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Hadith 1291
Hadith #
1291
Book
Al-Kāfi
Volume
6
Section
74
Part
The Book of Food
Chapter
About Fish
Source
Shaykh Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb al-Kulaynī
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8. A number of our people have narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from ‘Uthman ibn ‘Isa in a marfu‘ manner has said the following
“He (the Imam) (a.s.), has said, ‘Fresh fish melts the fat of the eye.’”
عِدَّةٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ عِيسَى رَفَعَهُ قَالَ
السَّمَكُ الطَّرِيُّ يُذِيبُ شَحْمَ الْعَيْنِ .

Similar narrations

  • Al-Kāfi #1288 “Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said that ’Amir al-Mu’minin has said, ‘Do not eat fish very often; it melts the body.’”
  • Al-Kāfi #1290 “Abu al-Hassan (a.s.), has said, ‘Eating fresh fish melts the body.’”
  • Al-Kāfi #1292 “Abu al-Hassan (a.s.), has said, ‘Fresh fish melts the fat of the eyes.’”
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