Safiyya bint Shayba bin 'Uthman · Chapters on Food

“My mother was trying to fatten me up when she wanted to send me to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) (when she got married), but nothing worked until I ate cucumbers with dates; then I grew plump like the best kind of plump.”

“Did I not forbid you to eat these vegetables? For the angels are offended by that which offends people.”