كَانَ جَعْفَرُ بْنُ أَبِي طَالِبٍ عِنْدَ النَّبِيِّ ( صلى الله عليه وآله ) فَأُهْدِيَ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ( صلى الله عليه وآله ) سَفَرْجَلٌ فَقَطَعَ مِنْهُ النَّبِيُّ ( صلى الله عليه وآله ) قِطْعَةً وَ نَاوَلَهَا جَعْفَراً فَأَبَى أَنْ يَأْكُلَهَا فَقَالَ خُذْهَا وَ كُلْهَا فَإِنَّهَا تُذَكِّي الْقَلْبَ وَ تُشَجِّعُ الْجَبَانَ وَ فِي رِوَايَةٍ أُخْرَى كُلْ فَإِنَّهُ يُصَفِّي اللَّوْنَ وَ يُحَسِّنُ الْوَلَدَ .
Translation
Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Al Nowfaly, from Al Sakuny, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah<sup>asws</sup> having said: ‘Ja’far<sup>asws</sup> Bin Abu Talib<sup>as</sup> was in the presence of the Prophet<sup>saww</sup> and he<sup>as</sup> gifted a Quince to the Prophet<sup>saww</sup>. So the Prophet<sup>saww</sup> cut off a piece from it and gave it to Ja’far<sup>as</sup>, but he<sup>as</sup> refused to eat it (out of respect). So he<sup>saww</sup> said: ‘Take it, and eat it, for it purifies the heart, and emboldens the timid’. And in another report: ‘(He<sup>saww</sup> said): ‘Eat, for it clears the colour and improves the child birth’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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