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Eat dates because it is the remedy of
the maladies. Eat calabash, because it
broadens the brain. Besides, the
Prophet (pbuh & his family) liked
calabash. Eat citron before and after
meals. The Prophets family used to
eat citron. Pear purifies the heart and
alleviates its troubles by Allah
(swt)’s permission. Eat endive every
morning, for a drop of Paradise
covers each grain of endive. Black
cumin has a share in the remedy of
every malady, except death. The best
food for an expecting (woman) is ripe
dates. Allah says: ‘If you shake the
trunk of the palm tree, it will provide
you with fresh ripe dates.’ Using
dates gives strength to your babies,
because the Prophet fed this to AlHassan and Al- Hussein. Eat
pomegranate with its inner tissues.
This will strengthen the stomach,
refresh the heart, and save from
Iblis’s devious inspirations.’ Imam
Ali (a.s) teaches 400 Golden Rules for
the World and the Hereafter.
And last, but most certainly not least,
Imam Ahmad Al Hassan (a.s) was
asked in Al Mutashabihat: ‘What is
the meaning of what Al-Sadiq (a.s)
said: (“If you are able to not eat,
unless for Allah, then do this”), what
is the meaning of this Hadith?’
To which he (a.s) replied: ‘Meaning to
be in the remembrance of Allah (the
Glorified and Al-mighty) in every
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circumstance and the remembrance is
food for the soul, which reduces the
body’s need for f