Narrated Abdullah ibn Busr ibn Atiyyah ibn Busr: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ came to visit us and we offered him butter and dates, for he liked butter and dates.
Explanation & Benefits
Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi
Benefits and Issues:
Benefit: There is no harm in combining two types of items or two types of foods in a meal,
as long as it does not involve extravagance (israf) or mere display of luxury and indulgence (tarafah), that is, simply for the sake of showing off affluence and lavish eating.
Source: Sunan Abu Dawood – Commentary by Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi, Page: 3837