Fourth: Abū Saʿīd al-Khudrī
From him there are four chains of transmission:
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Abū Naḍrah narrates from him: “We had scarcely conquered Khaybar when we—the Companions of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ—came upon that vegetable, garlic. The people were hungry, so we ate a great deal of it. Later we went to the mosque, and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ detected its odor and said, ‘Whoever has eaten anything of this foul tree must not come near us in the mosque.’ The people then cried out, ‘It has been forbidden! It has been forbidden!’ When that reached the Prophet ﷺ he said, ‘People, I am not declaring unlawful what Allah has made lawful for me; it is only that I dislike the smell of this plant.’
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Ibn Khabbāb narrates from him: “The Messenger of Allah ﷺ passed by an onion field with his Companions. Some of them dismounted and ate from it, while others did not. When we later rejoined him, he summoned those who had not eaten the onions and held back the others until their odor had dissipated.” Muslim recorded both routes, and al-Bayhaqī recorded the first.
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Bakr ibn Suwādah reports that Abū al-Najīb, the client of ʿAbd Allāh ibn Saʿd, told him that Abū Saʿīd al-Khudrī said: “Garlic and onions were mentioned in the presence of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. Someone said, ‘Messenger of Allah, the strongest of them all is garlic—will you forbid it?’ He replied, ‘Eat it, but whoever among you eats any of it should not approach this mosque until its smell has disappeared from him.’”