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I went to the Messenger of Allah (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) and asked: 'We live in the land of the People of the Book; can we eat in their plates?"

عن أبي ثَعْلبة الخُشني رضي الله عنه قال: «أَتَيْتُ رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم فقلت: يا رسول الله، إنا بأرض قوم أهل كتاب، أَفَنَأْكُلُ في آنِيَتِهِم؟ وفي أرض صيد، أَصِيدُ بِقَوْسِي وبِكَلْبِي الذي ليس بِمُعَلَّمٍ، وبِكَلْبِي المُعَلَّمِ، فما يَصلح لي؟ قال: أمَّا مَا ذَكَرْتَ- يعني من آنية أهل الكتاب-: فإِنْ وجدْتُمْ غيرها فلا تأكلوا فيها، وإِنْ لم تَجِدُوا فاغسِلوهَا، وكلوا فِيهَا، وما صدتَ بِقَوْسِكَ، فذَكَرْتَ اسمَ الله عَلَيه فَكُلْ، وما صِدْتَ بِكَلْبِكَ المُعَلَّمِ، فَذَكَرْتَ اسْمَ الله عليه فَكُلْ، وما صِدْتَ بِكَلْبِكَ غيرِ المُعَلَّمِ فَأَدْرَكْتَ ذَكَاتَهُ فَكُلْ».
Abu Tha‘labah al-Khushani (may Allah be pleased with him) reported: I went to the Messenger of Allah (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) and asked: "We live in the land of the People of the Book; can we eat in their plates? It is also a land of game, and I hunt the game with my bow, with my untrained hound and with my trained hound. What is lawful for me to eat?" He said: "As for what you have mentioned about the plates of the People of the Book, if you can find other plates, do not use theirs, but if you cannot find (other than theirs), wash their plates and eat in them. If you hunt an animal with your bow after mentioning Allah's name, eat it. If you hunt something with your trained hound after mentioning Allah's name, eat it. If you hunt something with your untrained hound and manage to slaughter it (before it dies), eat it."
Narrated by Bukhari & MuslimGradeAuthentic hadith
Explanation

Abu Tha‘labah (may Allah be pleased with him) asked the Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) if they were allowed to eat in the plates of the People of the Book, although they may be impure? "The People of the Book" refers to the Jews and the Christians, who were Abu Tha‘labah’s neighbors. The Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) permitted him to use these plates for eating or otherwise on two conditions: 1. Failing to find other utensils. 2. Washing them. He then said that they were living in a land full of game and he would hunt with his bow, his trained hound, and his untrained hound. He asked what would be lawful to eat if caught by any of them. The Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) told him that the game shot by his bow would be permissible to eat on condition that he must mention the name of Allah, the Exalted, when he releases the arrow from the bow. Likewise, it would be permissible to eat the game caught by the trained hound if the name of Allah was mentioned when releasing it. However, it would not be permissible to eat the game caught by the untrained hound, unless the game was found alive and slaughtered in an approved manner.

Reference

-صحيح البخاري، تحقيق: محمد زهير بن ناصر الناصر، ط1، دار طوق النجاة (مصورة عن السلطانية بإضافة ترقيم: محمد فؤاد عبد الباقي)، 1422ه. -صحيح مسلم، تحقيق: محمد فؤاد عبد الباقي، دار إحياء التراث العربي، بيروت، 1423ه.ـ -تيسير العلام شرح عمدة الأحكام للبسام، حققه وعلق عليه وخرج أحاديثه وصنع فهارسه: محمد صبحي بن حسن حلاق، ط10، مكتبة الصحابة، الأمارات، مكتبة التابعين، القاهرة، 1426ه. -عمدة الأحكام من كلام خير الأنام صلى الله عليه وسلم لعبد الغني المقدسي، دراسة وتحقيق: محمود الأرناؤوط، مراجعة وتقديم: عبد القادر الأرناؤوط، ط2، دار الثقافة العربية، دمشق، بيروت، مؤسسة قرطبة، 1408هـ.

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May Allah destroy the Jews; the fat of animals was forbidden for them, but they melted it and sold it.

