'Abdullah bin Salam said:
"When the Prophet (ﷺ) came toAl-Madinah,the people rushed to meet him, and it was said: 'TheMessenger ofAllah (ﷺ) has come! The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) hascome! TheMessenger of Allah (ﷺ) has come!' Three times. I camewith thepeople to see him, and when I saw his face clearly, I knewthat hisface was not the face of a liar. The first thing I heard himsay waswhen he said: 'O people! Spread (the greeting of) Salam,feed others,uphold the ties of kinship, and pray during the nightwhen people aresleeping, and you will enter Paradise with Salam."*
'Abdullah bin 'Umar used to say that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)said:
"Spread (the greeting og) Salam, offer food (to the needy),andbe brothers as Allah, the Mighty and Sublime, has honored you."
It wasnarrated from 'Abdullah bin 'Amr that a man asked theMessengerof Allah (ﷺ):
"O Messenger of Allah, which (aspect) ofIslam isthe best?" He said: "Offering food (to the needy) andgreetingwith Salam those whom you know and those whom you do notknow."
It wasnarrated from Jabir bin 'Abdullah that the Messenger of Allah(ﷺ)said:
"The food of one person is sufficient for two, the food oftwo is sufficient for four, and the food for four is sufficient foreight."
It wasnarrated from 'Umar bin Khattab that the Messenger of Allah(ﷺ)said:
"The food of one is sufficient for two, and the food oftwois sufficient for three or four, and the food of four issufficientfor five or six.'"
It wasnarrated from Abu Hurairah that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)said:
"The believer eats with one intestine and the disbeliever eatswithseven intestines.'"
It wasnarrated from Ibn 'Umar that the Prophet (ﷺ) said:
"Thedisbeliever eats with seven intestines and the believer eats with oneintestine."
It wasnarrated from Abu Musa that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said:
"Thebeliever eats with one intestine and the disbeliever eats withsevenintestines."
It wasnarrated from Abu Hazim that Abu Hurairah said:
"The MessengerofAllah (ﷺ) never criticized any food. If it pleased him, he wouldeat it and if it did not he would leave it."
Kathirbin Sulaim narrated that he heard Anas bin Malik say:
"TheMessenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: 'Whoever would like Allah toincreasethe goodness of his house, should perform ablution (washhands) whenhis breakfast is brought to him and when it is takenaway.'"
It wasnarrated from Abu Hurairah that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)went outto toilet, then food was brought. A man said:
"O Messenger ofAllah, are you not going to perform ablution?" He said: 'Am Igoing topray?'
It wasnarrated from Abu Juhaifah that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)said:
"Ido not eat while reclining."
'Abdullah bin Busr said:
"I gave the Prophet (ﷺ) a gift of asheep,and the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) sat on his knees to eat. ABedouinsaid: 'What is this sitting?' He said: 'Allah has mademe a humble andgenerous slave (of Allah) and has not made mearrogant and stubborn.'"
It wasnarrated that 'Aishah said:
"The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) waseating food with six of his Companions when a Bedouin came and ate itall in two bites. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: 'If he hadsaidBismillah, it would have sufficed you (all). When any one of youeatsfood, let him say Bismillah, and if he forgets to say Bismillahat thebeginning, let him say Bismillah fi awwalihi wa akhirih (Inthe Nameof Allah at the beginning and at the end).'"
It wasnarrated that 'Umar bin Abu Salamah said:
"The Prophet (ﷺ)saidto me, when I was eating: 'Say the Name of Allah, the GlorifiedandExalted.'"
It wasnarrated from Abu Hurairah that the Prophet (ﷺ) said:
"Letone ofyou eat with his right hand and drink with his right hand, andtakewith his right hand and give with his right hand, for Satan eatswithhis left hand, drinks with his left hand, gives with his lefthandand takes with his left hand."
It wasnarrated from Wahb bin Kaisan that he heard 'Umar bin AbuSalamahsay:
"I was a boy in the care of the Prophet (ﷺ) and my handusedto wander all over the plate. He said to me: 'O boy! Say the Nameof Allah, eat with your right hand, and eat from what is in front ofyou.'"
