Explanation of Hadeeth: "Importance of having Dates in the house"

بسم الله والحمد لله والصلاة والسلام على رسول الله ، وبعد

Narrated `Aaishah رضي الله عنها that the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم said:

❝No household will go hungry if they have dates.❞

[Saheeh Muslim 152- (2046)]

Narrated `Aaishah رضي الله عنها that the Messenger of Allaah صلى الله عليه وسلم said:

❝O `Aaishah! A house in which there are no dates, its people will go hungry. O `Aaishah! A house in which there are no dates, its people will go hungry.❞

He repeated it twice or thrice

[Saheeh Muslim 153- (2046), Sunan Abu Dawood (3831), Sunan al-Tirmidhee (1815), Sunan Ibn Maajah (3327)]

Narrated Abu Hurairah رضي الله عنه that the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم said:

❝How good are dates as Sahoor (predawn meal) for a Believer.❞

[Sunan Abu Dawood (2345) and graded as “Saheeh” by Shaikh al-Albaanee]

Narrated Salmah رضي الله عنها that the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم said:

❝A house in which there are no dates is like a house in which there is no food.❞

[Sunan Ibn Maajah (3328) and graded as “Hasan” by Shaikh al-Albaanee]

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Shaikh Ibn al-`Uthaymeen رحمه الله said:

❝This is because the dates in reality are sweet, nutritious, and (good as morning) meals; and they have great benefits, (they are long-lasting) and do not go bad quickly, rather, sometimes they taste better after a time has passed. This is why when people have dates (in their homes), they will not go hungry. And this is proof that as part of storing (or saving) food for the family, one should also stash away some dates.❞

[Sharh Saheeh Muslim]

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Shaikh `Abdul Muhsin al-`Abbaad said:

❝This Hadeeth (of `Aaishah رضي الله عنها) points to the importance of having dates (in the house), as it (also acts as) meal and nourishment.

And the saying of the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم: ❝A house in which there are no dates, its people will go hungry❞, this is relevant to a country (or place) which has dates (as its staple food). It does not mean that every household which does not have dates that its people will go hungry, because many people have different varieties of food (as source of nourishment) other than dates and they do not go hungry. This is true in the case of those people whose staple food is dates, and whose source of nourishment is dates. If they were to run out of dates, they would go hungry, like how it was the situation in Madeenah, where months would go by and their only source of meal would be dates and water.❞

[Sharh Sunan Abu Dawood of Shaikh `Abdul Muhsin al-`Abbaad]