Hadith 5450

وَالْجُلُوسِ عَلَى الطَّعَامِ عَشَرَةً عَشَرَةً.
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حَدَّثَنَا الصَّلْتُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ ، عَنْ الْجَعْدِ أَبِي عُثْمَانَ ، عَنْ أَنَسٍ . ح وَعَنْ هِشَامٍ ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدٍ ، عَنْ أَنَسٍ ، وَعَنْ سِنَانٍ أَبِي رَبِيعَةَ ، عَنْ أَنَسٍ ، " أَنَّ أُمَّ سُلَيْمٍ أُمَّهُ عَمَدَتْ إِلَى مُدٍّ مِنْ شَعِيرٍ جَشَّتْهُ وَجَعَلَتْ مِنْهُ خَطِيفَةً وَعَصَرَتْ عُكَّةً عِنْدَهَا ، ثُمَّ بَعَثَتْنِي إِلَى النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَأَتَيْتُهُ وَهُوَ فِي أَصْحَابِهِ فَدَعَوْتُهُ ، قَالَ : وَمَنْ مَعِي ، فَجِئْتُ ، فَقُلْتُ : إِنَّهُ يَقُولُ وَمَنْ مَعِي ، فَخَرَجَ إِلَيْهِ أَبُو طَلْحَةَ ، قَالَ : يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ، إِنَّمَا هُوَ شَيْءٌ صَنَعَتْهُ أُمُّ سُلَيْمٍ فَدَخَلَ فَجِيءَ بِهِ ، وَقَالَ : أَدْخِلْ عَلَيَّ عَشَرَةً ، فَدَخَلُوا فَأَكَلُوا حَتَّى شَبِعُوا ، ثُمَّ قَالَ : أَدْخِلْ عَلَيَّ عَشَرَةً ، فَدَخَلُوا فَأَكَلُوا حَتَّى شَبِعُوا ، ثُمَّ قَالَ : أَدْخِلْ عَلَيَّ عَشَرَةً ، حَتَّى عَدَّ أَرْبَعِينَ ، ثُمَّ أَكَلَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، ثُمَّ قَامَ فَجَعَلْتُ أَنْظُرُ هَلْ نَقَصَ مِنْهَا شَيْءٌ " .
Narrated Anas: My mother, Um Sulaim, took a Mudd of barley grain, ground it and made porridge from it, and pressed (over it), a butter skin she had with her. Then she sent me to the Prophet, and I reached him while he was sitting with his companions. I invited him, whereupon he said, "And those who are with me?' I returned and said, "He says, 'And those who are with me?" Abu Talha went out to him and said, "O Allah's Apostle! It is just a meal prepared by Um Sulaim." The Prophet entered and the food was brought to him. He said, "Let ten persons enter upon me." Those ten entered and ate their fill. Again he said, 'Let ten (more) enter upon me." Those ten entered and ate their fill. Then he said, "Let ten (more) enter upon me." He called forty persons in all Then Allah's Apostle ate and got up. I started looking (at the food) to see if it decreased or not.
Hadith Reference صحيح البخاري / كتاب الأطعمة / 5450
Hadith Grading محدثین: أحاديث صحيح البخاريّ كلّها صحيحة
Explanation & Benefits
Shaykh Abdul Sattar al-Hammad
Hadith Commentary:
(1)
The Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) invited ten people at a time because the food was in a bowl, and more than ten people could not eat from it.
(2)
From this, it is also understood that there is blessing in eating together. In this is a miracle of the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam): food prepared for one person was eaten by forty people, and all of them were fully satisfied by it, yet the food did not decrease in the slightest.
(3)
In any case, from this hadith it is understood that in view of limited space, the invitees can be divided into groups and invited to eat in smaller or larger numbers.
(Fath al-Bari: 9/711)
Source: Hidayat al-Qari: Commentary on Sahih Bukhari, Urdu, Page: 5450