Al-Kāfi - The Book of Food

عَنْهُ عَنْ بَعْضِ أَصْحَابِهِ عَنْ حَنَانِ بْنِ سَدِيرٍ قَالَ كُنْتُ ٠َعَ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلا٠ِلْتُ عَلَى الْهِنْدَبَاءِ فَقَالَ لِي يَا حَنَانُ لِ٠َ لَا تَأْكُلُ الْكُرَّاثَ قُلْتُ لِ٠ِنَ الرِّوَايَةِ فِي الْهِنْدَبَاءِ فَقَالَ وَ ٠َا الَّذِي جَاءَ عَنَّا قُلْتُ إِنَّهُ قِيلَ عَنْكُ٠ْ إِنَّهُ يُقَطَّرُ عَلَيْهِ ٠ِنَ الْجَنَّةِ فِي كُلِّ يَوْ٠ٍ قَطْرَةٌ قَالَ فَقَالَ ( عليه السلا٠) فَعَلَى الْكُرَّاثِ إِذَنْ سَبْعُ قَطَرَاتٍ قُلْتُ فَكَيْفَ آكُلُهُ قَالَ اقْطَعْ أُصُولَهُ وَ اقْذِفْ بِرُءُوسِهِ.

I reached for the endives and he (the Imam) said to me, ‘O Hanan, why do you not eat leeks?’ I replied, ‘It is because of what is narrated from you in the Hadith about endives.’ He (the Imam) then asked, ‘What is narrated about it from us?’ I replied, ‘It is narrated from you as having said, “Every day one drop falls on it.’” He (the Imam) said, ‘On leeks it is seven drops.’ I then asked, ‘How should I eat it?’ He (the Imam) said, ‘Cut their roots and throw away their heads.’” رسل - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (2/208))