Mishkat al-Masabih

Mishkat al-Masabih 4239

Section 3
Foods Search within the hadiths
Mishkat al-Masabih 4239
Arabic hadith text
وَعَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «سَيِّدُ إِدَامِكُمُ الْمِلْحُ» . رَوَاهُ ابْنُ مَاجَهْ
Translation

Anas b. Malik reported God’s messenger as saying, “The lord of your condiment is salt.”**Probably meaning that salt is necessary to make food palatable, while other condiments are extras.Ibn Majah transmitted it.