Foods (Kitab Al-At'imah)

كتاب الأطعمة

Chapter 36: Regarding eating the fish that die in the sea and float

Narrated Jabir ibn Abdullah

The Prophet (ﷺ) said: What the sea throws up and is left by the tide you may eat, but what dies in the sea and floats you must not eat.

Abu Dawud said: This tradition has been transmitted by Sufyan al-Thawri, Ayyub and Hammad from Abu al-Zubair as the statement of Jabor himself (and not from the Prophet). It has been also transmitted direct from the Prophet (ﷺ) through a weak chain by Abu Dhi'b, from Abu al-Zubair on the authority if Jabir from the Prophet (ﷺ).

Chapter 37: Regarding one who is compelled by necessity to eat dead meat

Narrated Jabir ibn Samurah

A man alighted at Harrah with his wife and children. A man said (to him): My she-camel has strayed; if you find it, detain it.

He found it, but did not find its owner, and it fell ill. His wife said: Slaughter it. But he refused and it died.

She said: Skin it so that we may dry its fat and flesh and then eat them.

He said: Let me ask the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ). So he came to him (the Prophet) and asked him. He said: Have you sufficient for your needs? He replied: No. He then said: Then eat it.

Then its owner came and he told him the story. He said: Why did you not slaughter it? He replied: I was ashamed (or afraid) of you.

Narrated Al-Faji' ibn Abdullah al-Amiri

Al-Faji' came to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and asked: Is not dead meat lawful for us? He said: What is your food? We said: Some food in the evening and some in the morning. AbuNu'aym said: Uqbah explained it to me saying: a cup (of milk) in the morning and a cup in the evening; this does not satisfy the hunger. So made the carrion lawful for them in this condition.

Abu Dawud said: Ghabuq is a drink in the evening and Sabuh is a drink in the morning.

Chapter 38: Regarding combining two types of food

Narrated Abdullah ibn Umar

The Prophet (ﷺ) said: I wish I had a white loaf made from tawny and softened with clarified butter and milk. A man from among the people got up and getting one brought it. He asked: In which had it been? He replied: In a lizard skin. He said: Take it away.

Abu Dawud said: This is a munkar (rejected) tradition.

Abu Dawud said: Ayyub, the narrator of this tradition, is not (Ayyub) al-Sakhtiyani.

Chapter 39: Regarding eating cheese

Narrated Abdullah ibn Umar

The Prophet (ﷺ) was brought a piece of cheese in Tabuk. He called for a knife, mentioned Allah's name and cut it.

Chapter 40: Regarding vinegar

Jabir reported the Prophet (ﷺ) as saying

What a good condiment vinegar is!

Jabir b. ‘Abd Allah reported the Prophet (ﷺ) as sayings

What a good condiment vinegar is!

Chapter 41: Regarding eating garlic

Jabir b. ‘Abd Allah reported the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) as sayings

He who eats garlic or onion must keep away from us. Or he said: must keep away from our mosque or must sit in his house. A dish containing green vegetables was brought to him, and noticing that it had an odour he asked (about it). He was told that it contained some vegetables. He then said: Bring it near, to one of his companion who was with him. When he saw it, he abominated eating it, and said: eat for I hold intimate converse with one with whom you do not. Ahmad b. Salih said: Ibn Wahb explained the word badr as meaning dish.

Narrated AbuSa'id al-Khudri

The garlic and onions were mentioned before the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ). He was told: The most severe of them is garlic. Would you make it unlawful? The Prophet (ﷺ) said: Eat it, and he who eats it should not come near this mosque until its odour goes away.

Narrated Hudhayfah ibn al-Yaman

Zirr ibn Hubaysh said: Hudhayfah traced, I think, to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) the saying: He who spits in the direction of the qiblah will come on the Day of Resurrection in the state that his saliva will be between his eyes; and he who eats from this noxious vegetable should not come near our mosque, saying it three times.

Narrated Abdullah ibn Umar

The Prophet (ﷺ) said: He who eats from this plant should not come near the mosques.

Narrated Al-Mughirah ibn Shu'bah

I ate garlic and came to the place where the Prophet (ﷺ) was praying; one rak'ah of prayer had been performed when I joined. When I entered the mosque, the Prophet (ﷺ) noticed the odour of garlic.

When the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) finished his prayer, he said: He who eats from this plant should not come near us until its odour has gone away.

When I finished the prayer, I came to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and said: Messenger of Allah, do give me your hand. Then I put his hand in the sleeve of my shirt, carrying it to my chest to show that my chest was fastened with a belt. He said: You have a (valid) excuse.

Narrated Mu'awiyah ibn Qurrah

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) forbade these two plants (i.e. garlic and onions), and he said: He who eats them should not come near our mosque. If it is necessary to eat them, make them dead by cooking, that is, onions and garlic.

Narrated Ali ibn AbuTalib

It is forbidden to eat garlic unless it is cooked.

Abu Dawud said: The full name of the narrator Sharik is Sharik bin Hanbal.

Narrated Aisha, Ummul Mu'minin

Khalid said: AbuZiyad Khiyar ibn Salamah asked Aisha about onions. She replied: The last food which the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) ate was some which contained onions.

Chapter 42: Regarding dates

Narrated Yusuf ibn Abdullah ibn Salam

I saw that the Prophet (ﷺ) took a piece of bread of barley and put a date on it and said: This is the condiment of this.

’A’ishah reported the Prophet(ﷺ) as saying

A family which has no dates will be hungry.

Chapter 43: Regarding checking dates for worms before eating

Narrated Anas ibn Malik

When the Prophet (ﷺ) was brought some old dates, he began to examine them and remove the worms from them.

Narrated Abdullah ibn AbuTalhah

The Prophet (ﷺ) was brought some dates which contained worms. He then mentioned the rest of the tradition to the same effect as the previous (No 3823).

Chapter 44: Taking two dates at a time when eating

Ibn ‘Umar said

The Messenger of Allah(ﷺ) prohibited anyone taking two dates together with the exception that you ask permission from your companions.