مجمع الزوائد ومنبع الفوائد
Majma' al-Zawa'id
كتاب الزهد
Book of Asceticism
بَابٌ فِي عَيْشِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - وَالسَّلَفِ .
The way of life of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and the early generations
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عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ : قَالَ إِنَّ فَاطِمَةَ - رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهَا - نَاوَلَتِ النَّبِيَّ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - كِسْرَةً مِنْ خُبْزِ شَعَيرٍ ، فَقَالَ : " هَذَا أَوَّلُ طَعَامٍ أَكَلَهُ أَبُوكِ مُنْذُ ثَلَاثَةِ أَيَّامٍ " . رَوَاهُ أَحْمَدُ ، وَالطَّبَرَانِيُّ ، وَزَادَ : فَقَالَ : " مَا هَذِهِ ؟ " . فَقَالَتْ : قُرْصٌ خَبَزْتُهُ فَلَمْ تَطِبْ نَفْسِي حَتَّى أَتَيْتُكَ بِهَذِهِ الْكِسْرَةِ . وَرِجَالُهُمَا ثِقَاتٌ .
Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: Sayyidah Fatimah (may Allah be pleased with her) handed the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) a piece of barley bread, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "This is the first food your father has eaten in the last three days."
Ahmad and al-Tabarani recorded it; however, he (al-Tabarani) added these words: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) asked: "What is this?" She replied: "It is a round loaf that I baked, and I was not at ease until I had brought you this piece." The narrators of both reports are thiqat (trustworthy).
Ahmad and al-Tabarani recorded it; however, he (al-Tabarani) added these words: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) asked: "What is this?" She replied: "It is a round loaf that I baked, and I was not at ease until I had brought you this piece." The narrators of both reports are thiqat (trustworthy).
وَعَنْ عَائِشَةَ أَنَّهَا قَالَتْ : وَالَّذِي بَعَثَ مُحَمَّدًا بِالْحَقِّ ، مَا رَأَى مُنْخُلًا ، وَلَا أَكَلَ خُبْزًا مَنْخُولًا مُنْذُ بَعَثَهُ اللَّهُ - عَزَّ وَجَلَّ - إِلَى أَنْ قُبِضَ . قُلْتُ : كَيْفَ كُنْتُمْ تَأْكُلُونَ الشَّعِيرَ ؟ قَالَ : كُنَّا نَقُولُ : أُفٍّ ، أُفٍّ . رَوَاهُ أَحْمَدُ ، وَفِيهِ سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ رُومَانَ وَلَمْ أَعْرِفْهُ ، وَبَقِيَّةُ رِجَالِهِ وُثِّقُوا .
Sayyidah Aishah Siddiqah (may Allah be pleased with her) narrates: By the One who sent Sayyiduna Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) with the truth! The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) never saw a sieve, nor did he ever eat bread of sifted flour, from the time Allah Almighty sent him until his passing (this never happened). The narrator says: I asked: "How did you eat barley?" She replied: "We used to say: 'Uff, uff' (that is, we would blow on it)."
Ahmad recorded it; its chain contains Sulayman bin Ruman, whom I do not know. The remaining narrators of this report have been declared trustworthy.
Ahmad recorded it; its chain contains Sulayman bin Ruman, whom I do not know. The remaining narrators of this report have been declared trustworthy.
وَعَنْ أَبِي الدَّرْدَاءِ قَالَ : لَمْ يَكُنْ يُنْخَلُ لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - الدَّقِيقُ ، وَلَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ إِلَّا قَمِيصٌ وَاحِدٌ . رَوَاهُ الطَّبَرَانِيُّ فِي الْأَوْسَطِ وَالْكَبِيرِ ، وَفِيهِمَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ مَيْسَرَةَ ، وَهُوَ ضَعِيفٌ .
Sayyiduna Abu al-Darda' (may Allah be pleased with him) said: Flour was not sifted for the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and he (peace and blessings be upon him) had only one shirt for his use.
Al-Tabarani recorded it in al-Mu'jam al-Awsat and al-Mu'jam al-Kabir; both contain Sa'id bin Maysarah, who is da'if (weak).
Al-Tabarani recorded it in al-Mu'jam al-Awsat and al-Mu'jam al-Kabir; both contain Sa'id bin Maysarah, who is da'if (weak).
وَعَنْ أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ قَالَتْ : لَمْ يُنْخَلْ لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - دَقِيقٌ قَطُّ . رَوَاهُ الطَّبَرَانِيُّ ، وَفِيهِ نُفَيْعٌ : أَبُو دَاوُدَ ، وَهُوَ مَتْرُوكٌ .
Sayyidah Umm Salamah (may Allah be pleased with her) narrates: Flour was never sifted for the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him).
Al-Tabarani recorded it; its chain contains Nufay' Abu Dawud, who is matruk (abandoned).
Al-Tabarani recorded it; its chain contains Nufay' Abu Dawud, who is matruk (abandoned).
وَعَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ عَوْفٍ قَالَ : خَرَجَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - مِنَ الدُّنْيَا وَلَمْ يَشْبَعْ هُوَ وَلَا أَهْلُهُ مِنْ خُبْزِ الشَّعِيرِ . رَوَاهُ الْبَزَّارُ ، وَإِسْنَادُهُ حَسَنٌ .
Sayyiduna Abd al-Rahman bin Awf (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) left this world, and neither he nor his family ever ate their fill of barley bread.
Al-Bazzar recorded it, and its chain is hasan (good).
Al-Bazzar recorded it, and its chain is hasan (good).
وَعَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ : مَاتَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - وَهُوَ خَمِيصُ الْبَطْنِ . رَوَاهُ أَبُو يَعْلَى ، وَفِيهِ طَلْحَةُ الْبَصْرِيُّ مَوْلَى عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ وَلَمْ أَعْرِفْهُ ، وَبَقِيَّةُ رِجَالِهِ رِجَالُ الصَّحِيحِ .
Sayyidah Aishah Siddiqah (may Allah be pleased with her) narrates: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) passed away with his stomach empty of food (that is, he would not eat his fill).
Abu Ya'la recorded it; its chain contains Talhah al-Basri, the freed slave of Sayyiduna Abdullah bin al-Zubayr (may Allah be pleased with them both), whom I do not know. The remaining narrators of this report are the narrators of the Sahih.
Abu Ya'la recorded it; its chain contains Talhah al-Basri, the freed slave of Sayyiduna Abdullah bin al-Zubayr (may Allah be pleased with them both), whom I do not know. The remaining narrators of this report are the narrators of the Sahih.
وَعَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ قَالَ : مَا شَبِعَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - فِي يَوْمٍ شَبْعَتَيْنِ حَتَّى فَارَقَ الدُّنْيَا . رَوَاهُ الطَّبَرَانِيُّ ، وَفِيهِ عَبْدُ الْحَمِيدِ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ ، وَهُوَ ضَعِيفٌ .
Sayyiduna Sahl bin Sa'd (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) never ate his fill twice in one day, until he (peace and blessings be upon him) left this world.
Al-Tabarani recorded it; its chain contains Abd al-Hamid bin Sulayman, who is da'if (weak).
Al-Tabarani recorded it; its chain contains Abd al-Hamid bin Sulayman, who is da'if (weak).
وَعَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ : مَا كَانَ يَبْقَى عَلَى مَائِدَةِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - مِنْ خُبْزِ الشَّعِيرِ قَلِيلٌ وَلَا كَثِيرٌ . رَوَاهُ الطَّبَرَانِيُّ فِي الْأَوْسَطِ ، وَإِسْنَادُهُ حَسَنٌ .
Sayyidah Aishah Siddiqah (may Allah be pleased with her) narrates: No barley bread, whether little or much, would remain left over on the dining cloth of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him).
Al-Tabarani recorded it in al-Mu'jam al-Awsat, and its chain is hasan (good).
Al-Tabarani recorded it in al-Mu'jam al-Awsat, and its chain is hasan (good).
وَفِي رِوَايَةٍ عِنْدَهُ : مَا رُفِعَتْ مَائِدَةُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - مِنْ بَيْنِ يَدَيْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - وَعَلَيْهَا فَضْلَةٌ مِنْ طَعَامٍ قَطُّ .
In a report recorded by him the wording is: "Whenever the dining cloth was lifted from before the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), there was never any leftover food on it."
وَعَنْ عِمْرَانَ بْنِ حُصَيْنٍ قَالَ : وَاللَّهِ ، مَا شَبِعَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - مِنْ غَدَاءٍ ، وَعَشَاءٍ حَتَّى لَقِيَ اللَّهَ - عَزَّ وَجَلَّ - . رَوَاهُ الطَّبَرَانِيُّ ، وَفِيهِ عَمْرُو بْنُ عُبَيْدٍ ، وَهُوَ مَتْرُوكٌ .
Sayyiduna Imran bin Husayn (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: By Allah! The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) never ate his fill of both the morning meal and the evening meal (in a single day), until he (peace and blessings be upon him) went into the presence of Allah Almighty.
Al-Tabarani recorded this narration; its chain contains a narrator, Amr bin Ubayd, and he is matruk (abandoned).
Al-Tabarani recorded this narration; its chain contains a narrator, Amr bin Ubayd, and he is matruk (abandoned).
وَعَنْ عَثْمَةَ الْجُهَنِيِّ قَالَ : خَرَجَ عَلَيْنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - ذَاتَ يَوْمٍ ، فَلَقِيَهُ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ فَقَالَ : يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ، بِأَبِي أَنْتَ وَأُمِّي ، إِنَّهُ لَيَسُوءُنِي الَّذِي أَرَى بِوَجْهِكَ ، وَعَمَّا هُوَ ؟ قَالَ : فَنَظَرَ النَّبِيُّ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - لِوَجْهِ الرَّجُلِ سَاعَةً ، ثُمَّ قَالَ : " الْجُوعُ " . فَخَرَجَ الرَّجُلُ يَعْدُو ، أَوْ شَبِيهًا بِالْعَدْوِ ، حَتَّى أَتَى بَيْتَهُ ، فَالْتَمَسَ عِنْدَهُمُ الطَّعَامَ فَلَمْ يَجِدْ شَيْئًا ، فَخَرَجَ إِلَى بَنِي قُرَيْظَةَ فَأَجَّرَ نَفْسَهُ عَلَى كُلِّ دَلْوٍ يَنْزِعُهَا بِتَمْرَةٍ ، حَتَّى جَمَعَ حَفْنَةً أَوْ كَفًّا مِنْ تَمْرٍ ، ثُمَّ رَجَعَ بِالتَّمْرِ حَتَّى وَجَدَ النَّبِيَّ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - فِي مَجْلِسِهِ لَمْ يَرُمْ فَوَضَعَهُ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ وَقَالَ : كُلْ أَيْ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - : " مِنْ أَيْنَ لَكَ هَذَا التَّمْرُ ؟ " . فَأَخْبَرَهُ الْخَبَرَ ، فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - : " إِنِّي لَأَظُنُّكَ تُحِبُّ اللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُ " . قَالَ : أَجَلْ . وَالَّذِي بَعَثَكَ بِالْحَقِّ ، لَأَنْتَ أَحَبُّ إِلَيَّ مِنْ نَفْسِي ، وَوَلَدِي ، وَأَهْلِي ، وَمَالِي ، قَالَ : " أَمَّا لَا فَاصْطَبِرْ لِلْفَاقَةِ ، وَأَعِدَّ لِلْبَلَاءِ تَجْفَافًا ; فَوَالَّذِي بَعَثَنِي بِالْحَقِّ ، لَهُمَا إِلَى مَنْ يُحِبُّنِي أَسْرَعُ مِنْ هُبُوطِ الْمَاءِ مِنْ رَأْسِ الْجَبَلِ إِلَى أَسْفَلِهِ " . رَوَاهُ الطَّبَرَانِيُّ ، وَفِيهِ جَمَاعَةٌ لَمْ أَعْرِفْهُمْ .
