The Ghee

قَالَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع‌ سُمُونُ الْبَقَرِ شِفَاءٌ.

“Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said that ’Amir al-Mu’minin has said, ‘In ghee from cows there is a cure. 5 ”

قَالَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع‌ السَّمْنُ دَوَاءٌ وَ هُوَ فِي الصَّيْفِ خَيْرٌ مِنْهُ فِي الشِّتَاءِ وَ مَا دَخَلَ جَوْفاً مِثْلُهُ.

“Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said that ’Amir al-Mu’minin has said, ‘In ghee there is a cure. It is better in summer than it is in winter and no other thing like it enters inside (the stomach).’”

نِعْمَ الْإِدَامُ السَّمْنُ.

“Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said, ‘Ghee is a very fine sauce.’”

إِذَا بَلَغَ الرَّجُلُ خَمْسِينَ سَنَةً[1] فَلَا يَبِيتَنَّ وَ فِي جَوْفِهِ شَيْ‌ءٌ مِنَ السَّمْنِ.

‘When a man becomes fifty years old he must not go to sleep with an amount of ghee in his stomach.’”

كُنْتُ عِنْدَ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع فَكَلَّمَهُ شَيْخٌ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْعِرَاقِ فَقَالَ لَهُ مَا لِي أَرَى كَلَامَكَ مُتَغَيِّراً فَقَالَ لَهُ سَقَطَتْ مَقَادِيمُ فَمِي‌[2] فَنَقَصَ كَلَامِي فَقَالَ لَهُ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع وَ أَنَا أَيْضاً قَدْ سَقَطَ بَعْضُ أَسْنَانِي حَتَّى إِنَّهُ لَيُوَسْوِسُ إِلَيَّ الشَّيْطَانُ فَيَقُولُ لِي إِذَا ذَهَبَتِ الْبَقِيَّةُ فَبِأَيِّ شَيْ‌ءٍ تَأْكُلُ فَأَقُولُ لَا حَوْلَ وَ لَا ق

“Once I was with abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), and an old man from Iraq spoke to him (the Imam) who asked the man, ‘Why has your voice changed?’ The man replied, ‘It is because my front teeth have gone, so there is defect in my speaking.’ Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), said to him, ‘Certain ones of my teeth have also gone. Satan pres

السَّمْنُ مَا دَخَلَ جَوْفاً مِثْلُهُ وَ إِنَّنِي لَأَكْرَهُهُ لِلشَّيْخِ.

“Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said, ‘Nothing entering inside is (as good) as ghee but I dislike it for an old man.’”