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Hadith 3335
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حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الصَّبَّاحِ , وَسُوَيْدُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ , قَالَا : حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ بْنُ أَبِي حَازِمٍ , حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي , قَالَ : سَأَلْتُ سَهْلَ بْنَ سَعْدٍ هَلْ رَأَيْتَ النَّقِيَّ ؟ قَالَ : " مَا رَأَيْتُ النَّقِيَّ حَتَّى قُبِضَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ " , فَقُلْتُ : فَهَلْ كَانَ لَهُمْ مَنَاخِلُ عَلَى عَهْدِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ؟ قَالَ : " مَا رَأَيْتُ مُنْخُلًا , حَتَّى قُبِضَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ " , قُلْتُ : فَكَيْفَ كُنْتُمْ تَأْكُلُونَ الشَّعِيرَ غَيْرَ مَنْخُولٍ ؟ قَالَ : " نَعَمْ , كُنَّا نَنْفُخُهُ فَيَطِيرُ مِنْهُ مَا طَارَ , وَمَا بَقِيَ ثَرَّيْنَاهُ " .
´‘Abdul-‘Aziz bin Abu Hazim said:` My father told me: I asked Sahl bin Sa’d: “Did you ever see dough made from well-sifted flour?” He said: “I never saw dough made from well-sifted flour until the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) passed away.” I said: “Did they have sieves at the time of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)?” He said: “I never saw a sieve until the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) passed away.” I said: “How did you eat barley that was not sifted?” He said: “We used to blow on it, and whatever flew away, flew away, and whatever was left we made dough with it.”
Brief Explanation
1؎: And they would knead and bake bread. In short, during the time of the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam), there was no custom of sifting flour or eating refined flour (maida); this is an innovation of later times, and there is no benefit in it—rather, it is harmful. When flour is sifted and its bran is completely removed, it becomes heavy and difficult to digest, and it causes blockages and constipation in the stomach. After all, do these people who sift flour not reflect that the Lord of all worlds, Who is the Wisest of the wise, did not create bran in wheat without purpose? Therefore, it is best to eat unsifted flour, and if one must sift, then only remove a little coarse bran. However, eating refined flour (maida) is extremely dangerous and a cause of severe illnesses.
Explanation & Benefits
Maulana Ataullah Sajid
Benefits and Issues:
(1)
The explanation of «حوارٰی» in Al-Nihayah is as follows:
The bread made from flour that has been sifted multiple times. (Al-Nihayah: under the root ḥ-w-r)
But in the hadith, what is meant is finely sifted flour or maida (refined flour) that has been sifted repeatedly.
The bread made from this flour is called naqi.
(2)
Barley flour contains more bran compared to wheat flour, which is why there is a need to sift it.
And in the time of the Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam), wheat was scarce, so the Tabi‘i was surprised as to how barley flour was used without sifting.
(3)
The Companion clarified that by lightly winnowing, a small amount of bran would be removed.
This was considered sufficient.
No excessive formality was observed.
(1)
The explanation of «حوارٰی» in Al-Nihayah is as follows:
The bread made from flour that has been sifted multiple times. (Al-Nihayah: under the root ḥ-w-r)
But in the hadith, what is meant is finely sifted flour or maida (refined flour) that has been sifted repeatedly.
The bread made from this flour is called naqi.
(2)
Barley flour contains more bran compared to wheat flour, which is why there is a need to sift it.
And in the time of the Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam), wheat was scarce, so the Tabi‘i was surprised as to how barley flour was used without sifting.
(3)
The Companion clarified that by lightly winnowing, a small amount of bran would be removed.
This was considered sufficient.
No excessive formality was observed.
Source: Commentary on Sunan Ibn Mājah by Mawlānā ‘Atā’ullāh Sājid, Page: 3335
