Hadith 6688

حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ ، عَنْ مَالِكٍ ، عَنْ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي طَلْحَةَ ، أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ أَنَسَ بْنَ مَالِكٍ ، قَالَ : قَالَ أَبُو طَلْحَةَ لِأُمِّ سُلَيْمٍ : لَقَدْ سَمِعْتُ صَوْتَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ضَعِيفًا أَعْرِفُ فِيهِ الْجُوعَ ، فَهَلْ عِنْدَكِ مِنْ شَيْءٍ ؟ فَقَالَتْ : نَعَمْ ، فَأَخْرَجَتْ أَقْرَاصًا مِنْ شَعِيرٍ ، ثُمَّ أَخَذَتْ خِمَارًا لَهَا فَلَفَّتِ الْخُبْزَ بِبَعْضِهِ ، ثُمَّ أَرْسَلَتْنِي إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، فَذَهَبْتُ فَوَجَدْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ وَمَعَهُ النَّاسُ ، فَقُمْتُ عَلَيْهِمْ ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : " أَرْسَلَكَ أَبُو طَلْحَةَ ؟ " ، فَقُلْتُ : نَعَمْ ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ لِمَنْ مَعَهُ : " قُومُوا " ، فَانْطَلَقُوا وَانْطَلَقْتُ بَيْنَ أَيْدِيهِمْ ، حَتَّى جِئْتُ أَبَا طَلْحَةَ فَأَخْبَرْتُهُ ، فَقَالَ أَبُو طَلْحَةَ : يَا أُمَّ سُلَيْمٍ قَدْ جَاءَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَالنَّاسُ ، وَلَيْسَ عِنْدَنَا مِنَ الطَّعَامِ مَا نُطْعِمُهُمْ ، فَقَالَتْ : اللَّهُ وَرَسُولُهُ أَعْلَمُ ، فَانْطَلَقَ أَبُو طَلْحَةَ حَتَّى لَقِيَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، فَأَقْبَلَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَأَبُو طَلْحَةَ حَتَّى دَخَلَا ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : " هَلُمِّي يَا أُمَّ سُلَيْمٍ مَا عِنْدَكِ ؟ " ، فَأَتَتْ بِذَلِكَ الْخُبْزِ ، قَالَ : فَأَمَرَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بِذَلِكَ الْخُبْزِ فَفُتَّ ، وَعَصَرَتْ أُمُّ سُلَيْمٍ عُكَّةً لَهَا فَأَدَمَتْهُ ، ثُمَّ قَالَ فِيهِ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مَا شَاءَ اللَّهُ أَنْ يَقُولَ ، ثُمَّ قَالَ : " ائْذَنْ لِعَشَرَةٍ " ، فَأَذِنَ لَهُمْ ، فَأَكَلُوا حَتَّى شَبِعُوا ، ثُمَّ خَرَجُوا ، ثُمَّ قَالَ : " ائْذَنْ لِعَشَرَةٍ " ، فَأَذِنَ لَهُمْ ، فَأَكَلُوا حَتَّى شَبِعُوا ، ثُمَّ خَرَجُوا ، ثُمَّ قَالَ : " ائْذَنْ لِعَشَرَةٍ " ، فَأَكَلَ الْقَوْمُ كُلُّهُمْ وَشَبِعُوا ، وَالْقَوْمُ سَبْعُونَ ، أَوْ ثَمَانُونَ رَجُلًا .
Narrated Anas bin Malik: Abu Talha said to Um Sulaim, "I heard the voice of Allah's Apostle rather weak, and I knew that it was because of hunger. Have you anything (to present to the Prophet)?" She said, "Yes." Then she took out a few loaves of barley bread and took a veil of hers and wrapped the bread with a part of it and sent me to Allah's Apostle. I went and found Allah's Apostle sitting in the mosque with some people. I stood up before him. Allah's Apostle said to me, "Has Abu Talha sent you?" I said, ' Yes. Then Allah's Apostle said to those who were with him. "Get up and proceed." I went ahead of them (as their forerunner) and came to Abu Talha and informed him about it. Abu Talha said, "O Um Sulaim! Allah's Apostle has come and we have no food to feed them." Um Sulaim said, "Allah and His Apostle know best." So Abu Talha went out (to receive them) till he met Allah's Apostle. Allah's Apostle came in company with Abu Talha and they entered the house. Allah's Apostle said, "O Um Sulaim! Bring whatever you have." So she brought that (barley) bread and Allah's Apostle ordered that bread to be broken into small pieces, and then Um Sulaim poured over it some butter from a leather butter container, and then Allah's Apostle said what Allah wanted him to say, (i.e. blessing the food). Allah's Apostle then said, "Admit ten men." Abu Talha admitted them and they ate to their fill and went out. He again said, "Admit ten men." He admitted them, and in this way all the people ate to their fill, and they were seventy or eighty men."
Hadith Reference صحيح البخاري / كتاب الأيمان والنذور / 6688
Hadith Grading محدثین: أحاديث صحيح البخاريّ كلّها صحيحة
Explanation & Benefits
Maulana Dawood Raz
Hadith Commentary:
Ghee was used as a curry; this is the connection between the chapter and the hadith, in which a prophetic miracle is described.
It is also understood from this that prominent individuals should, before eating themselves, be concerned for their other dependents as well. In fact, they should feed all of them first and eat themselves afterward, so that no one remains hungry.
May Allah, the Exalted, grant the so-called spiritual guides and scholars of today the confirmation of these noble manners (Ameen).
Source: Sahih Bukhari: Commentary by Maulana Dawood Raz, Page: 6688
Shaykh Abdul Sattar al-Hammad
Hadith Commentary:
(1)
According to the people of Kufa, the definition of "salan" (edam) is that in which bread is mixed and eaten, and the particles of bread become mixed with its particles.
In their view, roasted meat and eggs are not considered salan. However, this definition is contrary to the consensus of all linguists.
Ibn Qassar says that if bread is eaten with roasted meat, it will still be called edam (salan).
If a person, after eating bread in this manner, says, "I ate bread without salan," then he has lied; and if he says, "I ate bread with salan," then this is correct.
(Fath al-Bari: 11/696) (2)
Hazrat Umm Sulaym radi Allahu anha belonged to pure Arab lineage.
She would pour the leftover ghee (clarified butter) from her container onto bread and refer to it as edam (salan).
Imam Bukhari rahimahullah has presented this hadith for this very purpose.
So much ghee cannot be eaten with bread, but the fragrance of ghee can certainly come to the pieces of bread.
And Allah knows best.
Source: Hidayat al-Qari: Commentary on Sahih Bukhari, Urdu, Page: 6688