Remember how when he was in the wife's -- in the house of Umm Salamah, radhi allahu anha, and he said, "what do you have for us today?" And she said, "Only vinegar." And he said, "The best nutrition is vinegar." And she brought him some broken bread, and he had it with the vinegar. And when he, salallahu alayhi wa salam, said, "the best nutrition is vinegar" ... you know that's not tech- ... well, we can't say that it's not correct. So we can't even say that sentence. But it's, as commentary, our masters, radhi allah anhum, said, "it is understood" -- see how they're eloquent, radhi allahu anhum -- they say, "it is understood that vinegar is not the best of nutrition." See? They didn't say it, even though that's not true, because that's not good adab with the messenger, salallahu alayhi wa salam. But they said, "Though it is known that vinegar is not the best nutrition, out of kindness and mercy he, salallahu alayhi wa salam, said, in other words, whatever it is that you have will be wonderful. It is the best nutrition -- whatever it is in your house, it is the best nutrition for us."

- Shaykh Abdullah Adhami, in his lecture on love for the Prophet, salallahu alayhi wa salam.

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