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everyday, He would do so.” He used to eat soup with meat and marrow. In
regard to marrows, which he loved, he said: “It is the tree of my brother Yunus.”
Ayesha, may Allah be pleased with her, relates that the Prophet, praise and
peace be upon him, used to say: “O Ayesha, may Allah be pleased with her, ,
when you cook a pottage put in plenty of gourds, for indeed it strengthens the
heart of the grieved.” He used to eat meat of hunted birds. However, he did not
follow a hunt. Rather he preferred that it be hunted and brought to him; then he
ate of it.
When he ate meat, he did not lean over it. Instead he lifted the meat to his mouth
and then bit into it with his front teeth. He ate bread and butter, and like the
forearm and shoulder of sheep. Of pottage, he loved gourds; of seasoning he
loved vinegar; of dates he loved those of Madinah (al-Ajwa), which he named
“The blessed.” Moreover he said: “It (the dates of Madinah) is of Paradise and a
remedy for poison and magic.” Of vegetables, he like the endive, mountain balm,
and garden purslane, which is called al-rijla. He disliked the kidneys because of
their proximity to the urine. He did not eat seven parts of the sheep, namely the
male organ, ovaries, knees, gall bladder, goiter, vulva, and the blood, since he
regard to marrows, which he loved, he said: “It is the tree of my brother Yunus.”
Ayesha, may Allah be pleased with her, relates that the Prophet, praise and
peace be upon him, used to say: “O Ayesha, may Allah be pleased with her, ,
when you cook a pottage put in plenty of gourds, for indeed it strengthens the
heart of the grieved.” He used to eat meat of hunted birds. However, he did not
follow a hunt. Rather he preferred that it be hunted and brought to him; then he
ate of it.
When he ate meat, he did not lean over it. Instead he lifted the meat to his mouth
and then bit into it with his front teeth. He ate bread and butter, and like the
forearm and shoulder of sheep. Of pottage, he loved gourds; of seasoning he
loved vinegar; of dates he loved those of Madinah (al-Ajwa), which he named
“The blessed.” Moreover he said: “It (the dates of Madinah) is of Paradise and a
remedy for poison and magic.” Of vegetables, he like the endive, mountain balm,
and garden purslane, which is called al-rijla. He disliked the kidneys because of
their proximity to the urine. He did not eat seven parts of the sheep, namely the
male organ, ovaries, knees, gall bladder, goiter, vulva, and the blood, since he