It wasnarrated from Jabir that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said:
"Do noteat with your left hand, for Satan eats with his left hand."
It wasnarrated from Ibn 'Abbas that the Prophet (ﷺ) said:
"Whenoneof you eats food, let him not wipe his hand until he has licked itorhas someone else to lick it."
It wasnarrated from Jabir that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said:
"Noneof you should wipe his hand until he has licked it, for he doesnotknow where the blessing if in his food.'"
It wasnarrated that Umm 'Asim said:
"Nubaishah, the freed slave oftheMessenger of Allah (ﷺ), entered upon us when we were eating fromabowl. He said that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: "Whoever eatsfrom a bowl and cleans it, the bowl will pray for forgiveness forhim."
Mu'allabin Rashid Abu Yaman said:
"My grandmother narrated to mefrom aman of Hudhail who was called Nubaishah Al-Khair. She said:'Nubaishah entered upon us when we were eating from a bowl of ours.Hesaid: "The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: 'Whoever eats from abowlthen cleans it, the bowl will pray for forgiveness for him.'"
It wasnarrated from Ibn 'Umar that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)said:
"When food is served, eat from that which is in front of you,anddo not take from what is in front of your companion.'"
It wasnarrated that 'Ikrash bin Dhu'aib said:
"The Prophet (ﷺ) wasbrought a bowl filled with Tharid and fatty meat, and we started toeat from it. My hand was wandering all over, so he said: 'O'Ikrash,eat from one spot, for it is all the same food.' Then wewere broughta plate on which were different kinds of fresh dates,and he hand ofthe Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) went all around theplate. He said: 'O'Ikrash, eat from wherever you want, for theyare not all the same.'"
'Abdullah bin Busr narrated that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) wasbrought a bowl (of food). The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said:
"Eatfromthe sides and leave the top, so that it may be blessed."
It wasnarrated that Wathilah bin Asqa' Al-Laithi said:
"TheMessengerof Allah (ﷺ) took hold of the top of the Tharid and said:'Eat inthe Name of Allah from its sides and leave the top, for theblessingcomes from its top.'"
It wasnarrated from Ibn 'Abbas that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)said:
"When food is served, take from the sides and leave the middle,forthe blessing descends in the middle."
It wasnarrated from Hasan about Ma'qil bin Yasar:
"While (he) waseating lunch, a morsel of food fell on the floor. He picked it up,removed whatever dirt had gotten onto it, and ate it. The villagersand farmers winked at one another (finding it odd) and it was said:'May Allah help the chief! These villagers and farmers are winkingatone another because you picked up a morsel (from the ground) whenyouhave this food in front of you.' He said: 'I am not going togive upsomething I heard from the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) for thesenon-Arabs. We were told, if one of us dropped a morsel of food, topick itup, remove whatever dirt was on it, and eat it, and not toleave itfor Satan.'"
It wasnarrated from Jabir that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said:
"If amorsel falls from the hand of anyone of you, let him wipe offwhatever dirt that is on it and eat it."
It wasnarrated from Abu Musa Al-Ash'ari that the Prophet (ﷺ) said:
"Many men have attained perfection but no women have attainedperfection except Maryam bint 'Imran (Mary) and Asiyah the wife ofFir'awn. And the superiority of 'Aishah over other women is likethesuperiority of Tharid over all other foods."
It wasnarrated from 'Abdullah bin 'Abdur-Rahman that he heard AnasbinMalik say:
"The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: 'The superiorityof'Aishah over other women is like the superiority of Tharid overallother foods.'"
It wasnarrated that Jabir bin 'Abdullah said:
"During the time oftheMessenger of Allah (ﷺ) we often did not find anything to eat,andif we did, we did not have handkerchiefs, except our hands, armsandfeet. Then we would pray without performing ablution."
It wasnarrated that Abu Sa'eed said:
"Whenever the Prophet (ﷺ)ate,he would say: Al-hamdu lillahil-ladhi at'amana wa saqana waja'alana Muslimin (Praise is to Allah Who has fed us, given us todrink, and made us Muslims)."
