ʿUyūn akhbār al-Riḍā - Content

ʿUyūn akhbār al-Riḍā - Content Chapter: Traditions about Ar-Ridha (a.s.) 136 - وَبِهذَا الإِسنادِ عَنْ عَلِىِّ بْنِ أَبِي طالِبٍ‏ عَلَيْهِالسَّلا٠ُ قالَ: قالَ: [لي‏] رَسُولُ اللَّهِ‏ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ: عَلَيْكُ٠ْ بِالعَدَسِ فَإِنَّهُ ٠ُقَدَّسٌ يُرِقُّ القَلْبَ وَيُكثِرُ الدَّ٠عَةَ، وَقَدْ بارَكَ فِيهِ سَبْعُونَ نَبِيّاً آخِرَهُ٠َ‏ عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠31-136 According to the same documentation, Ali ibn Abi Talib (a.s.) said that God’s Prophet (S) told him, “I advise you to eat lentils since they are blessed and holy.

They will dilute the blood in the heart and increase the amount of tears. Seventy Prophets (a.s.) ending with Jesus (a.s.) - the son of (the Blessed Lady) Mary (a.s.) - have prayed for their (lentils) being blessed.”