شَكَوْتُ مَا أَلْقَى مِنْ أَذَى الطَّعَامِ إِلَى أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) إِذَا أَكَلْتُهُ فَقَالَ لَمْ تُسَمِّ فَقُلْتُ إِنِّي لَأُسَمِّي وَ إِنَّهُ لَيَضُرُّنِي فَقَالَ لِي إِذَا قَطَعْتَ التَّسْمِيَةَ بِالْكَلَامِ ثُمَّ عُدْتَ إِلَى الطَّعَامِ تُسَمِّي قُلْتُ لَا قَالَ فَمِنْ هَاهُنَا يَضُرُّكَ أَمَا لَوْ أَنَّكَ إِذَا عُدْتَ إِلَى الطَّعَامِ سَمَّيْتَ مَا ضَرَّكَ .
Translation
Ahmad Bin Muhammad, form Abu Abdullah Al Barqy, from Abu Talib, from Misma’a who said, ‘I complained what harm I faced from the food, to Abu Abdullah<sup>asws</sup>, whenever I ate it. So he<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘Did you not Name (<span class="iTxt">Bismillah</span>)?’ So I said, ‘I do Name, and it (still) harms me’. So he<sup>asws</sup> said to me: ‘When you cut off the Naming (<span class="iTxt">Bismillah</span>) by talking, then you return to the meal, do you Name (<span class="iTxt">Bismillah</span>)?’ I said, ‘No’. He<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘So from over here it harmed you. If you had Named (<span class="iTxt">Bismillah</span>) when you returned to the food, it would not have harmed you’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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