عن عبد الله بن عباسٍ رضي الله عنهما قال: بلغَ عمرَ رضي الله عنه أن فلانًا باعَ خمرًا. فقال: قاتلَ الله فلانًا! ألم يعلم أن رسولَ الله صلى الله عليه وسلم قال: "قاتلَ الله اليهودَ، حُرِّمت عليهم الشُّحومُ، فجَمَلُوها، فباعُوها".
‘Abdullāh ibn ‘Abbās (may Allah be pleased with him) reported: ‘Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) was once informed that so-and-so sold alcohol. ‘Umar said: "May Allah destroy so-and-so! Does he not know that the Messenger (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) said: ‘May Allah destroy the Jews; the fat of animals was forbidden for them, but they melted it and sold it'?"
Narrated by Bukhari & MuslimGradeAuthentic hadith
Explanation

‘Umar ibn al-Khattāb (may Allah be pleased with him) was informed that a man used a trick: He wanted to benefit from alcohol without drinking it. So, he sold it. That was an exposed forbidden trick. Therefore, ‘Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) supplicated against the man, just as the Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) had done with the Jews, who resorted to similar tricks. ‘Umar said: "May Allah destroy him! Does he not know that resorting to trickery is forbidden?" This is because it features acting deceitfully towards Allah and His Messenger. The Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) said: "May Allah destroy the Jews," because when Allah prohibited them from consuming animal fat, they sought to benefit from it by means of a trick. They transformed its nature by melting it and then sold it and consumed its price. They claimed that they did not actually eat the fat that was forbidden to them. They think that they deceive Allah, but He is deceiving them.

Reference

صحيح البخاري، تحقيق: محمد زهير بن ناصر الناصر، ط1، دار طوق النجاة (مصورة عن السلطانية بإضافة ترقيم: محمد فؤاد عبد الباقي)، 1422هـ. صحيح مسلم، تحقيق: محمد فؤاد عبد الباقي، دار إحياء التراث العربي، بيروت، 1423هـ. عمدة الأحكام من كلام خير الأنام صلى الله عليه وسلم لعبد الغني المقدسي، دراسة وتحقيق: محمود الأرناؤوط، مراجعة وتقديم: عبد القادر الأرناؤوط، ط2، دار الثقافة العربية، دمشق ، بيروت، مؤسسة قرطبة، 1408هـ. الإلمام بشرح عمدة الأحكام لإسماعيل الأنصاري، ط دار الفكر بدمشق الطبعة الأولى1381هـ. تأسيس الأحكام للنجمي، ط2، دار علماء السلف، 1414هـ. تيسير العلام شرح عمدة الأحكام للبسام، حققه وعلق عليه وخرج أحاديثه وصنع فهارسه: محمد صبحي بن حسن حلاق، ط10، مكتبة الصحابة، الأمارات - مكتبة التابعين، القاهرة، 1426هـ.

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What an excellent dip vinegar is! What an excellent dip vinegar is

عن جابر رضي الله عنه : أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم سَأَلَ أَهْلَهُ الأُدُمَ، فقالوا: مَا عِنْدَنَا إِلَّا خَلٌّ، فَدَعَا بِهِ، فَجَعَلَ يَأْكُلُ، وَيَقُولُ: «نِعْمَ الأُدُمُ الخَلَّ، نِعْمَ الأُدُمُ الخَلَّ».
Jābir (may Allah be pleased with him) reported that the Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) asked his family for a dip (to eat with bread) and they replied: "We have nothing but vinegar." So he told them to bring it and began to eat, saying: "What an excellent dip vinegar is! What an excellent dip vinegar is!"
Narrated by MuslimGradeAuthentic hadith
Explanation

The Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) asked his family to bring him some food to eat it with bread. They replied that they had nothing but vinegar. So he asked them to bring it and started eating while praising vinegar and saying: "What an excellent dip vinegar is! What an excellent dip vinegar is!" This is a praise of vinegar. Although it is a drink, it is referred to as food. It is acceptable in Arabic to refer to anything that has a taste to be savored as food, as in the Qur'anic verse: {"Indeed, Allah will be testing you with a river. So whoever drinks from it is not of me, and whoever does not taste it is indeed of me.} [Sūrat al-Baqarah: 249]

