Question 142: Mention the narrations regarding eating pomegranate on Friday.

Answer
✅Answer: In the narrations, 'pomegranate' is introduced as the 'master of fruits' and 'a heavenly fruit.' Many narrations exist about it; here are some examples:
1 عَنْ أَبِی عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ سَمِعْتُهُ یَقُولُ مَنْ أَکَلَ رُمَّانَةً عَلَی الرِّیقِ أَنَارَتْ قَلْبَهُ أَرْبَعِینَ یَوْماً
📚 Al-Kafi, vol.6, p.354
Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him) said: Whoever eats a pomegranate on an empty stomach, his heart will be illuminated for forty days.
2 عَنْ زِیَادِ بْنِ مَرْوَانَ الْقَنْدِیِّ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا الْحَسَنِ الْأَوَّلَ یَقُولُ مَنْ أَکَلَ رُمَّانَةً یَوْمَ الْجُمُعَةِ عَلَی الرِّیقِ نَوَّرَتْ قَلْبَهُ أَرْبَعِینَ صَبَاحاً فَإِنْ أَکَلَ رُمَّانَتَیْنِ فَثَمَانِینَ یَوْماً فَإِنْ أَکَلَ ثَلَاثاً فَمِائَةً وَ عِشْرِینَ یَوْماً وَ طَرَدَتْ عَنْهُ وَسْوَسَةَ الشَّیْطَانِ وَ مَنْ طُرِدَتْ عَنْهُ وَسْوَسَةُ الشَّیْطَانِ لَمْ یَعْصِ اللَّهَ وَ مَنْ لَمْ یَعْصِ اللَّهَ أُدْخِلَ الْجَنَّةَ
📚 Al-Kafi, vol.6, p.355
Imam Kazim (peace be upon him) said: Whoever eats a pomegranate on an empty stomach on Friday, his heart will be illuminated for forty days. If he eats two, it will be eighty days; if three, 120 days. The whisperings of Satan are removed from him. Whoever is free from Satan's whispers will not disobey Allah, and whoever does not disobey Allah will enter Paradise.
3 عَنْ سَعِیدِ بْنِ غَزْوَانَ قَالَ کَانَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ یَأْکُلُ الرُّمَّانَ کُلَّ لَیْلَةِ جُمُعَةٍ
📚 Al-Mahasn, vol.2, p.540
Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him) ate a pomegranate every Friday night.
4 عَنْ عُمَرَ بْنِ أَبَانٍ الْکَلْبِیِّ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا جَعْفَرٍ وَ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ یَقُولَانِ مَا عَلَی وَجْهِ الْأَرْضِ ثَمَرَةٌ کَانَتْ أَحَبَّ إِلَی رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلی الله علیه و آله مِنَ الرُّمَّانِ وَ کَانَ وَ اللَّهِ إِذَا أَکَلَهَا أَحَبَّ أَنْ لَا یَشْرَکَهُ فِیهَا أَحَدٌ
📚 Al-Kafi, vol.6, p.352
Kalbi said: I heard Imam Baqir and Sadiq (peace be upon them) say: 'No fruit on earth was more beloved to the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his family) than the pomegranate. By Allah, when he ate it, no one shared it with him.'
5 عَنْ أَبِی عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ إِنَّ أَبِی لَمْ یُحِبَّ أَنْ یَشْرَکَهُ أَحَدٌ فِی أَکْلِ الرُّمَّانِ لِأَنَّ فِی کُلِّ رُمَّانَةٍ حَبَّةً مِنَ الْجَنَّةِ
📚 Al-Mahasn, vol.2, p.541
Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him) said: My father did not like anyone to share in eating a pomegranate, because in every pomegranate there is a seed from Paradise.
6 عَنْ أَبِی عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ مَا مِنْ رُمَّانَةٍ إِلَّا وَ فِیهَا حَبَّةٌ مِنَ الْجَنَّةِ فَإِذَا شَذَّ مِنْهَا شَیْ ءٌ فَخُذُوهُ وَ مَا وَقَعَتْ أَوْ قَالَ مَا دَخَلَتْ تِلْکَ الْحَبَّةُ مَعِدَةَ امْرِئٍ قَطُّ إِلَّا أَنَارَتْهَا أَرْبَعِینَ لَیْلَةً وَ نَفَتْ عَنْهُ مِنَ الشَّیْطَانِ الْوَسْوَسَةَ
📚 Al-Mahasn, vol.2, p.540
Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him) said: There is no pomegranate without a heavenly seed in it. So if a seed falls, pick it up; whoever eats it will have his heart illuminated for forty nights and Satan's whisperings removed.
7 قَالَ وَ قَالَ کُلُوا الرُّمَّانَ بِشَحْمِهِ فَإِنَّهُ دِبَاغٌ لِلْمَعِدَةِ
📚 Al-Mahasn, vol.2, p.542
Imam Ali (peace be upon him) said: Eat the pomegranate with its rind, as it benefits the stomach.
8 عَنْ أَبِی عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ مَنْ أَکَلَ رُمَّاناً عِنْدَ مَنَامِهِ فَهُوَ آمِنٌ مِنْ نَفْسِهِ إِلَی أَنْ یُصْبِحَ
📚 Tibb al-A’immah, p.134
Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him) said: Whoever eats a pomegranate before sleeping will be safe until morning.
9 عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ الْحَجَّاجِ قَالَ قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ أَطْعِمُوا صِبْیَانَکُمُ الرُّمَّانَ فَإِنَّهُ أَسْرَعُ لِشَبَابِهِمْ
📚 Al-Mahasn, vol.2, p.546
Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him) said: Feed your children pomegranate, as it accelerates their growth.
📚 Amali Sheikh Tusi, p.362
Imam Ali (peace be upon him) said: Feed your children pomegranate, as it accelerates the opening of their tongue.