Chapters on Food
كتاب الأطعمة
Chapter 25: Eating while standing up
“At the time of the Messenger ofAllah (ﷺ) we used to eat while walking, and drink while standingup.”
Chapter 27: Meat
“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)wasnever invited to eat meat but he would respond, and he was neveroffered meat as a gift but he would accept it.”
Chapter 29: Roasted meat
“I do not know of theMessengerof Allah (ﷺ) ever seeing a roasted sheep* until he metAllah.”
Chapter 37: Cucumbers and fresh dates eaten together
“The Messenger of Allah(ﷺ)used to eat dates with melon.”
Chapter 38: Dates
“Ahouse in which there are no dates, its people will go hungry.”
Chapter 41: The prohibition of eating two dates at once
“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) forbade eating twodates at once unless he asks his companions permission to do so.”
Chapter 49: Barley bread
“The family of Muhammad (ﷺ)neverate their fill of barley bread until he was taken (i.e. died).”
“The Messenger ofAllah (ﷺ) wore wool, and his shows were sandals.”
Chapter 50: Being economical with food and the undesirability of eating one’s fill
“I heardSalman, when he was forced to eat food, say: ‘It is sufficient formethat I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say: The people who mosteattheir fill in this world will be the most hungry on the Day ofResurrection.’”
Chapter 51: It is extravagance to eat everything you want
“It is extravagance to eat everything you want.”
Chapter 56: If a guest sees something bad, he should go back
“I made some food and called theMessenger of Allah (ﷺ) (to come and eat). He came and saw someimages in the house, so he went back.”
Chapter 62: The prohibition of eating while lying down prostrate
“The Messenger ofAllah(ﷺ) forbade a man from eating while lying down on his face.”
Chapter 33: Using vinegar as a condiment
“What a blessed condiment vinegar is.”
Chapter 34: (Olive) oil
“Iheard AbuHurairah say: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: ‘Eat(olive) oil andanoint yourselves with it, for it is blessed.’”
Chapter 35: Milk
“Whoever is given food by Allah, let him say: Allahumma bariklanafihi wa arzuqna khairan minhu (O Allah, bless it for us andprovideus with something better than it). And whoever is given milkto drinkby Allah, let him say: Allahumma barik lana fihi wa zidnaminhu (OAllah, bless it for us and give us more of it). For I do notknow ofany food or drink that suffices, apart from milk.”
Chapter 36: Sweets
“The Messenger of Allah 9saw) usedtolike sweets and honey.”
Chapter 37: Cucumbers and fresh dates eaten together
“My mother was trying to fatten meupwhen she wanted to send me to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) (whenshegot married), but nothing worked until I ate cucumbers with dates;then I grew plump like the best kind of plump.”
Chapter 38: Dates
“A house in which there are nodates is like a house in which there is no food.”
Chapter 44: White bread
“The Messenger of Allah(ﷺ)never saw a thin loaf made from well-sifted flour with his owneyes,until he met Allah.”
Chapter 45: Thin loaves of bread
“Abu Hurairahvisited his people, meaning, a village” – I (one of thenarrators)think he said: “Yuna” – “And they brought him someof the first thinloaves of bread. He wept and said: ‘The Messengerof Allah (ﷺ) neversaw such a thing with his own eyes.’”