It wasnarrated from Abu Umamah Al-Bahili that when his food, orwhateverwas in front of him was cleared away, the Prophet (ﷺ) usedto say:
"Al-hamdu lillahi hamdan kathiran tayyiban mubarakan ghairamakfiyyin wa la muwadda'in wa la mustaghnan 'anhu, Rabbana(Praise isto Allah, abundant good and blessed praise, a never-endingpraise, apraise that we will never bid farewell to and anindispensible praise,He is our Lord)."
It wasnarrated from Sahl bin Mu'adh bin Anas Al-Juhani, from hisfather,that the Prophet (ﷺ) said:
"Whoever eats food and said: Al-hamdulillahil-ladhi at'amani hadha wa razaqanihi min ghayri hawlinminniwa la quwwatin (Praise is to Allah Who has fed me this andprovidedit for me without any strength or power on my part), - hisprevioussins will be forgiven."
Wahshibin Harb bin Wahshi bin Harb narrated from his father, fromhisgrandfather, that they said:
"O Messenger of Allah, we eat and donot feel full." He said: "Perhaps you eat separately?" Theysaid:"Yes." He said: "Gather to eat together, and mention theName of Allahover it, then it will be blessed for you."
Salimbin 'Abdullah bin 'Umar said:
"I heard my father say: 'Iheard'Umar bin Khattab say: "The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said:'Eattogether and do not eat separately, for the blessing is inbeingtogether.'"
It wasnarrated that Ibn 'Abbas said:
"The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)never blew onto his food or drink, and he did not breathe into thevessel."
Isma'ilbin Abu Khalid narrated from his father:
"I heard AbuHurairah say:'The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: "When the servant ofanyoneof you brings him his food, let him make him sit by his sideand eatwith him, and if he refuses then let him give him some."
It wasnarrated from Abu Hurairah that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)said:
"When the slave of anyone of you brings his food to him, forwhichhe (the slave) has worked hard and endured heat, let him invitehimto eat with him, and if he does not do that then let him take amorsel and put it in his hand."
It wasnarrated from 'Abdullah that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)said:
"When the servant of anyone of you brings his food, let him makehim sit down with him or give him some of it, for he is the one whoput up with its heat and smoke."
It wasnarrated from Qatadah, that Anas bin Malik said:
"The Prophet(ﷺ)never ate from a dish or from an individual plate." He said:"Fromwhere did he eat?" He said: "From the dining sheet."
It wasnarrated that Anas said:
"I never saw the Messenger of Allah(ﷺ)eat from a dish until he died."
It wasnarrated from 'Aishah that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)forbadestanding up before the food had been cleared away.
It wasnarrated from Ibn 'Umar that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)said:
"When a meal is served, a man should not stand up until it isremoved, and he should not take his hand away, even if he is full,until the people have finished. And let him continue eating.* For aman may make his companion shy, causing him to withhold his hand, andperhaps he has a need for the food."
It wasnarrated from Husain bin 'Ali that his mother, Fatimah thedaughterof the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), said:
"The Messenger ofAllah(ﷺ) said: 'A man has no one to blame but himself, if he goestobed with a smell emanating from his hand.'"
It wasnarrated from Abu Hurairah that the Prophet (ﷺ) said:
"Ifanyoneof you goes to bed with a smell emanating from his hand, and hedoesnot wash his hand, and something happens to him, he should notblameanyone but himself."
It wasnarrated that Asma' bint Yazid said:
"Some food was brought tothe Prophet (ﷺ) and it was offered to us. We said: 'We do nothaveany appetite for it.' He said: 'Do not combine hunger andlies.'"
It wasnarrated that Anas bin Malik – a man from the tribe of Banu'Abdul-Ashhal – said:
* "I came to the Prophet (ﷺ) when he waseatingbreakfast and he said: 'Come and eat.' I said: 'I amfasting. Alas!Would that I had eaten of the food of the Messenger ofAllah (ﷺ).'"
It wasnarrated that 'Abdullah bin Harith bin Jaz' Az-Zubaidi said:
"Atthe time of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) we used to eat bread andmeat in the mosque."
