Hadith on Foods (Meals)

Narrated Abu Musa Al-Ash`ari: The Prophet said, Give food to the hungry, pay a visit to the sick and release (set free) the one in captivity (by paying his ransom). ..

Narrated Abu Huraira: The family of Muhammad did not eat their fill for three successive days till he died. ..

Narrated Abu Huraira: Once while I was in a state of fatigue (because of severe hunger), I met 'Umar bin Al-Khattab, so I asked him to recite a verse from Allah's Book to me. He entered his house and interpreted it to me. (Then I went out and)..

Narrated `Umar bin Abi Salama: I was a boy under the care of Allah's Apostle and my hand used to go around the dish while I was eating. So Allah's Apostle said to me, 'O boy! Mention the Name of Allah and eat with your right hand, and eat of the..

Narrated `Umar bin Al Salama: Who was the son of Um Salama, the wife of the Prophet: Once I ate a meal with Allah's Apostle and I was eating from all sides of the dish. So Allah's Apostle said to me, Eat of the dish what is nearer to you. ..

Narrated Wahb bin Kaisan Abi Nu'aim: A meal was brought to Allah's Apostle while his step-son, `Umar bin Abi Salama was with him. Allah's Apostle said to him, Mention the Name of Allah and eat of the dish what is nearer to you. ..

Narrated Anas bin Malik: A tailor invited Allah's Apostle to a meal which he had prepared. I went along with Allah's Apostle and saw him seeking to eat the pieces of gourd from the various sides of the dish. Since that day I have liked to eat..

Narrated `Aisha: The Prophet used to love to start doing things from the right side whenever possible, in performing ablution, putting on his shoes, and combing his hair. (Al-Ash'ath said: The Prophet used to do so in all his affairs.) ..

Narrated Anas bin Malik: Abu Talha said to Um Sulaim, I have heard the voice of Allah's Apostle which was feeble, and I think that he is hungry. Have you got something (to eat)? She took out some loaves of barley bread, then took her..

Narrated `Abdur-Rahman bin Abu Bakr: We were one hundred and thirty men sitting with the Prophet. The Prophet said, Have anyone of you any food with him? It happened that one man had one Sa of wheat flour (or so) which was turned into dough..

Narrated `Aisha: The Prophet died when we had satisfied our hunger with the two black things, i.e. dates and water. ..

Narrated Suwaid bin An-Nu`man: We went out with Allah's Apostle to Khaibar, and when we were at As-Sahba', (Yahya, a sub-narrator said, As-Sahba' is a place at a distance of one day's journey to Khaibar). Allah's Apostle asked the people to..

Narrated Qatada: We were in the company of Anas whose baker was with him. Anas said, The Prophet did not eat thin bread, or a roasted sheep till he met Allah (died). ..

Narrated Anas: To the best of my knowledge, the Prophet did not take his meals in a big tray at all, nor did he ever eat well-baked thin bread, nor did he ever eat at a dining table. ..

Narrated Anas: The Prophet halted to consummate his marriage with Safiyya. I invited the Muslims to his wedding banquet. He ordered that leather dining sheets be spread. Then dates, dried yoghurt and butter were put on those sheets. Anas added: The..

Narrated Wahb bin Kaisan: The People of Sham taunted `Abdullah bin Az-Zubair by calling him The son of Dhatin-Nataqain (the woman who has two waist-belts). (His mother) (Asma, said to him, O my son! They taunt you with Nataqain . Do you..

Narrated Ibn `Abbas: that his aunt, Um Hufaid bint Al-Harith bin Hazn, presented to the Prophet butter, dried yoghurt and mastigures. The Prophet invited the people to those mastigures and they were eaten on his dining sheet, but the Prophet did..

Narrated Suwaid bin An-Nu`man: that while they were with the Prophet at As-Sahba' which was at a distance of one day's journey from Khaibar the prayer became due, and the Prophet asked the people for food but there was nothing with the people..

Narrated Khalid bin Al-Walid: That he went with Allah's Apostle to the house of Maimuna, who was his and Ibn `Abbas' aunt. He found with her a roasted mastigure which her sister Hufaida bint Al-Harith had brought from Najd. Maimuna presented the..

Narrated Abu Huraira: Allah's Apostle said, The food for two persons is sufficient for three, and the food of three persons is sufficient for four persons. ..