216 hadith
A man came to the Prophet ﷺ saying that he had broken his fast during Ramadan, and the rest of the hadith was mentioned. He said that a basket containing about fifteen saa of dates was brought, and the Prophet ﷺ said, "Eat all of it, you…
أبو داود 2393DaifA man from the Ansar came and said, "Messenger of Allah, why do I see your complexion looking pale?" He replied, "From hunger." So the man from the Ansar went off to his lodging but found nothing there. He went out searching and came across…
ابن ماجه 2448DaifI came to Madinah without knowing anyone there, so I lodged in the Suffah with another man. Each day the two of us shared a single mudd of dates between us. One day the Messenger of Allah ﷺ led the prayer, and when he finished, a man from…
أحمد 15988SahihThe Prophet ﷺ asked him on the night of the jinn, "What is in your water-skin?" He replied, "Nabidh." The Prophet ﷺ said, "A good date and pure water."
أبو داود 84DaifThe Prophet of Allah ﷺ was suffering from severe hunger. When this news reached Ali, he went out seeking work by which he could earn something to feed the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. He came to an orchard belonging to a Jewish man and drew…
ابن ماجه 2446DaifSeveral people who met that delegation related to me, and Abu Nadrah mentioned on the authority of Abu Saeed Khudri, that when the delegation of Abdul-Qays came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, a hadith similar to that of Ibn Ulayyah was…
مسلم 119SahihI came to the Prophet ﷺ with some dates and said, "Messenger of Allah, ask Allah to bless them." He gathered them together and prayed for blessing in them for me, then said, "Take them and place them in this provision bag of yours. Whenever…
الترمذي 3839HasanWe traveled with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and the daily ration of each of us was a single date. A man would suck on it and then wrap it up again in his garment. We would beat leaves down from the trees with our bows and eat them, until the…
مسلم 7517SahihI came to the Prophet ﷺ with some dates and said, "Messenger of Allah, pray to Allah to bless them for me." He gathered them together and prayed for blessing in them, then said to me, "Take them and put them in this provision-bag of yours.…
الأعظمي 9693HasanThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ ordered this from every harvest of ten wasqs of dates.
أحمد 14866HasanThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ went out and saw that a man had hung up clusters of dates. With a stick in his hand, he began striking and poking at that cluster, saying, "If the owner of this charity had wished, he could have given something…
ابن ماجه 1821HasanI used to draw up a bucket of water in exchange for a single date, stipulating that it be a firm one.
ابن ماجه 2447DaifI came to the Prophet ﷺ one day with some dates and said, "Pray to Allah to bless them for me." He had me line them up before him, then he prayed and said to me, "Put them in a sack and reach your hand inside, but do not pour them out." I…
أحمد 8628HasanI was under the guardianship of Ibn Umar. Raisins would be soaked for him, and he would drink the infusion the next day. Then the raisins would be dried, more raisins would be added to them, water would be poured over them, and he would…
النسائي 5705DaifI saw the Prophet ﷺ take a piece of barley bread, place a date on it, and say, "This is the seasoning for this."
أبو داود 3830DaifWe came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, four hundred and forty of us, asking him for food. The Prophet ﷺ said to Umar, "Get up and give them something." Umar said, "Messenger of Allah, I have nothing except what will sustain me and the…
أحمد 17576SahihI saw the Prophet ﷺ place a date on a piece of bread and say, "This is the seasoning for this."
أبو داود 3259DaifWe came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ as a company of forty riders along with four hundred others, asking him for food. He said to Umar, "Go and give them something." Umar replied, "Messenger of Allah, there is nothing left except a few…
أحمد 17577SahihThe Prophet ﷺ said, "What an excellent pre-dawn meal for the believer are dates."
أبو داود 2345SahihI came upon a man who was eating milk together with dates. He said, "Come closer, for the Messenger of Allah ﷺ called these two the most wholesome foods."
أحمد 15893DaifI was a guest of Abu Hurayrah for seven nights. He, his wife, and his servant would divide the night into three parts, taking turns. One would pray, then wake the next. I heard him say, "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ distributed dates among his…
البخاري 5441ASahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ went out with a staff in his hand, and someone had hung up a cluster of poor-quality dates as charity. He began poking at the cluster with the staff and said, "Had the owner of this charity wished, he could have…
النسائي 2495HasanI once suffered severe hunger in Medina, so I went out looking for work in the outskirts of the city. There I came across a woman who had gathered clumps of dried clay, and I thought she wanted to moisten them. I approached her and we…
أحمد 1135DaifThe Prophet ﷺ was brought a drunken man and had the prescribed punishment carried out on him. The Prophet ﷺ then asked him, "What was your drink?" He replied, "Raisins and dates." The Prophet ﷺ said, "Each of them is sufficient without the…
أحمد 4786DaifThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ supplied us with a sack of dates for our journey. He would dole them out to us a handful at a time, then later one date at a time. We would suck on each date and drink water with it to last until nightfall. Then the…
أحمد 15047SahihI was a guest of Abu Hurayrah for seven nights. He, his wife, and his servant would divide the night into three shifts. One would pray, then wake the next. I heard him say, "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ distributed dates among his companions,…
الأعظمي 10359SahihThe Prophet ﷺ said, "What an excellent suhoor for the believer are dates."
