The Book of Drinks

Hajjaj ibn al-Shair and Abd ibn Humayd narrated to me, both from Abd al-Razzaq: Ma mar informed us, from Thabit al-Bunani and Asim al-Ahwal, from Anas ibn Malik, that a man, a tailor, invited the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). He added: Thabit said, “I heard Anas say: No food has been prepared for me since then that I could get prepared with gourd in it, without it being prepared.”

Muhammad ibn al-Muthanna al-Anazi narrated to me: Muhammad ibn Jafar narrated to us: Shuba narrated to us, from Yazid ibn Khumayr, from Abd Allah ibn Busr, who said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) stayed with my father. We brought him food and a dish made from dates, cheese, and butter, and he ate from it. Dates were then brought, and he ate them, placing the pits between his fingers and holding his forefinger and middle finger together. Shuba said: This is my understanding, and I hope it is correct: he placed the pits between two fingers. Then a drink was brought, and he drank it, then passed it to the person on his right. He said: My father took hold of the reins of his riding animal and asked him to pray for us. He said, “O Allah, bless them in what You have provided for them, forgive them, and have mercy on them.”

Muhammad ibn Bashshar narrated to us: Ibn Abi Adi narrated to us. And Muhammad ibn al-Muthanna narrated it to me: Yahya ibn Hammad narrated to us. Both reported it from Shuba with this chain, and neither was uncertain about placing the date pits between the fingers.

Yahya ibn Yahya al-Tamimi and Abd Allah ibn Awn al-Hilali narrated to us—Yahya said, “Ibrahim ibn Sad informed us,” while Ibn Awn said, “Ibrahim ibn Sad narrated to us”—from his father, from Abd Allah ibn Jafar, who said: I saw the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) eating cucumber with fresh dates.

Abu Bakr ibn Abi Shayba and Abu Said al-Ashajj narrated to us, both from Hafs. Abu Bakr said: Hafs ibn Ghiyath narrated to us, from Musab ibn Sulaym. Anas ibn Malik said: I saw the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) squatting as he ate dates.

Zuhayr ibn Harb and Ibn Abi Umar narrated to us, both from Sufyan. Ibn Abi Umar said: Sufyan ibn Uyayna narrated to us, from Musab ibn Sulaym, from Anas, who said: Dates were brought to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) began distributing them while seated with his legs drawn up, eating from them quickly. Zuhayrs report says: “eating hurriedly.”

Muhammad ibn al-Muthanna narrated to us: Muhammad ibn Jafar narrated to us: Shuba narrated to us. He said: I heard Jabala ibn Suhaym say: Ibn al-Zubayr used to give us dates. People were suffering hardship then. We would be eating, and Ibn Umar would pass by us and say, “Do not eat two dates together, for the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade eating two together unless a man asks his companion permission.” Shuba said: I think the words about asking permission are Ibn Umar speaking.

Ubayd Allah ibn Muadh narrated it to us: My father narrated to us. And Muhammad ibn Bashshar narrated to us: Abd al-Rahman ibn Mahdi narrated to us. Both reported it from Shuba with this chain. Neither report contains Shuba speaking or the words, “People were suffering hardship then.”

Zuhayr ibn Harb and Muhammad ibn al-Muthanna narrated to me; they said: Abd al-Rahman narrated to us, from Sufyan, from Jabala ibn Suhaym, who said: I heard Ibn Umar say: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade a man to eat two dates together until he has asked his companions permission.

Abd Allah ibn Abd al-Rahman al-Darimi narrated to me: Yahya ibn Hassan informed us: Sulayman ibn Bilal narrated to us, from Hisham ibn Urwa, from his father, from Aisha, that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, “A household that has dates will not go hungry.”

Abd Allah ibn Maslama ibn Qa nab narrated to us: Yaqub ibn Muhammad ibn Tahla narrated to us, from Abu al-Rijal, Muhammad ibn Abd al-Rahman, from his mother, from Aisha, who said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said, “Aisha, a household without dates has hungry people in it. Aisha, a household without dates has hungry people in it.” He said this two or three times.

Abd Allah ibn Maslama ibn Qa nab narrated to us: Sulayman, meaning Ibn Bilal, narrated to us, from Abd Allah ibn Abd al-Rahman, from Amir ibn Sad ibn Abi Waqqas, from his father, that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said, “Whoever eats seven dates from between its two lava plains in the morning will not be harmed by poison until evening.”

Abu Bakr ibn Abi Shayba narrated to us: Abu Usama narrated to us, from Hashim ibn Hashim, who said: I heard Amir ibn Sad ibn Abi Waqqas say: I heard Sad say: I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say, “Whoever begins the day with seven Ajwa dates will not be harmed that day by poison or magic.”

Ibn Abi Umar narrated it to us: Marwan ibn Muawiya al-Fazari narrated to us. And Ishaq ibn Ibrahim narrated it to us: Abu Badr, Shuja ibn al-Walid, informed us. Both reported it from Hashim ibn Hashim with this chain from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), with similar wording. Neither of them said, “I heard the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him).”

Yahya ibn Yahya, Yahya ibn Ayyub, and Ibn Hujr narrated to us. Yahya ibn Yahya said, “Ismail, meaning Ibn Jafar, informed us,” while the other two said, “Ismail narrated to us,” from Sharik, meaning Ibn Abi Namir, from Abd Allah ibn Abi Atiq, from Aisha, that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said, “In the Ajwa dates of al-Aliya there is healing, or they are an antidote, early in the morning.”

Qutaybah ibn Said narrated to us: Jarir narrated to us. And Ishaq ibn Ibrahim narrated to us: Jarir informed us, and Umar ibn Ubayd narrated to us, from Abd al-Malik ibn Umayr, from Amr ibn Hurayth, from Said ibn Zayd ibn Amr ibn Nufayl, who said: I heard the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) say, “Truffles are from the manna, and their water is a healing for the eye.”

Muhammad ibn al-Muthanna narrated to us: Muhammad ibn Jafar narrated to us: Shuba narrated to us, from Abd al-Malik ibn Umayr, who said: I heard Amr ibn Hurayth say: I heard Said ibn Zayd say: I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say, “Truffles are from the manna, and their water is a healing for the eye.”

Muhammad ibn al-Muthanna narrated to us: Muhammad ibn Jafar narrated to me: Shuba narrated to us. He said: Al-Hakam ibn Utayba informed me, from al-Hasan al-Urani, from Amr ibn Hurayth, from Said ibn Zayd, from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). Shuba said: “When al-Hakam narrated it to me, I did not find it inconsistent with Abd al-Maliks report.”

Said ibn Amr al-Ashathi narrated to us: Abthar informed us, from Mutarrif, from al-Hakam, from al-Hasan, from Amr ibn Hurayth, from Said ibn Zayd ibn Amr ibn Nufayl, who said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said, “Truffles are from the manna that Allah, Blessed and Exalted, sent down to the Children of Israel, and their water is a healing for the eye.”

Ishaq ibn Ibrahim narrated to us: Jarir informed us, from Mutarrif, from al-Hakam ibn Utayba, from al-Hasan al-Urani, from Amr ibn Hurayth, from Said ibn Zayd, from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), who said, “Truffles are from the manna that Allah sent down to Moses, and their water is a healing for the eye.”