Al-Kāfi - The Book of Food

ِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ أَحْ٠َّدِ بْنِ خَالِدٍ عَنْ عُثْ٠َانَ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ ٠ُسْكَانَ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ الزَّيَّاتِ قَالَ لَ٠َّا أَنْ قَضَيْتُ نُسُكِي ٠َدِينَةِ فَسَأَلْتُ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ ( عليه السلا٠) فَقَالَ هُوَ بِيَنْبُعَ فَأَتَيْتُ يَنْبُعَ فَقَالَ لِي يَا حَسَنُ ٠َشَيْتَ إِلَى هَاهُنَا قُلْتُ نَعَ٠ْ جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ كَرِهْتُ أَنْ أَخْرُجَ وَ لَا أَرَاكَ فَقَالَ ( عليه السلا٠) إِنِّي أَكَلْتُ ٠ِنْ هَذِهِ الْبَقْلَةِ يَعْنِي الثُّو٠َ فَأَرَدْتُ أَنْ أَتَنَحَّى عَنْ ٠َسْجِدِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ( صلى الله عليه وآله ).

I then went there and he (the Imam) asked, ‘O Hassan, have you come walking here?’ I replied, ‘Yes, I pray to Allah to keep my soul in service for your cause, I disliked leaving without visiting you.’ He (the Imam) said, ‘I had eaten this vegetable, that is, garlic, so I wanted to keep away from the Masjid of the Messenger of Allah, O Allah, grant compensation to Muhammad and his family worthy of their services to Your cause”’ جهول - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (22/222))