صحيح البخاري
Bukhari
كتاب الأدبThe Book of Al-Adab (Good Manners)
بَابُ قَوْلِ الضَّيْفِ لِصَاحِبِهِ لاَ آكُلُ حَتَّى تَأْكُلَ:Chapter. The saying of a guest to his host: “By Allah, I will not eat till you eat.”
Hadith 6141
اُردوEn
فِيهِ حَدِيثُ أَبِي جُحَيْفَةَ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ
In this chapter, there is a narration from Abu Juhaifah reported from the Prophet (ﷺ).
حَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى ، حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي عَدِيٍّ ، عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ ، عَنْ أَبِي عُثْمَانَ ، قَالَ عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ أَبِي بَكْرٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمَا ، " جَاءَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ بِضَيْفٍ لَهُ أَوْ بِأَضْيَافٍ لَهُ فَأَمْسَى عِنْدَ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، فَلَمَّا جَاءَ قَالَتْ لَهُ أُمِّي : احْتَبَسْتَ عَنْ ضَيْفِكَ أَوْ عَنْ أَضْيَافِكَ اللَّيْلَةَ ، قَالَ : مَا عَشَّيْتِهِمْ ؟ فَقَالَتْ : عَرَضْنَا عَلَيْهِ أَوْ عَلَيْهِمْ فَأَبَوْا أَوْ فَأَبَى ، فَغَضِبَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ فَسَبَّ وَجَدَّعَ وَحَلَفَ لَا يَطْعَمُهُ ، فَاخْتَبَأْتُ أَنَا ، فَقَالَ : يَا غُنْثَرُ فَحَلَفَتِ الْمَرْأَةُ لَا تَطْعَمُهُ حَتَّى يَطْعَمَهُ ، فَحَلَفَ الضَّيْفُ أَوِ الْأَضْيَافُ أَنْ لَا يَطْعَمَهُ أَوْ يَطْعَمُوهُ حَتَّى يَطْعَمَهُ ، فَقَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ : كَأَنَّ هَذِهِ مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ ، فَدَعَا بِالطَّعَامِ فَأَكَلَ وَأَكَلُوا فَجَعَلُوا لَا يَرْفَعُونَ لُقْمَةً إِلَّا رَبَا مِنْ أَسْفَلِهَا أَكْثَرُ مِنْهَا ، فَقَالَ : يَا أُخْتَ بَنِي فِرَاسٍ مَا هَذَا ؟ فَقَالَتْ : وَقُرَّةِ عَيْنِي إِنَّهَا الْآنَ لَأَكْثَرُ قَبْلَ أَنْ نَأْكُلَ فَأَكَلُوا ، وَبَعَثَ بِهَا إِلَى النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَذَكَرَ أَنَّهُ أَكَلَ مِنْهَا " .
Narrated `Abdur-Rahman bin Abu Bakr: Abu Bakr came with a guest or some guests, but he stayed late at night with the Prophet and when he came, my mother said (to him), "Have you been detained from your guest or guests tonight?" He said, "Haven't you served the supper to them?" She replied, "We presented the meal to him (or to them), but he (or they) refused to eat." Abu Bakr became angry, rebuked me and invoked Allah to cause (my) ears to be cut and swore not to eat of it!" I hid myself, and he called me, "O ignorant (boy)!" Abu Bakr's wife swore that she would not eat of it and so the guests or the guest swore that they would not eat of it till he ate of it. Abu Bakr said, "All that happened was from Satan." So he asked for the meals and ate of it, and so did they. Whenever they took a handful of the meal, the meal grew (increased) from underneath more than that mouthful. He said (to his wife), "O, sister of Bani Firas! What is this?" She said, "O, pleasure of my eyes! The meal is now more than it had been before we started eating'' So they ate of it and sent the rest of that meal to the Prophet. It is said that the Prophet also ate of it.
Explanation & Benefits
Maulana Dawood Raz
Hadith Commentary:
The wife of Siddiq Akbar (radi Allahu anhu), Umm Ruman, was from the Bani Firas tribe; her name was Zainab.
The intention of Imam Bukhari in this chapter is that sometimes there may be an occasion where the guest says something to the host such as, "I will not eat until you eat with me." There is no harm, from an ethical standpoint, in saying such a thing. Conversely, the same applies for the host as well. In any case, it is the host’s duty to leave no stone unturned in honoring the guest to the best of his ability, and it is the guest’s duty not to overstay at the host’s house and thereby cause him hardship.
These are matters of Islamic etiquette, morals, civilization, and social conduct. May Allah grant us the ability to make them a regular practice on every occasion. Ameen.
The wife of Siddiq Akbar (radi Allahu anhu), Umm Ruman, was from the Bani Firas tribe; her name was Zainab.
The intention of Imam Bukhari in this chapter is that sometimes there may be an occasion where the guest says something to the host such as, "I will not eat until you eat with me." There is no harm, from an ethical standpoint, in saying such a thing. Conversely, the same applies for the host as well. In any case, it is the host’s duty to leave no stone unturned in honoring the guest to the best of his ability, and it is the guest’s duty not to overstay at the host’s house and thereby cause him hardship.
These are matters of Islamic etiquette, morals, civilization, and social conduct. May Allah grant us the ability to make them a regular practice on every occasion. Ameen.
Source: Sahih Bukhari: Commentary by Maulana Dawood Raz, Page: 6141
Shaykh Abdul Sattar al-Hammad
Hadith Commentary:
(1)
In one narration, it is clarified that by the grace and mercy of Allah, that food became three times more in quantity.
Abdur Rahman radi Allahu anhu states that when we brought that food to the Messenger of Allah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, there were many people gathered there because we had a treaty with a tribe whose term had expired. There were twelve prominent leaders, and with each leader were many people—their number is known only to Allah. In any case, all those present ate their fill from the leftover food.
(Sahih al-Bukhari, al-Adhan, Hadith: 602) (2)
The purpose of Imam al-Bukhari rahimahullah is that if, on some occasion, a guest, in an informal manner, says to his host, "If you eat with me, then I will eat," and swears an oath upon it, then there is no harm in saying so from an ethical standpoint.
Conversely, the same ruling applies to the host as well.
And Allah knows best.
(1)
In one narration, it is clarified that by the grace and mercy of Allah, that food became three times more in quantity.
Abdur Rahman radi Allahu anhu states that when we brought that food to the Messenger of Allah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, there were many people gathered there because we had a treaty with a tribe whose term had expired. There were twelve prominent leaders, and with each leader were many people—their number is known only to Allah. In any case, all those present ate their fill from the leftover food.
(Sahih al-Bukhari, al-Adhan, Hadith: 602) (2)
The purpose of Imam al-Bukhari rahimahullah is that if, on some occasion, a guest, in an informal manner, says to his host, "If you eat with me, then I will eat," and swears an oath upon it, then there is no harm in saying so from an ethical standpoint.
Conversely, the same ruling applies to the host as well.
And Allah knows best.
Source: Hidayat al-Qari: Commentary on Sahih Bukhari, Urdu, Page: 6141
