# Sunan Abi Dawud - Foods (Kitab Al-At'imah)

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**1 hadith**

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## Hadith #3836

**Book:** Foods (Kitab Al-At'imah) | **Narrator(s):** al-Walid bin Mazyad الوليد بن مزيد, Sulaym bin 'Amir al-Kula'i al-Khaba'ri سليم بن عامر الكلاعي الخبائري | **Grade:** Sahih

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to eat melon with fresh dates, and he used to say: The heat of the one is broken by the coolness of the other, and the coolness of the one by the heat of the other.

*Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sunan-abi-dawud-3836/)*

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