Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade kneaded dough, onions, and garlic. We asked: Are these forbidden? He said: No, they are not forbidden, but the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) has prohibited them.

Sayyiduna Jabir bin Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrates that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) forbade eating onions and leeks, but our need overcame us and we ate them. Then the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) said: Whoever has eaten from this foul-smelling tree should not come near our mosque, for the angels are harmed by that which harms human beings.

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrates that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: I neither eat (onion and garlic), nor do I command them, nor do I prohibit them.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Qurrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade those two foul trees (onion and garlic) and said: Whoever eats these two things should by no means come near our mosque, and if you must eat them, then cook them (so that the odor is eliminated). By these, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) meant onion and garlic.

Syedna Abu Ayyub Ansari (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that a bowl was brought to the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and it contained onions. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said to the people: You eat. He (peace and blessings be upon him) himself refused to eat and said: I am not like you in this matter, (because an angel comes to me with revelation).

It is also narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Ayyub Ansari (may Allah be pleased with him) that when food was presented before the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), he (peace and blessings be upon him) would eat from it and grant the remainder to me. One day, a bowl of food was presented before him (peace and blessings be upon him), but he did not eat from it; it contained garlic. I asked him (peace and blessings be upon him): "Is this forbidden?" He (peace and blessings be upon him) replied: "No, it is not forbidden, but I dislike it because of its odor." In another narration, Sayyiduna Abu Ayyub (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "May my parents be sacrificed for you! You (peace and blessings be upon him) did not eat this food, and should I eat it? That cannot be." He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "It contains garlic, and Jibreel (peace be upon him) comes to me with revelation by permission, so I do not eat it." Sayyiduna Abu Ayyub (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "Then should I eat from it, O Messenger of Allah?" He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Yes, so eat."

It is narrated from Yazid, he says: I stayed with Sayyida Umm Ayyub Ansariyyah, may Allah be pleased with her, in whose house the Noble Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, stayed at the time of migration. She related to me that people gave the Noble Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, food that was distressing, in which there were these vegetables—onion and garlic as well. But he, peace and blessings be upon him, did not like this food and said to his companions: You eat it, I am not like you. I fear that I might cause discomfort to my angelic companion.

Abu Ziyad Khiyar bin Salamah asked Sayyidah Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) about onions. She said: The last meal that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) ate contained onions.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Mughirah bin Shu’bah (may Allah be pleased with him), he says: I came to the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and he (peace and blessings be upon him) sensed the smell of garlic from me. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) asked: Who has eaten garlic? In response, I placed the blessed hand of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) on my chest. When the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) found the bandage tied on my chest, he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Alright, you are excused.

Sayyiduna Ma’qil bin Yasar (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that we were traveling with the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). We stopped at a place where there was a lot of garlic. Some of the Muslims ate it and then came to the place of prayer to perform salah with the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade them from this. After that, they again came to the place of prayer after eating garlic; he forbade them. But after that, they again came to the place of prayer after eating garlic; the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) then forbade them. After that, when the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) sensed the smell that they had come after eating garlic and the like, he said: Whoever has eaten from this tree should not come near our mosque.