Raisins: Imam Ja'far As-Sadiq (as) and Imam Ali (as)

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Whoever eats twenty-one red raisins at the beginning of the day, Allah will repel from him every disease and illness.

Mohammad b. Ja'far al-Bursi narrated from Muhammad b. Yahya al-Armani from Mohammad b. Sinan al-sinani from al-mufaddal b. Ummar al-ju'fi from Imam Ja'far As-Sadiq (as) from his forefathers narrated from Imam Ali (as).


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