Sayyiduna Athmah al-Juhani (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: One day the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) came out to us, and a man from the Ansar met him. He said: O Messenger of Allah! May my father and mother be ransomed for you, the state I see in your face distresses me; what is the reason for it? The narrator says: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) looked at the man's face for a moment and then said: Hunger. The man went off running, or walking fast almost at a run, and came to his house. He searched his house for something to eat but found nothing. He went to the quarter of Banu Qurayzah and hired himself out to draw a bucket of water for one date each, until he had gathered a handful of dates. Then he returned with those dates, and he found the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) still seated in the same gathering, not having risen. He placed the dates before the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and said: O Messenger of Allah! Please eat. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) asked: Where did you get these dates? He told him what had happened. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: I think that you love Allah and His Messenger. He said: Yes! By the One who sent you with the truth, you are dearer to me than my own self, my children, my family and my wealth. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "If that is so, then be patient with poverty and be ready to face trial. By the One who sent me with the truth, these two come to the one who loves me faster than water flows from the top of a mountain to its foot."
Al-Tabarani recorded this narration, and its chain contains a group of narrators whom I do not know.
Al-Tabarani recorded this narration, and its chain contains a group of narrators whom I do not know.
وَعَنْ كَعْبِ بْنِ عُجْرَةَ قَالَ : أَتَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - فَرَأَيْتُهُ مُتَغَيِّرًا ، فَقُلْتُ : بِأَبِي أَنْتَ ، مَا لِي أَرَاكَ مُتَغَيِّرًا ؟ ! قَالَ : " مَا دَخَلَ جَوْفِي مَا يَدْخُلُ جَوْفَ ذَاتِ كَبِدٍ مُنْذُ ثَلَاثٍ " . قَالَ : فَذَهَبْتُ فَإِذَا يَهُودِيٌّ يَسْقِي إِبِلًا لَهُ ، فَسَقَيْتُ لَهُ عَلَى كُلِّ دَلْوٍ بِتَمْرَةٍ ، فَجَمَعْتُ تَمْرًا ، فَأَتَيْتُ بِهِ النَّبِيَّ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - فَقَالَ : " مِنْ أَيْنَ لَكَ يَا كَعْبُ ؟ " . فَأَخْبَرْتُهُ ، فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - : " أَتُحِبُّنِي يَا كَعْبُ ؟ " . قُلْتُ : بِأَبِي أَنْتَ ، نَعَمْ . قَالَ : " إِنَّ الْفَقْرَ أَسْرَعُ إِلَى مَنْ يُحِبُّنِي مِنَ السَّيْلِ إِلَى مَعَادِنِهِ ، وَإِنَّهُ سَيُصِيبُكَ بَلَاءٌ فَأَعِدَّ لَهُ تَجْفَافًا " . قَالَ : فَفَقَدَهُ النَّبِيُّ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - فَقَالَ : " مَا فَعَلَ كَعْبٌ ؟ " . قَالُوا : مَرِيضٌ ، فَخَرَجَ يَمْشِي حَتَّى دَخَلَ عَلَيْهِ فَقَالَ : " أَبْشِرْ يَا كَعْبُ " . فَقَالَتْ أُمُّهُ : هَنِيئًا لَكَ الْجَنَّةُ يَا كَعْبُ ، فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - : " مَنْ هَذِهِ الْمُتَأَلِّيَةُ عَلَى اللَّهِ ؟ " . قُلْتُ : هِيَ أُمِّي يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ . قَالَ : " وَمَا يُدْرِيكِ يَا أُمَّ كَعْبٍ ؟ لَعَلَّ كَعْبًا قَالَ مَا لَا يَنْفَعُهُ ، وَمَنَعَ مَا لَا يُغْنِيهِ " . رَوَاهُ الطَّبَرَانِيُّ فِي الْأَوْسَطِ ، وَإِسْنَادُهُ جَيِّدٌ .
Sayyiduna Ka'b bin Ujrah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: I came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and saw that he looked changed. I said: May my father be ransomed for you, what is the reason? I see you looking changed. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: For the past three days nothing has entered my stomach of what can enter the stomach of any living creature. The narrator says: I went, and there was a Jew watering his camels. I drew water for him at the rate of one date for each bucket, until, when I had gathered some dates, I brought them to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) asked: O Ka'b! Where did you get these? I told him, and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) asked: O Ka'b! Do you love me? I said: May my father be ransomed for you, yes! The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Poverty comes to the one who loves me faster than a flood rushes to its resting places. Soon you will have to face trials, so be ready for them." The narrator says: Once the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) missed him and asked: How is Ka'b? The people said: He is ill. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) went on foot and came to him, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: O Ka'b! Receive glad tidings. His mother said: O Ka'b! Congratulations to you on Paradise. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) asked: Who is this woman who attributes a matter to Allah Almighty? The narrator says: I said: O Messenger of Allah! She is my mother. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: O Umm Ka'b! Perhaps Ka'b said something that does not benefit him, and withheld something he did not need.
Al-Tabarani recorded this narration in al-Mu'jam al-Awsat, and its chain is jayyid (good).
Al-Tabarani recorded this narration in al-Mu'jam al-Awsat, and its chain is jayyid (good).
وَعَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ قَالَ : خَرَجْتُ فِي غَدَاةٍ شَاتِيَةٍ جَائِعًا ، وَقَدْ أَوْبَقَنِي الْبَرْدُ ، فَأَخَذْتُ ثَوْبًا مِنْ صُوفٍ قَدْ كَانَ عِنْدَنَا ، ثُمَّ أَدْخَلْتُهُ فِي عُنُقِي ، وَحَزَّمْتُهُ عَلَى صَدْرِي أَسْتَدْفِئُ بِهِ ، وَاللَّهِ ، مَا فِي بَيْتِي شَيْءٌ آكُلُ مِنْهُ ، وَلَا كَانَ فِي بَيْتِ النَّبِيِّ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - شَيْءٌ يُبَلِّغُنِي ; فَخَرَجْتُ فِي بَعْضِ نَوَاحِي الْمَدِينَةِ ، فَانْطَلَقْتُ إِلَى يَهُودِيٍّ فِي حَائِطٍ ، فَاطَّلَعْتُ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ ثُغْرَةِ جِدَارِهِ ، فَقَالَ : مَا لَكَ يَا أَعْرَابِيُّ ؟ هَلْ لَكَ فِي دَلْوٍ بِتَمْرَةٍ ؟ قُلْتُ : نَعَمْ . افْتَحْ لِيَ الْحَائِطَ ، فَفَتَحَ لِي فَدَخَلْتُ ، فَجَعَلْتُ أَنْزِعُ الدَّلْوَ وَيُعْطِينِي تَمْرَةً ، حَتَّى مَلَأْتُ كَفَّيَّ . قُلْتُ : حَسْبِي مِنْكَ الْآنَ ، فَأَكَلْتُهُنَّ ، ثُمَّ جَرَعْتُ مِنَ الْمَاءِ ، ثُمَّ جِئْتُ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - فَجَلَسْتُ إِلَيْهِ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ ، وَهُوَ فِي عِصَابَةٍ مِنْ أَصْحَابِهِ ، فَطَلَعَ عَلَيْنَا مُصْعَبُ بْنُ عُمَيْرٍ فِي بُرْدَةٍ لَهُ مَرْقُوعَةٍ بِفَرْوَةٍ ، وَكَانَ أَنْعَمَ غُلَامٍ بِمَكَّةَ ، وَأَرْفَهَهُ عَيْشًا ، فَلَمَّا رَآهُ النَّبِيُّ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - ذَكَرَ مَا كَانَ فِيهِ مِنَ النَّعِيمِ ، وَرَأَى حَالَهُ الَّتِي هُوَ عَلَيْهَا فَذَرَفَتْ عَيْنَاهُ فَبَكَى ، ثُمَّ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - : " أَنْتُمُ الْيَوْمَ خَيْرٌ أَمْ إِذَا غُدِيَ عَلَى أَحَدِكُمْ بِحَفْنَةٍ مِنْ خُبْزٍ وَلَحْمٍ ، وَرِيحَ عَلَيْهِ بِأُخْرَى ، وَغَدَا فِي حُلَّةٍ وَرَاحَ فِي أُخْرَى ، وَسَتَرْتُمْ بُيُوتَكُمْ كَمَا تُسْتَرُ الْكَعْبَةُ ؟ " . قُلْنَا : بَلْ نَحْنُ يَوْمَئِذٍ خَيْرٌ ; نَتَفَرَّغُ لِلْعِبَادَةِ . قَالَ : " بَلْ أَنْتُمُ الْيَوْمَ خَيْرٌ " . قُلْتُ : رَوَى التِّرْمِذِيُّ بَعْضَهُ . رَوَاهُ أَبُو يَعْلَى ، وَفِيهِ رَاوٍ لَمْ يُسَمَّ ، وَبَقِيَّةُ رِجَالِهِ ثِقَاتٌ .
Sayyiduna Ali bin Abi Talib (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: I went out on a cold morning. I was hungry at the time, and the severity of the cold had left me in a bad state. I took a woollen cloth that I had and wrapped it around my neck and over my chest so that it would give me some warmth. By Allah! There was nothing in my house that I could eat, nor was there anything in the house of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) that he could send to me. I went out towards the outskirts of Madinah. I came to a Jew in his orchard and peeped in through a gap in the wall. He said: O Bedouin! What do you want? Would you be interested in drawing a bucket of water for one date? I said: Alright, open the orchard gate for me. He opened the gate for me and I went in. I would draw a bucket and he would give me a date, until my palm was full. I said: This is enough for me. I ate them, then drank some water, then came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and sat with him in the mosque. He was there with a few of his Companions (may Allah be pleased with them). Meanwhile Mus'ab bin Umayr appeared before us, wearing a cloak covered in patches, although in Makkah he had been the young man who lived in the greatest luxury and the most comfortable life. When the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) saw him, he remembered the luxuries he used to live in and what his condition was now, and tears flowed from the eyes of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and he wept. Then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Are you better off today, or will you be (better off) at the time when a bowl of bread and meat will be brought to one of you in the morning and another bowl in the evening, when he will wear one garment in the morning and another in the evening, and you will hang curtains over your houses just as they are hung over the Ka'bah?" We said: We will be in the best state at that time, because we will be free for worship. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "(No!) Rather, you are in a better state today." (Allamah al-Haythami says:) I say: Al-Tirmidhi recorded part of this narration.
