Tag Archives: Food

March, 2020

• 19 March

  Taking forty steps after eating

  Question Is there any Hadith which states that one should take forty steps after eating meals?
• 18 March

  Caution against hoarding food

  Question What is the authenticity of this Hadith? “Whoever hoards food [and keeps it from] the Muslims, Allah will afflict him with leprosy and bankruptcy.”
• 3 March

  Nabi (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) never ate to his fill twice in one day

  Question Is this Hadith authentic? Masruq (rahimahullah) said: I entered upon ‘Aaishah (radiyallahu ‘anha) and she invited me to eat. She said: ‘Whenever I eat my fill of food I want to cry and begin crying.’ He said: ‘Why?’ She said: ‘I remember the circumstances under which the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) parted from the world. By …

January, 2020

• 21 January

  A woman from a previous ummah who was miraculously given food

  Question Is this incident authentic? Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (radiyallahu ‘anhu) reports an incident from Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) that from the people of the past there was a husband and wife who were extremely poor. On one occasion the husband arrived from a journey and entered his home suffering from pangs of hunger. He asked his wife ‘Do you …

December, 2019

• 12 December

  Another Hadith on the treatment of one’s wife and the rights a wife enjoys over her husband

  Question Is this narration authentic? عن حكيم بن معاوية عن أبيه أن رجلا سأل النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم ما حق المرأة على الزوج؟ قال: أن يطعمها إذا طعم وأن يكسوها إذا اكتسى ولا يضرب الوجه ولا يقبح ولا يهجر إلا في البيت

November, 2019

• 25 November

  The reward for feeding a hungry Believer

  Question Can you please mention the source of this Hadith? Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) said: “Any believer who feeds a hungry believer, Allah will feed him from the fruits of Jannah on the Day of Qiyamah.”

October, 2019

• 30 October

  The worst container man can fill is his belly

  Question Is this a Hadith of Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) or the statement of a pious person? “Man does not fill a container more evil than his belly”
• 24 October

  A narration regarding the caution applied by a Sahabi regarding food

  Question What is the chain of narration for this narration? عن أبي مسعود الأنصاري أنه قال: لأن أخر من هذا القصر أحب إلي من أن آكل جبنا لا أسأل عنه
• 11 October

  ‘Umar’s (radiyallahu ‘anhu) advice to one of his armies

  Question What is the authenticity of this narration? عن زيد بن وهب، قال: أتاهم كتاب عمر بن الخطاب رضي الله عنه وهم في بعض المغازي: بلغني أنكم في أرض تأكلون طعاما يقال له الجبن، فانظروا ما حلاله من حرامه، وتلبسون الفراء فانظروا ذكيه من ميته

September, 2019

• 17 September

  ‘Umar (radiyallahu ‘anhu) chooses to eat simple food

  Question I am looking for the incident with the reference that once Sayyiduna ‘Umar (radiyallahu ‘anhu) invited Sayyiduna Hudhayfah (radiyallahu ‘anhu) to eat of his meals. ‘Umar (radiyallahu ‘anhu) was eating dry bread and olive oil and others present were eating tharid.
• 10 September

  Feeding a poor household on ‘Aashura

  Question Is this Hadith authentic? Feeding the poor on ‘Aashura: Nabi (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) said: “Whoever feeds a poor household on ‘Aashura will cross the bridge (Sirat) with the speed of lightening”

August, 2019

• 8 August

  Nabi (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) ate the meat of his udhiyah/qurbani animal on journey

  Question Is this narration authentic? ذبح رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم ضحيته ثم قال: يا ثوبان، أصلح لحم هذه فلم أزل أطعمه منها حتى قدم المدينة

July, 2019

• 30 July

  Five things increase the memory

  Question What is authenticity of following narration? خمس يذهبن بالنسيان ويزدن في الحفظ ويذهبن البلغم السواك والصيام وقراءة القرآن والعسل واللبان