We used to be happy on Fridays, for there was an old lady who used to pull out the roots of Silq and put it in a cooking pot with some barley. When we had finished the prayer, we would visit her and she would present that dish before us. So we used to be happy on Fridays because of that, and we never used to take our meals or have a mid-day nap except after the Friday prayer. By Allah, that meal contained no fat.  

إِنْ كُنَّا لَنَفْرَحُ بِيَوْمِ الْجُمُعَةِ كَانَتْ لَنَا عَجُوزٌ تَأْخُذُ أُصُولَ السِّلْقِ فَتَجْعَلُهُ فِي قِدْرٍ لَهَا فَتَجْعَلُ فِيهِ حَبَّاتٍ مِنْ شَعِيرٍ إِذَا صَلَّيْنَا زُرْنَاهَا فَقَرَّبَتْهُ إِلَيْنَا وَكُنَّا نَفْرَحُ بِيَوْمِ الْجُمُعَةِ مِنْ أَجْلِ ذَلِكَ وَمَا كُنَّا نَتَغَدَّى وَلاَ نَقِيلُ إِلاَّ بَعْدَ الْجُمُعَةِ وَاللَّهِ مَا فِيهِ شَحْمٌ وَلاَ وَدَكٌ  

Sahl said, "We used to feel happy on Fridays." I asked Sahl, "Why?" He said, "There was an old woman of our acquaintance who used to send somebody to Buda'a (Ibn Maslama said, "Buda'a was a garden of date-palms at Medina). She used to pull out the silq (a kind of vegetable) from its roots and put it in a cooking pot, adding some powdered barley over it (and cook it). After finishing the Jumua (Friday) prayer we used to (pass by her and) greet her, whereupon she would present us with that meal, so we used to feel happy because of that. We used to have neither a midday nap, nor meals, except after the Friday prayer." (See Hadith No. 60, Vol.2)  

كُنَّا نَفْرَحُ يَوْمَ الْجُمُعَةِ قُلْتُ وَلِمَ قَالَ كَانَتْ لَنَا عَجُوزٌ تُرْسِلُ إِلَى بُضَاعَةَ قَالَ ابْنُ مَسْلَمَةَ نَخْلٍ بِالْمَدِينَةِ فَتَأْخُذُ مِنْ أُصُولِ السِّلْقِ فَتَطْرَحُهُ فِي قِدْرٍ وَتُكَرْكِرُ حَبَّاتٍ مِنْ شَعِيرٍ فَإِذَا صَلَّيْنَا الْجُمُعَةَ انْصَرَفْنَا وَنُسَلِّمُ عَلَيْهَا فَتُقَدِّمُهُ إِلَيْنَا فَنَفْرَحُ مِنْ أَجْلِهِ وَمَا كُنَّا نَقِيلُ وَلاَ نَتَغَدَّى إِلاَّ بَعْدَ الْجُمُعَةِ  

[Machine] "We used to rejoice on Fridays," I said, "And why?" he said. "We had an old lady who would send us turnip roots, which we would peel and put in a pot to cook barley grains. Then we would take it and eat it on Fridays. So whenever we finished praying on Fridays, we would go back to it and we would rejoice because of that, and we would not move until after Friday."  

«كُنَّا نَفْرَحُ فِي يَوْمِ الْجُمُعَةِ» قُلْتُ وَلِمَ؟ قَالَ «كَانَتْ لَنَا عَجُوزٌ تُرْسِلُ فَتَأْخُذُ مِنْ أُصُولِ السِّلْقِ فَتَطْرَحُهُ فِي قِدْرٍ فَتُكَرْكِرُ حَبَّاتٍ مِنْ شَعِيرٍ فَتَجْعَلُهَا فِيهِ فَكُنَّا إِذَا صَلَّيْنَا الْجُمُعَةَ انْصَرَفْنَا إِلَيْهَا وَكُنَّا نَفْرَحُ بِيَوْمِ الْجُمُعَةِ مِنْ أَجْلِ ذَلِكَ وَمَا كُنَّا نَقِيلُ إِلَّا بَعْدَ الْجُمُعَةِ»  

[Machine] We had an old woman who would send us a dish, taking from the some of the leftovers, putting them in a pot, and cooking them with barley. So when we finished praying, we would go to her to greet her, and she would serve it to us. We used to look forward to Fridays because of that, and we would not move or eat until after Friday.  

كَانَتْ لَنَا عَجُوزٌ تَبْعَثُ إِلَى بِضَاعَةَ فَتَأْخُذُ مِنْ أُصُولِ السِّلْقِ فَتَطْرَحُهُ فِي قِدْرٍ وَتُكَرْكِرُهَا مِنْ شَعِيرٍ فَكُنَّا إِذَا صَلَّيْنَا انْصَرَفْنَا إِلَيْهَا لِنُسَلِّمَ عَلَيْهَا فَتُقَدِّمُهُ إِلَيْنَا فَكُنَّا نَفْرَحُ بِيَوْمِ الْجُمُعَةِ مِنْ أَجْلِ ذَلِكَ وَمَا كُنَّا نَقِيلُ وَلَا نَتَغَدَّى إِلَّا بَعْدَ الْجُمُعَةِ