Food, Meals

كتاب الأطعمة

Chapter 3: To eat of the dish what is nearer to you

Anas said: The Prophet, may God’s prayers and peace be upon him, said: “Remember the name of God, and to eat every man from what he follows.”
Narrated `Umar bin Al Salama

Who was the son of Um Salama, the wife of the Prophet: Once I ate a meal with Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) and I was eating from all sides of the dish. So Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said to me, "Eat of the dish what is nearer to you."

Narrated Wahb bin Kaisan Abi Nu'aim

A meal was brought to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) while his step-son, `Umar bin Abi Salama was with him. Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said to him, "Mention the Name of Allah and eat of the dish what is nearer to you."

Chapter 6: Whoever ate till he was satisfied

Narrated `Aisha

The Prophet (ﷺ) died when we had satisfied our hunger with the two black things, i.e. dates and water.

Chapter 8: Thin bread and eating at a dining table.

Narrated Anas

The Prophet (ﷺ) halted to consummate his marriage with Safiyya. I invited the Muslims to his wedding banquet. He ordered that leather dining sheets be spread. Then dates, dried yoghurt and butter were put on those sheets. Anas added: The Prophet (ﷺ) consummated his marriage with Safiyya (during a journey) whereupon Hais (sweet dish) was served on a leather dining sheet.

Narrated Wahb bin Kaisan

The People of Sham taunted `Abdullah bin Az-Zubair by calling him "The son of Dhatin-Nataqain" (the woman who has two waist-belts). (His mother) (Asma, said to him, "O my son! They taunt you with "Nataqain". Do you know what the Nataqain were? That was my waist-belt which I divided in two parts. I tied the water skin of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) with one part, and with the other part I tied his food container."

Chapter 12: A believer eats in one intestine

In it Abu Hurairah on the authority of the Prophet, may God’s prayers and peace be upon him
Narrated `Amr

Abu Nahik was avaricious eater. Ibn `Umar said to him, "Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "A Kafir (unbeliever) eats in seven intestines (eats much)." On that Abu Nahik said, "But I believe in Allah and His Apostle ."

Chapter 13: To eat while leaning

Narrated Abu Juhaifa

While I was with the Prophet (ﷺ) he said to a man who was with him, "I do not take my meals while leaning."

Chapter 16: Al-Aqit (dried yoghourt)

And Hamid said I heard an insult to the sons of the Prophet, may God’s prayers and peace be upon him, with a grade, so he threw the dates, the most place, and the thick. Amr ibn Abi Umar said about Anas, which was made by the Prophet, may God’s prayers and peace be upon him.
Narrated Ibn `Abbas

My aunt presented (roasted) mastigures, Iqt and milk to the Prophet (ﷺ) . The mastigures were put on his dining sheet, and if it was unlawful to eat, it would not have been put there. The Prophet (ﷺ) drank the milk and ate the Iqt only.

Chapter 20: To cut the meat with a knife

Narrated `Amr bin Umaiyya

that he saw the Prophet (ﷺ) holding a shoulder piece of mutton in his hand and cutting part of it with a knife. Then he was called for the prayer whereupon he put down the shoulder piece and the knife with which he was cutting it, and then stood for prayer without performing ablution again.

Chapter 22: To blow barley (to remove the husk).

Narrated Abu Hazim

that he asked Sahl, "Did you use white flour during the lifetime of the Prophet (ﷺ) ?" Sahl replied, "No. Hazim asked, "Did you use to sift barley flour?" He said, "No, but we used to blow off the husk (of the barley).

Chapter 24: At-Talbina (a kind of dish prepared from flour or bran)

Narrated `Aisha

(the wife of the Prophet) that whenever one of her relatives died, the women assembled and then dispersed (returned to their houses) except her relatives and close friends. She would order that a pot of Talbina be cooked. Then Tharid (a dish prepared from meat and bread) would be prepared and the Talbina would be poured on it. `Aisha would say (to the women),"Eat of it, for I heard Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) saying, 'The Talbina soothes the heart of the patient and relieves him from some of his sadness.' "

Chapter 25: Ath-Tharid (a dish prepared from meat and bread).

Narrated Abu Musa Al-Ash`ari

The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Many men reached perfection but none among the women reached perfection except Mary, the daughter of ' `Imran, and Asia, Pharoah's wife. And the superiority of `Aisha to other women is like the superiority of Tharid to other kinds of food.

Chapter 0

Chapter 1: Eat of the lawful things that We have provided you with..."

And he said: {Outlook from the goodness of what you have earned} and his saying: {Eat from the good things and do righteousness, I am what you do. ”
Narrated Abu Musa Al-Ash`ari

The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Give food to the hungry, pay a visit to the sick and release (set free) the one in captivity (by paying his ransom).

Chapter 4: Eating from around the dish while taking meal with someone else.

Narrated Anas bin Malik

A tailor invited Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) to a meal which he had prepared. I went along with Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) and saw him seeking to eat the pieces of gourd from the various sides of the dish. Since that day I have liked to eat gourd. `Umar bin Abi Salama said: The Prophet, said to me, "Eat with your right hand."

Chapter 5: To eat with right hand, and to start with the right side in doing other things.

Omar ibn Abi Salamah said: The Prophet, may God’s prayers and peace be upon him, said to me.
Narrated `Aisha

The Prophet (ﷺ) used to love to start doing things from the right side whenever possible, in performing ablution, putting on his shoes, and combing his hair. (Al-Ash'ath said: The Prophet (ﷺ) used to do so in all his affairs.)

Chapter 6: Whoever ate till he was satisfied

Narrated `Abdur-Rahman bin Abu Bakr

We were one hundred and thirty men sitting with the Prophet. The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Have anyone of you any food with him?" It happened that one man had one Sa of wheat flour (or so) which was turned into dough then. After a while a tall lanky pagan came, driving some sheep. The Prophet (ﷺ) asked, 'Will you sell us (a sheep), or give (it to) us as a gift?" The pagan said, "No, but I will sell it " So the Prophet bought from him a sheep which was slaughtered, and then the Prophet (ﷺ) ordered that the liver, the kidneys, lungs and heart, etc., of that sheep be roasted. By Allah, none of those one hundred and thirty men but had his share of those things. The Prophet (ﷺ) gave to those who were present, and also kept a share for those who were absent He then served that cooked sheep in two big trays and we all ate together our fill; yet there remained a part of it in those two trays which I carried on the camel.

Chapter 8: Thin bread and eating at a dining table.

Narrated Anas

To the best of my knowledge, the Prophet (ﷺ) did not take his meals in a big tray at all, nor did he ever eat well-baked thin bread, nor did he ever eat at a dining table.

Chapter 12: A believer eats in one intestine

In it Abu Hurairah on the authority of the Prophet, may God’s prayers and peace be upon him
Narrated Nafi`

Ibn `Umar never used to take his meal unless a poor man was called to eat with him. One day I brought a poor man to eat with him, the man ate too much, whereupon Ibn `Umar said, "O Nafi`! Don't let this man enter my house, for I heard the Prophet (ﷺ) saying, "A believer eats in one intestine (is satisfied with a little food), and a kafir (unbeliever) eats in seven intestines (eats much food).

Narrated Abu Huraira

Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "A Muslim eats in one intestine (i.e. he is satisfied with a little food) while a Kafir (unbeliever) eats in seven intestines (eats much).