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6 November 2026 26 Jumada al-Ula 1448 AH

Mishkat al-Masabih 4023

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Hadith 4023
وَعَنْهَا قَالَتْ: مَا شَبِعَ آلُ مُحَمَّدٍ يَوْمَيْنِ مِنْ خُبْزِ بُرٍّ إِلَّا وَأَحَدُهُمَا تمر
She said Muhammad’s family did not have a full meal of wheaten bread on two successive days, but would have dates on one of them.

(Bukhari and Muslim.)
Mishkat al-Masabih 4023

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Hadith 4022
وَعَنْهَا قَالَتْ: كَانَ يَأْتِي عَلَيْنَا الشَّهْرُ مَا نُوقِدُ فِيهِ نَارًا إِنَّمَا هُوَ التَّمْرُ وَالْمَاءُ إِلَّا أَنْ يُؤْتَى بِاللُّحَيْمِ
She said that sometimes a month would come in which they did not kindle a fire, having only dates and water, unless a little meat was brought.

(Bukhari and Muslim.)
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Hadith 4024
وَعَنْهَا قَالَتْ: تُوُفِّيَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَمَا شَبِعْنَا مِنَ الأسودين
She said that up to the death of God’s messenger they did not have a full meal of dates and water.

(Bukhari and Muslim.)
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Hadith 4021
وَعَنْ عَائِشَةَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهَا أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ: «إِنَّ فِي عَجْوَةِ الْعَالِيَةِ شِفَاءً وَإِنَّهَا تِرْيَاقٌ أَوَّلَ البكرة» . رَوَاهُ مُسلم
‘A’isha reported God’s messenger as saying, "The 'ajwa dates of al-‘Aliya* contain healing, and they are an antidote first thing in the morning."
*A name applied to some villages a few miles east of Medina.

Muslim transmitted it.