The Blessed Olive Tree; It is narrated by Abu Usaid Al Ansari who stated that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, “Eat olive and apply its oil for indeed it is from a blessed tree.”
(At Tirmidhi, Ibn Majah and Ad Darimi)
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‘And He it is who causes gardens to grow, [both] trellised and untrellised, and palm trees and crops of different [kinds of] food and olives and pomegranates, similar and dissimilar. Eat of [each of] its fruit when it yields and give its due [Zakat] on the day of its harvest. And be not excessive. Indeed, He does not like those who commit excess’. (Qur’an, 6:141)
‘And [We brought forth] a tree issuing from Mount Sinai which produces oil and food for those who eat’. (Qur’an, 23:20)
‘He causes to grow for you thereby the crops, olives, palm trees, grapevines, and from all the fruits. Indeed, in that is a sign for people who give thought’. (Qur’an, 16:11)
‘And [We produce] gardens of grapevines and olives and pomegranates, similar yet varied. Look at [each of] its fruit when it yields and [at] its ripening. Indeed in that are signs for a people who believe’. (Qur’an, 6:99)
Olives are truly an amazing sign from Allah. For example, they are absolutely packed with nutrients! Olives contain copper, calcium and sodium, which are all essential to a healthy diet. They are rich in antioxidants, including Vitamin E, oleuropein, hydroxytyrosol, tyrosol and oleanolic acid – all of which are hard-to-pronounce plant compounds which have many health benefits. Black olives are also a good source of iron.
‘By the fig and the olive, and by Mount Sinai, and by this secure city [Makkah], We have certainly created man in the most excellent of forms…’ (Qur’an, 95:1-4)
Qatadah, Ibn Zayd and others said of the olive sworn by here, ‘It is the Masjid of Jerusalem’ (Ibn Katheer), meaning Masjid Al-Aqsa.
