ACCOUNT OF THE FOOD OF THE APOSTLE OF
ALLAH, MAY ALLAH BLESS HIM, AND WHAT FOOD HE
LIKED
Volume 1, Parts II.88.1
Abu Usamah Hammad Ibn Usamah informed us: Hisham Ibn ‘Urwah
informed us on the authority of his father, he on the authority of
‘Ayishah; she said:
The Apostle of Allah, may Allah bless him, liked sweet things and honey.
Volume 1, Parts II.88.2Amr IbnAsim al-Kilabi informed us: Hammam informed us on the
authority of Qatadah, he on the authority of Anas; he said:
I approached the Prophet, may Allah bless him, and put a barley bread
with a large quantity of fat and pumpkin. I saw him relishing the
pumpkin, so I began placing it before the Prophet, may Allah bless him.
Anas said: Since the time I saw the Prophet, may Allah bless him,
relishing pumpkin, I did not cease relishing it.
Volume 1, Parts II.88.3
Yahya lbn ‘Abbad informed us: Umarah Ibn Zadhan informed us: Thabit informed us on the authority of Anas: Verily the Prophet, may Allah bless him, relished dubba; or he said: A1- Qar'. (Dubba and al-Qara' both mean pumpkin.)
Volume 1, Parts II.88.4 Qutaybah Ibn Sa'id al-Balkhi informed us: Layth Ibn Sa'd informed us on the authority of Mu'awiyah Ibn Salih, he on the authority of Abu Tàlut; he said: I entered before Anas Ibn Malik who was eating pumpkin and saying: 0 small tree ! you are dear to me because the Apostle of Allah, may Allah bless him, liked you.
Volume 1, Parts II.88.5 Hashim Ibn al-Qasim al-Kinani informed us: Abu Ma'shar informed us on the authority of 'Abd Allah IbnAbd Allah ibn Abi Talhah, he on the
authority of Anas Ibn Malik:
Verily he said: When there was a pumpkin with us we preferred the
Apostle of Allah, may Allah bless him, over us, for it.
Volume 1, Parts II.88.6
Musa Ibn Dawud and Ishaq Ibn Isa informed us, they said: Ibrahim Ibn
Sad informed us on the authority of his father, he on the authority of Abd Allah Ibn Ja’far; he said:
I saw the Prophet, may Allah bless him, eating cucumber with dates.
Volume 1, Parts II.88.7
‘Ubaydah Ibn Humayd al-Taymi informed us: ‘Abd al-‘Aziz Ibn Rufay’
related to me on the authority of ‘Ikrimah; he said: Ayishah said: A kettle was brought before the Apostle of Allah, may Allah bless him. He used to take out forearm from it, ate it then offered prayers without making ablution or rinsing the mouth. Volume 1, Parts II.88.8 Abu al-Sakan Makki Ibn Ibrahim al-Balkhi informed us: Al-Ju'ayd Ibn 'Abd a1-Rahman informed us on the authority of al-Hasan Ibn 'Abd Allah Ibn 'Ubayd Allah: Verily 'Amr Ibn 'Ubayd Allah related to him; he said: I saw the Apostle of Allah, may Allah bless him, eating shoulder then standing and rinsing the mouth and offering prayers without making (new) ablution. Volume 1, Parts II.88.9 'Ubaydah Ibn Humayd informed us: Dawud lbn Abi Hind related to me on the authority of Ishaq IbnAbd Allah, he said: Umm Hakim Bint alZubayr was used to make presents to the Prophet, may Allah bless him.
He said:
The Prophet, may Allah bless him, entered before her one day. She
presented a shoulder to him. He said: She began to make it into pieces
and the Prophet, may Allah bless him, ate it. Then he offered prayers and
performed no (fresh) ablution.
Volume 1, Parts II.88.10
Hashim Ibn al-Qasim informed us: Abu Jafar al-Razi inform-ed us on the authority of Jafar Ibn Muhammad, he on the authority of his father,
he on the authority of ‘Ali Ibn Husayn, he on the authority of Umm
Salamah; she said:
The Apostle of Allah, may Allah bless him, took meat and offered prayers
and did not perform (fresh) ablution.
