Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) says: Whenever bread and meat came together for the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) at the morning meal or the evening meal, there were many people (present to eat).
Ahmad and Abu Ya'la recorded it, and the narrators of both are the narrators of the Sahih.
Hadith Referenceمجمع الزوائد ومنبع الفوائد / كتاب الأطعمة / 7892
Hadith Gradingمحدثین:إسنادہ صحیح
Hadith Takhrij«اخرجه ابو يعلى فى المسند (3108) اخرجه احمد فى المسند (270/3) ، أخرجه مسند أحمد برقم: 13447»
Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The most beloved food to Allah Almighty is that on which there are many hands (of those eating)."
Abu Ya'la, and Tabarani in al-Mu'jam al-Awsat, recorded it. Its chain contains Abd al-Majid bin Abi Rawwad, who is thiqah (trustworthy), and there is weakness in him.
Hadith Referenceمجمع الزوائد ومنبع الفوائد / كتاب الأطعمة / 7893
Hadith Gradingمحدثین:إسنادہ ضعیف
Hadith Takhrij«اخرجه ابو يعلى فى المسند (2045) ، أخرجه المعجم الأوسط للطبراني برقم: 7313»
Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrates that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Eat together and do not eat separately, for the food of one suffices for two, and the food of two suffices for four."
Tabarani recorded it in al-Mu'jam al-Awsat, and in al-Mu'jam al-Kabir with similar wording. The chain of al-Mu'jam al-Awsat contains Bahr al-Saqqa', and the other contains Abu al-Rabi' al-Samman, and both of them are da'if (weak).
Hadith Referenceمجمع الزوائد ومنبع الفوائد / كتاب الأطعمة / 7894
Hadith Gradingمحدثین:إسناده ضعیف
Hadith Takhrij«اخرجه الطبراني فى المعجم الكبير (13236) ، أخرجه المعجم الكبير للطبراني برقم: 13236»
Sayyiduna Samurah (may Allah be pleased with him) reports that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The food of one suffices for two, the food of two suffices for four, and the Hand of Allah Almighty is over the congregation."
Al-Bazzar recorded it. Its chain contains Abu Bakr al-Hudhali, and he is extremely da'if (weak).
Hadith Referenceمجمع الزوائد ومنبع الفوائد / كتاب الأطعمة / 7895
Sayyiduna Samurah (may Allah be pleased with him) says that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to say: "Whoever among you prepares food in the amount that suffices two men, it will suffice three; or prepares food that suffices four, it will suffice five."
Al-Bazzar and Tabarani recorded it. Al-Bazzar's chain contains Yusuf bin Khalid al-Samti, and he is da'if (weak); the chain of the other narration contains a group of narrators whom I do not know.
Hadith Referenceمجمع الزوائد ومنبع الفوائد / كتاب الأطعمة / 7896
Sayyiduna Samurah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The food of one suffices for two, and the food of two suffices for four."
Hadith Referenceمجمع الزوائد ومنبع الفوائد / كتاب الأطعمة / 7897
Hadith Gradingمحدثین:إسنادہ حسن
Hadith Takhrij«اخرجه الطبراني فى المعجم الكبير (6978) ، أخرجه المعجم الكبير للطبراني برقم: 10093»
In one narration the words are: "The food of four suffices for eight."
Tabarani recorded it. The chain of the first narration contains a narrator whom I do not know, and the second contains Abu Bakr al-Hudhali, and he is da'if (weak).
Hadith Referenceمجمع الزوائد ومنبع الفوائد / كتاب الأطعمة / 7898
Hadith Gradingمحدثین:إسناده ضعیف
Hadith Takhrij«اخرجه الطبراني فى المعجم الكبير (6963)»
Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The food of one suffices for two, and the food of two suffices for four."
Tabarani recorded it. Its chain contains Qays bin al-Rabi', whom Sufyan al-Thawri, Shu'bah and Affan declared thiqah (trustworthy), though there is weakness in him. The remaining narrators of this report are thiqat (trustworthy).
Hadith Referenceمجمع الزوائد ومنبع الفوائد / كتاب الأطعمة / 7899
Hadith Gradingمحدثین:إسناده ضعیف
Hadith Takhrij«اخرجه الطبراني فى المعجم الكبير (10093) ، أخرجه المعجم الكبير للطبراني برقم: 10093»