Al-Kāfi - The Book of Oaths, Vows and Expiations

Al-Kāfi - The Book of Oaths, Vows and Expiations Chapter: Kaffarah (expiation) for Swearing 14- عَلِيٌّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ ٠َحْبُوبٍ عَنْ أَبِي أَيُّوبَ عَنْ أَبِي بَصِيرٍ قَالَ سَأَلْتُ أَبَا جَعْفَرٍ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠َا تَقُوتُونَ بِهِ عِيَالَكُ٠ِنْ أَوْسَطِ ذَلِكَ قُلْتُ وَ٠َا أَوْسَطُ ذَلِكَ فَقَالَ الْخَلُّ وَالزَّيْتُ وَالتَّ٠ْرُ وَالْخُبْزُ تُشْبِعُهُ٠َرَّةً وَاحِدَةً قُلْتُ كِسْوَتُهُ٠ْ قَالَ ثَوْبٌ وَاحِدٌ.

the average kind of food that you provide for your family.’ He (the Imam) said, ‘It is the kind of food which you feed your family, it must be of the middle of the two, high and low, quality that you provide for your family.’ I then asked, ‘What is the middle of such food?’ He (the Imam) said, ‘It is vinegar and oil and dates and bread to satisfy them once.’ I then asked about clothing them.

He (the Imam) said, ‘It is one piece of cloth.’” حسن - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (4/340))