Mishkat al-Masabih #4053
Foods
The Arabic includes the chain of narration (sanad) and the collector's commentary; the English translation shows the Prophet's words only.
وَعَنْ عَائِشَةَ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ كَانَ يَأْكُلُ الْبِطِّيخَ بِالرُّطَبِ. رَوَاهُ التِّرْمِذِيُّ وَزَادَ أَبُو دَاوُدَ: وَيَقُولُ: «يَكْسِرُ حَرَّ هَذَا بِبَرْدِ هَذَا وَبَرْدَ هَذَا بِحَرِّ هَذَا» . وَقَالَ التِّرْمِذِيّ: هَذَا حَدِيث حسن غَرِيب
‘A’isha said the Prophet used to eat melon with fresh dates.
Tirmidhi transmitted it. Abu Dawud added that he used to say, “The heat of the one is broken by the coolness of the other, and the coolness of the one by the heat of the other.” Tirmidhi said this is a hasan gharib tradition.
About Mishkat al-Masabih
This hadith is #4053 from Mishkat al-Masabih, in the Book of Foods.