Can you please describe a typical diet of Rasullallah including the drinks and food that he partook in a normal day.

· 18 Jumada I 1423 AH1 min readFatwa 6245English

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Can you please describe a typical diet of Rasullallah including the drinks and food that he partook in a normal day.

Answer

It has been reported in Shamaail-e-Tirmidhi that Nabi (Sallallaahu Alayhi Wasallam) used to eat vinegar as a curry. He also ate chicken, olives, olive oil. Nabi (Sallallaahu Alayhi Wasallam) used to love calabash. His favourite meat as the shoulder of the goat.

Honey, cheese and Ghee was also consumed by Nabi (Sallallaahu Alayhi Wasallam). Amongst the drinks of Nabi (Sallallaahu Alayhi Wasallam) was cold water, zam zam and milk. Nabeez was prepared and drank by Rasulullah (Sallallaahu Alayhi Wasallam). Nabeez is dates or raisins soaked overnight in water and drank early in the morning. Fruits consumed by Nabi (Sallallaahu Alayhi Wasallam) was watermelon with dates, cucumber with dates and musk, melon with dates.

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Mufti Ebrahim Desai

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