Rice

“Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said, ’From your area no other thing comes more desirable to me than rice and viola. I had intense pain and I was inspired to eat rice. I ordered to wash it, dry it, and pick up to grind it,…

“I once saw the nurse of abu al-Hassan, Musa (a.s.), feed him rice with morsels and threw it on him. It made me upset and I went to see abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), who said to me, ‘I think what you have seen from the nurse of…

“I once was with abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), that a man came to him (the Imam) and said, ‘My daughter has become weak and she is pregnant.’ He (the Imam) said, ‘What prevents you from feeding her rice with fat? Take four…

“Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said, ‘Rice is very good food and we preserve it for our people who suffer from illnesses.’”

“Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said, ‘Rice is very good and we use it as medicine to cure our people from illness.’”

“I once complained before abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), about pain in my belly. He (the Imam) said, ‘Take rice, wash it, then dry it in the shadow, crush it; then take one fill of your palm every morning.’ Ishaq al-Jaririy has…

“Abu ‘ Abd Allah (a.s.), once experienced pain in his belly and he ordered to cook rice for him (the Imam) with sumac on it, and after eating it the pain went away from him (the Imam).’”