التَّمْر
Dates as a staple food broadly, distinct from the existing Ajwa-specific entry (poison protection) and the Breaking-the-Fast entry — this covers dates' general place in the Prophetic diet.
بَيْتٌ لَا تَمْرَ فِيهِ جِيَاعٌ أَهْلُهُ
“A household with no dates in it — its people go hungry.” (meaning, not a literal translation)
This hadith speaks to dates' role as an actual dietary staple in the Hijaz — a household stocked with dates was, in practical terms, a household with reliable calories on hand, given how well dried dates store compared to most other foods available in that climate. It's distinct from the Ajwa-specific protective claim and the breaking-the-fast recommendation covered in their own entries; this one is simply about dates as everyday sustenance.
Ibn al-Qayyim describes dates generally as warming and nourishing, forming a dietary staple alongside milk in the Hijaz, distinct from the specific protective property attributed to Ajwa dates in the morning-consumption hadith covered elsewhere on this site. He notes ripe dates (rutab) as easier to digest than fully dried ones (tamr), and discusses dates combined with milk as a particularly complete meal in the classical dietary framework — echoing the pairing that appears in several other hadith about the Prophet's ﷺ own eating habits.
Dates are well documented in modern nutrition as a dense source of natural sugars, fiber, and potassium, and are commonly recommended by dietitians as a whole-food alternative to refined sugar in moderate amounts. Noted here as separate modern nutritional context, not a specific claim tied to this hadith's wording.