Ibn Abi Umar told us, saying: Sufyan told us, on the authority of Ma’mar, on the authority of Al-Zuhri, on the authority of Urwah, on the authority of Aisha, who said: The most beloved drink to the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, was sweet and cold.

Ahmad ibn Mani’ told us: Isma’il ibn Ibrahim told us: Ali ibn Zayd told us, on the authority of Umar ibn Abi Harmalah, on the authority of Ibn Abbas, who said: I entered with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), along with Khalid ibn al-Walid, upon Maymunah. She brought us a vessel of milk, and the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) drank from it while I was on his right, and Khalid... On his left, he said to me, “The drink is yours. If you wish, you may give it to Khalid.” I replied, “I would not give preference to anyone over what you have left.” Then the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said, “Whoever Allah feeds, let him say, ‘O Allah, bless us in it and feed us better than it.’ And whoever Allah, the Exalted and Glorified, gives milk to drink, let him say, ‘O Allah, bless us in it and increase us in it.’” He said: The Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, said: There is nothing that can substitute for food and drink except milk.