✅ Answer: Please consider the following narrations:

1⃣عن أَبِی جَعْفَرٍ قال: إِنَّا لَنَأْکُلُ الْبَصَلَ وَ الثُّومَ.

📚Al-Mahasin, p. 523

Imam Baqir (peace be upon him) said: Indeed, we eat onions and garlic!

2⃣عن عَلِیِّ بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ عن أَخِیهِ مُوسَی بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ قَالَ: سَأَلْتُهُ عَنِ الثُّومِ وَ الْبَصَلِ یُجْعَلُ فی الدَّوَاءِ قَبْلَ أَنْ یُطْبَخَ قال لَا بَأْسَ وَ سَأَلْتُهُ عَنْ أَکْلِ الثُّومِ و الْبَصَلِ بِالْخَلِّ قَالَ لَا بَأْس

📚Qurb al-Isnad, p. 116

Ali bin Ja‘far said: I asked Imam Kazim (peace be upon him) about garlic and onions when used in medicine before being cooked; the Imam said: There is no issue!

And I asked him about eating garlic and onions with vinegar (pickled garlic and pickled onions); the Imam said: There is no issue!

3⃣عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ مُسْلِمٍ عن أَبِی جَعْفَر قال: سَأَلْتُهُ عَنْ أَکْلِ الثُّومِ فَقَالَ إِنَّمَا نَهَی رَسُولُ اللَّهِ عَنْهُ لِرِیحِهِ فَقَالَ مَنْ أَکَلَ هَذِهِ الْبَقْلَةَ الْخَبِیثَةَ فَلَا یَقْرَبْ مَسْجِدَنَا فَأَمَّا مَنْ أَکَلَهُ و لَمْ یَأْتِ الْمَسْجِدَ فَلَا بَأْسَ.

📚Al-Kafi, Vol. 6, p. 374

Muhammad bin Muslim said: I asked Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him) about eating garlic; the Imam said: Indeed, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) prohibited it because of its odor and said: Whoever eats this foul-smelling vegetable should not come near our mosque, but if someone eats it and does not come to the mosque, there is no issue!

4⃣عن أبی بصیر عن أَبِی عَبْداللَّه أَنَّهُ سُئِلَ عَنْ أَکْلِ الثُّومِ وَ الْبَصَلِ وَ الْکُرَّاثِ قال لَا بَأْسَ بِأَکْلِهِ نِیّاً وَ فِی الْقُدُورِ وَ لَا بَأْسَ بِأَنْ یُتَدَاوَی بِالثُّومِ وَ لَکِنْ إِذَا أَکَلَ أَحَدُکُمْ ذَلِکَ فَلَا یَخْرُجْ إِلَی الْمَسْجِد

📚Al-Kafi, Vol. 6, p. 375

Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him) was asked about eating garlic, onions, and leeks; the Imam said: Eating them semi-cooked and in stews is not an issue, and there is no problem in using garlic for treatment, but if any of you eats it, he should not go to the mosque!

5⃣عَنِ الْحَسَنِ الزَّیَّاتِ قال: لَمَّا أَنْ قَضَیْتُ نُسُکِی مَرَرْتُ بِالْمَدِینَةِ فَسَأَلْتُ عن أَبی جَعْفَرٍ فقال هُوَ بِیَنْبُعَ فَأَتَیْتُ یَنْبُعَ فَقَالَ لِی یا حَسَنُ مَشَیْتَ إِلَی هَاهُنَا قُلْتُ نَعَمْ جُعِلْتُ فِدَاکَ کَرِهْتُ أَنْ أَخْرُجَ وَ لَا أَرَاکَ فَقَالَ إِنِّی أَکَلْتُ مِنْ هَذِهِ الْبَقْلَةِ یَعْنِی الثُّومَ فَأَرَدْتُ أَنْ أَتَنَحَّی عَنْ مَسْجِدِ رَسُولِ اللَّه

📚Al-Kafi, Vol. 6, p. 375

Hassan Zayyat said: When I completed the Hajj rituals, I passed through Medina and inquired about Imam Baqir (peace be upon him). I was told he was in the region of Yanbu‘. So I went to Yanbu‘, and the Imam said to me: You came here on foot! I replied: Yes, may I be sacrificed for you! I did not want to leave without seeing you! The Imam said: I have eaten this vegetable, meaning garlic, and I intended to stay away from the Mosque of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him and his family).

6⃣عن عَلِيٍّ قال قال رَسُولُ اللَّهِ : يَا عَلِيُّ كُلِ الثُّومَ فَلَوْ لَا أَنِّي أُنَاجِي الْمَلَكَ لَأَكَلْتُهُ

📚Makarim al-Akhlaq, p. 182

Amir al-Mu’minin (peace be upon him) said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) said: O Ali! Eat garlic! If I did not converse with the angels, I would certainly eat it!

7⃣عن أَمِيرالْمُؤْمِنِين قال قال رَسُولُ اللَّهِ : كُلُوا الثُّومَ وَ تَدَاوَوْا بِهِ فَإِنَّ فِيهِ شِفَاءً مِنْ سَبْعِينَ دَاءً

📚Makarim al-Akhlaq, p. 182

Amir al-Mu’minin (peace be upon him) said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) said: Eat garlic and use it as a remedy, for it contains a cure for seventy illnesses!

8⃣ In the *Risalah Dhahabiyyah*, which is attributed to Imam Ridha (peace be upon him), it is mentioned: Whoever wants to prevent wind (gas/bloating) in their body should eat garlic once every seven days!

📚Al-Risalah al-Dhahabiyyah, p. 41

✅ From the above narrations and others, it is clear that the Ahlul Bayt (peace be upon them) themselves ate garlic and recommended it for medicinal and non-medicinal use, whether as pickled garlic, semi-cooked, or fully cooked. They only advised that if someone eats it, they should not go to the mosque so that its odor does not disturb others. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) refrained from eating it only because of his conversations with the angels.

Thus, eating garlic is not inherently makruh (discouraged) or condemned; rather, the only concern is its smell, which imposes certain responsibilities on the one who eats it.

✅ The narration in *Al-Tahdhib*, Vol. 9, p. 96, which states that as long as a person eats garlic, they must repeat their prayer, is an isolated (shadh) hadith, and its knowledge is referred to Imam Mahdi (peace be upon him).

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