تَغَدَّى عِنْدِي أَبُو الْحَسَنِ ( عليه السلام ) فَلَمَّا فَرَغَ مِنَ الطَّعَامِ أُتِيَ بِالْخِلَالِ فَقُلْتُ جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ مَا حَدُّ هَذَا الْخِلَالِ فَقَالَ يَا فَضْلُ كُلُّ مَا بَقِيَ فِي فَمِكَ فَمَا أَدَرْتَ عَلَيْهِ لِسَانَكَ فَكُلْهُ وَ مَا اسْتَكَنَّ فَأَخْرِجْهُ بِالْخِلَالِ فَأَنْتَ فِيهِ بِالْخِيَارِ إِنْ شِئْتَ أَكَلْتَهُ وَ إِنْ شِئْتَ طَرَحْتَهُ .
Translation
From him, from his father, from Abdullah Bin Al Fazl Al Nowfaly, from Al Fazl Bin Yunus who said, ‘Abu Al-Hassan<sup>asws</sup> had lunch with me. So when he<sup>asws</sup> was free from the meal, they came with the toothpicks. So I said, ‘May I be sacrificed for you<sup>asws</sup>! What is a limit of this toothpick?’ So he<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘O Fazl! Eat what remains in your mouth. So whatever your tongue can get around to, so eat it, and whatever is settled, so extract it with the tooth pick. So you are in the choice with regards to it, if you so desire to, eat, and if you so desire to, toss it’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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