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 have an old woman who sends us goods so we take them from the root of the dock, then throw them in a pot and grind grains of barley. Whenever we pray, we go to her and greet her and she presents it to us. We used to be happy on Fridays because of that and we would not move or have lunch until after Friday.  

لَنَا عَجُوزٌ تَبْعَثُ إِلَى بُضَاعَةَ فَتَأْخُذُ مِنْ أُصُولِ السِّلْقِ فَتَطْرَحُهُ فِي قِدْرٍ وَتُكَرْكِرُ حَبَّاتٍ مِنْ شَعِيرٍ فَكُنَّا إِذَا صَلَّيْنَا انْصَرَفْنَا إِلَيْهَا فَنُسَلِّمُ عَلَيْهَا فَتُقَدِّمُهُ إِلَيْنَا وَكُنَّا نَفْرَحُ بِيَوْمِ الْجُمُعَةِ مِنْ أَجْلِ ذَلِكَ وَمَا كُنَّا نَقِيلُ وَلَا نَتَغَدَّى إِلَّا بَعْدَ الْجُمُعَةِ