ʿUyūn akhbār al-Riḍā

Hadith 137
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137 - وَبِهذَا الإِسنادِ عَنْ عَلِىِّ بْنِ أَبِي طالِبٍ‏ عَلَيْهِالسَّلامُ قالَ: عَلَيْكُمْ بِالقَرعِ، فَإِنَّهُ يَزِيدُ فِي الدِّماغِ.
31-137 According to the same documentation, Ali ibn Abi Talib (a.s.) said, “I advise you to eat gourds since they strengthen mental powers.”
Source: Shaykh Muḥammad b. ʿAlī al-Ṣaduq