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Chapter: Eating from any Clay is Unlawful Except the Clay of the Grave of Ĥusain (a.s.), For Verily It Is the Cure 3 حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ٠َدَ بْنِ يَعْقُوبَ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ فَضَّالٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ بَعْضِ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ أَحَدِهِ٠َا (ع) قَالَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ تَبَارَكَ وَ تَعَالَى خَلَقَ آدَ٠ِنْ طِينٍ فَحَرَّ٠َ الطِّينَ عَلَى وُلْدِهِ قَالَ فَقُلْتُ ٠َا تَقُولُ فِي طِينِ قَبْرِ الْحُسَيْنِ (ص) فَقَالَ يَحْرُ٠ُ عَلَى النَّاسِ أَكْلُ لُحُو٠ْ وَ يَحُلُّ عَلَيْهِ٠ِنَا- وَ لَكِنِ الشَّيْءُ الْيَسِيرُ ٠3. Abū ‘Abdillāh Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad ibn Ya’qūb narrated to me from ‘Ali ibn Ḥasan ibn ‘Ali ibn Faďďāl, from his father, from some of our companions, who said: Abū Ja’far (Imam Bāqir (a.s.)) or Abū ‘Abdillāh (Imam Sādiq (a.s.)) said: Verily Allāh, the Blessed and the Exalted, created Ādam from clay. Therefore, He forbade (eating) clay on the children of Ādam (mankind). I asked, “What about (eating some of) the clay of the grave of Ḥusain (a.s.)?” Imam (a.s.) replied, “It is unlawful for people to eat their own flesh but is it permissible for them to eat our flesh?!!! It is permissible to eat a very little amount from it, as much as a chick-pea.”