الأعظمي 4359HasanI asked Hasan bin Ali, "What do you remember of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ?" He replied, "I remember that I took a date from the dates of charity and put it in my mouth. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ pulled it out, still wet with my saliva, and…
أحمد 1723SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ was sleeping when he found a date under his side, so he took it and ate it. Later, toward the end of the night, he began tossing about in distress, which alarmed one of his wives. He said, "I found a date under my…
الأعظمي 4266HasanThe Prophet ﷺ was brought some old dates, and he began inspecting them, removing the weevils from them. In another wording, "It contained worms."
الأعظمي 7390SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ would pass by a date lying on the ground, and nothing prevented him from picking it up except the fear that it might be from charity.
أحمد 13005SahihThe Prophet ﷺ would pass by a date lying on the ground, and nothing would prevent him from picking it up and eating it except the fear that it might be from the dates of charity.
أحمد 13533SahihWe came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, four hundred and forty riders, asking him for food. He said to Umar, "Go and give them something." Umar replied, "Messenger of Allah, only a few measures of dates remain, and I do not think they will…
الأعظمي 9694SahihI was a young boy who used to throw stones at the date palms of the Ansar to knock down their fruit. I was brought to the Prophet ﷺ, who asked, "Young man, why do you throw stones at the palms?" I replied, "To eat from them." He said, "Do…
أبو داود 2622DaifThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ was asked about dates still hanging on the tree. He said, "Whoever, out of need, eats some without carrying any away in his garment, there is no penalty upon him."
الأعظمي 5484HasanThere is no hoarding when it comes to dates. Ibn al-Muthanna said, "He narrated it from al-Hasan, but we said to him, 'Do not say from al-Hasan.'"
أبو داود 3448DaifDates infested with worms used to be brought to the Prophet ﷺ, and he then mentioned its meaning.
أبو داود 3833HasanThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ was sleeping when he found a date beneath his side. He picked it up and ate it. Later in the night, he began to writhe in distress, which alarmed one of his wives. He said, "I found a date beneath my side and ate…
أحمد 6720HasanI heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say, "Whoever begins his morning with seven Ajwa dates will not be harmed that day by poison or magic."
مسلم 5340SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ gave me some dates, which I placed in a basket of ours and hung from the ceiling of the house. We kept eating from it, and the last of it was taken by the people of Sham when they raided Madinah.
أحمد 8299SahihHe said, the Prophet ﷺ was brought some old dates, so he began inspecting them, removing the worms from them.
أبو داود 3832HasanThe Prophet ﷺ passed by a date lying on the road and said, "Were it not that I fear it might be from the charity, I would have eaten it."
الأعظمي 5954SahihWe were with Hasan bin Ali when he was asked, "What do you remember from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ?" He said, "I was walking with him when he passed by a heap of dates from the charity. I took a date and put it in my mouth. The Messenger of…
أحمد 1725SahihThe Prophet ﷺ said, "A house without dates is like a house without food."
الأعظمي 7388HasanThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "I return to my family and find a date fallen on my bed. I pick it up to eat it, but then I fear it may be from charity, so I throw it away."
مسلم 2476SahihThe Prophet ﷺ would see a date lying on the ground, and were it not that he feared it might be from charity, he would have eaten it.
أحمد 12343SahihThe Prophet ﷺ passed by a date lying on the road and said, "Were it not that I fear it might be from the charity, I would have eaten it."
البخاري 2431SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Whoever begins his morning with seven Ajwa dates will not be harmed that day by poison or by sorcery."
أحمد 1572SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Whoever eats seven Ajwa dates from between the two lava plains of Madinah on an empty stomach in the morning, nothing will harm him for the rest of that day until evening." Fulayh said, "I think he also said,…
أحمد 1442SahihAmir bin Saad related to Umar bin Abdul-Aziz, while he was governor of Medina, that Saad said, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Whoever eats seven Ajwah dates from between the two lava plains of Medina in the morning will not be harmed by…
أحمد 1528SahihA man broke his fast during Ramadan, so the Messenger of Allah ﷺ ordered him to make expiation by freeing a slave, or fasting two consecutive months, or feeding sixty poor people. The man said, "I cannot find the means." Then a basket of…
مالك 675SahihThe Prophet ﷺ said, "A household that has dates will not go hungry."
الأعظمي 7386SahihThe Prophet ﷺ said, "Whoever eats Ajwah dates each morning, no poison or sorcery will harm him that day or night."
الأعظمي 11596SahihI asked Hasan bin Ali, "What do you remember of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ?" He replied, "I remember that I took a date from the dates of charity and put it in my mouth. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ pulled it out, still wet with my saliva, and…
الأعظمي 4263SahihA man broke his fast during Ramadan, so the Messenger of Allah ﷺ ordered him to make expiation by freeing a slave, fasting two consecutive months, or feeding sixty poor people. The man said, "I cannot find the means." Then a basket of dates…
أحمد 10687SahihThe Prophet ﷺ found a date in his house under his side, so he ate it.
أحمد 6691HasanThe Prophet ﷺ found a date beside him during the night and ate it, but he could not sleep that night. One of his wives asked, "Messenger of Allah, you were restless last night." He replied, "I found a date beside me and ate it. We had some…
أحمد 6820HasanThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ made expiation with a sa of dates and instructed the people to do the same. Whoever could not find that should give half a sa of wheat.
ابن ماجه 2112DaifWith this report. He said, "Dates were brought to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and he gave them to him, amounting to nearly fifteen sa." He said, "Give this away in charity." The man said, "Messenger of Allah, to someone poorer than me and my…
أبو داود 2217DaifWe came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ with four hundred men from Mazina, and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ gave us his instructions. Some of the men said, "Messenger of Allah, we have no provisions to take with us." The Prophet ﷺ said to Umar,…
أحمد 23746Difficult