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2364. Abū Ḥāzim narrated that Saḥl bin Sa'd was asked: "Did the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ eat Naqī – meaning refined (flour)?" So Saḥl said: "The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ did not see Naqī until he met Allāh." It was said to him: "Did you have sifters during the time of the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ?" He said: "There were no sifters for us." They said: "How did you prepare the barely?" He said: "We would blow it so (the husk) would fly off of it, then we would add water so we could knead it."(Hasan)
[Abū 'Eisā said:] This Hadīth is Hasan Saḥīḥ.
Mālik bin Anas has also reported it from Abū Ḥāzim.
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[1] See no. 1788.
Commentary
In the days following military conquests, Allāh had opened for Muslims the doors of abundance and plenty. The Prophet ﷺ, however, never took to ostentatious ways of living. On the contrary, he spent everything he had on others. As for himself, he chose a life of austerity and ate un-sifted grain flour. He kept no sieves to sift grain flour in the house. It is medically proved that unrefined flour has numerous medical advantages. A number of diseases prevalent in our times would easily be cured if only we followed the life-example of the Prophet ﷺ.
