Sahih Muslim Hadith 1256 – Prohibiting One

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[1256] 76 – (565) It was narrated that Abü Sa'eed said: "As soon as Ithaibar was conquered, we found ourselves (the Companions of the Messenger of Allah ) indulging in eating that vegetable" – meaning garlic – "as the people were hungry. We ate a great deal of it, then we went to the Masjid, and the Messenger of Allah noticed the smell. He said: 'Whoever eats anything from this offensive plant, let him not come near our Masjid.' The people said: 'It has been forbidden, it has been forbidden.' News of that reached the Prophet and he said: '0 people, I cannot forbid something that Allah has made permissible for me, but it is a plant whose smell I dislike."