The family of Muhammad (ﷺ) never ate two meals in a day except that one of them was dates

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Authenticity grade : Authentic

Hadith text: The family of Muhammad (ﷺ) never ate two meals in a day…

عَنْ عَائِشَةَ أُمِّ المُؤْمِنينَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهَا قَالَتْ: مَا أَكَلَ آلُ مُحَمَّدٍ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَكْلَتَيْنِ فِي يَوْمٍ إِلَّا إِحْدَاهُمَا تَمْرٌ.

‘Ā’ishah, the Mother of the Believers (may Allah be pleased with her), reported: The family of Muhammad (ﷺ) never ate two meals in a day except that one of them was dates.

Explanation of the hadith: The family of Muhammad (ﷺ) never ate two meals in a day…

Lessons: The family of Muhammad (ﷺ) never ate two meals in a day…

• The humility of the Prophet (ﷺ) and his household, for sometimes they would not find more than one meal in a day.
• Dates were more readily available to them than other foods.
• The virtue of asceticism and contentment with little sustenance, and that it is among the morals of the prophets and the way of the Master of the Messengers.
• Eating twice in a single day is among the permissible and allowed matters, and it was a known custom of the Arabs. They used to eat two meals a day: a lunch meal and a dinner meal.

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