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Sahih al-Bukhari 5389 (Book 70, Hadith 17) #5163
Eating with Discretion

SUMMARY: The Prophet (ﷺ) invited people to eat mastigures, but he himself did not eat it. This implies that although the food was permissible, it was not something the Prophet (ﷺ) liked.

Narrated Ibn 'Abbas: that his aunt, Um Hufaid bint Al-Harith bin Hazn, presented to the Prophet butter, dried yoghurt and mastigures. The Prophet invited the people to those mastigures and they were eaten on his dining sheet, but the Prophet did not eat of it, as if he disliked it. Nevertheless. if it was unlawful to eat that, the people would not have eaten it on the dining sheet of the Prophet nor would he have ordered that they be eaten.
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو النُّعْمَانِ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَوَانَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي بِشْرٍ، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ، أَنَّ أُمَّ حُفَيْدٍ بِنْتَ الْحَارِثِ بْنِ حَزْن ٍ ـ خَالَةَ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ ـ أَهْدَتْ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ سَمْنًا وَأَقِطًا وَأَضُبًّا، فَدَعَا بِهِنَّ فَأُكِلْنَ عَلَى مَائِدَتِهِ، وَتَرَكَهُنَّ النَّبِيُّ كَالْمُسْتَقْذِرِ لَهُنَّ، وَلَوْ كُنَّ حَرَامًا مَا أُكِلْنَ عَلَى مَائِدَةِ النَّبِيِّ وَلاَ أَمَرَ بِأَكْلِهِنَّ‏.‏

TOPICS
butter  *  eating  *  discretion  *  food  *  permissible  *  iftar  *  yoghurt  *  mastigures

QUICK LESSONS:
Exercise caution when making decisions about what you put into your body; Be mindful of your choices; Follow teachings from the Prophet ﷺ .

EXPLANATIONS:
This hadith is about eating with discretion. It tells us that even if something is permissible to eat, we should still be mindful of our choices and be aware of what we are consuming. The hadith narrates an incident where the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ invited people to a meal which included mastigures, however he himself did not partake in it as if he disliked it. This teaches us that even though something may be permissible for us to consume, we should still exercise caution and discretion when making our choices about what we put into our bodies. We should also take into account how much of a certain food item or drink we are consuming and whether or not this is beneficial for us in terms of health and wellbeing.

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