Riyad as-Salihin, 736
Jabir (May Allah be pleased with him) reported:
The Prophet (ﷺ) asked for sauce and was told that there was nothing except vinegar. He asked for it and began to eat from it saying, "How excellent is vinegar when eaten as sauce! How excellent is vinegar when eaten as Udm!" <b>[Muslim]</b>.
وعن جابر رضى الله عنه أن النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم سأل أهله الأدم فقالوا: ما عندنا إلا خل، فدعا به، فجعل يأكل ويقول:
نعم الأدم الخل، نعم الأدم الخل
.((رواه مسلم))
References1 variant
- In-Book Reference
- Book 2, Hadith 10
Sharh · explanationclick to expand
<b>Guidance from the Hadiths:</b><br>
1) A person should recognize the value of his Lord’s favors. So, he should not find fault with any food by way of expressing dislike of it.<br>
2) The Prophet (may Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him) was noble in manners. He never found fault with any lawful food.<br>
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<b>Benefit:</b><br>
One of the methods of spiritual education is to occasionally deprive oneself of the things it desires. A person should not seek all things he covets. A believer should train himself to live economically and not indulge in permissible pleasures; rather, he should only take as much as he needs. Life, with all its pleasures, is too narrow for a person to deem it a permanent home. Among the traits of the servants of the Most Merciful, as recommended in the Qur’an: {And [they are] those who, when they spend, do so not excessively or sparingly but are between them in a moderate way.} [Al-Furqān]<br>
So, we should not deprive ourselves of our due share in permissible things, nor should we indulge in pleasures.