Narrated Anas bin Malik:
Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) never proceeded (for the prayer) on the Day of `Id-ul-Fitr unless he had eaten some dates. Anas also narrated: The Prophet (ﷺ) used to eat odd number of dates.
Reference | : Sahih al-Bukhari 953 |
In-book reference | : Book 13, Hadith 5 |
USC-MSA web (English) reference | : Vol. 2, Book 15, Hadith 73 |
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