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Reducing such foods is benefical

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عِدَّةٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ خَالِدٍ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْحَكَمِ عَنْ مُوسَى بْنِ بَكْرٍ عَنْ أَبِي الْحَسَنِ مُوسَى ع قَالَ:
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لَيْسَ الْحِمْيَةَ أَنْ تَدَعَ الشَّيْ‌ءَ أَصْلًا لَا تَأْكُلَهُ وَ لَكِنَّ الْحِمْيَةَ أَنْ تَأْكُلَ مِنَ الشَّيْ‌ءِ وَ تُخَفِّفَ.

English translationMuhammad Sarwar

443. A number of our companions, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Khalid, from Ali Bin Al-Hakam, from Musa Bin Bakr, who has narrated the following: Abu Al-Hassan Musa (asws) has said: ‘Dieting is not leaving something which you originally did not eat, but the dieting is to eat from the thing but at a reduced level’.

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

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  • ضعيفAllamah Baqir al-MajlisiMirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (16/318)
  • صحيحShaykh Baqir al-BehbudiSahih al-Kafi (3 / 401)