Reference

نزهة المتقين شرح رياض الصالحين، نشر: مؤسسة الرسالة، الطبعة الرابعة عشر، 1407ه - 1987م. شرح رياض الصالحين، لابن عثيمين، نشر: دار الوطن للنشر، الرياض، الطبعة، 1426ه. كنوز رياض الصالحين، نشر: دار كنوز إشبيليا، الطبعة الأولى، 1430ه - 2009م. بهجة الناظرين شرح رياض الصالحين، للهلالي، نشر: دار ابن الجوزي. النهاية في غريب الحديث والأثر، لابن الأثير، تحقيق: طاهر أحمد الزاوى - محمود محمد الطناحي، نشر: المكتبة العلمية - بيروت، 1399هـ - 1979م. صحيح مسلم، تحقيق: محمد فؤاد عبد الباقي، نشر: دار إحياء التراث العربي – بيروت.

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If a fly falls into the drink of any one of you, he should dip it (in the drink) and then remove it, for in one of its wings there is a disease and in the other there is cure

عن أبي هريرة رضي الله عنه مرفوعاً: «إذا وقع الذباب في شراب أحدكم فليغمسه، ثم لينزعه؛ فإن في أحد جناحيه داء، وفي الآخر شفاء». وفي رواية: «وإنه يتقي بجناحه الذي فيه الداء».
Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) reported that the Messenger of Allah (may Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him) said: “If a fly falls into the drink of anyone of you, he should dip it (in the drink) and then remove it, for in one of its wings there is a disease and in the other there is cure.” Another narration adds: “It (the fly) protects itself with the wing that has the disease.”
Narrated by BukhariGradeAuthentic hadith
Explanation

The Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) informs us that if a fly falls into a drink, it does not affect it; rather, the person drinking should immerse the whole fly in the drink. The reason is that one of the fly’s wings carries a disease, and this is the wing that falls in the liquid. The other wing, however, carries the cure from that disease. Modern medicine has proven the validity of this piece of information, which Muslims have known for centuries; so, praise be to Allah for the blessing of Islam.

Reference

- منحة العلام في شرح بلوغ المرام: تأليف عبد الله الفوزان-طبعة دار ابن الجوزي-الطبعة الأولى 1428 - تسهيل الإلمام بفقه الأحاديث من بلوغ المرام: تأليف الشيخ صالح الفوزان- مؤسسة الرسالة - توضيح الأحكام شرح بلوغ المرام: تأليف عبد الله البسام- مكتبة الأسدي –مكة المكرمة –الطبعة: الخامِسَة، 1423 هـ - 2003 م - صحيح البخاري –الجامع الصحيح-؛ للإمام أبي عبد الله محمد بن إسماعيل البخاري، عناية محمد زهير الناصر، دار طوق النجاة، الطبعة الأولى، 1422هـ - صحيح مسلم؛ للإمام مسلم بن الحجاج، حققه ورقمه محمد فؤاد عبد الباقي، دار عالم الكتب-الرياض، الطبعة الأولى، 1417هـ.

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The Messenger of Allah (may Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him) liked sweets and honey, and whenever he finished the ‘Asr prayer, he would visit his wives and stay closely with them, one after another. He once visited Hafsah and remained with her for longer than usual

