2. Muḥammad ibn Ḥasan narrated to me from Muḥammad ibn Ḥasan Al-Saffār, from ‘Abbād ibn Sulaymān, from Sa’d ibn Sa’d, who said: I asked Abal Ḥasan (Imam Riďā ) about (eating) clay. Imam replied, “Eating clay is unlawful just like MǏTAH, blood, and the flesh of a swine, except for the clay of the grave of Ḥusain , for verily it contains the cure for every disease and the protection against any fear.”

3. Abū ‘Abdillāh Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad ibn Ya’qūb narrated to me from ‘Ali ibn Ḥasan ibn ‘Ali ibn Faďďāl, from his father, from some of our companions, who said: Abū Ja’far (Imam Bāqir ) or Abū ‘Abdillāh (Imam Sādiq ) said: Verily Allāh, the Blessed and the Exalted, created Ādam from clay. Therefore, He forbade (eating) clay on the children of Ādam (mankind). I asked, “What about (eating some of) the clay of the grave of Ḥusain ?” Imam replied, “It is unlawful for people to eat their own flesh but is it permissible for them to eat our flesh?!!! It is permissible to eat a very little amount from it, as much as a chick-pea.”

4. Samā’ah ibn Mihrān narrated that: Abū ‘Abdillāh (Imam Sādiq ) said: (Eating from) any clay is unlawful for mankind except (eating from) the clay of the grave of Ḥusain . Allāh, the Exalted, will cure those who eat from it to treat an illness.

5. I found the following in the Ḥadīth of Ḥusain ibn Mihrān Al-Fārisi who narrated from Muḥammad ibn Sayyār, from Ya’qūb ibn Yazīd, who narrated that: Imam Sādiq said: Anyone who sells the clay of the grave of Ḥusain has sold and bought the flesh of Ḥusain .