It wasnarrated that Ibn 'Umar said:
"At the time of the Messenger ofAllah (ﷺ) we used to eat while walking, and drink while standingup."
It wasnarrated that Anas said:
"The Prophet (ﷺ) like gourd."
It wasnarrated that Anas said:
"Umm Sulaim sent with me a basket offreshdates for the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), but I did not find him,as hehad just gone out to a freed slave of his who had invited himandmade food for him. I came to him and he was eating, and he calledmeto eat with him. He (the freed slave) had served him Tharid withmeatand gourd, and he liked the gourd, so I started to collect the(pieces of) gourd and put them near him. When he had eaten he wentback to him house and I put the basket (of dates) before him, and hestarted to eat them and share them, until he finished the last ofthem."
It wasnarrated from Hakin bin Jabr that his father said:
"I entereduponthe Prophet (ﷺ) in his house, and he had some of this gourd. Isaid: 'What is this?' He said: 'This is Qar'; it is Dubba'.We augmentour food with it."*
It wasnarrated from Abu Darda' that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)said:
"The best food of the people of this world and the people ofParadise is meat.'"
It wasnarrated that Abu Darda' said:
"The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)wasnever invited to eat meat but he would respond, and he was neveroffered meat as a gift but he would accept it."
It wasnarrated that Abu Hurairah said:
"One day some meat wasbrought tothe Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and the foreleg was offered tohim whichhe liked, so he bit it with his front teeth."
'Abdullah bin Ja'far told Ibn Zubair, who had slaughtered a camelforthem, that he heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), and he('Abdullah)said:
"Some people were bringing meat to theMessenger of Allah (ﷺ)and he said: 'The best meat is the meat ofthe back.'"
It wasnarrated that Anas bin Malik said:
"I do not know of theMessengerof Allah (ﷺ) ever seeing a roasted sheep* until he metAllah."
It wasnarrated that Anas bin Malik said:
"No leftovers of roastmeat*were ever cleared from in front of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ),andno carpet was ever carried with him."
It wasnarrated that 'Abdullah bin Harith bin Jaz' Az-Zubaidi said:
"Weate food with the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) in the mosque, meatthathad been roasted. Then we wiped our hands on the pebbles and gotupto perform prayer without performing ablution."
It wasnarrated that Ibn Mas'ud said:
"A man came to the Prophet(ﷺ),so he spoke to him, and he started to tremble with awe. He saidtohim: 'Take it easy. I am not a king; I am just a man whose motherate dried meat.'"
It wasnarrated that 'Aishah said:
"We used to store trotters and theMessenger of Allah (ﷺ) would eat them fifteen days after thesacrifice."
It wasnarrated from 'Abdullah bin 'Umar that the Messenger of Allah(ﷺ) said:
"Two kinds of dead meat and two kinds of blood havebeenpermitted to us. The two kinds of dead meat are fish andlocusts, andthe two kinds of blood are the liver and spleen."
It wasnarrated from Anas bin Malik that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)said:
'The best of your seasonings is salt."
It wasnarrated from 'Aishah that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said:
"Whata blessed condiment vinegar is."
It wasnarrated from Jabir bin 'Abdullah that the Messenger of Allah(ﷺ)said:
"What a blessed condiment vinegar is."
Umm Sa'dsaid:
"The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) entered upon 'Aishah,when Iwas with her, and said: 'Is there any food?' She said: 'We havebread, dates and vinegar.' The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: 'Whatablessed condiment vinegar is. O Allah, bless vinegar, for it wasthecondiment of the Prophets before me, and no house will ever bepoor inwhich there is vinegar.'"
It wasnarrated from 'Umar that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said:
'Season(your food) with olive oil and anoint yourselves with it, foritcomes from a blessed tree."
'Abdullah bin Sa'eed narrated that his grandfather said:
"Iheard AbuHurairah say: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: 'Eat(olive) oil andanoint yourselves with it, for it is blessed.'"
I heard'Aishah say:
"The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) would say, whenmilkwas brought to him: 'A blessing,' or 'Two blessings.'"
