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Sunnats pertaining to Eating

                In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful

‘Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon our beloved Prophet Muhammad (s.a.s), his blessed descendents and noble companions.’

                                                                      Aameen.

SUNNATS PERTAINING TO EATING

 

Firstly, we shall enumerate some of those foods, which our Nabi (S.A.W) ate whether once, in his lifetime or as a habit:

1) Meat: of camel, cow, sheep, goat, chicken, rabbit, buck, halal birds and fish, whether dried in the sun or cooked with or without gravy.

2)Dates— all types, ripe, dry etc.

3) Barley and wheat bread.

 

4)Vinegar.

5) Sareed— Roti soaked in gravy with a few pieces of meat.

6) Olive Oil, Ghee, Butter.

7) Cheese

8) Black pepper and other spices.

9) Beetroot, marrow, musk melon and cucumber.

10) Honey.

11) Grapes and other fruits.

 

FOODS ABOUT WHICH OUR NABI (S.A.W) HAS

MENTIONED BENEFITS OR PRAISED

Oranges, onions, garlic, the black aromatic seed nigelle-indica (kalunji), mustard seed, fenugreek (methi), dry ginger, olive oil, honey, apple, fat, bor, aloes etc. (Nashrut-Tib)

S. 1 Nabi (S.A.W) liked ‘hareesah’ a broth (like haleem). It is made with a mixture of ground wheat and meat.

(Mujma-'uz-Zawaaid - S.K. - Vol. 1 : Pg. 131)

S.2 To eat dates and cream. Nabi (S.A.W) liked (fresh) cream.

(Ibn Majah - S.K. - Vol. 1 : Pg . 156)

S.3. Nabi (S.A.W) enjoyed dates and milk. (S.K.-Vol. 1 :Pg. 156)

S.4. Nabi (S.A.W) ate dates with cucumber or watermelon or alone.

(S.K.-Vol. 1 :Pg. 157)

S.5. Nabi (S.A.W) has encouraged the consuming of olive oil and also it’s oral application. Nabi (S.A.W) has said that there is blessing in it. (IbnMajah-S.K.-Vol. 1 :Pg. 164)

S.6. Our Nabi (S.A.W) has said that whoever applies olive oil then Satan does not approach him for 40 days. (Mataalib- e-Aaliya - S.K. - Vol. 1 : Pg. 165)

S.7. Olive oil has within it the cure for seventy sicknesses.

(Jumoel Fawaid- S.K. - Vol. 1 : Pg 165)

S.8. Nabi (S.A.W) enjoyed figs and said that it is most beneficial for the treatment of piles.

(ibnSunni-S.K-Vol. 1 :Pg 165-166)

S.9. Nabi liked honey and sweet dishes, (sweet meats). (Bukhari - S.K. - Vol. 1: Pg. 131)

S.10. Nabi liked milk. It is reported that when milk used to be presented to him for drinking he used to exclaim, “Blessings, Blessings” (Barakah).

(Ibn Majah - S.K. - Vol. 1 : Pg. 141)

S.11. Nabi (S.A.W) has said that milk is the only drink that can satisfy the need for food, i.e. it is a good substitute for solids. (Ibn Majah-S.K.-Vol. 1 : Pg. 141)

S.12. Nabi (S.A.W) praised ‘Tharid’*, he liked it and said that it has blessings. (S.K.-Vol. 1 :Pg. 139-140)

*Tharid  is a traditional Arabic dish made of pieces of bread in vegetable or meat broth. The dish is notable as it has been mentioned in a number of Ahadith attributed to the Prophet Mohammed (S.A.W)

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With Duas and Salaam,

abdurRahman.