حَدَّثَنَا
عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ أَبِي الْأَسْوَدِ ، حَدَّثَنَا
أَبُو أُسَامَةَ ، حَدَّثَنَا
الْأَعْمَشُ ، حَدَّثَنَا
شَقِيقٌ ، حَدَّثَنَا
أَبُو مَسْعُودٍ الْأَنْصَارِيُّ ، قَالَ : " كَانَ رَجُلٌ مِنْ الْأَنْصَارِ يُكْنَى أَبَا شُعَيْبٍ وَكَانَ لَهُ غُلَامٌ لَحَّامٌ ، فَأَتَى النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَهُوَ فِي أَصْحَابِهِ فَعَرَفَ الْجُوعَ فِي وَجْهِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، فَذَهَبَ إِلَى غُلَامِهِ اللَّحَّامِ ، فَقَالَ : اصْنَعْ لِي طَعَامًا يَكْفِي خَمْسَةً لَعَلِّي أَدْعُو النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ خَامِسَ خَمْسَةٍ ، فَصَنَعَ لَهُ طُعَيِّمًا ، ثُمَّ أَتَاهُ فَدَعَاهُ ، فَتَبِعَهُمْ رَجُلٌ ، فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : يَا أَبَا شُعَيْبٍ ، إِنَّ رَجُلًا تَبِعَنَا فَإِنْ شِئْتَ أَذِنْتَ لَهُ وَإِنْ شِئْتَ تَرَكْتَهُ ، قَالَ : لَا ، بَلْ أَذِنْتُ لَهُ " .
Narrated Abu Mas`ud Al-Ansari: There was an Ansari man nicknamed, Abu Shu'aib, who had a slave who was a butcher. He came to the Prophet while he was sitting with his companions and noticed the signs of hunger on the face of the Prophet . So he went to his butcher slave and said, "Prepare for me a meal sufficient for five persons so that I may invite the Prophet along with four other men." He had the meal prepared for him and invited him. A (sixth) man followed them. The Prophet said, "O Abu Shu'aib! Another man has followed us. If you wish, you may invite him; and if you wish, you may refuse him." Abu Shu'aib said, "No, I will admit him."