Chapters on Food

Sunan Ibn Majah

“It is extravagance to eat everything you want.”

Sunan Ibn Majah

“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to spend many nights in a row hungry and his family could find no supper, and usually their bread was barley bread.”

Sunan Ibn Majah

“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) wore wool, and his shows were sandals.”

Sunan Ibn Majah

“I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say: ‘A human being fills no worse vessel than his stomach. It is sufficient for a human being to eat a few mouthfuls to keep his spine straight. But if he must (fill...

Sunan Ibn Majah

“When the Prophet (ﷺ) passed away, there was nothing in my house that any living soul could eat, except a little bit of barley on a shelf of mine. I ate it for a long time, then I weighed it...

Sunan Ibn Majah

“The family of Muhammad (ﷺ) never ate their fill of barley bread until he was taken (i.e. died).”

Sunan Ibn Majah

“The family of Muhammad (ﷺ) never ate their fill of wheat bread for three nights in a row, from the time they came to Al-Madinah until he passed away.”

Sunan Ibn Majah

“One day, the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: ‘I wish that we had some white bread made of brown wheat, softened with ghee, that we could eat.’ A man from among the Ansar heard that, so he took some (of...

Sunan Ibn Majah

“Umm Sulaim made some bread for the Prophet (ﷺ), and she put a little ghee on it. Then she said: ‘Go to the Prophet (ﷺ) and invite him (to come and eat).’ So I went and told him: ‘My mother...

Sunan Ibn Majah

“By the One in Whose Hand is my soul, the Prophet of Allah (ﷺ) never ate his fill of wheat bread for three days in a row, until Allah took his soul.”