Muhammad bin Yahya bin Hiban محمد بن يحيى بن حبان · Chapters on Food

‘Season (your food) with olive oil and anoint yourselves with it, for it comes from a blessed tree.”

“Eat unripe dates with ripe one and eat old dates with new ones, for Satan gets angry and says: ‘The son of Adam will survive so long as he eats old dates with new ones.’”

“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) forbade eating two dates at once unless he asks his companions permission to do so.”

“We used to go to (visit) Anas bin Malik.” (One of the narrators) Ishaq said: “And his baker was standing there.” (In another narration) Darimi said: “And his table was set. He said one day: ‘(Come and) eat, for the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) never saw any thin loaf of bread until he met Allah, nor any roasted sheep (with skin).’”*