لَّيْسَ لَهُمْ طَعَامٌ إِلَّا مِن ضَرِيعٍۢ
Laisa lahum ta'aamun illaa min daree'
For them there will be no food except from a poisonous, thorny plant
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Paradise & Hell
88:6Ayah 126
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They will have no food except cactus darī‘ — a type of thorn plant which no animal grazes on because of its vileness —
Related Hadiths
The Prophet (ﷺ) said: He who eats from this plant should not come near the mosques.
“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)
said:
‘Whoever eats anything from this plant, let him not come to the
mosque.’”
"O people, you eat of two plants which I do not think are anything but bad, this onion and garlic. I have seen the Prophet of Allah (ﷺ), if he noticed their smell coming from a man, ordering that he be taken out to Al-Baqi'. Whoever eats them, let him cook them to death."
He who ate seven dates (of the land situated) between these two lava plains in the morning, no poison will harm him until it is evening.
“O people, you
eat
two plants that I find are nothing but obnoxious; this garlic and
this
onion. At the time of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), if a foul
odour
was detected from a man, I would see him seized by the arm and
taken
out to Al-Baqi’. Whoever must eat them, let him cook them to
death.”
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