حَدَّثَنَا هَارُونُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو دَاوُدَ، وَأَبُو عَامِرٍ - وَهَذَا لَفْظُ أَبِي عَامِرٍ عَنْ فُلَيْحِ بْنِ سُلَيْمَانَ، عَنْ أَيُّوبَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ صَعْصَعَةَ الأَنْصَارِيِّ، عَنْ يَعْقُوبَ بْنِ أَبِي يَعْقُوبَ، عَنْ أُمِّ الْمُنْذِرِ بِنْتِ قَيْسٍ الأَنْصَارِيَّةِ، قَالَتْ دَخَلَ عَلَىَّ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم وَمَعَهُ عَلِيٌّ عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ وَعَلِيٌّ نَاقِهٌ وَلَنَا دَوَالِي مُعَلَّقَةٌ فَقَامَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَأْكُلُ مِنْهَا وَقَامَ عَلِيٌّ لِيَأْكُلَ فَطَفِقَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَقُولُ لِعَلِيٍّ " مَهْ إِنَّكَ نَاقِهٌ " . حَتَّى كَفَّ عَلِيٌّ عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ . قَالَتْ وَصَنَعْتُ شَعِيرًا وَسِلْقًا فَجِئْتُ بِهِ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " يَا عَلِيُّ أَصِبْ مِنْ هَذَا فَهُوَ أَنْفَعُ لَكَ " . قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُدَ قَالَ هَارُونُ الْعَدَوِيَّةِ
Narrated Umm al-Mundhar bint Qays al-Ansariyyah:
The Messenger of Allah ﷺ came to visit me, accompanied by Ali who was convalescing. We had some ripe dates hung up. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ got up and began to eat from them.
Ali also got up to eat, but the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said repeatedly to Ali: Stop, Ali, for you are recovering, and Ali stopped.
She said: I then prepared some barley and beetroot and brought it. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ then said: Take some of this, Ali, for it will be more beneficial for you. Abu Dawud said: The narrator Harun said: al-Adawiyyah (i.e. Umm al-Mundhar).
- Illness: Dietary Requirements
- Cure: Prepared some barley and beetroot in the following manner:
Ingredients (about three servings)
- ½ cup pearl barley, rinsed
- Four cups water, or light stock
- One bunch chard or beet greens (or one small, peeled beetroot, diced), chopped.
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- Salt, and a squeeze of lemon if you like.
Method
- Bring the barley and water to the boil, then simmer gently, partly covered, for 35 to 45 minutes until incredibly soft. Skim off any foam and stir now and then.
- If using chard or beet greens, add the chopped stems for the last 10 minutes and the leaves for the last five. If using beetroot, add the diced pieces when the barley is about halfway done, so they soften fully.
- Add the salt and olive oil, and the lemon if using.
For someone recovering
- Cook it longer and keep it thin, so it is easy to digest.
- You can blend it or serve the broth with only a little of the barley.
- Use light seasoning.
- Reference: Sunan Abi Dawud 3856