208 hadith
The 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 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 3830DaifThe 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 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 3118DaifA 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 saw the Prophet ﷺ place a date on a piece of bread and say, "This is the seasoning for this."
أبو داود 3259DaifI 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 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 5484HasanThe 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 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 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 2476SahihI 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 tray of fresh dates and small downy cucumbers was presented as a gift to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. She said, "He gave me a handful of jewelry," or he said, "of gold," and said, "Adorn yourself with this."
أحمد 27023DaifThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ ordered this from every harvest of ten wasqs of dates.
أحمد 14866HasanThere 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 3448DaifThe 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 12575HasanHe 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, "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 8206SahihI 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 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 8299SahihThe 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 1442SahihI used to draw up a bucket of water in exchange for a single date, stipulating that it be a firm one.
ابن ماجه 2447DaifAmir 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 1528SahihWhen Khaybar was conquered, we said, "Now we will eat our fill of dates."
الأعظمي 9067SahihI witnessed Anas bin Malik being brought some unripe dates with their stems still attached, and he began cutting them off.
النسائي 5566HasanThe 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 Prophet ﷺ said, "A house without dates is like a house without food."
الأعظمي 7388HasanThe 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 2446DaifI 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 Prophet ﷺ would come across a date and say, "Were it not that I fear it might be from the charity, I would have eaten it."
أحمد 12913SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ passed by a date lying on the road and said, "Were it not that it might be from the charity, I would have eaten it."
مسلم 2479SahihWe used to be given mixed dates as our ration during the time of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ.
أحمد 11452SahihWe 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 2983SahihThe 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 2431SahihSeveral 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 119SahihThe 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 4259SahihI came to the Prophet ﷺ while bread and dates were before him. The Prophet ﷺ said, "Come closer and eat." So I began eating from the dates, and the Prophet ﷺ said, "Are you eating dates when you have an eye inflammation?" I replied, "I am…
ابن ماجه 3443HasanWe 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 17576SahihThe Prophet ﷺ said, "A household that has dates will not go hungry."
الأعظمي 7386SahihThe 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 13533SahihThe 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 found a date in his house under his side, so he ate it.
أحمد 6691HasanHasan bin Ali took a date from the dates of the charity and put it in his mouth. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Kakh, kakh! Throw it away. Don't you know that we do not eat from charity?"
مسلم 2473SahihSuhayb came to the Prophet ﷺ, who had dates and bread placed before him. The Prophet ﷺ said, "Come close and eat." Suhayb began eating from the dates, so the Prophet ﷺ said to him, "You have an inflammation in your eye, yet you eat dates?"…
أحمد 23180SahihThe 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 13005SahihA 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 ordered that from every harvest of ten wasqs of dates, one cluster be hung in the mosque for the poor.
الأعظمي 4140HasanHasan bin Ali took a date from the charity dates and put it in his mouth. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Kakh, kakh! Throw it out. Do you not know that we do not eat charity?"
الأعظمي 4261SahihThe 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 12343SahihI was a guest of Abu Hurayrah for seven days, and I heard him say, "The Prophet ﷺ distributed dates among his companions, and my share came to seven dates, one of which was dried and shriveled. Yet none of them pleased me more than that…
أحمد 9373SahihI 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 8628HasanHe said, the Prophet ﷺ was brought some old dates, so he began inspecting them, removing the worms from them.
أبو داود 3832HasanI 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 5441ASahihI 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 ordered that a cluster of dates from every garden be donated to the mosque.
الأعظمي 4158SahihWe 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 2622DaifThe 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."
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