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The Juice which Fire has Touched

alkafi-12289Vol. 6, p. 419-420

سَأَلْتُهُ عَنِ الْعَصِيرِ يُطْبَخُ بِالنَّارِ حَتَّى يَغْلِيَ مِنْ سَاعَتِهِ فَيَشْرَبُهُ صَاحِبُهُ قَالَ إِذَا تَغَيَّرَ عَنْ حَالِهِ وَ غَلَى فَلَا خَيْرَ فِيهِ حَتَّى يَذْهَبَ ثُلُثَاهُ وَ يَبْقَى ثُلُثُهُ.

about grape juice which is cooked on fire until it boils for one hour; then the owner drinks it. He (the Imam) said, ‘If it changes and boils, it then becomes devoid of goodness until two-thirds of it is evaporated and only one-third has remained.’”