عن عائشة، قالت: كان رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم يحِبُّ الحَلْواء والعسل، فكان إذا صلَّى العصر دارَ على نسائه، فَيَدْنُو منهنَّ، فدَخَل على حفصة، فَاحْتَبَسَ عندها أكثرَ ممَّا كان يحْتَبِس، فسألتُ عن ذلك، فقيل لي: أهْدَتْ لها امرأة من قومها عُكَّةً من عسل، فسَقَتْ رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم منه شرْبة، فقلتُ: أمَا والله لنَحْتالَنَّ له، فذكرتُ ذلك لسَوْدَة، وقلتُ: إذا دخل عليكِ، فإنه سَيَدْنُو منكِ، فقولي له: يا رسول الله، أَكَلْتَ مَغَافِيرَ؟ فإنه سيقول لك: «لا»، فقولي له: ما هذه الرِّيح؟ وكان رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم يشْتَدُّ عليه أنْ يوجد منه الريح، فإنه سيقول لك: «سَقَتْني حفصة شربة عسل»، فقولي له: جَرَسَتْ نَحْلُهُ الْعُرْفُطَ، وسأقول ذلك له، وقولِيه أنتِ يا صفية، فلما دخَل على سودة قالت: تقول سودة: والذي لا إله إلا هو لقد كدتُ أن أبادئه بالذي قلتِ لي، وإنه لعلى البابِ فرقًا منكِ، فلما دَنا رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم ، قالت: يا رسول الله، أَكَلْتَ مَغَافِيرَ؟ قال: «لا»، قالت: فما هذه الريح؟ قال: «سَقَتْني حفصة شربة عسل»، قالت: جَرَسَتْ نَحْلُهُ الْعُرْفُطَ، فلما دخل عليَّ، قلتُ له: مثل ذلك، ثم دخل على صفية، فقالت بمثل ذلك، فلما دخل على حفصة، قالت: يا رسول الله، ألا أسْقِيك منه؟ قال: «لا حاجةَ لي به»، قالت: تقول سودة: سبحان الله، والله لقد حَرَمْنَاهُ، قالت: قلتُ لها: اسْكُتِي.
‘Ā’ishah (may Allah be pleased with her) reported: The Messenger of Allah (may Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him) liked sweets and honey, and whenever he finished the ‘Asr prayer, he would visit his wives and stay closely with them, one after another. He once visited Hafsah and remained with her for longer than usual. I inquired about it, and it was said to me: ‘A woman from her tribe gifted her a leather vessel containing honey, and she gave some of it to the Messenger of Allah (may Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him) to drink.’ I said: "By Allah, we will play a trick on him." So I mentioned the story to Sawdah and said to her: "When he visits you, he will come near you, whereupon you should say to him: 'O Messenger of Allah, have you eaten Maghafīr (bad-smelling gum)?' He will say: 'No.' Then say to him: 'What about this smell then?' It was very hard on the Messenger of Allah (may Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him) that a bad smell would emit from him. He will say: 'Hafsah has given me a drink of honey.' Then say to him: 'Its bees must have sucked from ‘Urfut (a foul-smelling plant).' I too will tell him the same. And you, O Safiyyah, also say the same.’ When the Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) visited Sawdah, the following happened, as related by Sawdah, who said: 'By the One other than Whom there is no god, I was about to tell him what you had told me while he was still at the door, out of fear from you.’ But when the Messenger (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) came near her, she said to him: ‘O Messenger of Allah, have you eaten Maghāfīr?’ He replied: ‘No.’ ‘I said: 'What about this smell then?' He said: 'Hafsah has given me a drink of honey.' I said: 'Its bees must have sucked ‘Urfut.'’ When he visited me, I told him the same, and when he visited Safiyyah, she too said the same. When he visited Hafsah again, she said to him: ‘O Messenger of Allah, shall I give you a drink of it (the honey)?’ He said: ‘I have no desire for it.’ Sawdah said: ‘Glory be to Allah! By Allah, we have deprived him of it.’ I said to her: ‘Keep quiet!’”
Narrated by Bukhari & MuslimGradeAuthentic hadith
Explanation

In this Hadīth, ‘Ā’ishah (may Allah be pleased with her) mentioned that the Messenger of Allah (may Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him) liked all sweet foods and honey, and that when he finished the ‘Asr prayer, he would visit his wives, one after another, and approach each of them, kissing and caressing her. She goes on to relate that the Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) once visited Hafsah (may Allah be pleased with her) and stayed with her for longer than usual. ‘Ā’ishah asked about the reason and learned that one of Hafsah’s female relatives had given her a small vessel of honey as a gift and that she gave the Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) a drink of it. ‘Ā’ishah (may Allah be pleased with her) felt jealous and planned, together with Sawdah and Safiyyah, that when the Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) visited any of them, she would ask him whether he had eaten Maghāfīr, which is a foul-smelling gum. The noble Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) hated that any unpleasant odor should ever emit from him. So when he visited Hafsah (may Allah be pleased with her) again and she offered honey to him, he declined it. In another version: “He swore that he would never drink it again.” Different versions of this Hadīth differ over who gave the Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) the drink of honey. It has been mentioned that he had drunk it in the apartment of Zaynab or Sawdah. Some scholars deemed it more likely that Zaynab was the one who gave him the drink of honey and that Hasfah was ‘Ā’ishah’s partner in the plan. Some scholars proposed that the different versions might refer to more than one story.

