It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir bin Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) that Sayyida Umm Malik Bahziyyah (may Allah be pleased with her) used to send clarified butter (ghee) as a gift to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) in a leather container. Once, her sons asked her for curry, but she had nothing to give them as curry. In the container in which she used to send ghee to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), she found a little ghee. For a long time, that same ghee sufficed as curry for her sons, until one day she squeezed it out completely. Then she came and mentioned it to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) (that the ghee in the container had finished). The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Did you squeeze it out? She replied: Yes. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: If you had continued to use it as it was, it would never have finished for you.
Hadith Referenceالفتح الربانی / 11316
Hadith Gradingمحدثین:صحیح
Hadith Takhrij«أخرجه مسلم: 2280، (انظر مسند أحمد ترقيم الرسالة: 14664 ترقیم بيت الأفكار الدولية: 14719»
Brief Explanation
Benefits: … In this chapter, several miracles of the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) have been mentioned, in that, due to his blessing, such abundance was placed in a small amount of food that, although the food appeared to be little, it fulfilled the needs of a very large group. According to hadith number (11303), even the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) himself was so amazed by this blessing that he bore witness to the oneness of Allah and to his own messengership, and on the basis of this testimony, he also gave the glad tidings of entering Paradise.