Abu Ya'la recorded this narration; its chain contains a narrator who has not been named, and the rest of its narrators are thiqat (trustworthy).
Abu Ya'la recorded this narration; its chain contains a narrator who has not been named, and the rest of its narrators are thiqat (trustworthy).
وَعَنْ جَابِرٍ قَالَ : لَمَّا كَانَ يَوْمُ الْخَنْدَقِ نَظَرْتُ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - فَوَجَدَتْهُ قَدْ وَضَعَ حَجَرًا بَيْنَهُ وَبَيْنَ إِزَارِهِ ; يُقِيمُ بِهِ صُلْبَهُ مِنَ الْجُوعِ . رَوَاهُ أَبُو يَعْلَى ، وَرِجَالُهُ وُثِّقُوا عَلَى ضَعْفٍ فِي إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ .
Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: On the occasion of the Battle of the Trench, I saw the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). He had placed a stone between his body and his waist-wrapper, and in his hunger he was keeping his back upright with it.
Abu Ya'la recorded this narration, and its narrators have been declared trustworthy, although there is weakness in Isma'il bin Abd al-Malik.
Abu Ya'la recorded this narration, and its narrators have been declared trustworthy, although there is weakness in Isma'il bin Abd al-Malik.
وَعَنْ عَلِيٍّ قَالَ : خَرَجْتُ فَأَتَيْتُ حَائِطًا . قَالَ : فَقَالَ : دَلْوٌ بِتَمْرَةٍ ، قَالَ : فَدَلَّيْتُ حَتَّى مَلَأْتُ كَفَّيَّ ، ثُمَّ أَتَيْتُ الْمَاءَ فَاسْتَعْذَبْتُ - يَعْنِي شَرِبْتُ - ثُمَّ أَتَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - فَأَطْعَمْتُهُ نِصْفَهُ ، وَأَكَلْتُ نِصْفَهُ . رَوَاهُ أَحْمَدُ ، وَرِجَالُهُ وُثِّقُوا إِلَّا أَنَّ مُجَاهِدًا لَمْ يَسْمَعْ مِنْ عَلِيٍّ .
Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: I went out and came to an orchard. That man said: You will have to draw one bucket for one date. Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) says: I kept drawing buckets until my palm was full (of dates). Then I came to the water and drank. Then I came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him); I offered half of the dates to him and I ate half of them myself.
Ahmad recorded this narration, and its narrators have been declared trustworthy, except that the narrator Mujahid did not hear from Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him).
Ahmad recorded this narration, and its narrators have been declared trustworthy, except that the narrator Mujahid did not hear from Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him).
وَعَنْ عِمْرَانَ بْنِ حُصَيْنٍ قَالَ : مَا شَبِعَ آلُ مُحَمَّدٍ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - مِنْ خُبْزِ بُرٍّ مَأْدُومٍ حَتَّى مَضَى لِسَبِيلِهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - . رَوَاهُ أَحْمَدُ ، وَفِيهِ عَمْرُو بْنُ عُبَيْدٍ ، وَهُوَ مَتْرُوكٌ .
Sayyiduna Imran bin Husayn (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: The family of Sayyiduna Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) never ate their fill of wheat bread with a side dish until he departed from this world.
Ahmad recorded this narration; its chain contains a narrator, Amr bin Ubayd, and he is matruk (abandoned).
Ahmad recorded this narration; its chain contains a narrator, Amr bin Ubayd, and he is matruk (abandoned).
وَعَنْ عُلَيِّ بْنِ رَبَاحٍ قَالَ : كُنْتُ بِالْإِسْكَنْدَرِيَّةِ عِنْدَ عَمْرِو بْنِ الْعَاصِ ، فَذَكَرُوا مَا هُمْ فِيهِ مِنَ الْعَيْشِ ، فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الصَّحَابَةِ : لَقَدْ تُوُفِّيَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - وَمَا شَبِعَ أَهْلُهُ مِنَ الْخُبْزِ الْغَلِيثِ . قَالَ مُوسَى بْنُ عُلَيٍّ : يَعْنِي الشَّعِيرَ وَالسُّلْتَ إِذَا خُلِطَا . رَوَاهُ أَحْمَدُ ، وَرِجَالُهُ رِجَالُ الصَّحِيحِ .
Ulayy bin Rabah narrates: I was with Sayyiduna Amr bin al-As (may Allah be pleased with him) in Alexandria, and the people began to talk about the kind of circumstances they were living in. One of the Companions (may Allah be pleased with them) said: "The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) passed away, and his household never ate their fill of ghalith bread (that is, bread made of wheat and barley mixed together)." Musa bin Ulayy says: This means barley and sult (this too is a kind of barley which has no husk and resembles wheat) mixed together (to bake bread).
Ahmad recorded this narration, and its narrators are the narrators of the Sahih.
Ahmad recorded this narration, and its narrators are the narrators of the Sahih.
وَعَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ : كَانَ يَمُرُّ بِآلِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - هِلَالٌ ثُمَّ هِلَالٌ لَا يُوقَدُ فِي شَيْءٌ مِنَ بُيُوتِهِمُ النَّارُ ، لَا لِخَبْزٍ ، وَلَا لِطَبِيخٍ . قَالُوا : بِأَيِّ شَيْءٍ كَانُوا يَعِيشُونَ يَا أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ ؟ قَالَ : الْأَسْوَدَانِ : التَّمْرُ ، وَالْمَاءُ .
وَكَانَ لَهُمْ جِيرَانٌ مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ - جَزَاهُمُ اللَّهُ خَيْرًا - لَهُمْ مَنَائِحُ ، يُرْسِلُونَ إِلَيْهِمْ شَيْئًا مِنْ لَبَنٍ . رَوَاهُ أَحْمَدُ ، وَإِسْنَادُهُ حَسَنٌ ، وَرَوَاهُ الْبَزَّارُ كَذَلِكَ .
وَكَانَ لَهُمْ جِيرَانٌ مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ - جَزَاهُمُ اللَّهُ خَيْرًا - لَهُمْ مَنَائِحُ ، يُرْسِلُونَ إِلَيْهِمْ شَيْئًا مِنْ لَبَنٍ . رَوَاهُ أَحْمَدُ ، وَإِسْنَادُهُ حَسَنٌ ، وَرَوَاهُ الْبَزَّارُ كَذَلِكَ .
Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: One new moon would pass over the household of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), then another new moon would come, and in that time no fire would be lit in their houses, neither for baking bread nor for cooking anything else. The people asked: O Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah! Then how did they get by? He replied: By means of the two black things, that is, dates and water; or else it was that they had Ansari neighbours, may Allah Almighty reward them with good, who had milch animals, and they would send some milk to them (that is, to the household of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)).
Ahmad recorded this narration and its chain is hasan (good); al-Bazzar also recorded it in the same way.
Ahmad recorded this narration and its chain is hasan (good); al-Bazzar also recorded it in the same way.
وَعَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ : كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - ذَاتَ يَوْمِ وَجِبْرِيلُ - عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ - عَلَى الصَّفَا ، فَقَالَ لَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - : " يَا جِبْرِيلُ ، وَالَّذِي بَعَثَكَ بِالْحَقِّ ، مَا أَمْسَى لِآلِ مُحَمَّدٍ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - سُفَّةٌ مِنْ دَقِيقٍ ، وَلَا كَفٌّ مِنْ سَوِيقٍ " . فَلَمْ يَكُنْ كَلَامُهُ بِأَسْرَعَ مِنْ أَنْ سَمِعَ هَدَّةً مِنَ السَّمَاءِ أَفْزَعَتْهُ ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - : " أَمَرَ اللَّهُ الْقِيَامَةَ أَنْ تَقُومَ ؟ " . قَالَ : لَا . وَلَكِنْ أَمَرَ اللَّهُ إِسْرَافِيلَ ، فَنَزَلَ إِلَيْكَ حِينَ سَمِعَ كَلَامَكَ ، فَأَتَاهُ إِسْرَافِيلُ ، فَقَالَ : إِنَّ اللَّهَ سَمِعَ مَا ذَكَرْتَ ، فَبَعَثَنِي بِمَفَاتِيحِ خَزَائِنِ الْأَرْضِ ، وَأَمَرَنِي أَنْ أَعْرِضَ عَلَيْكَ أُسَيِّرُ مَعَكَ جِبَالَ تِهَامَةَ زُمُرُّدًا ، وَيَاقُوتًا ، وَذَهَبًا ، وَفِضَّةً فَعَلْتُ ، فَإِنْ شِئْتَ نَبِيًّا مَلِكًا ، وَإِنْ شِئْتَ نَبِيًّا عَبْدًا ؟ فَأَوْمَأَ إِلَيْهِ جِبْرِيلُ أَنْ تَوَاضَعْ ، فَقَالَ : " بَلْ نَبِيًّا عَبْدًا " . ثَلَاثًا . رَوَاهُ الطَّبَرَانِيُّ فِي الْأَوْسَطِ ، وَفِيهِ سَعْدَانُ بْنُ الْوَلِيدِ ، وَلَمْ أَعْرِفْهُ ، وَبَقِيَّةُ رِجَالِهِ رِجَالُ الصَّحِيحِ .
Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrates: One day the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and Sayyiduna Jibril (peace be upon him) were on the hill of Safa. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said to him: O Jibril! By the One who sent you with the truth, the household of Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) has neither a handful of flour nor a handful of barley. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) had only just said this when a rumbling was heard from the sky, which alarmed him. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Has Allah Almighty commanded the Hour to be established? Sayyiduna Jibril (peace be upon him) replied: No! But when Allah Almighty heard your words, He commanded Sayyiduna Israfil (peace be upon him), and he is descending towards you. Then Sayyiduna Israfil (peace be upon him) came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and said: Allah Almighty has heard what you said, and He has sent me with the keys of the treasures of the earth, and He has commanded me to make you this offer: (if you wish,) I will turn the mountains of Tihamah into emerald, ruby, gold and silver and make them move along with you; I will do so. If you wish, become a king-prophet, and if you wish, become a servant-prophet. Sayyiduna Jibril (peace be upon him) gestured to him to adopt humility, so the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Rather, (I prefer to be) a "servant-prophet". He (peace and blessings be upon him) said this three times.
Al-Tabarani recorded this narration in al-Mu'jam al-Awsat; its chain contains a narrator, Sa'dan bin al-Walid, and I do not know him; the rest of the narrators of this narration are the narrators of the Sahih.
Al-Tabarani recorded this narration in al-Mu'jam al-Awsat; its chain contains a narrator, Sa'dan bin al-Walid, and I do not know him; the rest of the narrators of this narration are the narrators of the Sahih.
