“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.’”

“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) forbade eating twodates at once unless he asks his companions permission to do so.”

It wasnarrated from Sa’d, the freed slave of Abu Bakr – and Sa’dusedto serve the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and he liked this Hadith –that the Prophet (ﷺ) forbade eating two dates at once.

“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.”

“The Messenger of Allah(ﷺ)never saw a thin loaf made from well-sifted flour with his owneyes,until he met Allah.”

“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.’”

“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).’”*

“The first we heard ofFaludhaj*was when Jibril (as) came to the Prophet (ﷺ) and said:‘The worldwill be opened for your nation and they will conquer theworld, untilthey eat Faludhaj.’ The Prophet (ﷺ) said: ‘What isFaludhaj?’He said: ‘They mix ghee and honey together.’ At that, theProphet(ﷺ) sobbed.”

“One day, the Messenger of Allah(ﷺ) said: ‘I wish that we had some white bread made of brownwheat,softened with ghee, that we could eat.’ A man from among theAnsarheard that, so he took some (of that food) and brought it tohim. TheMessenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: ‘Where was this ghee kept?’He said:‘In a container made of mastigure skin.’ And he refusedto eat it.”

“Umm Sulaim made some breadforthe Prophet (ﷺ), and she put a little ghee on it. Then she said:‘Go to the Prophet (ﷺ) and invite him (to come and eat).’ So Iwentand told him: ‘My mother is inviting you (to come and eat).’So hestood up, and said to the people who were with him: ‘Get up.’I wentahead of him and told her. Then the Prophet (ﷺ) came andsaid:‘Bring what you have made.’ She said: ‘I only made it foryou alone.’He said: ‘Bring it.’ Then he said: ‘O Anas, bring(them) in to me tenby ten.’ So I kept bringing them in ten by ten,and they ate theirfill, and there were eighty of them.”

“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.”

“When the Prophet (ﷺ) passedaway,there was nothing in my house that any living soul could eat,excepta little bit of barley on a shelf of mine. I ate it for a longtime,then I weighed it and soon it was all gone.”

“The family of Muhammad (ﷺ)neverate their fill of barley bread until he was taken (i.e. died).”

“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 ofAllah (ﷺ) wore wool, and his shows were sandals.”

“I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say:‘Ahuman being fills no worse vessel than his stomach. It issufficientfor a human being to eat a few mouthfuls to keep his spinestraight.But if he must (fill it), then one third of food, one thirdfor drinkand one third for air.’”