Hadith 3327

ثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ أَبِي الْحَوَارِيِّ الدِّمَشْقِيُّ , حَدَّثَنَا مَرْوَانُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ , حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ بِلَالٍ , عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ , عَنْ أَبِيهِ , عَنْ عَائِشَةَ , قَالَتْ : قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : بيْتٌ لَا تَمْرَ فِيهِ , جِيَاعٌ أَهْلُهُ " .
´It was narrated from ‘Aishah that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said:` “A house in which there are no dates, its people will go hungry.”
Hadith Reference سنن ابن ماجه / كتاب الأطعمة / 3327
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Explanation & Benefits
Shaykh Maulana Abdul Aziz Alvi
Hadith Commentary: Benefits and Issues: The staple food of the Arabs was dates, and they would subsist on them. Therefore, any household deprived of them would always be at risk of hunger. Thus, this hadith establishes that there should be some stock of the commonly consumed grain or fruit in the house, and this is not contrary to reliance (tawakkul) upon Allah.
Source: Tuhfat al-Muslim: Commentary on Sahih Muslim, Page: 5337
Shaykh Dr. Abdur Rahman Freywai
Explanation:
1:
This refers to a time when people's primary food was only dates.
It is also possible that the intention here is to highlight the importance of dates.
Even today, in any region or place, if there is a particular item that constitutes the staple food of its people, its significance is emphasized by associating it with them.
In light of the apparent meaning of the hadith, due to the benefits of dates, there should always be a certain quantity of dates kept in the house.
Source: Sunan al-Tirmidhi – Majlis ‘Ilmi Dar al-Da‘wah, New Delhi Edition, Page: 1815
Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi
Benefits and Issues:
Benefit: Allamah Tayyibi says,
That in this statement, the people of those regions where dates are abundant
have been especially encouraged
to make good use of them.
And other Muslims should also benefit from this blessed fruit.
Furthermore, increasing its cultivation is also very profitable from a material perspective.
Source: Sunan Abu Dawood – Commentary by Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi, Page: 3831