[Machine] My mother used to treat me. She wanted to fatten me with some fat so that she could present me to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ . But nothing worked for her until I ate dates with squash. I gained weight from it as much as possible. This was narrated by Muhammad ibn Ishaq from Hisham, with the exception that he said the squash was moist.
كَانَتْ أُمِّي تُعَالِجُنِي تُرِيدُ تُسَمِّنُنِي بَعْضَ السَّمْنِ لِتُدْخِلَنِي عَلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَمَا اسْتَقَامَ لَهَا بَعْضُ ذَلِكَ حَتَّى أَكَلْتُ التَّمْرَ بِالْقِثَّاءِ فَسَمِنْتُ عَنْهُ كَأَحْسَنِ مَا يَكُونُ مِنَ السُّمْنَةِ وَرَوَاهُ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ هِشَامٍ بِمَعْنَاهُ إِلَّا أَنَّهُ قَالَ الْقِثَّاءُ بِالرُّطَبِ