Abdullah ibn Jaafar radiyallahu anhu says, Rasoolullah sallallahu alaihe wasallam ate Qith’thaa (cucumbers) with dates. CommentaryCucumber has a cold effect and dates have a hot one. By combining the two it becomes mild. From this hadith we gather that it…
Aisha radiyallah anha reports that, Rasoolullah sallallahu alaihe wasallam ate watermelon with fresh dates. CommentaryIn Tirmidhi and other narrations, in explaining this, Sayyidina Rasoolullah sallallahu alaihe wasallam also said, The cold effect of one removes the heat of the other,…
Anas radiyallahu anhu says, I saw Rasoolullah sallallahu alaihe wasallam eat together musk-melon and dates. CommentarySome ulama have translated this also as watermelon’ instead of musk-melon, the reason being, as in the first narration, here also the cold effect is…
Aisha radiyallahu anha says, Rasoolullah sallallahu alaihe wasallam ate watermelon with fresh dates.
Abu Hurairah radiyallahu anhu reports, When the people saw (picked their) new fruit, they used to come and present it to Rasoolullah sallallahu alaihe wasallam. Rasoolullah sallallahu alaihe wasallam then recited this du’aa: Transliteration: Allahumma baarik lana fi thimaa-rina wa-baarik…
Rubayyi bint Mu’awwidh ibn Afraa radiyallahu anha says, My uncle Mu’aadh ibn Afraa sent me with a plate of fresh dates, which had small cucumbers on it, to Rasoolullah sallallahu alaihe wasallam. Rasoolullah sallallahu alaihe wasallam relished cucumbers. I took…
Rubayyi bint Mu’awwidh ibn Afraa radiyallahu anha said, I took a plate of fresh dates and small cucumbers to Rasoolullah sallallahu alaihe wasallam. He gave me a handful of jewellery, or a handful of gold. CommentaryThis is the same hadith…