بَعَثَ إِلَيَّ الْمَاضِي ( عليه السلام ) يَوْماً فَأَجْلَسَنِي لِلْغَدَاءِ فَلَمَّا جَاءُوا بِالْمَائِدَةِ لَمْ يَكُنْ عَلَيْهَا بَقْلٌ فَأَمْسَكَ يَدَهُ ثُمَّ قَالَ لِلْغُلَامِ أَ مَا عَلِمْتَ أَنِّي لَا آكُلُ عَلَى مَائِدَةٍ لَيْسَ فِيهَا خُضْرَةٌ فَأْتِنِي بِالْخُضْرَةِ قَالَ فَذَهَبَ الْغُلَامُ فَجَاءَ بِالْبَقْلِ فَأَلْقَاهُ عَلَى الْمَائِدَةِ فَمَدَّ يَدَهُ ( عليه السلام ) حِينَئِذٍ وَ أَكَلَ .
Translation
A number of our companions, from Sahl Bin Ziyad, from Ahmad Bin Haroun, from Mowfaq Al Madainy, from his father, from his grandfather who said, ‘Al-Maazy<sup>asws</sup> (7th Imam<sup>asws</sup>) sent for me one day, so he<sup>asws</sup> made me sit for the lunch. So when they came with the meal, there were no vegetables upon it. So he<sup>asws</sup> restrained his<sup>asws</sup> hand, then said to the slave: ‘Do you no know that I<sup>asws</sup> do not eat upon a food-spread in which there is no greenery? So bring me the greens’. So the slave went and came with the vegetables and placed it upon the food-spread. So he<sup>asws</sup> extended his<sup>asws</sup> hand at that time and ate’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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