Chapter on Eating and Drinking From Gold and Silver Utensils and Other Etiquettes of Eating
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh|Volume 3|Book 2|Chapter 37
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh
Volume 3, Book 2, Chapter 37
Chapter on Eating and Drinking From Gold and Silver Utensils and Other Etiquettes of Eating
وَ رُوِيَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ اَلْوَلِيدِ اَلْكِرْمَانِيِّ قَالَ: أَكَلْتُ بَيْنَ يَدَيْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ اَلثَّانِي عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ حَتَّى إِذَا فَرَغْتُ وَ رُفِعَ اَلْخِوَانُ ذَهَبَ اَلْغُلاَمُ يَرْفَعُ مَا وَقَعَ مِنْ فُتَاتِ اَلطَّعَامِ فَقَالَ لَهُ "مَا كَانَ فِي اَلصَّحْرَاءِ فَدَعْهُ وَ لَوْ فَخِذَ شَاةٍ وَ مَا كَانَ فِي اَلْبَيْتِ فَتَتَبَّعْهُ وَ اُلْقُطْهُ".
It is narrated from Muhammad ibn al-Walid al-Kirmani: I ate in the presence of Abu Ja'far al-Thani Imam Muhammad ibn Ali Al-Jawad عليه السلام. When I finished and the dining mat was lifted, a servant went to collect the crumbs of food that had fallen. Imam عليه السلام said to him: "Whatever is in the open area, leave it even if it is the leg of a sheep, and whatever is inside the house, collect it and pick it up."
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Faqīh