Umm al-Mu'mineen Sayyidah Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her), the wife of the Prophet (peace be upon him), narrates that the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said: "O Aisha! The people of a house in which there are no dates are hungry." He (peace be upon him) said this two or three times.

It is narrated from Sayyidah Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The household in whose house there are dates will not remain hungry."

Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) says: Dates were presented as a gift to the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), so he distributed them here and there (i.e., among the neighbors). Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) said: I saw the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) sitting squatting and eating dates due to hunger. Imam Abu Muhammad Darimi (may Allah have mercy on him) said: The meaning of «يُهَدِّيْهِ» is that he sent those dates here and there.