Reports on what may be eaten of the food of the Magians

Qabus reports from his father that a woman asked Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her). She said: We have some Magian wet nurses, and when they have their festival they give us gifts. Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) said: As for what is slaughtered for that day, do not eat it, but you may eat from their trees.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Barzah (may Allah be pleased with him) that some Magians lived in his property, and those Magians used to give gifts to Sayyiduna Abu Barzah on the occasions of Nawruz and Mihrajan. Abu Barzah would say to his household: Whatever is of the category of fruit, eat it, and whatever is other than that, return it.

It is narrated from Abu Wa'il and Ibrahim; both of them said: When the Muslims came, they came upon some of the food of the Magians, their cheese and their bread. They ate it and did not ask about any of that.

Hisham reports about al-Hasan that he used to dislike eating from what the Magians cook in their pots, and he saw no harm in eating from their food other than that: bread, ghee, relish, strained milk or milk.

It is narrated from Ata; he said: There is no harm in the cheese of the Magians.

It is narrated from Mujahid; he said: Do not eat anything of the food of the Magians except fruit.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Barzah (may Allah be pleased with him); he said: We were on one of our military expeditions when we met some people of the polytheists. We drove them back from their hot ashes, went onto them, and began eating (prepared) food from them. We had heard in the Jahiliyyah that whoever eats (this) bread becomes fat. So when we ate these loaves, each one of us began looking at his own right and left sides to see whether he had become fat.

It is narrated from al-Hasan and Muhammad; both of them said: The polytheists used to bring ghee in their containers, and the Companions of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and the other Muslims would buy it and eat it, and we too used to eat it.

It is narrated from Mansur; he said: I asked Ibrahim about mountain ghee. He said: Arabian ghee is dearer to me than it, and we used to eat mountain ghee as well.

Ibn Awn reports about Muhammad that he saw no harm in mountain ghee.

It is narrated from Abu Uthman; he said: We used to eat ghee but we did not eat animal fat, and we did not inquire about the containers.

It is narrated from Muhammad that Amir bin Abdullah used to dislike ghee coming from this place, meaning the mountain, the highlands, and he saw no harm in the ghee that came from here, meaning the open country.

Hisham reports about al-Hasan that he saw no harm in eating watery ghee.

It is narrated from Abu Razin; he said: People earlier used to transport mountain ghee with cheese water.