Urwah narrates that when someone from the household of Aisha would fall ill, after the women of the congregation had left and only the women of her own house remained, she would order a pot to be put on in which porridge was cooked. Then she would order that tharid be prepared, and the porridge would be poured over the tharid. She would then say, "Eat it, for I heard the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) say that porridge strengthens the heart of the sick and removes some effects of sorrow."