أَهْدَيْتُ إِلَى أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) بَغْلَةً فَصَرَعَتِ الَّذِي أَرْسَلْتُ بِهَا مَعَهُ فَأَمَّتْهُ فَدَخَلْنَا الْمَدِينَةَ فَأَخْبَرْنَا أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) فَقَالَ أَ فَلَا أَسْعَطْتُمُوهُ بَنَفْسَجاً فَأُسْعِطَ بِالْبَنَفْسَجِ فَبَرَأَ ثُمَّ قَالَ يَا عُقْبَةُ إِنَّ الْبَنَفْسَجَ بَارِدٌ فِي الصَّيْفِ حَارٌّ فِي الشِّتَاءِ لَيِّنٌ عَلَى شِيعَتِنَا يَابِسٌ عَلَى عَدُوِّنَا لَوْ يَعْلَمُ النَّاسُ مَا فِي الْبَنَفْسَجِ قَامَتْ أُوقِيَّتُهُ بِدِينَارٍ .
Translation
Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Isa, from Ja’far Bin Muhammad Bin Abu Zayd Al Razy, from his father, from Salih Bin Uqba, from his father who said, ‘I gifted a mule to Abu Abdullah<sup>asws</sup>, so it dislodged the rider which I had sent along with it. So we went over to him<sup>asws</sup> and we entered Al-Medina. So we informed Abu Abdullah<sup>asws</sup> and he<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘Why don’t you make it sniff the violet (oil)?’ So I made it to sniff violet (oil) and it was cured. Then he<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘O Uqba! The violet (oil) is cold in the summer and hot in the winter, soft upon our<sup>asws</sup> Shias, dry upon our<sup>asws</sup> enemies. Had the people known what was in the violet (oil), they would have evaluated one <span class="iTxt">Owqiya</span> (a unit of measurement) of it, for one Dinar’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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