سنن ابي داود
Abu Dawud
كتاب الأشربةDrinks (Kitab Al-Ashribah)
باب فِي شَرَابِ الْعَسَلِChapter: Regarding drinking honey.
Hadith 3715
اُردوEn
حَدَّثَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو أُسَامَةَ ، عَنْ هِشَامٍ ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ ، قَالَتْ : كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يُحِبُّ الْحَلْوَاءَ وَالْعَسَلَ ، فَذَكَرَ بَعْضَ هَذَا الْخَبَرِ ، وَكَانَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَشْتَدُّ عَلَيْهِ أَنْ تُوجَدَ مِنْهُ الرِّيحُ ، وَفِي الْحَدِيثِ ، قَالَتْ سَوْدَةُ : بَلْ أَكَلْتَ مَغَافِيرَ ، قَالَ : بَلْ شَرِبْتُ عَسَلًا سَقَتْنِي حَفْصَةُ ، فَقُلْتُ : جَرَسَتْ نَحْلُهُ الْعُرْفُطَ ، قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُد : الْمَغَافِيرُ مُقْلَةٌ وَهِيَ صَمْغَةٌ ، وَجَرَسَتْ رَعَتْ ، وَالْعُرْفُطُ نَبْتٌ مِنْ نَبْتِ النَّحْلِ .
Aishah said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ liked sweet meats and honey. The narrator then mentioned a part of the tradition mentioned above. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ felt it hard on him to find smell from him. In this tradition saudah said: but you ate gum ? He said: No, I drank honey. Hafsah gave it to me to drank. I said: Its bees ate ‘urfut. Abu Dawud said: Maghafir is a gum ; jarasat means ate; ’urfut is a bees ‘ plant.
Explanation & Benefits
Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi
Benefits and Issues:
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Honey is among the great and comprehensive blessings of Allah, and it is an antidote for countless diseases. The statement of Allah, the Exalted, is: (فِيهِ شِفَاءٌ لِّلنَّاسِ) (An-Nahl: 69) — “In it there is healing for people.”
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It was not permissible even for the Noble Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) to declare any lawful thing unlawful for himself.
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In the aforementioned incident and other similar events, the mutual rivalry among the wives of the Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) clearly indicates that they were human beings of this world. Their emotions regarding social life were natural. They were not infallible from error. However, Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, chose them for the attachment of the Noble Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) and for the propagation of the religion. Each one of them had a strong desire and utmost effort that, in whatever way possible, she might attain the greatest share of the love, affection, and attention of Muhammad, the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam). And this itself is true faith (iman). In such a situation, minor lapses of this kind were worthy of being overlooked—and still are. Where it was deemed necessary, admonition was also given. The deep and comprehensive connection—both of heart and body—that these pure wives had with the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam), on account of this, Allah, the Exalted, addressed them, saying: (يَا نِسَاءَ النَّبِيِّ لَسْتُنَّ كَأَحَدٍ مِّنَ النِّسَاءِ) (Al-Ahzab: 32) — “O wives of the Prophet! You are not like any other women.” And He said to the Noble Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam): (لَّا يَحِلُّ لَكَ النِّسَاءُ مِن بَعْدُ وَلَا أَن تَبَدَّلَ بِهِنَّ مِنْ أَزْوَاجٍ وَلَوْ أَعْجَبَكَ حُسْنُهُنَّ إِلَّا مَا مَلَكَتْ يَمِينُكَ) (Al-Ahzab: 52) — “It is not lawful for you (O Prophet) to marry more women after this, nor to exchange them for other wives, even if their beauty pleases you, except those whom your right hand possesses (i.e., slave women).” On account of these virtues, they have been declared the mothers of the Ummah. (radi Allahu anhunna wa ardahunna)
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Honey is among the great and comprehensive blessings of Allah, and it is an antidote for countless diseases. The statement of Allah, the Exalted, is: (فِيهِ شِفَاءٌ لِّلنَّاسِ) (An-Nahl: 69) — “In it there is healing for people.”
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It was not permissible even for the Noble Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) to declare any lawful thing unlawful for himself.
➌
In the aforementioned incident and other similar events, the mutual rivalry among the wives of the Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) clearly indicates that they were human beings of this world. Their emotions regarding social life were natural. They were not infallible from error. However, Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, chose them for the attachment of the Noble Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) and for the propagation of the religion. Each one of them had a strong desire and utmost effort that, in whatever way possible, she might attain the greatest share of the love, affection, and attention of Muhammad, the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam). And this itself is true faith (iman). In such a situation, minor lapses of this kind were worthy of being overlooked—and still are. Where it was deemed necessary, admonition was also given. The deep and comprehensive connection—both of heart and body—that these pure wives had with the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam), on account of this, Allah, the Exalted, addressed them, saying: (يَا نِسَاءَ النَّبِيِّ لَسْتُنَّ كَأَحَدٍ مِّنَ النِّسَاءِ) (Al-Ahzab: 32) — “O wives of the Prophet! You are not like any other women.” And He said to the Noble Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam): (لَّا يَحِلُّ لَكَ النِّسَاءُ مِن بَعْدُ وَلَا أَن تَبَدَّلَ بِهِنَّ مِنْ أَزْوَاجٍ وَلَوْ أَعْجَبَكَ حُسْنُهُنَّ إِلَّا مَا مَلَكَتْ يَمِينُكَ) (Al-Ahzab: 52) — “It is not lawful for you (O Prophet) to marry more women after this, nor to exchange them for other wives, even if their beauty pleases you, except those whom your right hand possesses (i.e., slave women).” On account of these virtues, they have been declared the mothers of the Ummah. (radi Allahu anhunna wa ardahunna)
Source: Sunan Abu Dawood – Commentary by Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi, Page: 3715
