✅ Answer: Please consider the following narrations:

1⃣عن هشام بْنِ الْحَکَمِ عَنْ أَبِی عَبْداللَّهِ قَالَ: أَصلُ خَرَابِ الْبَدَنِ تَرْکُ الْعَشَاءِ.

📚 Al-Kafi, Vol. 6, p. 288

Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him) said: The root of bodily destruction is skipping dinner!

2⃣عن جمیل بن صالحٍ عن أَبِی عَبْداللَّهِ قَالَ: تَرْکُ الْعَشَاءِ مَهْرَمَةٌ...

📚 Al-Kafi, Vol. 6, p. 288

Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him) said: Skipping dinner causes aging!

3⃣عن سُلَیْمَانَ بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ الْجَعْفَرِیِّ قال: کَانَ أَبُوالْحَسَن لَا یَدَعُ الْعَشَاءَ وَ لَوْ بِکَعْکَةٍ وَ کَانَ یَقُولُ إِنَّهُ قُوَّةٌ لِلْجِسْمِ وَ لَا أَعْلَمُهُ إِلَّا قَالَ و صَالِحٌ لِلْجِمَاعِ.

📚 Al-Kafi, Vol. 6, p. 288

Sulaiman said: Imam Abul-Hasan (peace be upon him) never skipped dinner, even if it was just a piece of bread, and he would say: (Dinner) strengthens the body, and I believe he said: it is also good for intercourse!

4⃣عن جَمِیلِ بْنِ دَرَّاجٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَاعَبْداللَّه یَقُولُ مَنْ تَرَکَ الْعَشَاءَ لَیْلَةَ السَّبْتِ وَ ليلة الْأَحَدِ مُتَوَالِیَتیْنِ ذَهَبَ مِنْهُ قُوَّةٌ لَا تَرْجِعُ إِلَیْهِ أَرْبَعِینَ یَوْماً.

📚 Al-Kafi, Vol. 6, p. 289

Jamil said: I heard Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him) say: Whoever skips dinner on Saturday night and Sunday night consecutively will lose a strength that will not return for forty days!

5⃣عن بَعْضِ الْأَهْوَازِیِّینَ عَنِ الرِّضَا قال: إِنَّ فِی الْجَسَدِ عِرْقاً یُقَالُ لَهُ الْعَشَاءُ فَإِذَا تَرَکَ الرَّجُلُ الْعَشَاءَ لَمْ یَزَلْ یَدْعُو عَلَیْهِ ذَلِکَ الْعِرْقُ حَتَّی یُصْبِحَ یَقُولُ أَجَاعَکَ اللَّهُ کَمَا أَجَعْتَنِی وَ أَظْمَأَکَ اللَّهُ کَمَا أَظْمَأْتَنِی فَلَا یَدَعَنَّ أَحَدُکُمُ الْعَشَاءَ و لَوْ لُقْمَةً مِنْ خُبْزٍ وَ لَوْ شَرْبَةً مِنْ مَاءٍ.

📚 Al-Kafi, Vol. 6, p. 289

Imam Reza (peace be upon him) said: There is a vein in the body called 'Asha’! So if a person skips dinner, that vein will continuously curse him until morning, saying: O Allah, make him hungry as he made me hungry! O Allah, make him thirsty as he made me thirsty!

Therefore, none of you should ever skip dinner, even if it is just a piece of bread or a drink of water!

6⃣عَنِ النَّوْفَلِیِّ عَمَّنْ ذَکَرَهُ عن أَبِی جَعْفَر قَالَ: أَوَّلُ خَرَابِ الْبَدَنِ تَرْکُ الْعَشَاءِ.

📚 Al-Mahasin, p. 421

Imam Baqir (peace be upon him) said: The first step towards bodily destruction is skipping dinner!

7⃣عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِی عُمَیْرٍ عَمَّنْ ذَکَرَهُ عَنْ أَبِی عَبْداللَّه قَالَ: مَنْ تَرَکَ الْعَشَاءَ نَقَصَتْ مِنْهُ قُوَّةٌ وَ لَا تَعُودُ إِلَیْهِ.

📚 Al-Mahasin, p. 423

Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him) said: Whoever skips dinner will lose a strength that will not return!

8⃣عَنْ عَلِیِّ بْنِ أَبِی عَلِیٍّ اللَّهَبِیِّ عَنْ أَبِی عَبْداللَّه قَالَ: مَا یَقُولُ أَطِبَّاؤُکُمْ فِی عَشَاءِ اللَّیْلِ قَالَ قُلْتُ: لَهُ إِنَّهُمْ یَنْهَوْنَّا عَنْهُ قَالَ لَکِنِّی آمُرُکُمْ بِهِ.

📚 Al-Kafi, Vol. 6, p. 289

Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him) said to Ali bin Abu Ali: What do your physicians say about dinner? I replied: They forbid it! The Imam said: But I command you to have it!

9⃣عن ثعلبة عَنْ رَجُلٍ ذَکَرَهُ عَنْ أَبِی عَبْداللَّه قال: طَعَامُ اللَّیْلِ أَنْفَعُ مِنْ طَعَامِ النَّهَار

📚 Al-Kafi, Vol. 6, p. 289

Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him) said: Nighttime food is more beneficial than daytime food!

0⃣1⃣عن سعید بن جناح عَنْ أَبِی الْحَسَنِ الرِّضَا قال: إِذَا اکْتَهَلَ الرَّجُلُ فَلَا یَدَعْ أَنْ یَأْکُلَ بِاللَّیْلِ شَیْئاً فَإِنَّهُ أَهْدَأُ لِلنَّوْمِ وَ أَطْیَبُ لِلنَّکْهَة

📚 Al-Kafi, Vol. 6, p. 288

Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him) said: When a person reaches old age, he should not stop eating at night, as it makes sleep more restful and the mouth fresher!

1⃣1⃣عن ذریح عن أبی عبدالله قال: الشَّیْخُ لَا یَدَعِ الْعَشَاءَ وَ لَوْ لُقْمَة

📚 Al-Kafi, Vol. 6, p. 289

Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him) said: An elderly person should not skip dinner, even if it is just a morsel!

2⃣1⃣ عن أبي عبدالله في حديث قال یستحب للرجل إذا اکتهل أن لا یبیت إلا و فی جوفه طعام حدیث.

📚 Al-Mahasin, p. 422

Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him) said: It is recommended for a person, when he reaches old age, not to sleep at night unless there is fresh food in his stomach!

✅ The importance of eating dinner, especially for the elderly, is clear from the above narrations.

اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَی مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ عَجِّلْ لِوَلِیِّکَ الْفَرَجَ وَ الْعَافِیَةَ وَ النَّصْر

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