Explanation of the Book of Foods-05a
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The reciter: Narrated to us Sa'id ibn 'Ufayr, who narrated to us Ibn Wahb, from Yunus, from Ibn Shihab, who said: Abu Salama informed me, who said: Jabir ibn 'Abd Allah informed me, saying: Mishkat al-Masabih 4186
The Shaykh : The arak tree, I think it is known, what is it? The miswak is a known tree from which the miswak is made, and it has good fruit that is eaten.
Jabir told that when they were with God’s messenger at Marr az-Zahran and were plucking the fruit of the arak tree he said, “Keep to its black ones, for they are the most pleasant.” He was asked if he had shepherded sheep and replied, “Yes; has there been a prophet who did not shepherd them?” (Bukhari and Muslim.)
كنا مع رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم بمر الظهران نجني الكباث فقال : عليكم بالأسود منه فإنه أطيب فقال أكنت ترعى الغنم قال : نعم وهل من نبي إلا رعاهاThe Shaykh : The arak tree, I think it is known, what is it? The miswak is a known tree from which the miswak is made, and it has good fruit that is eaten.