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Food the Prophet (saas) Liked
The Messenger of Allah (saas) did not discriminate against
any food. He did not find fault with the food he did not want to
eat at that time; he would simply leave it. Gourds were the
Prophet’s (saas) favorite vegetable dish. He also praised meat
dishes.
“O, A’isha, when you cook a stew put in plenty of gourds,
for verily it strengthens the heart of the grieved.” (Ihya’
`Ulum al-Din)
“Meat is the most superior food in both worlds. It enhan-
ces the hearing ability of one’s ears. If I would have
beseeched my Lord to grant me to eat meat everyday, it
would have been granted.”
Anas (ra) relates: “(Once) a tailor invited the Prophet
(saas) to dine with him. I also went with him. The tailor
offered barely bread and broth containing pieces of gourd
and dried meat. I noticed that the Prophet (saas) was
picking pieces of gourd from the bowl and eating them.
From that day, I also began to eat gourds with relish.”
(Sahih al-Bukhari and Sahih Muslim)
Abu Ayyub al-Ansari reported: “When food was brought to
the Messenger of Allah (saas), he would eat from it and
then send the remaining part to me. One day he sent to me
the leftovers; (I found that he) had not taken from it at all,
for it included garlic. I asked him whether that was forbid-
den, whereupon he said: ‘No, but I do not like it because of
its odor.’ I said: ‘Then I also do not like what you do not
like.’” (Sahih Muslim, Book 023, Number 5097)

Health and the Importance of Cleanliness
The Messenger of Allah (saas) placed great importance upon

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