198 hadith
We 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 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 2446DaifThey were struck by hunger, so the Messenger of Allah ﷺ gave each of them a single date.
الترمذي 2474SahihThe 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 15047SahihA 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 15988SahihThey 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 4157SahihA 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 675SahihWe 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 17576SahihThey were struck by hunger. He said, "We were seven, and the Prophet ﷺ gave me seven dates, one date for each person."
أحمد 7965SahihThe 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 throw stones at the date palms of the Ansar, so they caught me and took me to the Prophet ﷺ. He asked, "Rafi, why do you throw stones at their palms?" I replied, "Messenger of Allah, hunger." He said, "Do not throw stones. Eat…
الترمذي 1288DaifA 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 10687SahihI 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 said, "What an excellent pre-dawn meal for the believer are dates."
أبو داود 2345SahihI 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 8628HasanThe Prophet ﷺ said, "What an excellent suhoor for the believer are dates."
الأعظمي 4359HasanThe 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 5484HasanWe 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 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 1135DaifI 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 3839HasanI 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 10359SahihWe 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 was urging the people to jihad and speaking of Paradise, while a man from the Ansar was eating some dates he held in his hand. The man said, "I must be very attached to this world if I sit here until I finish…
مالك 1043DaifI 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 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 sent us out as a force of three hundred men, carrying our provisions on our shoulders. Our supplies ran low until each man among us had only a single date for the entire day. Someone asked him, "Abu Abdullah, what good is a…
النسائي 4356SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ sent us out, three hundred strong, carrying our provisions on our shoulders. Our provisions ran out until each man among us had only a single date for the entire day. Someone asked him, "Abu Abdullah, what good…
الترمذي 2475SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ sent us out as a force of three hundred men, carrying our provisions on our shoulders. Our supplies ran out until each man among us was reduced to a single date. Someone asked, "Abu Abdullah, what use is a single…
ابن ماجه 4159SahihThe Prophet ﷺ found a date in his house under his side, so he ate it.
أحمد 6691HasanThe Prophet ﷺ said, "A household that has dates will not go hungry."
الأعظمي 7386SahihThe 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 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 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 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 13533SahihA 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 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 ordered that from every harvest of ten wasqs of dates, one cluster be hung in the mosque for the poor.
الأعظمي 4140HasanThe 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 dispatched an expedition toward the coast and placed Abu Ubayda bin al-Jarrah in command. They were three hundred men, and I was among them. We set out, and when we had gone part of the way, our provisions ran out.…
الأعظمي 15198SahihThe 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 2495HasanWe 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 said, "A house without dates is like a house without food."
الأعظمي 7388HasanSome dates were brought to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and the Prophet ﷺ began distributing them while crouched, eating from them rapidly. In Zuhayr's narration, the wording is "eating quickly."
مسلم 5332SahihThe 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 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 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 said, "Ayesha, a household without dates, its people go hungry." Abdul-Rahman said, Sufyan used to narrate this to us from him.
أحمد 25458SahihThe Prophet ﷺ said, "No household goes hungry when they have dates."
مسلم 5336SahihI used to graze livestock at Dhat al-Jaysh, and I fell into hardship and hunger. I mentioned this to some of the companions of the Prophet ﷺ, and they directed me to an orchard belonging to some of the Ansar. I cut several clusters of dates…
أحمد 24009.84HasanThe Prophet ﷺ ordered that for every ten wasqs of dates harvested, a cluster be hung in the mosque for the poor.
أبو داود 1662HasanThe 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 13005SahihWith 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 2217DaifThe 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 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 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 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 2479SahihThe 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 12575HasanA beggar came to the Prophet ﷺ, who ordered that a date be given to him, but the man did not accept it, or he flung it away. Then another came, and the Prophet ﷺ ordered that a date be given to him as well. This man exclaimed, "Glory be to…
أحمد 12574DaifHe 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 14679Sahih