سُئِلَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) عَنْ أَكْلِ الْجَرَادِ فَقَالَ لَا بَأْسَ بِأَكْلِهِ ثُمَّ قَالَ ( عليه السلام ) إِنَّهُ نَثْرَةٌ مِنْ حُوتٍ فِي الْبَحْرِ ثُمَّ قَالَ إِنَّ عَلِيّاً ( عليه السلام ) قَالَ إِنَّ السَّمَكَ وَ الْجَرَادَ إِذَا خَرَجَ مِنَ الْمَاءِ فَهُوَ ذَكِيٌّ وَ الْأَرْضُ لِلْجَرَادِ مَصِيدَةٌ وَ لِلسَّمَكِ قَدْ يَكُونُ أَيْضاً .
Translation
Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Haroun Bin Muslim, from Mas’ada Bin Sadaqa who said, ‘Abu Abdullah<sup>asws</sup> was asked about eating the locusts. So he<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘There is no problem with eating it’. Then he<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘They are emanating from the fishes of the sea (crayfish/lobsters)’. Then he<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘Ali<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘The fish and the locusts, when they come out from the water, so it is pure, and the land is a trap for the locusts, and for the fishes it happens to be (a trap) as well’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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