وَعَنْ عُلَيِّ بْنِ رَبَاحٍ قَالَ : سَمِعْتُ عَمْرَو بْنَ الْعَاصِ يَقُولُ : لَقَدْ أَصْبَحْتُمْ وَأَمْسَيْتُمْ تَرْغَبُونَ فِيمَا كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - يَزْهَدُ فِيهِ ، أَصْبَحْتُمْ تَرْغَبُونَ فِي الدُّنْيَا ، وَكَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - يَزْهَدُ فِيهَا ، وَاللَّهِ مَا أَتَتْ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - لَيْلَةٌ مِنْ دَهْرِهِ إِلَّا كَانَ الَّذِي عَلَيْهِ أَكْثَرُ مِنَ الَّذِي لَهُ . قَالَ : فَقَالَ بَعْضُ أَصْحَابِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - : قَدْ رَأَيْنَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - يَسْتَلِفُ .
وَقَالَ غَيْرُ يَحْيَى : وَاللَّهِ ، مَا مَرَّ بِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - ثَلَاثَةٌ مِنَ الدَّهْرِ إِلَّا وَالَّذِي عَلَيْهِ أَكْثَرُ مِنَ الَّذِي لَهُ .
وَقَالَ غَيْرُ يَحْيَى : وَاللَّهِ ، مَا مَرَّ بِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - ثَلَاثَةٌ مِنَ الدَّهْرِ إِلَّا وَالَّذِي عَلَيْهِ أَكْثَرُ مِنَ الَّذِي لَهُ .
Ulayy bin Rabah narrates: I heard Sayyiduna Amr bin al-As (may Allah be pleased with him) saying: "Today you spend your mornings and evenings in such a state that you pursue the things you desire from this (world), regarding which the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) adopted the way of abstinence. You spend your mornings desiring the world, while the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to turn away from it. By Allah! No night came upon the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) except that what he owed was more than what was due to him." The narrator says: Some of the Companions (may Allah be pleased with them) said: We saw the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) borrowing. Narrators other than Yahya have transmitted these words: Three days never passed over the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) except that what he owed was more than what was due to him.
وَفِي رِوَايَةٍ عَنْ عَمْرٍو أَيْضًا أَنَّهُ قَالَ : مَا أَبْعَدَ هَدْيَكُمْ مِنْ هَدْيِ نَبِيِّكُمْ ، أَمَّا هُوَ فَكَانَ أَزْهَدَ النَّاسِ فِي الدُّنْيَا ، وَأَمَّا أَنْتُمْ فَأَرْغَبُ النَّاسِ فِيهَا . رَوَاهُ كُلَّهُ أَحْمَدُ وَالطَّبَرَانِيُّ ، وَرَوَى حَدِيثَ عَمْرٍو فَقَطْ ، وَرِجَالُ أَحْمَدَ رِجَالُ الصَّحِيحِ .
In one narration the wording is: Sayyiduna Amr bin al-As (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "How far is your way from the way of your Prophet! The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was the most detached of all people from the world, while you are the most eager of all people for it." Ahmad recorded all of these narrations; al-Tabarani recorded only the hadith narrated by Sayyiduna Amr (may Allah be pleased with him); the narrators of Ahmad are the narrators of the Sahih.
وَعَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ : كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - يُعْجِبُهُ مِنَ الدُّنْيَا ثَلَاثَةٌ : الطَّعَامُ ، وَالنِّسَاءُ ، وَالطِّيبُ ، فَأَصَابَ ثِنْتَيْنِ ، وَلَمْ يُصِبْ وَاحِدَةً ، أَصَابَ النِّسَاءَ وَالطِّيبَ ، وَلَمْ يُصِبِ الطَّعَامَ . رَوَاهُ أَحْمَدُ ، وَفِيهِ رَاوٍ لَمْ يُسَمَّ ، وَبَقِيَّةُ رِجَالِهِ رِجَالُ الصَّحِيحِ .
Sayyidah Aishah Siddiqah (may Allah be pleased with her) narrates: Three things of this world pleased the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): food, women and fragrance. Two of these he obtained and one he did not obtain: he obtained women and fragrance, and he did not obtain food.
Ahmad recorded this narration; its chain contains a narrator who has not been named, and the rest of the narrators of this narration are the narrators of the Sahih.
Ahmad recorded this narration; its chain contains a narrator who has not been named, and the rest of the narrators of this narration are the narrators of the Sahih.
وَعَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ : قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - : " مَا أَصَبْنَا مِنْ دُنْيَاكُمْ هَذِهِ إِلَّا نِسَاءَكُمْ " . رَوَاهُ الطَّبَرَانِيُّ فِي الْأَوْسَطِ مِنْ رِوَايَةِ زَكَرِيَّا بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ ، عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ وَلَمْ أَعْرِفْهُمَا .
Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrates that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Of this world of yours, we have obtained nothing except women."
Al-Tabarani recorded this narration in al-Mu'jam al-Awsat; its chain contains a narrator, Zakariyya bin Ibrahim, who narrated it from his father from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both), and I do not know either of them (that is, Zakariyya and his father).
Al-Tabarani recorded this narration in al-Mu'jam al-Awsat; its chain contains a narrator, Zakariyya bin Ibrahim, who narrated it from his father from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both), and I do not know either of them (that is, Zakariyya and his father).
وَعَنْ فَاطِمَةَ : أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - أَتَاهَا يَوْمًا فَقَالَ : " أَيْنَ أَبْنَائِي ؟ " . - يَعْنِي حَسَنًا وَحُسَيْنًا - . قَالَتْ : أَصْبَحْنَا وَلَيْسَ فِي بَيْتِنَا شَيْءٌ يَذُوقُهُ ذَائِقٌ ، فَقَالَ عَلِيٌّ : أَذْهَبُ بِهِمَا ; فَإِنِّي أَتَخَوَّفُ أَنْ يَبْكِيَا عَلَيْكِ وَلَيْسَ عِنْدَكِ شَيْءٌ ، فَذَهَبَ إِلَى فُلَانٍ الْيَهُودِيِّ . فَتَوَجَّهَ إِلَيْهِ النَّبِيُّ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - فَوَجَدَهُمَا يَلْعَبَانِ فِي شَرِيَّةٍ بَيْنَ أَيْدِيهِمَا فَضْلٌ مِنْ تَمْرٍ ، فَقَالَ : " يَا عَلِيُّ ، أَلَا تَقْلِبُ ابْنَيَّ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَشْتَدَّ عَلَيْهِمَا الْحَرُّ ؟ " . قَالَ عَلِيٌّ : أَصْبَحْنَا وَلَيْسَ فِي بَيْتِنَا شَيْءٌ ، فَلَوْ جَلَسْتَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ، حَتَّى أَجْمَعَ لِفَاطِمَةَ تَمَرَاتٍ . فَجَلَسَ النَّبِيُّ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - حَتَّى اجْتَمَعَ لِفَاطِمَةَ شَيْءٌ مِنْ تَمْرٍ ، فَجَعَلَهُ فِي صُرَّتِهِ ، ثُمَّ أَقْبَلَ فَحَمَلَ النَّبِيُّ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - أَحَدَهُمَا ، وَعَلِيٌّ الْآخَرَ حَتَّى أَقْلَبَهُمَا . رَوَاهُ الطَّبَرَانِيُّ ، وَإِسْنَادُهُ حَسَنٌ .
Sayyidah Fatimah (may Allah be pleased with her) narrates: One day the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) came to her house and asked: Where are my two sons? By this the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) meant Hasan and Husayn. Sayyidah Fatimah (may Allah be pleased with her) said: We have woken up this morning in such a state that there was nothing in our house that anyone could taste. So Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said: I will take the two of them with me, because I fear that they will cry in front of you while you have nothing. So Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) has gone to so-and-so the Jew. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) went there and found the two of them playing, with some leftover dates lying in front of them. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: O Ali! Will you not take my two sons back before the heat becomes intense? Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said: We have woken up this morning in such a state that there was nothing in our house. O Messenger of Allah! If you would remain seated, so that I may gather some dates for Fatimah as well. So the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) sat down until Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) had gathered some dates for Sayyidah Fatimah (may Allah be pleased with her) and put them in a pouch. Then he came, and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) carried one of the two boys and Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) carried the other, and they brought them both back.
Al-Tabarani recorded this narration, and its chain is hasan (good).
Al-Tabarani recorded this narration, and its chain is hasan (good).
وَعَنْ أَنَسٍ : أَنَّ بِلَالًا أَبْطَأَ عَنْ صَلَاةِ الصُّبْحِ ، فَقَالَ لَهُ النَّبِيُّ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - : " مَا حَبَسَكَ ؟ " . قَالَ : مَرَرْتُ بِفَاطِمَةَ وَهِيَ تَطْحَنُ وَالصَّبِيُّ يَبْكِي ، فَقُلْتُ لَهَا : إِنْ شِئْتِ كَفَيْتُكِ الرَّحَا ، وَكَفَيْتِنِي الصَّبِيَّ ، وَإِنْ شِئْتِ كَفَيْتُكِ الصَّبِيَّ ، وَكَفَيْتِنِي الرَّحَا ؟ قَالَتْ : أَنَا أَرْفَقُ بِابْنِي مِنْكَ ، فَذَاكَ حَبَسَنِي . فَقَالَ : " رَحِمْتَهَا - رَحِمَكَ اللَّهُ - " . رَوَاهُ أَحْمَدُ ، وَرِجَالُهُ ثِقَاتٌ إِلَّا أَنَّ أَبَا هَاشِمٍ صَاحِبَ الزَّعْفَرَانِ لَمْ يَسْمَعْ مِنْ أَنَسٍ ، وَاللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ .
Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: Sayyiduna Bilal (may Allah be pleased with him) was late in coming for the morning prayer. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) asked him: What held you back? He said: I passed by (the house of) Sayyidah Fatimah (may Allah be pleased with her). She was grinding at the hand-mill and the child was crying. I said: I will grind the mill in your place and you look after the child; or if you wish, I will look after the child and you grind the mill. She said: I am more tender towards my son than you (that is, I will look after the child). (Sayyiduna Bilal (may Allah be pleased with him) said:) That is why I was late. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: You showed her mercy; may Allah Almighty have mercy on you.
Ahmad recorded this narration and its narrators are thiqat (trustworthy), except that the narrator Abu Hashim did not hear from Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him).
Ahmad recorded this narration and its narrators are thiqat (trustworthy), except that the narrator Abu Hashim did not hear from Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him).
وَعَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ : سَمِعَ عَمَرَ : أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - خَرَجَ يَوْمًا عِنْدَ الظَّهِيرَةِ فَوَجَدَ أَبَا بَكْرٍ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ جَالِسًا ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - : " مَا أَخْرَجَكَ فِي هَذِهِ السَّاعَةِ ؟ ! " . قَالَ لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - : أَخْرَجَنِي يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ الَّذِي أَخْرَجَكَ ، ثُمَّ إِنْ عُمَرَ جَاءَ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - : " يَا ابْنَ الْخَطَّابِ ، مَا أَخْرَجَكَ هَذِهِ السَّاعَةَ ؟ ! " . قَالَ : أَخْرَجَنِي يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ، الَّذِي أَخْرَجَكُمَا . فَقَعَدَ مَعَهُمَا ، فَجَعَلَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - يُحَدِّثُهُمَا ، فَقَالَ لَهُمَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - : " هَلْ بِكُمَا مِنْ قُوَّةٍ فَتَنْطَلِقَانِ إِلَى هَذَا النَّخْلِ فَتُصِيبَانِ مِنْ طَعَامٍ وَشَرَابٍ ؟ " . فَقُلْنَا : نَعَمْ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ، فَانْطَلَقْنَا حَتَّى أَتَيْنَا مَنْزِلَ مَالِكِ بْنِ التَّيِّهَانِ : أَبِي الْهَيْثَمِ الْأَنْصَارِيِّ ، فَتَقَدَّمَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - بَيْنَ أَيْدِينَا ، فَاسْتَأْذَنَ عَلَيْهِمْ ، وَأُمُّ أَبِي الْهَيْثَمِ تَسْمَعُ السَّلَامَ ، تُرِيدُ أَنْ يَزِيدَهُمْ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - مِنَ السَّلَامِ . فَلَمَّا أَرَادَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - أَنْ يَنْصَرِفَ خَرَجَتْ أُمُّ أَبِي الْهَيْثَمِ تَسْعَى فَقَالَتْ : يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ، قَدْ سَمِعْتُ سَلَامَكَ ، وَلَكِنْ أَرَدْتُ أَنْ تَزِيدَنَا مِنْ سَلَامِكَ . فَقَالَ لَهَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - : " أَيْنَ أَبُو الْهَيْثَمِ ؟ " . قَالَتْ : قَرِيبٌ ذَهَبَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ، يَسْتَعْذِبُ لَنَا مِنَ الْمَاءِ ، ادْخُلُوا السَّاعَةَ يَأْتِي ، فَبَسَطَتْ لَهُمْ بِسَاطًا تَحْتَ شَجَرَةٍ ، حَتَّى جَاءَ أَبُو الْهَيْثَمِ مَعَ حِمَارِهِ ، وَعَلَيْهِ قِرْبَتَانِ مِنْ مَاءٍ ، فَفَرِحَ بِهِمْ أَبُو الْهَيْثَمِ ، وَقَرُبَ يُحَيِّيهِمْ ، فَصَعِدَ أَبُو الْهَيْثَمِ عَلَى نَخْلَةٍ فَصَرَمَ أَغْدَاقًا ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - : " حَسْبُكَ يَا أَبَا الْهَيْثَمِ " . قَالَ : يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ، تَأْكُلُونَ مِنْ بُسْرِهِ ، وَمِنْ رُطَبِهِ ، وَتَذْنُوبِهِ ، ثُمَّ أَتَاهُمْ بِمَاءٍ فَشَرِبُوا عَلَيْهِ . فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - : " هَذَا مِنَ النَّعِيمِ الَّذِي تُسْأَلُونَ عَنْهُ " . ثُمَّ قَامَ أَبُو الْهَيْثَمِ إِلَى شَاةٍ لِيَذْبَحَهَا، فَقَالَ لَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - : " إِيَّاكَ وَاللَّبُونَ " . ثُمَّ قَامَ أَبُو الْهَيْثَمِ فَعَجَنَ لَهُمْ . وَوَضَعَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - وَأَبُو بَكْرٍ ، وَعُمَرُ رُءُوسَهُمْ فَنَامُوا ، فَاسْتَيْقَظُوا وَقَدْ أَدْرَكَ طَعَامُهُمْ ، فَوَضَعَهُ بَيْنَ أَيْدِيهِمْ ; فَأَكَلُوا وَشَبِعُوا . وَأَتَاهُمْ أَبُو الْهَيْثَمِ بِبَقِيَّةِ الْأَعْذَاقِ ، فَأَصَابُوا مِنْهُ ، وَسَلَّمَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - وَدَعَا لَهُمْ بِخَيْرٍ ، ثُمَّ قَالَ لِأَبِي الْهَيْثَمِ : " إِذَا بَلَغَكَ أَنَّهُ قَدْ أَتَانَا رَقِيقٌ فَائْتِنَا " .
قَالَ أَبُو الْهَيْثَمِ : فَلَمَّا بَلَغَنِي أَنَّهُ أَتَى رَسُولَ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - رَقِيقٌ أَتَيْتُ الْمَدِينَةَ ، فَأَعْطَانِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - رَأْسًا ، فَكَاتَبْتُهُ عَلَى أَرْبَعِينَ أَلْفَ دِرْهَمٍ ، فَمَا رَأَيْتُ رَأْسًا كَانَ أَعْظَمَ بَرَكَةً مِنْهُ .
قَالَ أَبُو الْهَيْثَمِ : فَلَمَّا بَلَغَنِي أَنَّهُ أَتَى رَسُولَ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - رَقِيقٌ أَتَيْتُ الْمَدِينَةَ ، فَأَعْطَانِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - رَأْسًا ، فَكَاتَبْتُهُ عَلَى أَرْبَعِينَ أَلْفَ دِرْهَمٍ ، فَمَا رَأَيْتُ رَأْسًا كَانَ أَعْظَمَ بَرَكَةً مِنْهُ .
Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrates that he heard Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) relating: (Once) the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) came out of his house when the day was well advanced and found Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) sitting in the mosque. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) asked: For what reason have you come out of your house at this time? He said: O Messenger of Allah! I have come out for the same reason for which you have come out. Then Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) came, and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) asked: O Ibn al-Khattab! For what reason have you come out at this time? He said: O Messenger of Allah! I too have come out for the same reason for which both of you have come out. Then he sat down with the two of them. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) began talking with them, and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said to them: Do you both have enough strength to go to this orchard? Something to eat and drink will be found there. We said: Alright, O Messenger of Allah! Then we set off until we came to the house of Sayyiduna Malik bin al-Tayyihan, Abu al-Haytham al-Ansari (may Allah be pleased with him). The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) went ahead of us and sought permission from them to enter. The mother of Abu al-Haytham was hearing the greeting of salam, and she wanted the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) to give them more greetings. When the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) intended to turn back, the mother of Abu al-Haytham came running out and said: O Messenger of Allah! I had heard your greeting, but I wanted more greetings to come to us from you. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) asked that woman: Where is Abu al-Haytham? The woman replied: He has gone nearby, O Messenger of Allah! He has gone to fetch sweet water for us. Please come in; he will be here shortly. The woman spread out a mat for them under a tree. Then Sayyiduna Abu al-Haytham (may Allah be pleased with him) came with his donkey, which was loaded with two waterskins. Sayyiduna Abu al-Haytham (may Allah be pleased with him) was very happy to see them, and came and greeted them. Then Sayyiduna Abu al-Haytham (may Allah be pleased with him) climbed a date palm and brought down some clusters. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Abu al-Haytham! This is enough. He said: O Messenger of Allah! Please eat the different kinds of dates. Then he brought them water, and they drank it. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: These are the blessings about which you will be held to account. Then Sayyiduna Abu al-Haytham (may Allah be pleased with him) got up and went towards a goat to slaughter it, and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Do not slaughter one that gives milk. Then Sayyiduna Abu al-Haytham (may Allah be pleased with him) got up and kneaded dough for them. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) and Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) laid down their heads and slept. When they woke up, the food was ready. He placed it before them, and they ate their fill. Then Sayyiduna Abu al-Haytham (may Allah be pleased with him) brought the remaining clusters of dates, and they ate from them. Then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) greeted them with salam and prayed for good for them. Then he said to Sayyiduna Abu al-Haytham (may Allah be pleased with him): When you receive news that slaves have come to us, come to us. Sayyiduna Abu al-Haytham (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: I received news that slaves had come to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). I came to Madinah, and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) gave me a slave. Then I made a contract of emancipation (kitabah) with him for forty thousand dirhams. I have not seen any person more full of blessing than him.
وَفِي رِوَايَةٍ : قَالَتْ أُمُّ أَبِي الْهَيْثَمِ : لَوْ دَعَوْتَ لَنَا ! قَالَ : " أَفْطَرَ عِنْدَكُمُ الصَّائِمُونَ ، وَأَكَلَ طَعَامَكُمُ الْأَبْرَارُ ، وَصَلَّتْ عَلَيْكُمُ الْمَلَائِكَةُ " . رَوَاهُ الْبَزَّارُ ، وَأَبُو يَعْلَى بِاخْتِصَارِ قِصَّةِ الْغُلَامِ ، وَرَوَاهُ الطَّبَرَانِيُّ كَذَلِكَ ، وَفِي أَسَانِيدِهِمْ كُلِّهَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عِيسَى : أَبُو خَلَفٍ ، وَهُوَ ضَعِيفٌ ، وَقَالَ أَبُو يَعْلَى وَالطَّبَرَانِيُّ : أُمُّ الْهَيْثَمِ ، وَقَالَ الْبَزَّارُ : أُمُّ أَبِي الْهَيْثَمِ .
In one narration the wording is: The mother of Abu al-Haytham said: If you would pray for us (it would be a kindness). The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Fasting people have broken their fast with you, righteous people have eaten your food, and the angels have prayed for mercy upon you.
Al-Bazzar recorded this narration; Abu Ya'la recorded it with the part about the slave abridged.
Al-Tabarani also recorded it in the same way. All of their chains contain a narrator, Abdullah bin Isa Abu Khalaf, and he is da'if (weak). Abu Ya'la and al-Tabarani have transmitted the wording "Umm al-Haytham", while al-Bazzar has transmitted "the mother of Abu al-Haytham".
Al-Bazzar recorded this narration; Abu Ya'la recorded it with the part about the slave abridged.
Al-Tabarani also recorded it in the same way. All of their chains contain a narrator, Abdullah bin Isa Abu Khalaf, and he is da'if (weak). Abu Ya'la and al-Tabarani have transmitted the wording "Umm al-Haytham", while al-Bazzar has transmitted "the mother of Abu al-Haytham".
وَعَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ : خَرَجَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ بِالْهَاجِرَةِ فَسَمِعَ بِذَاكَ عَمَرُ ، فَخَرَجَ فَإِذَا هُوَ بِأَبِي بَكْرٍ، فَقَالَ : يَا أَبَا بَكْرٍ ، مَا أَخْرَجَكَ هَذِهِ السَّاعَةَ ؟ ! فَقَالَ : أَخْرَجَنِي وَاللَّهِ ، مَا أَجِدُ مِنْ حَاقِّ الْجُوعِ فِي بَطْنِي ، فَقَالَ : أَنَا وَاللَّهِ ، مَا أَخْرَجَنِي غَيْرُهُ .
