Jabir told th at when the Prophet (ﷺ) asked his family for condiments and was told that they had only vinegar, he called for it and as he was using it in his food he said, “Vinegar is a good condiment; vinegar is a good…
Sa'id b. Zaid reported the Prophet (ﷺ) as saying, “Truffles are a kind of manna, and their juice is a medicine for the eye.”
(Bukhari and Muslim.) A version by Muslim has, “a kind of the manna which God most high sent do…
Jabir told that when they were with God’s messenger at Marr az-Zahran and were plucking the fruit of the arak tree he said, “Keep to its black ones, for they are the most pleasant.” He was asked if he had shepherded shee…
‘A’isha reported the Prophet (ﷺ) as saying, “A family which has dates will not be hungry.” A version reports him as saying twice or three times, “A family which has no dates, ‘A’isha, will be hungry.”
Muslim transmitted…
Sa‘d told of hearing God’s messenger say, “He who has a morning meal of seven 'ajwa* dates will not suffer harm that day through poison or magic."
*The name of a good quality of Medina dates.
(Bukhari and Muslim.)
‘A’isha reported God’s messenger as saying, "The 'ajwa dates of al-‘Aliya* contain healing, and they are an antidote first thing in the morning."
*A name applied to some villages a few miles east of Medina.
Muslim transm…
She said that sometimes a month would come in which they did not kindle a fire, [For cooking] having only dates and water, unless a little meat was brought.
(Bukhari and Muslim.)
She said Muhammad’s family did not have a full meal of wheaten bread on two successive days, but would have dates on one of them.
(Bukhari and Muslim.)
She said that up to the death of God’s messenger they did not have a full meal of dates and water. [Literally, the two black things.]
(Bukhari and Muslim.)
An-Nu‘man b. Bashir said: Do you not have the food and drink you desire? I have seen your Prophet unable to get enough poor dates to fill his belly.
Muslim transmitted it.
Abu Ayyub said that when food was brought to the Prophet (ﷺ) he ate some of it and sent him what was left over. One day when he sent him a dish from which he had eaten nothing because it contained garlic, he asked him wh…
Jabir reported the Prophet (ﷺ) as saying, “He who eats garlic or onions must keep away from us.” Or he said, “must keep away from our mosque,” or, “must sit in his house.” A pot containing green vegetables was brought to…
Al-Miqdam b. Ma'dikarib reported the Prophet (ﷺ) as saying, “If you measure out your food* you will be blessed in it."
*This is said to refer to such matters as buying and selling, and taking care that suitable portions…
Abu Umama told that when the Prophet's cloth* was removed he said, "Praise be to God abundantly and sincerely, of such a nature as is productive of blessing, is not insufficient, abandoned, or ignored, O our Lord."
*The…
Anas reported God’s messenger as saying, “God most high is pleased when a man eats something and praises Him for it, or drinks something and praises Him for it."
Muslim transmitted it.