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Hadith 1569
Hadith #
1569
Book
Al-Kāfi
Volume
6
Section
132
Part
The Book of Food
Chapter
The Toothpick
Source
Shaykh Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb al-Kulaynī
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8. Ali ibn Ibrahim narrated from his father, from Ibn Abi Umayr, from Ibrahim ibn Abdul-Hamid, from Abu al-Hasan (a.s.), who said
"Do not use a basil twig or a pomegranate branch as a toothpick, for they both can stimulate the nerve of leprosy."
عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْحَمِيدِ عَنْ أَبِي الْحَسَنِ ( عليه السلام ) قَالَ
لَا تَخَلَّلُوا بِعُودِ الرَّيْحَانِ وَ لَا بِقَضِيبِ الرُّمَّانِ فَإِنَّهُمَا يُهَيِّجَانِ عِرْقَ الْجُذَامِ .
Tags health-hygiene

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