Sunan Ibn Majah
Sunan Ibn Majah 3441
حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ بْنُ وَكِيعٍ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو يَحْيَى الْحِمَّانِيُّ، عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ، عَنْ يَزِيدَ الرَّقَاشِيِّ، عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ، قَالَ دَخَلَ النَّبِيُّ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ عَلَى مَرِيضٍ يَعُودُهُ قَالَ " أَتَشْتَهِي شَيْئًا أَتَشْتَهِي كَعْكًا " . قَالَ نَعَمْ . فَطَلَبُوا لَهُ .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Anas ibn Mālik reported: The Prophet ﷺ visited a sick man and asked, ‘Do you desire anything? Do you desire kaʿk?’ He said, ‘Yes,’ so they sought some for him.
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
Kaʿk is a baked food, often rendered as cake or a kind of biscuit; the report does not describe its shape or ingredients.
قَالَ دَخَلَ النَّبِيُّ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ عَلَى مَرِيضٍ يَعُودُهُ قَالَ " أَتَشْتَهِي شَيْئًا أَتَشْتَهِي كَعْكًا " .
Kaʿk is a baked food whose exact form is not specified in this report.
What kind of baked food is meant by kaʿk here?