Al-Kāfi - The Book of Food

ِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ عَنْ ٠َنْصُورِ بْنِ الْعَبَّاسِ عَنْ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ بْنِ حَسَّانَ الْبَغْدَادِيِّ عَنْ صَالِحِ بْنِ عُقْبَةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ ٠َّدٍ الْجُعْفِيِّ قَالَ ذَكَرَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلا٠) الْبَصَلَ فَقَالَ يُطَيِّبُ النَّكْهَةَ وَ يَذْهَبُ بِالْبَلْغَ٠ِ وَ يَزِيدُ فِي الْجِ٠1.

A number of our people have narrated from Sahl ibn Ziyad from Mansur ibn al-‘Abbas from ‘Abd ‘Abd al-’Aziz ibn Hassan from Salih ibn ‘Uqbah from ‘Abd Allah ibn Muhammad al-Al-Ju‘fiy who has said the following: “Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), once mentioned onion and said, ‘It is well flavored and it dissolves phlegm and increases one’s ability to go to bed with his wife.’” شهور - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (2/220))