وَعَنْ
أَبي حَازِمِ ، عَنْ
أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ، " أَصَابَنِي جَهْدٌ شَدِيدٌ ، فَلَقِيتُ عُمَرَ بْنَ الْخَطَّابِ ، فَاسْتَقْرَأْتُهُ آيَةً مِنْ كِتَابِ اللَّهِ ، فَدَخَلَ دَارَهُ وَفَتَحَهَا عَلَيَّ ، فَمَشَيْتُ غَيْرَ بَعِيدٍ ، فَخَرَرْتُ لِوَجْهِي مِنَ الْجَهْدِ وَالْجُوعِ ، فَإِذَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَائِمٌ عَلَى رَأْسِي ، فَقَالَ : يَا أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ ، فَقُلْتُ : لَبَّيْكَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ وَسَعْدَيْكَ ، فَأَخَذَ بِيَدِي ، فَأَقَامَنِي وَعَرَفَ الَّذِي بِي ، فَانْطَلَقَ بِي إِلَى رَحْلِهِ ، فَأَمَرَ لِي بِعُسٍّ مِنْ لَبَنٍ ، فَشَرِبْتُ مِنْهُ ، ثُمَّ قَالَ : عُدْ يَا أَبَا هِرٍّ ، فَعُدْتُ فَشَرِبْتُ ، ثُمَّ قَالَ : عُدْ ، فَعُدْتُ فَشَرِبْتُ حَتَّى اسْتَوَى بَطْنِي فَصَارَ كَالْقِدْحِ ، قَالَ : فَلَقِيتُ عُمَرَ وَذَكَرْتُ لَهُ الَّذِي كَانَ مِنْ أَمْرِي ، وَقُلْتُ لَهُ : فَوَلَّى اللَّهُ ذَلِكَ مَنْ كَانَ أَحَقَّ بِهِ مِنْكَ يَا عُمَرُ ، وَاللَّهِ لَقَدِ اسْتَقْرَأْتُكَ الْآيَةَ وَلَأَنَا أَقْرَأُ لَهَا مِنْكَ ، قَالَ عُمَرُ : وَاللَّهِ لَأَنْ أَكُونَ أَدْخَلْتُكَ أَحَبُّ إِلَيَّ مِنْ أَنْ يَكُونَ لِي مِثْلُ حُمْرِ النَّعَمِ " .
Narrated Abu Huraira: Once while I was in a state of fatigue (because of severe hunger), I met 'Umar bin Al-Khattab, so I asked him to recite a verse from Allah's Book to me. He entered his house and interpreted it to me. (Then I went out and) after walking for a short distance, I fell on my face because of fatigue and severe hunger. Suddenly I saw Allah's Apostle standing by my head. He said, "O Abu Huraira!" I replied, "Labbaik, O Allah's Apostle, and Sadaik!" Then he held me by the hand, and made me get up. Then he came to know what I was suffering from. He took me to his house, and ordered a big bowl of milk for me. I drank thereof and he said, "Drink more, O Abu Hirr!" So I drank again, whereupon he again said, "Drink more." So I drank more till my belly became full and looked like a bowl. Afterwards I met 'Umar and mentioned to him what had happened to me, and said to him, "Somebody, who had more right than you, O 'Umar, took over the case. By Allah, I asked you to recite a Verse to me while I knew it better than you." On that Umar said to me, "By Allah, if I admitted and entertained you, it would have been dearer to me than having nice red camels.
Explanation & Benefits
Maulana Dawood Raz
Hadith Commentary:
But it is regrettable that at that time I did not understand your intention, and you also did not say anything.
I thought that you had forgotten a verse and wanted to ask me about it.
From this hadith, it is derived that eating and drinking to satiety is permissible, because Abu Hurairah (radi Allahu anhu) drank milk to his fill.
To extract meaning by delving into the depth of the hadith was the utmost perfection which Allah, the Exalted, granted to Imam Bukhari (rahimahullah). May Allah have mercy on those bats who, due to their inability to see the shining sun, are unable to even acknowledge its existence.
How evil is that which they used to do.
Source: Sahih Bukhari: Commentary by Maulana Dawood Raz, Page: 5375
Shaykh Abdul Sattar al-Hammad
Hadith Commentary:
(1)
Abu Hurairah radi Allahu anhu asked about the verse because he was hungry and hoped that he would be given something to eat, but Umar radi Allahu anhu was not able to discern the condition of Abu Hurairah radi Allahu anhu; rather, he recited the verse and proceeded onward. Later, Umar radi Allahu anhu began to regret that he had not understood Abu Hurairah’s intention at that time, and Abu Hurairah had also not said anything regarding it. Umar said, “I thought that you had forgotten the verse and wanted to ask me about it.”
(2)
Although the aforementioned three hadiths do not mention the types of food, they do mention the circumstances and qualities of food. This is the relevance of these hadiths to the chapter heading. (Fath al-Bari: 9/645)
Source: Hidayat al-Qari: Commentary on Sahih Bukhari, Urdu, Page: 5375