17 - ʿAbd Allāh narrated to us, saying: My father narrated to me, saying: Husayn ibn ʿAlī al-Juʿfī narrated to us, from Abū Mūsā—meaning Isrāʾīl—from al-Hasan, who said: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said:

“You among the people are like salt in food.”

He said: Al-Hasan would say: “Does food taste good without salt?” He said: Then al-Hasan would say: “What, then, of a people whose salt is gone?”