One who Does not Eat Meat for Forty Days his Manners Change

1. Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father from Ibn Abi ‘Umayr from Hisham ibn Salim who has said the following: “Abu ‘ Abd Allah (a.s.), has said, ‘Meat grows meat and one who does not eat meat for forty days his manners change to worse, you must say Adhan in the ears of one whose manners change to worse.’”

Translation: Muhammad Sarwar — attributed by Thaqalayn·The Arabic above is the original.

2. A number of our people have narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from ibn abu Nasr from al-Husayn ibn Khalid who has said the following: “I once said to abu al-Hassan, al-Rida’ (a.s.), ‘People say that if one does not eat meat for three days his manners change to worse.’ He (the Imam) said, ‘They have spoken lies. However, one who does not eat meat for forty days his manners change and it is because the seed (sperm) transfers (from one stage of development to another) within the duration of forty days.”

Translation: Muhammad Sarwar — attributed by Thaqalayn·The Arabic above is the original.

3. Ali ibn Muhammad ibn Bandar and others from Ahmad ibn abu ‘Abd Allah, from Muhammad ibn Ali from ibn Baqqah from al- Hakam ibn Ayman from abu ‘Usamah Zayd al-Shahham who has said the following: “Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said that the Messenger of Allah, O Allah, grant compensation to Muhammad and his family worthy of their services to Your cause, has said, ‘One with whom forty days pass and has not eaten meat should borrow, on the credit of Allah, most Majestic, most Glorious, to buy meat to eat.’”

Translation: Muhammad Sarwar — attributed by Thaqalayn·The Arabic above is the original.