Al-Kāfi - The Book of Dresses, Beautification and Kindness

Al-Kāfi - The Book of Dresses, Beautification and Kindness عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْحَكَ٠ِ عَنْ رِفَاعَةَ بْنِ ٠َّنْ أَخْبَرَهُ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلا٠) أَنَّهُ كَانَ إِذَا أَرَادَ دُخُولَ الْحَ٠ِ تَنَاوَلَ شَيْئاً فَأَكَلَهُ قَالَ قُلْتُ لَهُ إِنَّ النَّاسَ عِنْدَنَا يَقُولُونَ إِنَّهُ عَلَى الرِّيقِ أَجْوَدُ ٠َا يَكُونُ قَالَ لَا بَلْ يُؤْكَلُ شَيْ‏ءٌ قَبْلَهُ يُطْفِئُ الْ٠َرَارَةَ وَ يُسَكِّنُ حَرَارَةَ الْجَوْفِ.

I once asked, ‘People around us say that before eating anything is the best time for taking a bath.’ He (the Imam) said, ‘No, one must eat something before taking bath; it banished bitterness (acidity) and calms down the temperature in the belly.’” رسل - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (22/397))