Hadith 4102

حَدَّثَنِي عَمْرُو بْنُ عَلِيٍّ , حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَاصِمٍ , أَخْبَرَنَا حَنْظَلَةُ بْنُ أَبِي سُفْيَانَ , أَخْبَرَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ مِينَاءَ , قَالَ : سَمِعْتُ جَابِرَ بْنَ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمَا , قَالَ : لَمَّا حُفِرَ الْخَنْدَقُ رَأَيْتُ بِالنَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ خَمَصًا شَدِيدًا , فَانْكَفَأْتُ إِلَى امْرَأَتِي فَقُلْتُ : هَلْ عِنْدَكِ شَيْءٌ ؟ فَإِنِّي رَأَيْتُ بِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ خَمَصًا شَدِيدًا , فَأَخْرَجَتْ إِلَيَّ جِرَابًا فِيهِ صَاعٌ مِنْ شَعِيرٍ وَلَنَا بُهَيْمَةٌ دَاجِنٌ فَذَبَحْتُهَا وَطَحَنَتِ الشَّعِيرَ , فَفَرَغَتْ إِلَى فَرَاغِي وَقَطَّعْتُهَا فِي بُرْمَتِهَا ثُمَّ وَلَّيْتُ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ , فَقَالَتْ : لَا تَفْضَحْنِي بِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَبِمَنْ مَعَهُ , فَجِئْتُهُ فَسَارَرْتُهُ , فَقُلْتُ : يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ذَبَحْنَا بُهَيْمَةً لَنَا وَطَحَنَّا صَاعًا مِنْ شَعِيرٍ كَانَ عِنْدَنَا فَتَعَالَ أَنْتَ وَنَفَرٌ مَعَكَ , فَصَاحَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقَالَ : " يَا أَهْلَ الْخَنْدَقِ إِنَّ جَابِرًا قَدْ صَنَعَ سُورًا فَحَيَّ هَلًا بِهَلّكُمْ " , فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : " لَا تُنْزِلُنَّ بُرْمَتَكُمْ وَلَا تَخْبِزُنَّ عَجِينَكُمْ حَتَّى أَجِيءَ " , فَجِئْتُ وَجَاءَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقْدُمُ النَّاسَ حَتَّى جِئْتُ امْرَأَتِي , فَقَالَتْ : بِكَ وَبِكَ , فَقُلْتُ : قَدْ فَعَلْتُ الَّذِي قُلْتِ , فَأَخْرَجَتْ لَهُ عَجِينًا فَبَصَقَ فِيهِ وَبَارَكَ , ثُمَّ عَمَدَ إِلَى بُرْمَتِنَا فَبَصَقَ وَبَارَكَ , ثُمَّ قَالَ : " ادْعُ خَابِزَةً فَلْتَخْبِزْ مَعِي وَاقْدَحِي مِنْ بُرْمَتِكُمْ وَلَا تُنْزِلُوهَا وَهُمْ أَلْفٌ , فَأُقْسِمُ بِاللَّهِ لَقَدْ أَكَلُوا حَتَّى تَرَكُوهُ وَانْحَرَفُوا وَإِنَّ بُرْمَتَنَا لَتَغِطُّ كَمَا هِيَ وَإِنَّ عَجِينَنَا لَيُخْبَزُ كَمَا هُوَ .
Narrated Jabir bin `Abdullah: When the Trench was dug, I saw the Prophet in the state of severe hunger. So I returned to my wife and said, "Have you got anything (to eat), for I have seen Allah's Apostle in a state of severe hunger." She brought out for me, a bag containing one Sa of barley, and we had a domestic she animal (i.e. a kid) which I slaughtered then, and my wife ground the barley and she finished at the time I finished my job (i.e. slaughtering the kid). Then I cut the meat into pieces and put it in an earthenware (cooking) pot, and returned to Allah's Apostle . My wife said, "Do not disgrace me in front of Allah's Apostle and those who are with him." So I went to him and said to him secretly, "O Allah's Apostle! I have slaughtered a she-animal (i.e. kid) of ours, and we have ground a Sa of barley which was with us. So please come, you and another person along with you." The Prophet raised his voice and said, "O people of Trench ! Jabir has prepared a meal so let us go." Allah's Apostle said to me, "Don't put down your earthenware meat pot (from the fireplace) or bake your dough till I come." So I came (to my house) and Allah's Apostle too, came, proceeding before the people. When I came to my wife, she said, "May Allah do so-and-so to you." I said, "I have told the Prophet of what you said." Then she brought out to him (i.e. the Prophet the dough, and he spat in it and invoked for Allah's Blessings in it. Then he proceeded towards our earthenware meat-pot and spat in it and invoked for Allah's Blessings in it. Then he said (to my wife). Call a lady-baker to bake along with you and keep on taking out scoops from your earthenware meat-pot, and do not put it down from its fireplace." They were onethousand (who took their meals), and by Allah they all ate, and when they left the food and went away, our earthenware pot was still bubbling (full of meat) as if it had not decreased, and our dough was still being baked as if nothing had been taken from it.
Hadith Reference صحيح البخاري / كتاب المغازي / 4102
Hadith Grading محدثین: أحاديث صحيح البخاريّ كلّها صحيحة
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Shaykh Abdul Sattar al-Hammad
Hadith Commentary:

This is the second incident of food becoming abundant during the Battle of the Trench (Ghazwah Khandaq).
Abu Talhah (radi Allahu anhu) narrates that he said to his wife Umm Sulaym (radi Allahu anha), "Today I have found the voice of the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) to be weak. I think hunger has exhausted him. Do you have any food?" She replied, "Yes." So she took out a few loaves of barley bread, then took her scarf, wrapped them in one part of it, and sent them to the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam).
Anas (radi Allahu anhu) says that when he took the bread to the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam), he found him sitting in the mosque. The Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam), upon seeing him, said, "Did Abu Talhah (radi Allahu anhu) send you with food?" I replied, "Yes." The Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said to his companions, "Get up and go to Abu Talhah (radi Allahu anhu)."
So the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) came to Abu Talhah (radi Allahu anhu) and said to Umm Sulaym (radi Allahu anha), "Umm Sulaym! Bring whatever you have." Umm Sulaym (radi Allahu anha) brought the bread, and the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, "Break them into pieces." Umm Sulaym (radi Allahu anha) poured ghee (clarified butter) over them.
Then he recited something over the food and said, "Call ten people." When they had eaten and left, he called another ten. In this way, all the people ate to their fill, and they were about eighty (80) in number.
(Sahih al-Bukhari, al-Manaqib, Hadith: 3578)
In one narration, it is mentioned that at the end, the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) and his family ate the food. After that, the leftover food was distributed among the neighbors.
(Sahih Muslim, al-Ashriba, Hadith: 5321 (2040))
According to another narration, the leftover food was gathered by the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam), and he supplicated for blessing upon it, so it became as much as it was before.
(Sahih Muslim, al-Ashriba, Hadith: 5321 (2040))


Once, the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) came to the house of Jabir (radi Allahu anhu). As he was about to leave, despite Jabir's (radi Allahu anhu) refusal, his wife requested the Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam), "O Messenger of Allah! Pray for me and my husband."
He supplicated that Allah bestow goodness and blessings upon her and her husband.
Jabir (radi Allahu anhu) expressed displeasure, so his wife said, "How could it be possible that the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) comes to our house and we are deprived of his supplications?"
(Musnad Ahmad: 398/3)
Source: Hidayat al-Qari: Commentary on Sahih Bukhari, Urdu, Page: 4102