فَبَيْنَمَا هُمَا كَذَلِكَ إِذْ خَرَجَ عَلَيْهِمَا النَّبِيُّ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - فَقَالَ : " مَا أَخْرَجَكُمَا هَذِهِ السَّاعَةَ ؟ " . فَقَالَا : أَخْرَجَنَا وَاللَّهِ ، مَا نَجِدُ فِي بُطُونِنَا مَنْ حَاقِّ الْجُوعِ . فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - : " وَأَنَا وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ ، مَا أَخْرَجَنِي غَيْرُهُ " . فَقَامُوا فَانْطَلَقُوا حَتَّى أَتَوْا بَابَ أَبِي أَيُّوبَ الْأَنْصَارِيِّ ، وَكَانَ أَبُو أَيُّوبَ ذَكَرَ لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - طَعَامًا أَوْ لَبَنًا ، فَأَبْطَأَ يَوْمَئِذٍ فَلَمْ يَأْتِ لِحِينِهِ فَأَطْعَمَهُ أَهْلَهُ ، وَانْطَلَقَ إِلَى نَخْلِهِ يَعْمَلُ فِيهِ ، فَلَمَّا أَتَوْا بَابَ أَبِي أَيُّوبَ خَرَجَتِ امْرَأَتُهُ فَقَالَتْ : مَرْحَبًا بِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - وَبِمَنْ مَعَهُ ، فَقَالَ لَهَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - : " فَأَيْنَ أَبُو أَيُّوبَ ؟ " . قَالَتْ : يَأْتِيكَ يَا نَبِيَّ اللَّهِ السَّاعَةَ ، فَرَجَعَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - فَبَصُرَ بِهِ أَبُو أَيُّوبَ ، وَهُوَ يَعْمَلُ فِي نَخْلٍ لَهُ ، فَجَاءَ يَشْتَدُّ حَتَّى أَدْرَكَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - فَقَالَ : مَرْحَبًا بِنَبِيِّ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - وَبِمَنْ مَعَهُ . فَقَالَ : يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ، لَيْسَ بِالْحِينِ الَّذِي كُنْتَ تَجِيئُنِي فِيهِ فَرَدَّهُ . فَجَاءَ إِلَى عِذْقِ النَّخْلَةِ فَقَطَعَهُ ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - : " مَا أَرَدْتَ إِلَى هَذَا ؟ " . قَالَ : يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ، أَرَدْتُ أَنْ تَأْكُلَ مِنْ رُطَبِهِ ، وَبُسْرِهِ ، وَتَمْرِهِ ، وَتَذْنُوبِهِ ، وَلَأَذْبَحَنَّ لَكَ مَعَ هَذَا . قَالَ : " إِنْ ذَبَحْتَ فَلَا تَذْبَحَنَّ ذَاتَ ذَرٍّ " . فَأَخَذَ عَنَاقًا ، أَوْ جَدْيًا فَذَبَحَهُ ، وَقَالَ لِامْرَأَتِهِ : اخْتَبِزِي ، وَأَطْبُخُ أَنَا ، فَأَنْتِ أَعْلَمُ بِالْخُبْزِ . فَعَمَدَ إِلَى نِصْفِ الْجَدْيِ فَطَبَخَهُ ، وَشَوَى نِصْفَهُ ، فَلَمَّا أَدْرَكَ الطَّعَامُ ، وَضَعَهُ بَيْنَ يَدَيْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - وَأَصْحَابِهِ ، فَأَخَذَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - مِنَ الْجَدْيِ فَوَضَعَهُ عَلَى رَغِيفٍ ، ثُمَّ قَالَ : " يَا أَبَا أَيُّوبَ ، أَبْلِغْ بِهَذَا إِلَى فَاطِمَةَ ; فَإِنَّهَا لَمْ تُصِبْ مِثْلَ هَذَا مُنْذُ أَيَّامٍ " . فَلَمَّا أَكَلُوا وَشَبِعُوا قَالَ النَّبِيُّ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - : " خُبْزٌ ، وَلَحْمٌ ، وَبُسْرٌ ،وَتَمْرٌ وَرُطَبٌ " . وَدَمَعَتْ عَيْنَاهُ ، ثُمَّ قَالَ : " هَذَا مِنَ النَّعِيمِ الَّذِي تُسْأَلُونَ عَنْهُ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ " . فَكَبُرَ ذَلِكَ عَلَى أَصْحَابِهِ ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - : " إِذَا أَصَبْتُمْ مِثْلَ هَذَا ، وَضَرَبْتُمْ بِأَيْدِيكُمْ ، فَقُولُوا : بِسْمِ اللَّهِ ، وَبَرَكَةِ اللَّهِ ، فِإِذَا شَبِعْتُمْ فَقُولُوا الْحَمْدُ للَّهِ الَّذِي أَشْبَعَنَا وَأَزْوَانَا وَأَنْعَمَ وَأَفْضَلَ ، فَإِنَّ هَذَا كَفَافٌ بِهَذَا " .
وَكَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - لَا يَأْتِي أَحَدٌ إِلَيْهِ مَعْرُوفًا إِلَّا أَحَبَّ أَنْ يُجَازِيَهُ ، فَقَالَ لِأَبِي أَيُّوبَ : " ائْتِنَا غَدًا " . فَلَمْ يَسْمَعْ ، فَقَالَ لَهُ عُمَرُ : إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - يَأْمُرُكَ أَنْ تَأْتِيَهُ ، فَلَمَّا أَتَاهُ أَعْطَاهُ وَلِيدَةً ، فَقَالَ : " يَا أَبَا أَيُّوبَ ، اسْتَوْصِ بِهَا خَيْرًا ; فَإِنَّا لَمْ نَرَ إِلَّا خَيْرًا مَا دَامَتْ عِنْدَنَا " . فَلَمَّا جَاءَ بِهَا أَبُو أَيُّوبَ قَالَ : مَا أَجِدُ لِوَصِيَّةِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - خَيْرًا مِنْ أَنْ أُعْتِقَهَا ، فَأَعْتَقَهَا . رَوَاهُ الطَّبَرَانِيُّ فِي الصَّغِيرِ وَالْأَوْسَطِ ، وَفِيهِ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ كَيْسَانَ الْمَرْوَزِيُّ ، وَقَدْ وَثَّقَهُ ابْنُ حِبَّانَ ، وَضَعَّفَهُ غَيْرُهُ ، وَبَقِيَّةُ رِجَالِهِ رِجَالُ الصَّحِيحِ .
فَبَيْنَمَا هُمَا كَذَلِكَ إِذْ خَرَجَ عَلَيْهِمَا النَّبِيُّ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - فَقَالَ : " مَا أَخْرَجَكُمَا هَذِهِ السَّاعَةَ ؟ " . فَقَالَا : أَخْرَجَنَا وَاللَّهِ ، مَا نَجِدُ فِي بُطُونِنَا مَنْ حَاقِّ الْجُوعِ . فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - : " وَأَنَا وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ ، مَا أَخْرَجَنِي غَيْرُهُ " . فَقَامُوا فَانْطَلَقُوا حَتَّى أَتَوْا بَابَ أَبِي أَيُّوبَ الْأَنْصَارِيِّ ، وَكَانَ أَبُو أَيُّوبَ ذَكَرَ لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - طَعَامًا أَوْ لَبَنًا ، فَأَبْطَأَ يَوْمَئِذٍ فَلَمْ يَأْتِ لِحِينِهِ فَأَطْعَمَهُ أَهْلَهُ ، وَانْطَلَقَ إِلَى نَخْلِهِ يَعْمَلُ فِيهِ ، فَلَمَّا أَتَوْا بَابَ أَبِي أَيُّوبَ خَرَجَتِ امْرَأَتُهُ فَقَالَتْ : مَرْحَبًا بِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - وَبِمَنْ مَعَهُ ، فَقَالَ لَهَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - : " فَأَيْنَ أَبُو أَيُّوبَ ؟ " . قَالَتْ : يَأْتِيكَ يَا نَبِيَّ اللَّهِ السَّاعَةَ ، فَرَجَعَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - فَبَصُرَ بِهِ أَبُو أَيُّوبَ ، وَهُوَ يَعْمَلُ فِي نَخْلٍ لَهُ ، فَجَاءَ يَشْتَدُّ حَتَّى أَدْرَكَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - فَقَالَ : مَرْحَبًا بِنَبِيِّ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - وَبِمَنْ مَعَهُ . فَقَالَ : يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ، لَيْسَ بِالْحِينِ الَّذِي كُنْتَ تَجِيئُنِي فِيهِ فَرَدَّهُ . فَجَاءَ إِلَى عِذْقِ النَّخْلَةِ فَقَطَعَهُ ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - : " مَا أَرَدْتَ إِلَى هَذَا ؟ " . قَالَ : يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ، أَرَدْتُ أَنْ تَأْكُلَ مِنْ رُطَبِهِ ، وَبُسْرِهِ ، وَتَمْرِهِ ، وَتَذْنُوبِهِ ، وَلَأَذْبَحَنَّ لَكَ مَعَ هَذَا . قَالَ : " إِنْ ذَبَحْتَ فَلَا تَذْبَحَنَّ ذَاتَ ذَرٍّ " . فَأَخَذَ عَنَاقًا ، أَوْ جَدْيًا فَذَبَحَهُ ، وَقَالَ لِامْرَأَتِهِ : اخْتَبِزِي ، وَأَطْبُخُ أَنَا ، فَأَنْتِ أَعْلَمُ بِالْخُبْزِ . فَعَمَدَ إِلَى نِصْفِ الْجَدْيِ فَطَبَخَهُ ، وَشَوَى نِصْفَهُ ، فَلَمَّا أَدْرَكَ الطَّعَامُ ، وَضَعَهُ بَيْنَ يَدَيْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - وَأَصْحَابِهِ ، فَأَخَذَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - مِنَ الْجَدْيِ فَوَضَعَهُ عَلَى رَغِيفٍ ، ثُمَّ قَالَ : " يَا أَبَا أَيُّوبَ ، أَبْلِغْ بِهَذَا إِلَى فَاطِمَةَ ; فَإِنَّهَا لَمْ تُصِبْ مِثْلَ هَذَا مُنْذُ أَيَّامٍ " . فَلَمَّا أَكَلُوا وَشَبِعُوا قَالَ النَّبِيُّ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - : " خُبْزٌ ، وَلَحْمٌ ، وَبُسْرٌ ،وَتَمْرٌ وَرُطَبٌ " . وَدَمَعَتْ عَيْنَاهُ ، ثُمَّ قَالَ : " هَذَا مِنَ النَّعِيمِ الَّذِي تُسْأَلُونَ عَنْهُ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ " . فَكَبُرَ ذَلِكَ عَلَى أَصْحَابِهِ ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - : " إِذَا أَصَبْتُمْ مِثْلَ هَذَا ، وَضَرَبْتُمْ بِأَيْدِيكُمْ ، فَقُولُوا : بِسْمِ اللَّهِ ، وَبَرَكَةِ اللَّهِ ، فِإِذَا شَبِعْتُمْ فَقُولُوا الْحَمْدُ للَّهِ الَّذِي أَشْبَعَنَا وَأَزْوَانَا وَأَنْعَمَ وَأَفْضَلَ ، فَإِنَّ هَذَا كَفَافٌ بِهَذَا " .
وَكَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - لَا يَأْتِي أَحَدٌ إِلَيْهِ مَعْرُوفًا إِلَّا أَحَبَّ أَنْ يُجَازِيَهُ ، فَقَالَ لِأَبِي أَيُّوبَ : " ائْتِنَا غَدًا " . فَلَمْ يَسْمَعْ ، فَقَالَ لَهُ عُمَرُ : إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - يَأْمُرُكَ أَنْ تَأْتِيَهُ ، فَلَمَّا أَتَاهُ أَعْطَاهُ وَلِيدَةً ، فَقَالَ : " يَا أَبَا أَيُّوبَ ، اسْتَوْصِ بِهَا خَيْرًا ; فَإِنَّا لَمْ نَرَ إِلَّا خَيْرًا مَا دَامَتْ عِنْدَنَا " . فَلَمَّا جَاءَ بِهَا أَبُو أَيُّوبَ قَالَ : مَا أَجِدُ لِوَصِيَّةِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - خَيْرًا مِنْ أَنْ أُعْتِقَهَا ، فَأَعْتَقَهَا . رَوَاهُ الطَّبَرَانِيُّ فِي الصَّغِيرِ وَالْأَوْسَطِ ، وَفِيهِ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ كَيْسَانَ الْمَرْوَزِيُّ ، وَقَدْ وَثَّقَهُ ابْنُ حِبَّانَ ، وَضَعَّفَهُ غَيْرُهُ ، وَبَقِيَّةُ رِجَالِهِ رِجَالُ الصَّحِيحِ .
Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrates: Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) came out in the heat of midday. Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) heard about it and he too came out, and there was Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him). He asked: O Sayyiduna Abu Bakr! Why have you come out at this time? Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) said: By Allah! I have come out because I am feeling the most intense hunger in my stomach. Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said: I too have come out for the same reason. While the two of them were in this state, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) also came to them. He (peace and blessings be upon him) asked: Why have you two come out at this time? They both said: By Allah! We have come out because of the most intense hunger we feel in our stomachs. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: By the One in whose hand is my soul, my case is the same: nothing other than this brought me out. Then they got up and walked until they came to the door of Sayyiduna Abu Ayyub al-Ansari (may Allah be pleased with him). Sayyiduna Abu Ayyub al-Ansari (may Allah be pleased with him) had mentioned some food, or perhaps milk, to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), but the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was delayed in coming and did not come at the usual time, so Sayyiduna Abu Ayyub al-Ansari (may Allah be pleased with him) fed that food to his family and went to his date orchard to work there. When they reached the door of Sayyiduna Abu Ayyub al-Ansari (may Allah be pleased with him), his wife came out and said: Welcome to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and those with him! The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) asked that woman: Where is Abu Ayyub? The woman said: O Prophet of Allah! He will come to you right away. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) turned back. Sayyiduna Abu Ayyub (may Allah be pleased with him) saw the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him); he was working in his date orchard at the time. He came running to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and said: Welcome to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and those with you! He said: O Messenger of Allah! You do not usually come at this time. Then he took the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) back. Then he went to a cluster of dates and cut it. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) asked: What do you intend by this? He said: O Messenger of Allah! I want you to eat the different kinds of dates from it, and along with this I will slaughter an animal for you. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: If you must slaughter, then do not slaughter an animal that gives milk. So he slaughtered a one-year-old young goat. He said to his wife: You bake the bread and I will prepare the stew, because you can bake bread better. Then he took half of the young goat and cooked it, and roasted the other half. When the food was ready, he placed it before the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and his Companions. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) took (some) meat, placed it on a loaf of bread and then said: O Abu Ayyub! Take this to Fatimah, because she has not had food like this for several days. When they had eaten their fill, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Bread, meat, busr, tamr and rutab (that is, different kinds of dates). Then tears flowed from his eyes, and then he said: These are among the blessings about which you will be held to account on the Day of Resurrection. The narrator says: This caused distress to his Companions. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: When you are granted something like this and you stretch out your hands, then say: "Bismillah wa barakatillah (In the name of Allah, seeking blessing, and with the blessing granted by Allah)." And when you have eaten your fill, say: "Alhamdu lillahi alladhi ashba'ana wa arwana wa an'ama wa afdal (All praise belongs to Allah, who has fed us to our fill, quenched our thirst, bestowed blessings and shown favour)." (The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:) This will then be its recompense. The narrator says: It was the habit of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) that whenever someone did him a kindness, he liked to repay him. He said to Sayyiduna Abu Ayyub al-Ansari (may Allah be pleased with him): Come to us tomorrow. He did not hear this, so Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said to him: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) is instructing you to come to him. When Sayyiduna Abu Ayyub al-Ansari (may Allah be pleased with him) came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) (the next day), the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) gave him a slave girl and said: O Abu Ayyub! Accept the advice to treat her well, for since she has been with us we have seen nothing but good in her. When Sayyiduna Abu Ayyub al-Ansari (may Allah be pleased with him) brought that slave girl home, he said: I find no better way to act on the advice of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) than to set her free. So he set her free.
Al-Tabarani recorded this narration in al-Mu'jam al-Saghir and al-Mu'jam al-Awsat; its chain contains a narrator, Abdullah bin Kaysan al-Marwazi; Ibn Hibban declared him thiqah (trustworthy) and others declared him da'if (weak); the rest of the narrators of this narration are the narrators of the Sahih.
Al-Tabarani recorded this narration in al-Mu'jam al-Saghir and al-Mu'jam al-Awsat; its chain contains a narrator, Abdullah bin Kaysan al-Marwazi; Ibn Hibban declared him thiqah (trustworthy) and others declared him da'if (weak); the rest of the narrators of this narration are the narrators of the Sahih.
وَعَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ : حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي قُحَافَةَ ، قَالَ : فَاتَنِي الْعَشَاءُ ذَاتَ لَيْلَةٍ ; فَجَعَلْتُ أَتَقَلَّبُ لَا يَأْتِينِي النَّوْمُ ، فَقُلْتُ : لَوْ خَرَجْتُ إِلَى الْمَسْجِدِ فَصَلَّيْتُ مَا قُدِّرَ لِي ، فَفَعَلْتُ ، ثُمَّ اسْتَنَدْتُ إِلَى نَاحِيَةٍ مِنْهُ ، فَدَخَلَ عُمَرُ ، فَلَمَّا رَآنِي أَنْكَرَنِي ، فَقَالَ : مَنْ هَذَا ؟ قُلْتُ : أَبُو بَكْرٍ . فَقَالَ : مَا أَخْرَجَكَ هَذِهِ السَّاعَةَ ؟ ! قُلْتُ : الْجُوعُ . قَالَ : وَأَنَا أَخْرَجَنِي الَّذِي أَخْرَجَكَ ، فَلَمْ نَلْبَثْ أَنْ دَخَلَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - فَلَمَّا رَأَى سَوَادَنَا أَنْكَرَهُ فَقَالَ مَنْ هَذَانِ ؟ فَبَدَرَنِي عُمَرُ فَقَالَ : هَذَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ وَهَذَا عُمَرُ فَقَالَ : " مَا أَخْرَجَكُمَا هَذِهِ السَّاعَةَ ؟ ! " . فَأَخْبَرْنَاهُ الْخَبَرَ . فَقَالَ : " وَأَنَا مَا أَخْرَجَنِي إِلَّا الَّذِي أَخْرَجَكُمَا ، انْطَلِقَا بِنَا إِلَى الْوَاقِفِيِّ " . فَأَتَيْنَا الْبَابَ ، فَاسْتَأْذَنَّا فَخَرَجَتِ الْمَرْأَةُ ، قَالَ : " أَيْنَ فَلَانٌ ؟ " . قَالَتْ : ذَهَبَ يَسْتَعْذِبُ مِنْ حُشِّ بَنِي حَارِثَةَ ، فَفَتَحَتِ الْبَابَ ، فَدَخَلْنَا فَلَمْ نَلْبَثْ أَنْ جَاءَ قَدْ مَلَأَ قِرْبَةً عَلَى ظَهْرِهِ ، عَلَّقَهَا عَلَى كِرْنَفَةٍ مِنْ كَرَانِيفِ النَّخْلِ ، ثُمَّ أَقْبَلَ إِلَيْنَا ، فَقَالَ : مَرْحَبًا وَأَهْلًا ، مَا زَارَ النَّاسَ خَيْرٌ مِنْ زَوْرٍ زَارُونِي اللَّيْلَةَ ، ثُمَّ جَاءَ بِعِذْقِ بُسْرٍ ، فَجَعَلْنَا نَنْتَقِي فِي الْقَمَرِ ، وَنَأْكُلُ ، ثُمَّ أَخَذَ الشَّفْرَةَ وَجَالَ فِي الْغَنَمِ ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - : " إِيَّاكَ وَالْحَلُوبَ ، أَوْ ذَاتَ الدَّرِّ " . فَذَبَحَ لَنَا شَاةً ، وَسَلَخَهَا ، وَقَطَّعَهَا فِي الْقِدْرِ ، وَأَمَرَ الْمَرْأَةَ فَعَجَنَتْ وَخَبَزَتْ ، ثُمَّ جَاءَ بِثَرِيدَةٍ وَلَحْمٍ فَأَكَلْنَا . ثُمَّ قَامَ إِلَى الْقِرْبَةِ وَقَدْ تَخَفَّقَتْهَا الرِّيحُ فَبَرَدَتْ ، فَسَقَانَا . فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - : " الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي أَخْرَجَنَا لَمْ يُخْرِجْنَا إِلَّا الْجُوعُ ، ثُمَّ لَمْ نَرْجِعْ حَتَّى أَصَبْنَا هَذَا ، هَذَا مِنَ النَّعِيمِ الَّذِي تُسْأَلُونَ عَنْهُ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ " . ثُمَّ قَالَ لِلْوَاقِعِيِّ : " أَمَا لَكَ خَادِمٌ يَكْفِيكَ هَذَا ؟ " . قَالَ : لَا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ . قَالَ : " فَانْظُرْ أَوَّلَ سَبْيٍ يَأْتِينِي فَائْتِنِي آمُرُ لَكَ بِخَادِمٍ " .
