203 hadith
I 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 2622DaifI heard the Prophet ﷺ say, while I was a young boy, "The Ajwa dates and the tree are from Paradise."
الأعظمي 11600SahihOne day the Prophet ﷺ distributed dates among his companions, giving each person seven dates. He gave me seven dates as well, one of which was dry and shriveled. Yet none of them pleased me more than that one, for it held up the longest…
الأعظمي 7389SahihThe Prophet ﷺ one day distributed dates among his companions, giving each person seven dates. He gave me seven dates, one of which was dried and shriveled, yet none of them pleased me more than that one, for it held firm against my chewing.
الأعظمي 15199SahihThe 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 distributing dates among his companions one day, giving each person seven dates. He gave me seven dates as well, one of which was a dried, shriveled one. Yet none of them pleased me more than that one, for it held firm…
البخاري 5411SahihThe 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 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 9373SahihThe 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 12913SahihI 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 heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say, while I was a young boy, "The ajwa date and the tree are from Paradise."
أحمد 20341SahihThe Prophet ﷺ ordered that from every harvest of ten wasqs of dates, one cluster be hung in the mosque for the poor.
الأعظمي 4140HasanI 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 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 6720HasanThe 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 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 5954SahihA 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 2448DaifThe 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 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 heard the Prophet ﷺ say, while I was a young boy, "The ajwa date and the tree are from Paradise."
أحمد 15508SahihI 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 9693HasanWe were with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ when he noticed a stray date. He picked it up and gave it to a beggar, saying, "Had you not come to it, it would have come to you."
الأعظمي 1026HasanThe 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 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 3839HasanThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ ordered that a cluster of dates from every garden be donated to the mosque.
الأعظمي 4158SahihThe Prophet ﷺ was brought some old dates, and he began inspecting them, removing the weevils from them. In another wording, "It contained worms."
الأعظمي 7390SahihWe 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 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 Prophet ﷺ found a date in his house under his side, so he ate it.
أحمد 6691HasanThe 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 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 3830DaifThey were struck by hunger, so the Messenger of Allah ﷺ gave each of them a single date.
الترمذي 2474SahihI 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 1135DaifA 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 12574DaifThe Prophet ﷺ said, "A household that has dates will not go hungry."
الأعظمي 7386SahihThe 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 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 3443HasanThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ was brought a large bowl filled with tharid, and the people kept eating from it in turns from morning until noon. Some would rise as others sat down to eat. A man asked him, "Was it being replenished?" He replied,…
أحمد 20196SahihI saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ brought some old dates, and he began inspecting them.
ابن ماجه 3333DaifWe 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 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 Prophet ﷺ found a date and said, "Were it not that you might be from the charity, I would have eaten you."
أحمد 12190SahihThe 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 had a craving for dates, so he sent one of his wives, and I believe it was none other than Umm Salama, with two saa of dates to exchange. They returned with one saa of ajwa dates. When the Prophet ﷺ saw it, he did not approve…
الأعظمي 5714HasanHe said, the Prophet ﷺ was brought some old dates, so he began inspecting them, removing the worms from them.
أبو داود 3832HasanThe 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 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 beggar came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and he ordered that a single date be given to him, but the man rejected it in disgust. Then another beggar came, and he ordered that a date be given to him as well. This man exclaimed, "Glory be to…
أحمد 13731DaifThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "The Ajwa date is from Paradise, and in it is a cure for poison. The truffle is from the manna, and its water is a cure for the eye."
الترمذي 2066HasanThe Prophet ﷺ divided some dates among us, and my share was five, four ripe dates and one dried-up one. Then I noticed that the dried-up one was the toughest of them on my teeth.
البخاري 5441BSahihI 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 used to come across honey and grapes during our military campaigns, and we would eat them without setting any aside.
الأعظمي 9065SahihI 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 15988SahihWe 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 1725SahihAbu Taybah cupped the Prophet ﷺ, and the Prophet ordered that he be given a sa of dates. He also spoke to Abu Taybah's masters, and they reduced the tax he owed them.
أحمد 12785SahihI 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 1288DaifI saw the Prophet ﷺ place a date on a piece of bread and say, "This is the seasoning for this."
أبو داود 3259DaifThe 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 8299SahihI heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say, "The Ajwa dates and the Rock are from Paradise."
أحمد 20650SahihThe Prophet ﷺ found a date and said, "Were it not that it might be from charity, I would have eaten it."
مسلم 2480Sahih