Volume 1, Parts II.88.11
‘Arim Ibn al-Fall informed us: Hammad Ibn Salamah informed us on the
authority of ‘Abd al-Rahman Ibn Abi Rafi’, he on the authority of his
aunt Sulma, she on the authority of Abu Rafi’; he said:
I slaughtered a she-goat for the Prophet, may Allah bless him. He
(Prophet) said: 0 Abu Rafi’ ! let me have the fore-arm. I passed it on to
him. Then he said: Let me have the fore-arm. I passed it on to him. Then
he said: Let me have the fore-arm. 0 Apostle of Allah ! has a goat more
than two fore-arms? He said: If you had kept quiet, you would have given
me what I asked for.
Volume 1, Parts II.88.12
Muslim lbn Ibrahim informed us: Jarir Ibn Hazim informed us: Humayd
informed us on the authority of Anas Ibn Malik:
Verily the Prophet, may Allah bless him, combined the dates and cooked
meat.
Volume 1, Parts II.88.13
Sa’id lbn Sulayman informed us: Al-Mubarak lbn Sa’id informed us: His
brother ‘Umar Ibn Sa’id informed us on the authority of a person of alBasrah, he on the authority of ‘Ikrimah, he on the authority of lbn
‘Abbas; he said:
The most liked food to the Apostle of Allah, may Allah bless him, was altharid (i, e., bread broken into pieces and soaked in soup etc.) of bread
and al-tharid of dates, i. e. al-hays.
Volume 1, Parts II.88.14
Sa’id Ibn Sulayman informed us: ‘Abbad related to us on the authority of
Humayd, he on the authority of Anas:
Verily the Apostle of Allah, may Allah bless him, relished al-thufl i.e, altharid.
Volume 1, Parts II.88.15
Al-Fadl Ibn Dukayn informed us: Mis’ar informed us on the authority of
‘Ali Ibn al-Aqmar; he said:
The Prophet, may Allah bless him, ate dates and when he reached its
rotten part, he kept it in his hand. If any one asked him to give that
remnant to him, he would say: I do not like for you what I do not like for
me.
Volume 1, Parts II.88.16
Yahya Ibn Muhammad al-Jari informed us on the authority of ‘Abd alMuhaymin Ibn ‘Abbas Ibn Sahl Ibn Sa’id, he on the authority of his
father, he (‘Abbas) on the authority of his (‘Abd al-Muhaymin’s)
grandfather:
Verily a clean plate i. e., of chalk was presented to him. He said: What is
this? I have not seen this kind of food. He (the person presenting) said:
Did the Prophet, may Allah bless him, not eat it? He said: No. He did not
even see it. He added: Barley was ground for him and then twice blown
with the mouth. Then (food) was made of it and he ate it.
Volume 1, Parts II.88.17
Wahb Ibn Jarir Ibn Hazim informed us: Shu’bah informed us on the
authority of Abu Ishaq; he said:
‘Umar Ibn al-Khattab said: Flour should not be sieved for me, after I
have seen the Apostle of Allah, may Allah bless him, eating it.
Volume 1, Parts II.88.18
Al-Aswad Ibn ‘Amir and Ishaq lbn ‘Isa informed us; they said: Shurayk
informed us on the authority of Abd Allah Ibn Muhammad Ibn 'Aqil, he on the authority of al-Rubay and a daughter of Mu’awwidh Ibn ‘Afra;
she said:
I want to the Prophet, may Allah bless him, with a veil full of dates and
(cooked) young ones of birds. She added: He ate from it and gave a hand
full of ornaments or gold and said: Decorate yourself with it.
Volume 1, Parts II.88.19
Khalid Ibn Khidash informed us: ‘Abd al-Aziz Ibn Muhammad related
to us: Hisham lbn Urwah informed us on the authority of his father, he on the authority ofAyishah; she said:
For the Apostle of Allah, may Allah bless him, sweet drinking water was
sought.
Volume 1, Parts II.88.20
Hashim lbn al-Qasim al-Kinani informed us: Abu Mashar informed us: Hafs lbn 'Umar 1bnAbd Allah Ibn Abi Talhah informed us on the
authority of Anas Ibn Malik; he said:
A tray of dates was presented to the Apostle of Allah, may Allah bless
him. He knelt down and took handfuls and sent to his wives. Then he
took a handful from them and ate them and threw the stones to his left
side. A black goat came and ate them.
Aal-e-Qutub Aal-e-Syed Abdullah Shah Ghazi 