Al-Kafi 11947

Translation

A number of our companions, from sahl Bin Ziyad, from Muhammad Bin Ismail Al Razy, from Suleyman Bin Ja’far Al Ja’fary who said, ‘I went over to Abu Al-Hassan Al-Reza^asws and in front of him^asws were <span class="iTxt">Barny</span> dates he^asws was constant in eating it, eating it with desire. So he^asws said to me: ‘O Suleyman! Approach and eat’. So I approached him^asws and ate with him^asws, and I said to him^asws, ‘May I be sacrificed for you^asws! I see you^asws eating this date with desire’. So he^asws said: ‘Yes, I^asws love it’. He (the narrator) said, ‘I said, ‘And why is that so?’ He^asws said: ‘Because Rasool-Allah^saww was a date-lover, and Ali^asws was a date-lover, and Al-Hassan^asws was a date-lover, and Abu Abdullah Al-Husayn^asws was a date-lover, and Zayn Al-Abideen^asws was a date-lover, and Abu Ja’far^asws was a date-lover, and Abu Abdullah^asws was a date-lover, and my^asws father^asws was a date-lover, and our^asws Shias are loving the dates because they have been Created from our^asws clay, and our^asws enemies, O Sulayman, are loving the intoxicants because they have been Created from the <span class="ibTxt"><a href="/#/books/quran:55#h15"><a href="/books/quran:55#h15">[55:15]</a></a> smokeless fire</span>’.

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