قُلْتُ لِأَبِي الْحَسَنِ الرِّضَا ( عليه السلام ) إِنَّ النَّاسَ يَقُولُونَ إِنَّ مَنْ لَمْ يَأْكُلِ اللَّحْمَ ثَلَاثَةَ أَيَّامٍ سَاءَ خُلُقُهُ فَقَالَ كَذَبُوا وَ لَكِنْ مَنْ لَمْ يَأْكُلِ اللَّحْمَ أَرْبَعِينَ يَوْماً تَغَيَّرَ خُلُقُهُ وَ بَدَنُهُ وَ ذَلِكَ لِانْتِقَالِ النُّطْفَةِ فِي مِقْدَارِ أَرْبَعِينَ يَوْماً .
Translation
A number of our companions, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Abu Nasr, from Al Husayn Bin Khalid who said, ‘I said to Abu Al-Hassan Al-Reza<sup>asws</sup> that, ‘The people are saying that the one who does not eat the meat for thirty days, his mannerisms would worsen’. So he<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘They are lying, but the one who does not eat the meat for forty days, his mannerisms would change, and his body (as well), and that is the transference of the seed in a measurement of forty days’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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