Hadith 11316

عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ أَنَّ أُمَّ مَالِكٍ الْبَهْزِيَّةَ كَانَتْ تُهْدِي فِي عُكَّةٍ لَهَا سَمْنًا إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَبَيْنَا بَنُوهَا يَسْأَلُونَهَا الْإِدَامَ وَلَيْسَ عِنْدَهَا شَيْءٌ فَعَمَدَتْ إِلَى عُكَّتِهَا الَّتِي كَانَتْ تُهْدِي فِيهَا إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَوَجَدَتْ فِيهَا سَمْنًا فَمَا زَالَ يَدُومُ لَهَا أُدْمُ بَنِيهَا حَتَّى عَصَرَتْهُ وَأَتَتْ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقَالَ ”أَعَصَرْتِيهِ“ قَالَتْ نَعَمْ قَالَ ”لَوْ تَرَكْتِيهِ مَا زَالَ ذَلِكَ لَكِ مُقِيمًا“
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 Reference الفتح الربانی / 11316
Hadith Grading محدثین: صحیح
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