Hadith 1414
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6. A number of our people have narrated from Sahl ibn Ziyad from Muhammad ibn ’Isma‘il al-Raziy from Sulayman ibn Ja‘far al- Ja‘fariy who has said the following
“Once I visited abu al-Hassan, al-Rida’ (a.s.), and there were barniy dates in front of him. He (the Imam) seemed assiduous in eating it with zest. He (the Imam) said, ‘O Sulayman come close and eat.’ I then went close and ate thereof saying, ‘I pray to Allah to keep my soul in service for your cause, I see you eat it with great zest.’ He (the Imam) said, ‘Yes, because I love it.’ He (the narrator) has said, that I asked, ‘Why is it so?’ He (the Imam) said, ‘It is because the Messenger of Allah liked dates. Ali (a.s.), liked dates. Al-Hassan liked dates, abu ‘Abd Allah, al-Husayn liked dates, Zayn al-‘Abidin liked dates, Abu Ja‘far, liked dates, abu ‘Abd Allah, liked dates, my father liked dates, I like dates and our followers like dates because they are created from our clay; and our enemies, O Sulayman like intoxicants because they are created from smokeless fire.’”
عِدَّةٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِسْمَاعِيلَ الرَّازِيِّ عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ الْجَعْفَرِيِّ قَالَ
دَخَلْتُ عَلَى أَبِي الْحَسَنِ الرِّضَا ( عليه السلام ) وَ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ تَمْرٌ بَرْنِيٌّ وَ هُوَ مُجِدٌّ فِي أَكْلِهِ يَأْكُلُهُ بِشَهْوَةٍ فَقَالَ لِي يَا سُلَيْمَانُ ادْنُ فَكُلْ قَالَ فَدَنَوْتُ مِنْهُ فَأَكَلْتُ مَعَهُ وَ أَنَا أَقُولُ لَهُ جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ إِنِّي أَرَاكَ تَأْكُلُ هَذَا التَّمْرَ بِشَهْوَةٍ فَقَالَ نَعَمْ إِنِّي لَأُحِبُّهُقَالَ قُلْتُ وَ لِمَ ذَاكَ قَالَ لِأَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ( صلى الله عليه وآله ) كَانَ تَمْرِيّاً وَ كَانَ عَلِيٌّ ( عليه السلام ) تَمْرِيّاً وَ كَانَ الْحَسَنُ ( عليه السلام ) تَمْرِيّاً وَ كَانَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْحُسَيْنُ ( عليه السلام ) تَمْرِيّاً وَ كَانَ زَيْنُ الْعَابِدِينَ ( عليه السلام ) تَمْرِيّاً وَ كَانَ أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ ( عليه السلام ) تَمْرِيّاً وَ كَانَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) تَمْرِيّاً وَ كَانَ أَبِي ( عليه السلام ) تَمْرِيّاً وَ أَنَا تَمْرِيٌّ وَ شِيعَتُنَا يُحِبُّونَ التَّمْرَ لِأَنَّهُمْ خُلِقُوا مِنْ طِينَتِنَا وَ أَعْدَاؤُنَا يَا سُلَيْمَانُ يُحِبُّونَ الْمُسْكِرَ لِأَنَّهُمْ خُلِقُوا مِنْ مَارِجٍ مِنْ نَارٍ .