Sunan Ibn Majah

It was narrated from Hakin bin Jabr that his father said:“I entered upon the Prophet (ﷺ) in his house, and he had some of this gourd. I said: ‘What is this?’ He said: ‘This is Qar’; it is Dubba’. We augment our food with it.”

It was narrated from Abu Darda’ that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said:“The best food of the people of this world and the people of Paradise is meat.’”

It was narrated that Abu Darda’ said:“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) was never invited to eat meat but he would respond, and he was never offered meat as a gift but he would accept it.”

It was narrated that Abu Hurairah said:“One day some meat was brought to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and the foreleg was offered to him which he liked, so he bit it with his front teeth.”

‘Abdullah bin Ja’far told Ibn Zubair, who had slaughtered a camel for them, that he heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), and he (‘Abdullah) said:“Some people were bringing meat to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and he said: ‘The best meat is the meat of the back.’”

It was narrated that Anas bin Malik said:“I do not know of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) ever seeing a roasted sheep* until he met Allah.”

It was narrated that Anas bin Malik said:“No leftovers of roast meat* were ever cleared from in front of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), and no carpet was ever carried with him.”

It was narrated that ‘Abdullah bin Harith bin Jaz’ Az-Zubaidi said:“We ate food with the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) in the mosque, meat that had been roasted. Then we wiped our hands on the pebbles and got up to perform prayer without performing ablution.”

It was narrated that Abu Mas`ud said:“A man came to the Prophet (ﷺ) and his voice trembled out of awe as he spoke to him. The Prophet said to him, “Be calm, for I am not a king. Verily, I am only the son of a woman who ate dried meat.”

It was narrated that ‘Aishah said:“We used to store trotters and the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) would eat them fifteen days after the sacrifice.”

It was narrated from ‘Abdullah bin ‘Umar that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said:“Two kinds of dead meat and two kinds of blood have been permitted to us. The two kinds of dead meat are fish and locusts, and the two kinds of blood are the liver and spleen.”

It was narrated from Anas bin Malik that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said:‘The best of your seasonings is salt.”

It was narrated from ‘Aishah that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said:“What a blessed condiment vinegar is.”

It was narrated from Jabir bin ‘Abdullah that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said:“What a blessed condiment vinegar is.”

Umm Sa’d said:“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) entered upon ‘Aishah, when I was with her, and said: ‘Is there any food?’ She said: ‘We have bread, dates and vinegar.’ The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: ‘What a blessed condiment vinegar is. O Allah, bless vinegar, for it was the condimen…

It was narrated from ‘Umar that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said:‘Season (your food) with olive oil and anoint yourselves with it, for it comes from a blessed tree.”

‘Abdullah bin Sa’eed narrated that his grandfather said:“I heard Abu Hurairah say: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: ‘Eat (olive) oil and anoint yourselves with it, for it is blessed.’”

I heard ‘Aishah say:“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) would say, when milk was brought to him: ‘A blessing,’ or ‘Two blessings.’”

It was narrated from Ibn ‘Abbas that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said:“Whoever is given food by Allah, let him say: Allahumma barik lana fihi wa arzuqna khairan minhu (O Allah, bless it for us and provide us with something better than it). And whoever is given milk to drink by All…

(It was narrated that ‘Aishah said:“The Messenger of Allah 9saw) used to like sweets and honey.”