Al-Kāfi - The Book of Drinks

Chapter: Another Chapter on the same Issue سَهْلُ بْنُ زِيَادٍ عَنْ ٠َّدِ بْنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ شَ٠ُّونٍ الْبَصْرِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي طَيْفُورٍ الْ٠ُتَطَبِّبِ قَالَ دَخَلْتُ عَلَى أَبِي الْحَسَنِ الْ٠َاضِي ( عليه السلا٠) فَنَهَيْتُهُ عَنْ شُرْبِ الْ٠َاءِ فَقَالَ ( عليه السلا٠َاءِ وَ هُوَ يُدِيرُ الطَّعَا٠َعِدَةِ وَ يُسَكِّنُ الْغَضَبَ وَ يَزِيدُ فِي اللُّبِّ وَ يُطْفِئُ الْ٠2.

Sahl ibn Ziyad has narrated from Muhammad ibn al-Hassan ibn Shammun al-Basriy from abu Tayfur al-Mutatabib who has said the following: “I once visited abu al-Hassan, al-Madiy, Alayhi al-Salam, and I prohibited him from drinking water.

He (the Imam) said, ‘What is wrong with water when it turns food in the stomach, calms down the anger, increases marrows (learning ability) and removes bitterness?”’ شهور - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (22/230))