مَا تَضْلَعُ[2] الرَّجُلُ مِنَ الْجِرْجِيرِ بَعْدَ أَنْ يُصَلِّيَ الْعِشَاءَ الْآخِرَةَ فَبَاتَ تِلْكَ اللَّيْلَةَ إِلَّا وَ نَفْسُهُ تُنَازِعُهُ إِلَى الْجُذَامِ.
“Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said, ‘If one fills himself up with watercress after performing Salat (prayer) of al-‘Isha’ he will spend the night while his soul invites him to leprosy. 5 ”
مَنْ أَكَلَ الْجِرْجِيرَ بِاللَّيْلِ ضَرَبَ عَلَيْهِ عِرْقُ الْجُذَامِ مِنْ أَنْفِهِ وَ بَاتَ يُنْزَفُ[3] الدَّمُ.
“Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said, ‘If one eats watercress during the night the vein of leprosy will hit him from his nose and blood will flow thereof.”’
سَأَلَ رَجُلٌ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع عَنِ الْبَقْلِ الْهِنْدَبَاءِ وَ الْبَاذَرُوجِ وَ الْجِرْجِيرِ فَقَالَ الْهِنْدَبَاءُ وَ الْبَاذَرُوجُ لَنَا وَ الْجِرْجِيرُ لِبَنِي أُمَيَّةَ.
“Once, a man asked abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), about endives, sweet basil and watercress. He (the Imam) said, ‘Endives and sweet basil are for us and watercress is for banu ’Umayyah.’”
كَانَ مَوْلَايَ أَبُو الْحَسَنِ ع إِذَا أَمَرَ بِشِرَاءِ الْبَقْلِ يَأْمُرُ بِالْإِكْثَارِ مِنْهُ وَ مِنَ الْجِرْجِيرِ فَيُشْتَرَى لَهُ وَ كَانَ يَقُولُ ع مَا أَحْمَقَ بَعْضَ النَّاسِ يَقُولُونَ إِنَّهُ يَنْبُتُ فِي وَادٍ فِي جَهَنَّمَ وَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ يَقُولُ- وَقُودُهَا النَّاسُ وَ الْحِجارَةُ فَكَيْفَ تَنْبُتُ الْبَقْلُ.
“When my master ordered buying herbs he ordered quite a large amount and also watercress. It then would have been purchased for him and he (the Imam) would say, ‘How dimwitted certain people are when they say that it grows in a valley of hell and Allah, most Majestic, most Glorious, says, ‘Its fuel is people and stones