Rice

قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع‌ مَا يَأْتِينَا مِنْ نَاحِيَتِكُمْ شَيْ‌ءٌ أَحَبُّ إِلَيَّ مِنَ الْأَرُزِّ وَ الْبَنَفْسَجِ إِنِّي اشْتَكَيْتُ وَجَعِي ذَلِكَ الشَّدِيدَ فَأُلْهِمْتُ أَكْلَ الْأَرُزِّ فَأَمَرْتُ بِهِ فَغُسِلَ وَ جُفِّفَ ثُمَّ قُلِيَ وَ طُحِنَ فَجُعِلَ لِي مِنْهُ سَفُوفٌ بِزَيْتٍ وَ طَبِيخٌ أَتَحَسَّاهُ فَأَذْهَبَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ عَنِّي بِذَلِكَ الْوَجَعَ‌[1].

“Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said, ’From your area no other thing comes more desirable to me than rice and viola. I had intense pain and I was inspired to eat rice. I ordered to wash it, dry it, and pick up to grind it, then in a powder form with oil and a mixture, I drank it. Allah, most Majestic, most Glorious, remove

رَأَيْتُ دَايَةَ أَبِي الْحَسَنِ مُوسَى ع تُلْقِمُهُ الْأَرُزَّ وَ تَضْرِبُهُ عَلَيْهِ فَغَمَّنِي مَا رَأَيْتُهُ فَدَخَلْتُ عَلَى أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع فَقَالَ لِي أَحْسَبُكَ غَمَّكَ مَا رَأَيْتَ مِنْ دَايَةِ أَبِي الْحَسَنِ مُوسَى قُلْتُ لَهُ نَعَمْ جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ فَقَالَ لِي نِعْمَ الطَّعَامُ الْأَرُزُّ يُوَسِّعُ الْأَمْعَاءَ وَ يَقْطَعُ الْبَوَاسِيرَ وَ إِنَّا لَنَغْبِطُ أَهْلَ الْعِرَاقِ بِأَكْلِهِمُ الْأَرُزّ

“I once saw the nurse of abu al-Hassan, Musa (a.s.), feed him rice with morsels and threw it on him. It made me upset and I went to see abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), who said to me, ‘I think what you have seen from the nurse of abu al-Hassan, Musa (a.s.), has made you upset.’ I replied, ‘Yes, I pray to Allah to keep my soul i

كُنْتُ عِنْدَ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع فَجَاءَهُ رَجُلٌ فَقَالَ لَهُ إِنَّ ابْنَتِي قَدْ ذَبَلَتْ وَ بِهَا الْبَطَنُ فَقَالَ مَا يَمْنَعُكَ مِنَ الْأَرُزِّ بِالشَّحْمِ خُذْ حِجَاراً أَرْبَعاً أَوْ خَمْساً فَاطْرَحْهَا بِجَنْبِ النَّارِ وَ اجْعَلِ الْأَرُزَّ فِي الْقِدْرِ وَ اطْبُخْهُ حَتَّى يُدْرِكَ وَ خُذْ شَحْمَ كُلًى طَرِيّاً فَإِذَا بَلَغَ الْأَرُزُّ فَاطْرَحِ‌ الشَّحْمَ فِي قَصْعَةٍ مَعَ الْحِجَارَةِ وَ كُبَّ عَلَ

‘My daughter has become weak and she is pregnant.’ He (the Imam) said, ‘What prevents you from feeding her rice with fat? Take four pieces of stone or five and place them near the fire. Cook the rice in a pot until it is cooked. Take the fresh fat of a kidney. When rice is cooked then place the fat in a pot with the st

نِعْمَ الطَّعَامُ الْأَرُزُّ وَ إِنَّا لَنَدَّخِرُهُ لِمَرْضَانَا.

“Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said, ‘Rice is very good food and we preserve it for our people who suffer from illnesses.’”

قَالَ: نِعْمَ الطَّعَامُ الْأَرُزُّ وَ إِنَّا لَنُدَاوِي بِهِ مَرْضَانَا.

“Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said, ‘Rice is very good and we use it as medicine to cure our people from illness.’”

شَكَوْتُ إِلَى أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع وَجَعَ بَطْنِي فَقَالَ لِي خُذِ الْأَرُزَّ فَاغْسِلْهُ ثُمَّ جَفِّفْهُ فِي الظِّلِّ ثُمَّ رُضَّهُ‌[1] وَ خُذْ مِنْهُ فِي كُلِّ غَدَاةٍ مِلْ‌ءَ رَاحَتِكَ وَ زَادَ فِيهِ إِسْحَاقُ الْجَرِيرِيُّ تَقْلِيهِ قَلِيلًا وَزْنَ أُوقِيَّةٍ وَ اشْرَبْهُ.

“I once complained before abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), about pain in my belly. He (the Imam) said, ‘Take rice, wash it, then dry it in the shadow, crush it; then take one fill of your palm every morning.’ Ishaq al-Jaririy has added that it should be fried a little and taken one awqiyah to drink.”

كَانَ بِأَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع وَجَعُ الْبَطْنِ فَأَمَرَ أَنْ يُطْبَخَ لَهُ الْأَرُزُّ وَ يُجْعَلَ عَلَيْهِ السُّمَّاقُ فَأَكَلَهُ فَبَرَأَ.

“Abu ‘ Abd Allah (a.s.), once experienced pain in his belly and he ordered to cook rice for him (the Imam) with sumac on it, and after eating it the pain went away from him (the Imam).’”