سورة النحل

The Prophet (peace be upon him and his family): No one chokes on drinking milk, because Allah has said: لَبَنًا خَالِصًا سَائِغًا لِلشَّارِبِینَ [pure milk, easy and agreeable to swallow for those who drink].

Imam Rida (peace be upon him): Dhiba' ibn Nasr al-Hindi said: Imam Rida (peace be upon him) said: The origin and source [and cause of the coming into being] of water is the fear of Allah. Part of the water is that which falls from the sky, and Allah makes it flow in springs within the earth; and some of the water is that upon which the lands rest, and the root of both these sources is one, being sweet and pleasant. He said: "Then how do springs of naphtha, sulfur, tar, salt and the like come out from them?!" He said: "The substance of the earth changed them and they were transformed — like the transformation of grape juice into wine, and the turning of wine into vinegar, and as from between digested food and blood pure and agreeable milk comes into being."

Imam Ali (peace be upon him): The continuation of the life of creatures depends on four things: food and drink [nourishment], clothing, shelter, and marriage for the continuation of the offspring; and all these needs require commands and prohibitions [and laws and rules] ... [Food is from plants and from cattle.] Allah said regarding cattle: وَ الْأَنْعامَ خَلَقَها لَکُمْ فِیها دِفْءٌ وَ مَنافِعُ وَ مِنْها تَأْکُلُونَ وَ لَکُمْ فِیها جَمالٌ حِینَ تُرِیحُونَ وَ حِینَ تَسْرَحُونَ [And He created the cattle for you; in them there is warmth and benefits, and from them you eat; and for you in them there is beauty when you drive them home and when you send them out to pasture]. And again the word of Allah the Exalted is: وَ إِنَّ لَکُمْ فِی الْأَنْعامِ لَعِبْرَةً نُسْقِیکُمْ مِمَّا فِی بُطُونِهِ مِنْ بَیْنِ فَرْثٍ وَ دَمٍ لَبَناً خالِصاً سائِغاً لِلشَّارِبِین [And most surely there is a lesson for you in the cattle; We give you to drink of what is in their bellies — from betwixt the feces and the blood — pure milk, easy and agreeable to swallow for those who drink].

Imam Baqir (peace be upon him): The milk of a black sheep is better than the milk of two red ones, but the milk of a red cow is better than the milk of two black ones.

Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him): Milk is the food of the prophets.

Imam Ali (peace be upon him): Cow's milk is a medicine.

Imam Ali (peace be upon him): Gulping down milk is a cure for every ailment except death.

Imam Kazim (peace be upon him): The urine of camels is better than their milk. And likewise Allah the Mighty and Majestic has placed the cure in camel's milk.

Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him): Someone narrated from Abdullah Farsi: A man said to Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him), "I drank milk and it harmed me." Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him) said, "No, by Allah! Milk never harms anyone! Certainly you consumed it together with something else, and that other thing harmed you, and you supposed it was from the milk."

Ali ibn Ibrahim (may Allah have mercy on him): What is meant by al-farth is the waste matter that is in the stomach of the animal.