It wasnarrated from Ibn 'Abbas that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)said:
"Whoever is given food by Allah, let him say: Allahumma bariklanafihi wa arzuqna khairan minhu (O Allah, bless it for us andprovideus with something better than it). And whoever is given milkto drinkby Allah, let him say: Allahumma barik lana fihi wa zidnaminhu (OAllah, bless it for us and give us more of it). For I do notknow ofany food or drink that suffices, apart from milk."
It wasnarrated that 'Aishah said:
"The Messenger of Allah 9saw) usedtolike sweets and honey."
It wasnarrated that 'Aishah said:
"My mother was trying to fatten meupwhen she wanted to send me to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) (whenshegot married), but nothing worked until I ate cucumbers with dates;then I grew plump like the best kind of plump."
It wasnarrated 'Abdullah bin Ja'far said:
"I saw the Messenger ofAllah (ﷺ) eating cucumbers with dates."
It wasnarrated that Sahl bin Sa'd said:
"The Messenger of Allah(ﷺ)used to eat dates with melon."
It wasnarrated from 'Aishah that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said:
"Ahouse in which there are no dates, its people will go hungry."
It wasnarrated from 'Ubaidullah bin Abu Rafi', from his grandmotherSalma, that the Prophet (ﷺ) said:
"A house in which there are nodates is like a house in which there is no food."
It wasnarrated from Abu Hurairah that when the first fruits (of theseason)were brought, the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) would say:
"OAllah,bless us in our city and in our fruits, in our Mudd and in ourSa',*blessing upon blessing." Then he would give it to the smallestofthe children present.
It wasnarrated from 'Aishah that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said:
"Eatunripe dates with ripe one and eat old dates with new ones, for Satan gets angry and says: 'Thesonof Adam will survive so long as he eats old dates with new ones.'"
Ibn'Umar said:
"The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) forbade eating twodates at once unless he asks his companions permission to do so."
It wasnarrated from Sa'd, the freed slave of Abu Bakr – and Sa'dusedto serve the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and he liked this Hadith –that the Prophet (ﷺ) forbade eating two dates at once.
It wasnarrated that Anas bin Malik said:
"I saw the Messenger ofAllah(ﷺ) when he was brought some old dates; he started to inspectthem."
It wasnarrated that the two sons of Busr, who were of the tribe ofSulaim,said:
"The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) entered upon us. We placedavelvet cloth of ours beneath him and sprinkled water on it.* He saton it, and Allah sent down Revelation to him in our house. We offeredhim butter and dates, and he (ﷺ) liked butter."
'Abdul-'Aziz bin Abu Hazim said:
My father told me: I asked SahlbinSa'd: "Did you ever see dough made from well-sifted flour?"He said:"I never saw dough made from well-sifted flour until theMessenger ofAllah (ﷺ) passed away." I said: "Did they havesieves at the time ofthe Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)?" He said: "Inever saw a sieve until theMessenger of Allah (ﷺ) passed away."I said: "How did you eat barleythat was not sifted?" He said:"We used to blow on it, and whateverflew away, flew away, andwhatever was left we made dough with it."
It wasnarrated from Umm Ayman that she sifted some flour and made aloaf ofbread for the Prophet (ﷺ). He said:
"What is this?" Shesaid:"It is food that we make in our land, and I wanted to make aloafof it for you. He said: "Fold it onto itself and knead it."
It wasnarrated that Anas bin Malik said:
"The Messenger of Allah(ﷺ)never saw a thin loaf made from well-sifted flour with his owneyes,until he met Allah."
It wasnarrated from Ibn 'Ata that his father said:
"Abu Hurairahvisited his people, meaning, a village" – I (one of thenarrators)think he said: "Yuna" – "And they brought him someof the first thinloaves of bread. He wept and said: 'The Messengerof Allah (ﷺ) neversaw such a thing with his own eyes.'"
Qatadahsaid:
"We used to go to (visit) Anas bin Malik." (One of thenarrators) Ishaq said: "And his baker was standing there." (Inanothernarration) Darimi said: "And his table was set. He said oneday:'(Come and) eat, for the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) never sawany thinloaf of bread until he met Allah, nor any roasted sheep(withskin).'"*
It wasnarrated that Ibn 'Abbas said:
"The first we heard ofFaludhaj*was when Jibril (as) came to the Prophet (ﷺ) and said:'The worldwill be opened for your nation and they will conquer theworld, untilthey eat Faludhaj.' The Prophet (ﷺ) said: 'What isFaludhaj?'He said: 'They mix ghee and honey together.' At that, theProphet(ﷺ) sobbed."
