Lemons: Abu Abd Allah (as)

Abu Ghiyas 'Abd Allah b. Bistam narrated from 'Abd Allah b. Ibrahim from Mohammad b Al-Jahm from Ibrahim b. al-Hasan al-Ja'fari from Abu Abd Allah, peace be upon him, who said to his companions:

"Tell me, with what do your physicians instruct you to eat citron (al-utrujj)?' He replied:

"O son of the Messenger of Allah, they instruct us to eat it before meals."

He said:

"There is nothing more beneficial than it after a meal.  Eat its preserves (al-murabba), for its pit has a fragrance like the fragrance of musk."

He, peace be upon him, said in another report:

"It is good before means but even better after meals."

Then he said:

"It causes harm before the meal and is beneficial after the meal.  Dry cheese digests citron."