Kinds of Sawiq (roasted flour) and the Excellence of Sawiq of Wheat

“Abu al-Hassan, al-Rida’ (a.s.), has said, sawiq is a very good food. If you are hungry, it holds you. If you are full it digests your food.”’

“Once, sawiq was mentioned before abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), and he (the Imam) said, ‘It was prepared by the instruction of divine revelation.’”

“Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said, sawiq grows flesh and strengthens the bones .’”

“Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said, sawiq is the food of the messengers’ or he (the Imam) said, ‘the food of the Prophets.’”

“I once heard abu al-Hassan, Musa (a.s.), saying, sawiq was made by the instruction from the heavens.’”

“Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said, ‘Dry sawiq removes whiteness (albinism).”’

“I once heard abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), saying, ‘Drinking sawiq with oil grows flesh, strengthens the bones, softens the skin and increases al-Bah (sexual desire).”’

“Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said, ‘Three handfuls of dry sawiq before breakfast absorbs phlegm and bile and it almost does not leave anything behind.’”

“Abu al-Hassan, al-Awwal (a.s.), has said, ‘If you turn sawiq seven times upside down and change its place from one pot into the other it then can remove fever and send power to the legs and feet.’”

“Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said, sawiq digests heads (hard to digest food).”’ (See also Hadith 1 above).

“Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said, sawiq removes bitterness (bile) and phlegm from the stomach and dispels seventy kinds of illness.’”

“If one drinks sawiq for forty mornings his shoulder will fill up with strength.’”

“Abu al-Hassan (a.s.), wrote from Khurasan to al-Madinah, ‘Do not make abu Ja‘far al- Thaniy to drink sawiq with sugar because it is bad for man.’ “Al-Sayyariy has explained it from ‘Ubayd Allah that it is undesirable for men because it weakens manhood desire due to its cold nature with sugar.”

“One of our friends became ill in Makkah and began to hallucinate. I went to see abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), and informed him (the Imam) about him. He (the Imam) said, ‘Make him drink sawiq of barley; it will cure him by the will of Allah and it is the food for the stomach of patients.’ He (the narrator) has said, ‘We made him drink it for two days or he said, ‘twice’ our friend was cured.’”