It wasnarrated that Ibn 'Umar said:
"One day, the Messenger of Allah(ﷺ) said: 'I wish that we had some white bread made of brownwheat,softened with ghee, that we could eat.' A man from among theAnsarheard that, so he took some (of that food) and brought it tohim. TheMessenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: 'Where was this ghee kept?'He said:'In a container made of mastigure skin.' And he refusedto eat it."
It wasnarrated that Anas bin Malik said:
"Umm Sulaim made some breadforthe Prophet (ﷺ), and she put a little ghee on it. Then she said:'Go to the Prophet (ﷺ) and invite him (to come and eat).' So Iwentand told him: 'My mother is inviting you (to come and eat).'So hestood up, and said to the people who were with him: 'Get up.'I wentahead of him and told her. Then the Prophet (ﷺ) came andsaid:'Bring what you have made.' She said: 'I only made it foryou alone.'He said: 'Bring it.' Then he said: 'O Anas, bring(them) in to me tenby ten.' So I kept bringing them in ten by ten,and they ate theirfill, and there were eighty of them."
It wasnarrated that Abu Hurairah said:
"By the One in Whose Hand ismysoul, the Prophet of Allah (ﷺ) never ate his fill of wheat breadfor three days in a row, until Allah took his soul."
it wasnarrated that 'Aishah said:
"The family of Muhammad (ﷺ)neverate their fill of wheat bread for three nights in a row, fromthetime they came to Al-Madinah until he passed away."
It wasnarrated that 'Aishah said:
"When the Prophet (ﷺ) passedaway,there was nothing in my house that any living soul could eat,excepta little bit of barley on a shelf of mine. I ate it for a longtime,then I weighed it and soon it was all gone."
It wasnarrated that 'Aishah said:
"The family of Muhammad (ﷺ)neverate their fill of barley bread until he was taken (i.e. died)."
It wasnarrated that Ibn 'Abbas said:
"The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)usedto spend many nights in a row hungry and his family could find nosupper, and usually their bread was barley bread."
It wasnarrated from Hasan that Anas bin Malik said:
"The Messenger ofAllah (ﷺ) wore wool, and his shows were sandals."
Miqdambin Madikarib said:
"I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say:'Ahuman being fills no worse vessel than his stomach. It issufficientfor a human being to eat a few mouthfuls to keep his spinestraight.But if he must (fill it), then one third of food, one thirdfor drinkand one third for air.'"
It wasnarrated that Ibn 'Umar said:
"A man burped in the presence ofthe Prophet (ﷺ) and he said: 'Withhold your burps from us! Forthemost hungry of you on the Day of Resurrection will be those whomostate their fill in this world.'"
It wasnarrated that 'Atiyyah bin 'Amir Al-Juhani said:
"I heardSalman, when he was forced to eat food, say: 'It is sufficient formethat I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say: The people who mosteattheir fill in this world will be the most hungry on the Day ofResurrection.'"
It wasnarrated from Anas bin Malik that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)said:
"It is extravagance to eat everything you want."
It wasnarrated that 'Aishah said:
"The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)enteredthe house and saw a piece of bread that had been thrown (onthefloor). He picked it up, wiped it and ate it, and said: 'O'Aishah,show honor to the precious (i.e., food), for is the blessingof fooddeparts from people, it never comes back.'"
It wasnarrated that Abu Hurairah said:
"The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)usedto say: 'Allahumma inni a'udhu bika minal-ju', fa innahubi'sad-daji', wa a'udhu bika minal-khiyanah, fa innahabi'satil-bitanah (OAllah, I seek refuge with You from hunger, forit is a bad companion,and I seek refuge with You from treachery, forit is a bad thing tohide in one's heart).'"
