It was narrated that ‘Abdullah bin Harith bin Jaz’ Az-Zubaidi said: “We ate food with the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) in the mosque, meat that had been roasted. Then we wiped our hands on the pebbles and got up to perform prayer without performing ablution.”

It was narrated that Abu Mas`ud said: “A man came to the Prophet (ﷺ) and his voice trembled out of awe as he spoke to him. The Prophet (ﷺ) said to him, “Be calm, for I am not a king. Verily, I am only the son of a woman who ate dried meat.”

It was narrated that ‘Aishah said: “We used to store trotters and the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) would eat them fifteen days after the sacrifice.”

It was narrated from ‘Abdullah bin ‘Umar that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “Two kinds of dead meat and two kinds of blood have been permitted to us. The two kinds of dead meat are fish and locusts, and the two kinds of blood are the liver and spleen.”

It was narrated from Anas bin Malik that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: ‘The best of your seasonings is salt.”

It was narrated from ‘Aishah that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “What a blessed condiment vinegar is.”

It was narrated from Jabir bin ‘Abdullah that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “What a blessed condiment vinegar is.”

Umm Sa’d said: “The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) entered upon ‘Aishah, when I was with her, and said: ‘Is there any food?’ She said: ‘We have bread, dates and vinegar.’ The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: ‘What a blessed condiment vinegar is. O Allah, bless vinegar, for it was the condiment of the Prophets before me, and no house will ever be poor in which there is vinegar.’”

It was narrated from ‘Umar that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: ‘Season (your food) with olive oil and anoint yourselves with it, for it comes from a blessed tree.”

‘Abdullah bin Sa’eed narrated that his grandfather said: “I heard Abu Hurairah say: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: ‘Eat (olive) oil and anoint yourselves with it, for it is blessed.’”

I heard ‘Aishah say: “The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) would say, when milk was brought to him: ‘A blessing,’ or ‘Two blessings.’”

It was narrated from Ibn ‘Abbas that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “Whoever is given food by Allah, let him say: Allahumma barik lana fihi wa arzuqna khairan minhu (O Allah, bless it for us and provide us with something better than it). And whoever is given milk to drink by Allah, let him say: Allahumma barik lana fihi wa zidna minhu (O Allah, bless it for us and give us more of it). For I do not know of any food or drink that suffices, apart from milk.”

It was narrated that ‘Aishah said: “The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) 9saw) used to like sweets and honey.”

It was narrated that ‘Aishah said: “My mother was trying to fatten me up when she wanted to send me to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) (when she got married), but nothing worked until I ate cucumbers with dates; then I grew plump like the best kind of plump.”

It was narrated ‘Abdullah bin Ja’far said: “I saw the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) eating cucumbers with dates.”

It was narrated that Sahl bin Sa’d said: “The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to eat dates with melon.”

It was narrated from ‘Aishah that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “A house in which there are no dates, its people will go hungry.”

It was narrated from ‘Ubaidullah bin Abu Rafi’, from his grandmother Salma, that the Prophet (ﷺ) said: “A house in which there are no dates is like a house in which there is no food.”

It was narrated from Abu Hurairah that when the first fruits (of the season) were brought, the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) would say: “O Allah, bless us in our city and in our fruits, in our Mudd and in our Sa’,* blessing upon blessing.” Then he would give it to the smallest of the children present.

It was narrated from ‘Aishah that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “Eat unripe dates with ripe one and eat old dates with new ones, for Satan gets angry and says: ‘The son of Adam will survive so long as he eats old dates with new ones.’”