2. A number of our people have narrated from Sahl ibn Ziyad from certain persons of our people who have said the following: “Abu al-Hassan, al-Thalith عليه السلام, would say to certain ones of his workers, ‘Bring more eggplant for us because it is warm in hot season and it is cool in cold season and it is balanced in all seasons. It is fine in all conditions/”