The Ghee

“Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said that ’Amir al-Mu’minin has said, ‘In ghee from cows there is a cure. 5 ”

“Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said that ’Amir al-Mu’minin has said, ‘In ghee there is a cure. It is better in summer than it is in winter and no other thing like it enters inside (the stomach).’”

“Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said, ‘Ghee is a very fine sauce.’”

“Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said, ‘When a man becomes fifty years old he must not go to sleep with an amount of ghee in his stomach.’”

“Once I was with abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), and an old man from Iraq spoke to him (the Imam) who asked the man, ‘Why has your voice changed?’ The man replied, ‘It is because my front teeth have gone, so there is defect in my…

“Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said, ‘Nothing entering inside is (as good) as ghee but I dislike it for an old man.’”