الكافي- ط الاسلامية, volume 6, page 333

2. Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from ibn Mahbub from ‘Abd al-’Aziz al-‘Abdiy who has said the following: “Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said, ‘If cheese is harmful in all things and does not benefit in anything, sugar on the other hand benefits in all things and does not harm in anything.’”

Translation: Muhammad Sarwar·Thaqalayn link·The Arabic above is the original.

3. Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Azdiy from certain persons of our people in a marfu‘ manner who has said the following: “Once, a man complained before abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), saying, ‘I am a complaining man.’ He (the Imam) said, ‘What he needs is al-Mubarak.’ I then asked, ‘I pray to Allah to keep my soul in service for your cause, what is al-Mubarak?’ He (the Imam) said, ‘It is sugar.’ I then asked, ‘What kind of sugar.’ He (the Imam) said, ‘It is your Sulaymaniy, this one.’”

Translation: Muhammad Sarwar·Thaqalayn link·The Arabic above is the original.

4. Ahmad ibn Muhammad has narrated from Muhammad ibn Sahl from al-Rida’ (a.s.), or certain persons of our people from al-Rida’ who has said the following: “Al-Rida’ (a.s.), has said, the sugar which is chipped with a hammer eats away (abolishes) phlegm entirely.’”

Translation: Muhammad Sarwar·Thaqalayn link·The Arabic above is the original.

5. Ahmad ibn Muhammad has narrated from al-Hassan ibn Ali ibn al-Nu’man from certain persons of our people who has said the following: “I once complained before abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), against pain and he (the Imam) said, ‘When you lie down in your bed eat two pieces of sugar.’ He (the narrator) has said, ‘I followed the instruction and I became well. I told a physician about it, which was the best in our town. He asked me, ‘How has abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), learned about it? It is of our secret knowledge. However he owns books, so he may have found it in his books.’”

Translation: Muhammad Sarwar·Thaqalayn link·The Arabic above is the original.

6. A number of our people have narrated from Ahmad ibn abu ‘Abd Allah from his father from Sa‘dan ibn Muslim from Mu‘attib who has said the following: “After abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), took his dinner, he said, ‘When you go in the storage look for two pieces of sugar for me.’ I said, ‘I pray to Allah to keep my soul in service for your cause, there is nothing there.’ He (the Imam) said, ‘Go there, fie upon you.’ He has said, ‘I went there and found two pieces of sugar and brought them to him (the Imam).”’

Translation: Muhammad Sarwar·Thaqalayn link·The Arabic above is the original.

7. Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father from Ibn Abi ‘Umayr from in a marfu‘ manner who has said the following: “Once, a man complained before abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), about plague. He (the Imam) said, ‘What you need is the fine and blessed.’ I then asked, ‘What is the fine and blessed?’ He (the Imam) said, ‘It is your Sulaymaniy, this one.’ He (the narrator) has said that abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), then said, ‘The first one who found sugar was Sulayman ibn Dawud, ‘Alayhim al-Salam . ’”

Translation: Muhammad Sarwar·Thaqalayn link·The Arabic above is the original.