198 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 2393DaifThe Prophet ﷺ said, "What an excellent pre-dawn meal for the believer are dates."
أبو داود 2345SahihWe 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 7517SahihThe Prophet ﷺ said, "What an excellent suhoor for the believer are dates."
الأعظمي 4359HasanI 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 3839HasanA 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 675SahihA 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 Messenger of Allah ﷺ ordered this from every harvest of ten wasqs of dates.
أحمد 14866HasanI 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 9693HasanI 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 15988SahihThey were struck by hunger, so the Messenger of Allah ﷺ gave each of them a single date.
الترمذي 2474SahihI 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 8628HasanAnas reported that the Prophet ﷺ used to break his fast with dates.
الأعظمي 4384SahihThe Prophet ﷺ said, "A household that has dates will not go hungry."
الأعظمي 7386SahihI 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 15893DaifThe 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 15047SahihThe 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 1821HasanThe Prophet ﷺ said, "A house without dates is like a house without food."
الأعظمي 7388HasanThe 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 2112DaifThe 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 2446DaifThe 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 5484HasanI 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 ordered that from every harvest of ten wasqs of dates, one cluster be hung in the mosque for the poor.
الأعظمي 4140HasanI 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 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 17577SahihI 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 2622DaifHe related that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ granted a concession regarding the ariyyah, allowing a household to take it by estimating its weight in dried dates so they could eat it as fresh dates.
مسلم 3880SahihI 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 5340SahihI 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 5441ASahihWe 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 3259DaifThe 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 13533SahihI 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 found a date in his house under his side, so he ate it.
أحمد 6691HasanThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Do not skip dinner, even if it be only a handful of dates, for skipping it brings on old age."
ابن ماجه 3355DaifThe 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 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 5954SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ ordered that a cluster of dates from every garden be donated to the mosque.
الأعظمي 4158SahihThe 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 1572SahihA house without dates is like a house without food.
ابن ماجه 3328HasanThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ passed by a date on the road and said, "Were it not that it might be from the charity, I would have eaten it."
الأعظمي 4259SahihThe Prophet ﷺ said regarding the verse *"and We favor some of them over others in taste"* [Rad 13:4], "This refers to the inferior and the Persian dates, the sweet and the sour." He said, this is a hasan gharib hadith. Zayd bin Abu Unaysa…
الترمذي 3118DaifThe Prophet ﷺ said, "A house that has no dates is as though it has no food."
أحمد 24740HasanWe 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 9694SahihThe 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 2476SahihA 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 2448DaifWhen Khaybar was conquered, we said, "Now we will eat our fill of dates."
الأعظمي 9067SahihThe 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 2495HasanThe Prophet ﷺ said regarding the verse *"and We make some of them excel others in taste"* [Rad 13:4], "This refers to low-grade dates, Persian dates, the sweet, and the sour."
الأعظمي 12575HasanThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Sometimes I return home and find a date lying on my bed or in my house, so I pick it up to eat it. Then I fear that it may be from charity, so I throw it down and do not eat it."
أحمد 8206SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ ordered that from every harvester of ten Aws of dates, one cluster be hung in the mosque for the poor.
أحمد 14867HasanI witnessed Anas bin Malik being brought some unripe dates with their stems still attached, and he began cutting them off.
النسائي 5566HasanWe set out, three hundred men strong, carrying our provisions on our shoulders. Our supplies ran out until each of us was eating just a single date a day. A man said, "Abu Abdullah, what good is one date to a man?" He replied, "We truly…
البخاري 2983SahihDuring the date harvest season, dates would be brought to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. One person would come with his dates and another with his, until a heap of dates piled up before him. Hasan and Husayn [[r3]] began playing with those…
البخاري 1485SahihAmir 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 1528SahihHe heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say, "Its people will surely abandon it while its dates are still ripe." They asked, "Who then will eat them, Messenger of Allah?" He replied, "The birds and the wild beasts."
أحمد 14679SahihThe 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 1442SahihThey were afflicted by hunger, and they were seven men. He said, "The Prophet ﷺ gave me seven dates, one date for each man."
ابن ماجه 4157SahihThe Prophet ﷺ said, "No household goes hungry when they have dates."
مسلم 5336SahihThe Prophet ﷺ ordered that for every ten wasqs of dates harvested, a cluster be hung in the mosque for the poor.
أبو داود 1662Hasan