كَانَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ( عليه السلام ) إِذَا أَكَلَ الرُّمَّانَ بَسَطَ تَحْتَهُ مِنْدِيلًا فَسُئِلَ عَنْ ذَلِكَ فَقَالَ إِنَّ فِيهِ حَبَّاتٍ مِنَ الْجَنَّةِ. فَقِيلَ لَهُ إِنَّ الْيَهُودَ وَ النَّصَارَى وَ مَنْ سِوَاهُمْ يَأْكُلُونَهُ فَقَالَ إِذَا كَانَ ذَلِكَ بَعَثَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ إِلَيْهِ مَلَكاً فَانْتَزَعَهَا مِنْهُ لِكَيْلَا يَأْكُلَهَا
Translation
A number of our companions, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Usman Bin Isa, from Sama’at, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah<sup>asws</sup> having said: ‘Whenever Amir Al-Momineen<sup>asws</sup> ate the Pomegranate placed a towel underneath it. So he<sup>asws</sup> was asked about that, so he<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘Therein are seeds from the Paradise’. So it was said to him<sup>asws</sup>, ‘The Jews, and the Christians, and the ones besides them are eating it’. So he<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘When it was like that, Allah<sup>azwj</sup> Mighty and Majestic Sends an Angel to him, so he removes (that seed) from it, perhaps he might eat it’.
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