“We used to go to (visit) Anas bin Malik.” (One of thenarrators) Ishaq said: “And his baker was standing there.” (Inanothernarration) Darimi said: “And his table was set. He said oneday:‘(Come and) eat, for the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) never sawany thinloaf of bread until he met Allah, nor any roasted sheep(withskin).’”*

“By the One in Whose Hand ismysoul, the Prophet of Allah (ﷺ) never ate his fill of wheat breadfor three days in a row, until Allah took his soul.”

“The family of Muhammad (ﷺ)neverate their fill of wheat bread for three nights in a row, fromthetime they came to Al-Madinah until he passed away.”

“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)usedto spend many nights in a row hungry and his family could find nosupper, and usually their bread was barley bread.”

“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)usedto say: ‘Allahumma inni a’udhu bika minal-ju’, fa innahubi’sad-daji’, wa a’udhu bika minal-khiyanah, fa innahabi’satil-bitanah (OAllah, I seek refuge with You from hunger, forit is a bad companion,and I seek refuge with You from treachery, forit is a bad thing tohide in one’s heart).’”

“Goodness comes more quickly to a house where there are frequentguests than a knife to camel’s hump.”

Bismillah, then he took a morsel and ate it, then a second.Then he said: “I notice some fat in the food but it is not the fatof the meat.” ‘Abdullah said: “O Commander of the Believers! Iwent out to the marketplace looking for some fatty meat (bones withplenty of meat on them) to buy, but it was expensive, so I boughtsome lean meat (bones with not much meat on them) for a Dirham, andadded a Dirham’s worth of ghee. I wanted my family to go through itbone by bone.” ‘Umar said: “The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) neverhad these two things together; he would eat one and give the other incharity.”

“O people, you eat two plants whichIdo not regard as anything but offensive: This garlic and theseonions.At the time of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), I would see aman, if thesmell (of these vegetables) was found on him, being takenby the handand led out to Baqi’ (graveyard). Whoever must eatthem, let him cookthem to death.”

“The Messenger of Allah(ﷺ)was asked about ghee, cheese and wild donkeys. He said: ‘What islawful is that which Allah has permitted, in His Book and what isunlawful is that which Allah has forbidden in His Book. What Heremained silent about is what is pardoned.’”

“The Prophet (ﷺ) wasgiven a gift of some grapes from Ta’if. He called me and said:‘Takethis bunch of grapes and give it to your mother.’ But I ateit beforeI gave it to her. A few night later he said to me: ‘Whathappened tothe bunch of grapes? Did you give it to your mother?’ Isaid: ‘No, Sohe called me treacherous.’”

“We used to store trotters and theMessenger of Allah (ﷺ) would eat them fifteen days after thesacrifice.”

‘The best of your seasonings is salt.”

“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) entered upon ‘Aishah,when Iwas with her, and said: ‘Is there any food?’ She said: ‘We havebread, dates and vinegar.’ The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: ‘Whatablessed condiment vinegar is. O Allah, bless vinegar, for it wasthecondiment of the Prophets before me, and no house will ever bepoor inwhich there is vinegar.’”

‘Season(your food) with olive oil and anoint yourselves with it, foritcomes from a blessed tree.”

“OAllah,bless us in our city and in our fruits, in our Mudd and in ourSa’,*blessing upon blessing.” Then he would give it to the smallestofthe children present.

“Eatunripe dates with ripe one and eat old dates with new ones, for Satan gets angry and says: ‘Thesonof Adam will survive so long as he eats old dates with new ones.’”

“I saw the Messenger ofAllah(ﷺ) when he was brought some old dates; he started to inspectthem.”

“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) entered upon us. We placedavelvet cloth of ours beneath him and sprinkled water on it.* He saton it, and Allah sent down Revelation to him in our house. We offeredhim butter and dates, and he (ﷺ) liked butter.”

My father told me: I asked SahlbinSa’d: “Did you ever see dough made from well-sifted flour?”He said:“I never saw dough made from well-sifted flour until theMessenger ofAllah (ﷺ) passed away.” I said: “Did they havesieves at the time ofthe Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)?” He said: “Inever saw a sieve until theMessenger of Allah (ﷺ) passed away.”I said: “How did you eat barleythat was not sifted?” He said:“We used to blow on it, and whateverflew away, flew away, andwhatever was left we made dough with it.”

“What is this?” Shesaid:“It is food that we make in our land, and I wanted to make aloafof it for you. He said: “Fold it onto itself and knead it.”