وَٱلْحَبُّ ذُو ٱلْعَصْفِ وَٱلرَّيْحَانُ
Walhabbu zul 'asfi war Raihaanu
And grain having husks and scented plants.
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Signs in creation
55:12Ayah 178
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and grain such as wheat and barley with husk and fragrant herb.
Related Hadiths
"Indeed Khamr comes from wheat." And he mentioned this Hadith.
"Khamr is made from five things: From dates, wheat, barley, honey and grapes."
that he asked Sahl, "Did you use white flour during the lifetime of the Prophet (ﷺ) ?" Sahl replied, "No.
Hazim asked, "Did you use to sift barley flour?" He said, "No, but we used to blow off the husk (of
the barley).
I asked Sahl bin Sa`d, "Did Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) ever eat white flour?" Sahl said, "Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) never
saw white flour since Allah sent him as an Apostle till He took him unto Him." I asked, "Did the
people have (use) sieves during the lifetime of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)?" Sahl said, "Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) never saw
(used) a sieve since Allah sent him as an Apostle until He took him unto Him," I said, "How could
you eat barley unsifted?" he said, "We used to grind it and then blow off its husk, and after the husk
flew away, we used to prepare the dough (bake) and eat it."
The Messenger of Allah(ﷺ) liked sweet meats and honey. The narrator then mentioned a part of the tradition mentioned above. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) felt it hard on him to find smell from him. In this tradition saudah said: but you ate gum ? He said : No, I drank honey. Hafsah gave it to me to drank. I said : Its bees ate ‘urfut.
Abu Dawud said: Maghafir is a gum ; jarasat means ate; ’urfut is a bees ‘ plant.
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