Question 593: Are there any hadith about not eating cheese or stating its negativities? Also, are there any hadiths or sayings from the 14 Infallibles about not eating bread and cheese in the morning? What about Cheese and Walnuts at night?
Answer 593: Regarding cheese, a person asked Imam Sadiq (as). He said: it is an ailment without remedy. The Person went to the Imam at the time of dinner and saw there is cheese at his table! The man asked: O Imam Sadiq (as), May I be the ransom! I asked about the cheese at the time of Chasht (forenoon) and you replied it is an untreated pain, now I see it at the table! The Imam said: it harms us if it is used for Chasht whereas it is useful at night.[1]
The hadith refers to eating cheese on its own. The recommendation is that it should be eaten with walnuts.
There is another hadith in which Imam Sadiq (as) says: Walnuts and Cheese each have remedy if they join together, if separated in each is an ailment.[2]
The Arabic version of this Hadith is as follows:
قَالَ أَلامام الصادق(ع): الْجُبُنُّ وَ الْجَوْزُ إِذَا اجْتَمَعَا فِي كُلِّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْهُمَا شِفَاءٌ وَ إِنِ افْتَرَقَا كَانَ فِي كُلِّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْهُمَا دَاءٌ
So, eating Cheese in the Morning is harmful, however if you have it with walnuts at night then it would be good and useful.
[1] . Kuleini, Kafi, Vol. 12, Pgs. 510-511, Qom, Dar al-Hadith, first edtion, 1429 A.H.
[2] . Ibid, Pg. 512.