سنن ابن ماجه
Ibn Majah
كتاب الكفاراتThe Chapters on Expiation
بَابُ : {مِنْ أَوْسَطِ مَا تُطْعِمُونَ أَهْلِيكُمْ}Chapter: (Expiation should be) with (the average) food that you feed your families
Hadith 2113
اُردوEn
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ مَهْدِيٍّ ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ بْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ ، عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ أَبِي الْمُغِيرَةِ ، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ ، عَنْ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ ، قَالَ : " كَانَ الرَّجُلُ يَقُوتُ أَهْلَهُ قُوتًا فِيهِ سَعَةٌ ، وَكَانَ الرَّجُلُ يَقُوتُ أَهْلَهُ قُوتًا فِيهِ شِدَّةٌ ، فَنَزَلَتْ مِنْ أَوْسَطِ مَا تُطْعِمُونَ أَهْلِيكُمْ سورة المائدة آية 89 " .
´It was narrated that Ibn 'Abbas said:` "A man would give his family food that was abundant and another would give his family food that was barely sufficient, then the following was revealed: 'With the Awsat of that with which you feed your families...’”(2)
Explanation & Benefits
Maulana Ataullah Sajid
Benefits and Issues:
The aforementioned narration has been declared weak in its chain of transmission by our esteemed researcher, whereas other scholars have considered it to have a sound chain of transmission. See: (Sunan Ibn Majah, verified by Dr. Bashar Awwad, Hadith: 2113; Sahih Ibn Majah, No. 1730; Sunan Ibn Majah, verified by Mahmood Hasan Nassar, No. 2113)
In any case, there is no specific quantity or standard prescribed for the food; rather, whatever food is ordinarily prepared at home, ten poor people may be fed according to that standard and quantity.
When guests arrive, an effort is made to prepare better food.
Sometimes, food of a lower standard than usual is also consumed.
In expiation (kaffarah), it is neither required to provide the elaborate food served to guests, nor the lowest standard of food, such as sometimes making do at home with only pickles or chutney.
Rather, food should be provided while considering what is customary for most days for each person.
And Allah knows best.
The aforementioned narration has been declared weak in its chain of transmission by our esteemed researcher, whereas other scholars have considered it to have a sound chain of transmission. See: (Sunan Ibn Majah, verified by Dr. Bashar Awwad, Hadith: 2113; Sahih Ibn Majah, No. 1730; Sunan Ibn Majah, verified by Mahmood Hasan Nassar, No. 2113)
In any case, there is no specific quantity or standard prescribed for the food; rather, whatever food is ordinarily prepared at home, ten poor people may be fed according to that standard and quantity.
When guests arrive, an effort is made to prepare better food.
Sometimes, food of a lower standard than usual is also consumed.
In expiation (kaffarah), it is neither required to provide the elaborate food served to guests, nor the lowest standard of food, such as sometimes making do at home with only pickles or chutney.
Rather, food should be provided while considering what is customary for most days for each person.
And Allah knows best.
Source: Commentary on Sunan Ibn Mājah by Mawlānā ‘Atā’ullāh Sājid, Page: 2113