It wasnarrated from Jabir bin 'Abdullah that the Messenger of Allah(ﷺ)said:
"Do not leave dinner, even if it is only a handful ofdates,because abandoning it makes one weak."
It wasnarrated from Anas bin Malik that the Messenger of Allah 9saw)said:
"Goodness comes more quickly to a house where there are frequentguests than a knife to camel's hump."
It wasnarrated from Ibn 'Abbas that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)said:
"Goodness comes more quickly to a house where food is eaten thanaknife to a camel's hump."
It wasnarrated from Abu Hurairah that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)said:
"It is the Sunnah for a man to go out with his guest to the doorofthe house.'"
It wasnarrated that 'Ali said:
"I made some food and called theMessenger of Allah (ﷺ) (to come and eat). He came and saw someimages in the house, so he went back."
Safinah,Abu 'Abdur-Rahman, narrated that a man visited 'Ali bin AbuTaliband he made some food for him.* Fatimah said:
"Why don't weinvite the Prophet (ﷺ) to eat with us?" So they invited him andhecame. He put his hand on the doorpost of the house and saw a thincurtain in the corner of the house, so he went back. Fatimah said to'Ali: "Go and catch up with him, and ask him: 'What made you goback,O Messenger of Allah?" He said: "I do not enter awell-decoratedhouse."
It wasnarrated that Ibn 'Umar said that 'Umar entered upon him when hewas eating, and he made room for him in the middle of the gathering.He said:
Bismillah, then he took a morsel and ate it, then a second.Then he said: "I notice some fat in the food but it is not the fatof the meat." 'Abdullah said: "O Commander of the Believers! Iwent out to the marketplace looking for some fatty meat (bones withplenty of meat on them) to buy, but it was expensive, so I boughtsome lean meat (bones with not much meat on them) for a Dirham, andadded a Dirham's worth of ghee. I wanted my family to go through itbone by bone." 'Umar said: "The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) neverhad these two things together; he would eat one and give the other incharity."
It wasnarrated from Abu Dharr that the Prophet (ﷺ) said:
"When youmakebroth, add more water and give some to your neighbor."
It wasnarrated from Ma'dan bin Abu Talhah Al-Ya'muri that 'Umar binKhattab stood up one Friday delivering a sermon. He praised andglorified Allah, then he said:
"O people, you eat two plants whichIdo not regard as anything but offensive: This garlic and theseonions.At the time of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), I would see aman, if thesmell (of these vegetables) was found on him, being takenby the handand led out to Baqi' (graveyard). Whoever must eatthem, let him cookthem to death."
It wasnarrated that Umm Ayyub said:
"I made some food for theProphet(ﷺ) in which there were some vegetables. He did not eat it,and hesaid: 'I do not like to annoy my companion.'"
It wasnarrated from Jabir that a group of people came to the Prophet(ﷺ)and he noticed the smell of leeks coming from them. He said:
"Did Inot forbid you to eat these vegetables? For the angels areoffendedby that which offends people."
'Uqbahbin 'Amir Al-Juhani said:
"The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) saidtohis Companions: 'Do not eat onions,' then he said in a low voice:'Raw.'"
It wasnarrated that Salman Al-Farisi said:
"The Messenger of Allah(ﷺ)was asked about ghee, cheese and wild donkeys. He said: 'What islawful is that which Allah has permitted, in His Book and what isunlawful is that which Allah has forbidden in His Book. What Heremained silent about is what is pardoned.'"
It wasnarrated that Nu'man bin Bashir said:
"The Prophet (ﷺ) wasgiven a gift of some grapes from Ta'if. He called me and said:'Takethis bunch of grapes and give it to your mother.' But I ateit beforeI gave it to her. A few night later he said to me: 'Whathappened tothe bunch of grapes? Did you give it to your mother?' Isaid: 'No, Sohe called me treacherous.'"
It wasnarrated that Talhah said:
"I entered upon the Prophet (ﷺ)and inhis hand was some quince. He said: 'Take it, O Talhah, for itsoothes the heart.'"
It wasnarrated from Salim that his father said:
"The Messenger ofAllah(ﷺ) forbade a man from eating while lying down on his face."