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139( / Nutrition Style of Prophet Mohammad (saww)

Tabarsi stated in “Makarim al-Akhlaq”:
Prophet Mohammad (saww) always used to eat simple food, he never
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insisted on any specific type of food when offered or invited.
In most of the cases Prophet Mohammad (saww)
used to have barley bread.
:
According to view of Imam Raza (as)
“barley bread is recommended in Islam as it is a food of
Prophets and removes illness from stomach”.
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According to view of Imam Sadiq (as) :
“Prophet (saww) used to love stew and mentions that “one
day Prophet came home and asked for stew from his
wife Umme salma, she replied she didn’t prepared and
she only had vinegar.
Prophet Mohammad (saww) replied vinegar itself is a nice
stew and recommends all to eat it.
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He further added that the house: which has vinegar is not poor”.
There are several other traditions from Imam
Sadiq (as) mentioned by Al-Kulayni in “Al –Kafi”,
that Prophet used to eat bread dipped in milk.
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Prophet (saww) never used to have harmful food or
drink. He also never used to eat hot food, he used
to wait until food or drink cools down.
According to view of Al- Kulayni, Prophet
Mohammad (saww) mentions that:
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“God has not fed us fire and foods which are hot are not blessed”.

1. Tabarsi, 1392, P. 26.
2. Al-Kulayni, 1367, Vol. 6, P. 305, No. 1.
3. Ibid, P. 329, No. 1.
4. Refer to: Ibid, P. 273, No. 2.
5. Al-Kulayni, 1367, Vol. 6, P. 322, No. 1.