Reference

صحيح البخاري، تأليف: محمد بن إسماعيل البخاري، تحقيق: محمد زهير الناصر، الناشر: دار طوق النجاة الطبعة: الأولى، 1422هـ صحيح مسلم المحقق: محمد فؤاد عبد الباقي - الناشر: دار إحياء التراث العربي – بيروت. المنهاج شرح صحيح مسلم بن الحجاج، للنووي، نشر: دار إحياء التراث العربي – بيروت، الطبعة: الثانية، 1392هـ. التوضيح لشرح الجامع الصحيح, ابن الملقن سراج الدين أبو حفص عمر بن علي بن أحمد الشافعي, ت: دار الفلاح للبحث العلمي وتحقيق التراث، دار النوادر، دمشق – سوريا, الطبعة: الأولى، 1429 هـ - 2008 م. إرشاد الساري لشرح صحيح البخاري, أحمد بن محمد بن أبى بكر بن عبد الملك القسطلاني القتيبي المصري, الناشر: المطبعة الكبرى الأميرية، مصر, الطبعة: السابعة، 1323 هـ فتح الباري شرح صحيح البخاري, أحمد بن علي بن حجر أبو الفضل العسقلاني الشافعي, دار المعرفة - بيروت، 1379, رقم كتبه وأبوابه وأحاديثه: محمد فؤاد عبد الباقي, قام بإخراجه وصححه وأشرف على طبعه: محب الدين الخطيب. إكمال المعلم بفوائد مسلم لعياض بن موسى بن عياض بن عمرون اليحصبي السبتي، المحقق: الدكتور يحيى إسماعيل، الناشر: دار الوفاء للطباعة والنشر والتوزيع، مصر، الطبعة: الأولى، 1419 هـ - 1998 م. معالم السنن، وهو شرح سنن أبي داود, أبو سليمان حمد بن محمد بن إبراهيم بن الخطاب البستي المعروف بالخطابي, المطبعة العلمية - حلب, الطبعة: الأولى 1351 هـ - 1932 م.

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Raisins used to be soaked for the Messenger of Allah (may Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him) in a water skin, and he would drink it that day, the next day, and the following day. In the evening of the third day, he would drink it and give some to others. If anything was left, he would spill it

عن ابن عباس، قال: «كان رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم يُنْبَذُ له الزَّبِيبُ في السِّقَاءِ، فَيَشْرَبُهُ يَوْمَهُ وَالْغَدَ وَبَعْدَ الْغَدِ، فإذا كان مَسَاءُ الثَّالِثَةِ شَرِبَهُ وَسَقَاهُ، فإن فَضَلَ شيء أَهْرَاقَهُ».
Ibn ‘Abbās (may Allah be pleased with him) reported: Raisins used to be soaked for the Messenger of Allah (may Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him) in a water skin, and he would drink it that day, the next day, and the following day. In the evening of the third day, he would drink it and give some to others. If anything was left, he would spill it.
Narrated by MuslimGradeAuthentic hadith
Explanation

In this Hadīth, Ibn ‘Abbās (may Allah be pleased with him) reports that Nabīdh would be prepared for the Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) by leaving raisins or dates in water in a container so that it may become sweet and have a taste. The Prophet (may Allah’s peace and blessing be upon him) would drink the Nabīdh for three days. On the third night, if the taste of Nabīdh had not changed, the Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) would drink it himself, and he would serve it to others so that it would be used up and nothing from it would remain for the fourth day. If something remained from the liquid, he would spill it because it could ferment on the fourth day and the Nabīdh could turn into alcohol.

Reference

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