الادب المفرد
Al-Adab al-Mufrad
كتابBook of Good Treatment of Servants
بَابُ هَلْ يَجْلِسُ خَادِمُهُ مَعَهُ إِذَا أَكَلَChapter: Should the Servant Sit with His Master When Eating?
Hadith 201
حَدَّثَنَا بِشْرُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ، قَالَ: أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ، قَالَ: أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو يُونُسَ الْبَصْرِيُّ، عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي مُلَيْكَةَ قَالَ: قَالَ أَبُو مَحْذُورَةَ: كُنْتُ جَالِسًا عِنْدَ عُمَرَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ، إِذْ جَاءَ صَفْوَانُ بْنُ أُمَيَّةَ بِجَفْنَةٍ يَحْمِلُهَا نَفَرٌ فِي عَبَاءَةٍ، فَوَضَعُوهَا بَيْنَ يَدَيْ عُمَرَ، فَدَعَا عُمَرُ نَاسًا مَسَاكِينَ وَأَرِقَّاءَ مِنْ أَرِقَّاءِ النَّاسِ حَوْلَهُ، فَأَكَلُوا مَعَهُ، ثُمَّ قَالَ عِنْدَ ذَلِكَ: فَعَلَ اللَّهُ بِقَوْمٍ، أَوْ قَالَ: لَحَا اللَّهُ قَوْمًا يَرْغَبُونَ عَنْ أَرِقَّائِهِمْ أَنْ يَأْكُلُوا مَعَهُمْ، فَقَالَ صَفْوَانُ: أَمَا وَاللَّهِ، مَا نَرْغَبُ عَنْهُمْ، وَلَكِنَّا نَسْتَأْثِرُ عَلَيْهِمْ، لاَ نَجْدُ وَاللَّهِ مِنَ الطَّعَامِ الطِّيبِ مَا نَأْكُلُ وَنُطْعِمُهُمْ.
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Mahdhurah (may Allah be pleased with him) that I was present in the service of Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) when Safwan bin Umayyah came with a very large tub, which several people were carrying in a sheet. So they placed it before Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him). Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) called the poor people and other people’s slaves who were present there, and they ate together. At that time, Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said: May Allah do bad to those people, or he said: May Allah curse those who avoid eating with their slaves. Safwan bin Umayyah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: By Allah! We do not neglect them, but we prefer ourselves over them. By Allah, we do not have such fine and good food that we ourselves eat and also feed them.
