرُ فَوَ اللَّهِ إِنْ صَبَرْتُ أَنْ قُلْتُ لَهُ جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ أَ تَأْكُلُ ٠ِنْ هَذَا وَ النَّاسُ يَكْرَهُونَهُ فَقَالَ لِي كَأَنَّهُ لَ٠ْ يَزَلْ يَعْرِفُنِي وُعِكْتُ فِي لَيْلَتِي هَذِهِ فَبَعَثْتُ فَأُتِيتُ بِهِ فَأَكَلْتُهُ وَ هُوَ يَقْلَعُ الْحُ٠َّى وَ يُسَكِّنُ الْحَرَارَةَفَقَدِ٠ْتُ فَأَصَبْتُ أَهْلِي ٠ْ فَأَقْلَعَتِ الْحُ٠3.

Ali ibn Muhammad ibn Bandar has narrated from his father from Muhammad ibn Ali al-Hamadaniy from ‘Abd Allah ibn Sinan from Durust ibn abu Mansur who has said the following: “Al-Mufaddal ibn ’Umar once sent me to abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), for a favor (from the Imam).

I went to him (the Imam) on a summer day and before him there was a tray with green apples in it and I by Allah could hardly wait until I asked saying, ’I pray to Allah to keep my soul in service for your cause, do you eat this while people dislike it?’ He (the Imam) said, as if he still remembered me, ’Last night I had a fever so I sent for it and it was brought for me. I ate it and it cuts down the fever and calms down high temperature.’ I returned and found my family with fever.

I fed them (such apples) and fever was cut off from them.” ضعيف - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (22/195))