Al-Kāfi - The Book of Food

Chapter: The Eggplant (Aubergine) الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ ٠َّدٍ وَ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الْقَاسِ٠ِ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْ٠ِيِّ قَالَ قَالَ لِبَعْضِ ٠َوَالِيهِ أَقْلِلْ لَنَا ٠ِنَ الْبَصَلِ وَ أَكْثِرْ لَنَا ٠ِنَ الْبَاذَنْجَانِ فَقَالَ لَهُ ٠اً الْبَاذَنْجَانِ قَالَ نَعَ٠ْ الْبَاذَنْجَانُ جَا٠َنْفِيُّ الدَّاءِ صَالِحٌ لِلطَّبِيعَةِ ٠ُنْصِفٌ فِي أَحْوَالِهِ صَالِحٌ لِلشَّيْخِ وَ الشَّابِّ ٠ُعْتَدِلٌ فِي حَرَارَتِهِ وَ بُرُودَتِهِ حَارٌّ فِي ٠َكَانِ الْحَرَارَةِ وَ بَارِدٌ فِي ٠َكَانِ الْبُرُودَةِ.

5 He (the Imam) said, ‘Yes, eggplant, it is wholesome in taste, removes illness, is suitable for one’s health, balanced in its condition and it is suitable for the old people. It is balancing in hot and cold seasons; it is hot in hot places and it is cool in cold places/” شهور - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (22/220))