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4 October 2026 23 Rabi' al-Thani 1448 AH

Mishkat al-Masabih 4016

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Hadith 4016
وَعَنْ جَابِرٍ قَالَ: كُنَّا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بِمَرِّ الظَّهْرَانِ نَجْنِي الْكَبَاثَ فَقَالَ: «عَلَيْكُم بالأسْوَدِ مِنْهُ فإِنَّه أَطْيَبُ» فَقِيلَ: أَكُنْتَ تَرْعَى الْغَنَمَ؟ قَالَ: «نَعَمْ وهلْ منْ نبيٍّ إِلاَّ رعاها؟»
Jabir told that when they were with God’s messenger at Marr az-Zahran and were plucking the fruit of the arak tree he said, “Keep to its black ones, for they are the most pleasant.” He was asked if he had shepherded sheep and replied, “Yes; has there been a prophet who did not shepherd them?”

(Bukhari and Muslim.)
Mishkat al-Masabih 4016

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Hadith 4015
وَعَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ قَالَ: رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَأْكُلُ الرُّطَبَ بِالْقِثَّاءِ
‘Abdallah b. Ja'far told that he saw God’s messenger eating fresh dates with cucumber.

(Bukhari and Muslim.)
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Hadith 4017
وَعَن أنس قَالَ: رَأَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مُقْعِيًا يَأْكُلُ تَمْرًا وَفِي رِوَايَةٍ: يَأْكُلُ مِنْهُ أكلا ذريعا. رَوَاهُ مُسلم
Anas told that he saw the Prophet squatting and eating dates. A version says he was eating some quickly.

Muslim transmitted it.
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Hadith 4014
وَعَن سعيد بنِ زيدٍ قَالَ: قَالَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «الْكَمْأَةُ مِنَ الْمَنِّ وَمَاؤُهَا شِفَاءٌ لِلْعَيْنِ» . مُتَّفَقٌ عَلَيْهِ. وَفِي رِوَايَةٍ لِمُسْلِمٍ: «مِنَ الْمَنِّ الَّذِي أنزلَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى على مُوسَى عَلَيْهِ السَّلَام»
Sa'id b. Zaid reported the Prophet as saying, “Truffles are a kind of manna, and their juice is a medicine for the eye.”

(Bukhari and Muslim.) A version by Muslim has, “a kind of the manna which God most high sent down to Moses.”