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.

Sayyiduna Hilb Tai (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that I heard from the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and a man had asked him:“There is a food from which I feel tightness in my heart.”In another narration, it is mentioned: He said,“I asked you about the food of the Christians.”So the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:“There should be no doubt in your chest about such food in which there is resemblance to Christianity.”

It is narrated from Sayyiduna ‘Adi bin Hatim (may Allah be pleased with him), he says: I said,“O Messenger of Allah! My father Hatim Tai used to maintain ties of kinship and did many good deeds?”But you (peace and blessings be upon him) said:“Indeed, your father attained what he intended by his actions.”The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) meant fame and show. I said:“Alright, I ask you about such food which I leave only due to doubt and hesitation?”The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:“Then do not leave such a thing in which there is resemblance to Christianity.”

Syedna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them) narrates that during a battle, cheese was presented before the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). He (peace be upon him) asked: "Where was this prepared?" They said: "It was prepared in the region of Persia, and we think that carrion meat is added to it." He (peace be upon him) said: "Cut it with a knife and eat it after reciting Bismillah." The second time when Shareek narrated this, he added: "People began to cut it with the sharp edge of their staffs."

Sayyiduna Jabir bin Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrates that on the day of Khaybar, the people were extremely hungry, so they slaughtered and cooked domestic donkeys, filling pots with their meat and began to cook them. When this matter reached the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered that the pots be overturned, so we overturned the pots. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Allah Almighty will soon grant you sustenance better and more lawful than this. We overturned the pots that day while they were boiling. The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) on that day declared as forbidden: the meat of domestic donkeys, mules, every predatory animal with fangs, every bird that hunts with its talons, any animal that has been tied and used as a target, any animal that a predator has seized and it dies, and looted property. He (peace and blessings be upon him) declared all these things forbidden.

Syedna Irbad bin Sariyah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that on the day of Khaybar, the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) declared as forbidden every bird that hunts with its talons, the meat of domestic donkeys, any animal killed by a beast of prey, any animal killed by being tied up and used for target practice, and intercourse with pregnant slave women until they give birth. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) declared all these things to be unlawful.