The Milk Products from Cows

قَالَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع‌ أَلْبَانُ الْبَقَرِ دَوَاءٌ.

“Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said that ’Amir al-Mu’minin has said, ’Milk products from cows are medicine.”’

شَكَوْتُ إِلَى أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ ع ذِرْباً[2] وَجَدْتُهُ فَقَالَ لِي مَا يَمْنَعُكَ مِنْ شُرْبِ أَلْبَانِ الْبَقَرِ فَقَالَ لِي أَ شَرِبْتَهَا قَطُّ فَقُلْتُ لَهُ نَعَمْ مِرَاراً فَقَالَ كَيْفَ وَجَدْتَهَا فَقُلْتُ وَجَدْتُهَا تَدْبُغُ الْمَعِدَةَ وَ تَكْسُو الْكُلْيَتَيْنِ الشَّحْمَ وَ تُشَهِّي الطَّعَامَ فَقَالَ لِي لَوْ كَانَتْ أَيَّامُهُ لَخَرَجْتُ أَنَا وَ أَنْتَ إِلَى يَنْبُعَ‌[3] حَتَّى نَشْرَبَهُ.

“I once complained before abu Ja‘far (a.s.), about stomach trouble and he (the Imam) said, ‘What prevents you from drinking cow milk, have you ever drank it before?’ I replied, ‘Yes, many times.’ He (the Imam) asked, ‘How did you find it?’ I replied, ‘It tans the stomach, covers the kidneys with fat and increases one’s

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص‌ عَلَيْكُمْ بِأَلْبَانِ الْبَقَرِ فَإِنَّهَا تُخْلَطُ مَعَ كُلِّ الشَّجَرِ.

‘You must drink cow milk; it mixes with every tree.’”