It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir bin Samurah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) stayed at the house of Sayyiduna Abu Ayyub (may Allah be pleased with him). When he (peace and blessings be upon him) had eaten, he would send the rest of his food to him. He would look for the marks of the blessed hand of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and place his own hand exactly where his (peace and blessings be upon him) fingers had been. One day he (peace and blessings be upon him) sent food to him, but he did not find the marks of the fingers of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) in it. He came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and said: O Messenger of Allah! I did not see the marks of your fingers. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "There was garlic in it." In the narration of Shu'bah: He asked: Is it unlawful? The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "No." And in the narration of Hammad: He said: O Messenger of Allah! You sent back to me food that you did not eat. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "You are not like me; the angel comes to me (and the smell of garlic is disagreeable to him)." This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of Imam Muslim, but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Ayyub (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: When the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) came to stay with me, I said: (O Messenger of Allah!) May my father and mother be sacrificed for you, I strongly dislike that I should be on the upper floor while you are on the floor below me. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Being downstairs is more convenient for me, because people keep coming to meet me." He says: Once a water jar of ours broke and all its water spilled. So Umm Ayyub and I began drying up the water with our sheet, apart from which we had no covering, doing so out of fear that some drop of water might reach the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) below and cause him harm. This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of Imam Muslim, but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it.