فَلَمْ يَلْبَثْ أَنْ أَتَاهُ سَبْيٌ ، فَأَتَاهُ فَقَالَ : " مَا جَاءَ بِكَ ؟ " . قَالَ : مَوْعِدُكَ الَّذِي وَعَدْتَنِي ، قَالَ : " قُمْ ، فَاخْتَرْ مِنْهُمْ " . قَالَ : يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ، كُنْ أَنْتَ الَّذِي تَخْتَارُ لِي ، قَالَ : " خُذْ هَذَا الْغُلَامَ ، وَأَحْسِنْ إِلَيْهِ " . فَأَتَى امْرَأَتَهُ فَأَخْبَرَهَا بِمَا قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - وَمَا قَالَ لَهُ ، فَقَالَتْ : فَقَدْ أَمَرَكَ أَنْ تُحْسِنَ إِلَيْهِ ; فَأَحْسِنْ إِلَيْهِ ، فَقَالَ : وَمَا الْإِحْسَانُ ؟ قَالَتْ : أَنْ تُعْتِقَهُ . قَالَ : فَهُوَ حُرٌّ لِوَجْهِ اللَّهِ .
قُلْتُ : رَوَى ابْنُ مَاجَهْ طَرَفًا مِنْهُ فِي ذَبْحِ ذَوَاتِ الدَّرِّ . رَوَاهُ الطَّبَرَانِيُّ ، وَرَوَاهُ أَبُو يَعْلَى أَتَمَّ مِنْهُ ، وَفِيهِ يَحْيَى بْنُ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مَوْهَبٍ ، وَقَدْ ضَعَّفَهُ الْجُمْهُورُ وَوُثِّقَ ، وَبَقِيَّةُ رِجَالِهِ ثِقَاتٌ .
فَلَمْ يَلْبَثْ أَنْ أَتَاهُ سَبْيٌ ، فَأَتَاهُ فَقَالَ : " مَا جَاءَ بِكَ ؟ " . قَالَ : مَوْعِدُكَ الَّذِي وَعَدْتَنِي ، قَالَ : " قُمْ ، فَاخْتَرْ مِنْهُمْ " . قَالَ : يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ، كُنْ أَنْتَ الَّذِي تَخْتَارُ لِي ، قَالَ : " خُذْ هَذَا الْغُلَامَ ، وَأَحْسِنْ إِلَيْهِ " . فَأَتَى امْرَأَتَهُ فَأَخْبَرَهَا بِمَا قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - وَمَا قَالَ لَهُ ، فَقَالَتْ : فَقَدْ أَمَرَكَ أَنْ تُحْسِنَ إِلَيْهِ ; فَأَحْسِنْ إِلَيْهِ ، فَقَالَ : وَمَا الْإِحْسَانُ ؟ قَالَتْ : أَنْ تُعْتِقَهُ . قَالَ : فَهُوَ حُرٌّ لِوَجْهِ اللَّهِ .
قُلْتُ : رَوَى ابْنُ مَاجَهْ طَرَفًا مِنْهُ فِي ذَبْحِ ذَوَاتِ الدَّرِّ . رَوَاهُ الطَّبَرَانِيُّ ، وَرَوَاهُ أَبُو يَعْلَى أَتَمَّ مِنْهُ ، وَفِيهِ يَحْيَى بْنُ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مَوْهَبٍ ، وَقَدْ ضَعَّفَهُ الْجُمْهُورُ وَوُثِّقَ ، وَبَقِيَّةُ رِجَالِهِ ثِقَاتٌ .
Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: Sayyiduna Abu Bakr al-Siddiq (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated this hadith to me: "One night I missed my supper. I kept tossing and turning, but sleep would not come to me. I thought: If I were to go out to the mosque and offer whatever prayer is destined for me there, (it would be appropriate). I did so, and then sat leaning against a corner of the mosque. Meanwhile Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) came in. When he saw me he was surprised, and he asked: Who is this? I replied: Abu Bakr. He said: Why have you come out of your house at this time? I replied: Because of hunger. He said: I too have come out for the same reason for which you have come out. A little while later the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) came in. When he saw our silhouettes he was surprised, and he asked: Who are these two? Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) spoke before me and said: This is Sayyiduna Abu Bakr and this is Umar. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) asked: Why have you two come out of your houses at this time? We told him the situation, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: I too have come out for the same reason for which you two have come out. Come with us to al-Waqifi." We came to (that man's) door and sought permission. The woman came out, and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) asked: Where is so-and-so? The woman said: He has gone to fetch sweet water from the quarter of Banu Harithah. The woman opened the door and we went in. A little while later that man also came, carrying a full waterskin on his back. He hung the waterskin from a branch of a date palm, then came towards us and said: Welcome! No one's house has ever received better guests than my guests tonight. Then he brought a cluster of fresh dates, and we began picking out the dates in the moonlight and eating them. Then he took a knife and began going around among the goats. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Beware of the goat that gives milk (that is, do not slaughter it; here the narrator is in doubt about one word). He slaughtered a goat for us, skinned it and cooked it in a pot. He told the woman, and she kneaded dough and baked bread. Then the man brought tharid and meat, and we ate. Then he got up and went to the waterskin; its water had become cool because of the wind, and he gave it to us to drink. Then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: All praise belongs to Allah Almighty, who brought us out. We came out only because of hunger, but before going back we have been granted these things. These are among the blessings about which you will be held to account on the Day of Resurrection. Then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) asked al-Waqifi (that is, the host): Do you not have a servant who could do these tasks for you? He replied: No, O Messenger of Allah! The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Keep watch! When the first captives come to us, come to me, and I will order a servant to be given to you. A short while later captives came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). That man came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) asked: What have you come for? He said: Because of the promise you made to me. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Get up and choose one of them. He said: O Messenger of Allah! Please choose someone for me. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Take this boy, and treat him well. The man came to his wife and told her what the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) had said and what he had said to him. The woman said: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) has commanded you to do good to him, so do good to him. He asked: What good should I do? The woman said: Set him free. The man said: Then he is free for the pleasure of Allah Almighty. (Allamah al-Haythami says:) I say: Ibn Majah recorded a part of this narration, which concerns (the prohibition of) slaughtering a milk-giving goat.
Al-Tabarani recorded this narration, and Abu Ya'la recorded it in a more complete form than that. Its chain contains a narrator, Yahya bin Ubaydullah bin Mawhab, whom the majority declared da'if (weak), though he has also been declared trustworthy; the rest of the narrators of this narration are thiqat (trustworthy).
Al-Tabarani recorded this narration, and Abu Ya'la recorded it in a more complete form than that. Its chain contains a narrator, Yahya bin Ubaydullah bin Mawhab, whom the majority declared da'if (weak), though he has also been declared trustworthy; the rest of the narrators of this narration are thiqat (trustworthy).
وَعَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ : أَنَّ أَبَا بَكْرٍ خَرَجَ لَمْ يُخْرِجْهُ إِلَّا الْجُوعُ ، وَأَنَّ عُمَرَ خَرَجَ لَمْ يُخْرِجْهُ إِلَّا الْجُوعُ ، وَأَنَّ النَّبِيَّ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - خَرَجَ عَلَيْهِمَا وَأَنَّهُمَا أَخْبَرَاهُ : أَنَّهُ لَمْ يُخْرِجْهُمَا إِلَّا الْجُوعُ . فَقَالَ : " انْطَلِقُوا بِنَا إِلَى مَنْزِلِ أَبِي الْهَيْثَمِ بْنِ التَّيِّهَانِ " . - رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ يُقَالُ لَهُ : أَبُو الْهَيْثَمِ بْنُ التَّيِّهَانِ - فَإِذَا هُوَ لَيْسَ فِي الْمَنْزِلِ ; ذَهَبَ يَسْتَسْقِي ، فَرَحَّبَتِ الْمَرْأَةُ بِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - وَبِصَاحِبَيْهِ ، وَبَسَطَتْ لَهُمْ شَيْئًا فَجَلَسُوا عَلَيْهِ ، فَسَأَلَهَا النَّبِيُّ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - : " أَيْنَ انْطَلَقَ أَبُو الْهَيْثَمِ ؟ " . قَالَتْ : ذَهَبَ يَسْتَعْذِبُ لَنَا مِنَ الْمَاءِ ، فَلَمْ يَلْبَثْ أَنْ جَاءَ بِقِرْبَةٍ فِيهَا مَاءٌ ، فَانْطَلَقَ فَعَلَّقَهَا ، وَأَرَادَ أَنْ يَذْبَحَ لَهُمْ شَاةً ، فَكَأَنَّ النَّبِيَّ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - كَرِهَ ذَلِكَ ، فَذَبَحَ لَهُمْ عَنَاقًا ، ثُمَّ انْطَلَقَ فَجَاءَ بِكَبَائِسَ مِنَ النَّخْلِ ; فَأَكَلُوا مِنْ ذَلِكَ اللَّحْمِ ، وَالْبُسْرِ ، وَالرُّطَبِ ، وَشَرِبُوا مِنَ الْمَاءِ ، فَقَالَ أَحَدُهُمَا - إِمَّا أَبُو بَكْرٍ ، وَإِمَّا عُمَرُ - : هَذَا مِنَ النَّعِيمِ الَّذِي نُسْأَلُ عَنْهُ ؟ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - : " الْمُؤْمِنُ لَا يُثَرَّبُ عَلَى شَيْءٍ أَصَابَهُ فِي الدُّنْيَا ، إِنَّمَا يُثَرَّبُ عَلَى الْكَافِرِ " . رَوَاهُ الطَّبَرَانِيُّ ، وَفِيهِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ السَّائِبِ الْكَلْبِيُّ ، وَهُوَ كَذَّابٌ .
Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) came out of his house; he had come out only because of hunger. Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) also came out; he too had come out only because of hunger. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) came to the two of them, and they told him the situation, that they had come out because of hunger. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Come with us to the house of Abu al-Haytham bin al-Tayyihan! The narrator says: He was a man from the Ansar whose name was Sayyiduna Abu al-Haytham bin al-Tayyihan. He was not at home; he had gone to fetch water. His wife welcomed the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and his two companions and spread something out for them, and they sat on it. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) asked that woman: Where has Abu al-Haytham gone? The woman said: He has gone to fetch sweet water for us. A little while later the man came with a waterskin which had water in it. He went and hung the waterskin. He intended to slaughter a goat for them, but the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) expressed dislike for that, so he slaughtered a young goat. Then he brought clusters of dates. They ate the meat, ate different kinds of dates and drank water. Then one of the two (that is, Sayyiduna Abu Bakr or Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both)) asked: Are these among the blessings about which we will be held to account? The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The believer will not be reproached for anything of this world that he uses; it is the disbeliever who will be reproached."
Al-Tabarani recorded this narration; its chain contains a narrator, Muhammad bin al-Sa'ib al-Kalbi, and he is kadhdhab (a liar).
Al-Tabarani recorded this narration; its chain contains a narrator, Muhammad bin al-Sa'ib al-Kalbi, and he is kadhdhab (a liar).
وَعَنْ عَامِرِ بْنِ رَبِيعَةَ - وَكَانَ بَدْرِيًّا - قَالَ : لَقَدْ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - يَبْعَثُنَا فِي السَّرِيَّةِ ، يَا بُنَيَّ ، مَا لَنَا زَادٌ إِلَّا السَّلْفُ مِنَ التَّمْرِ ، فَنُقَسِّمُهُ قَبْضَةً قَبْضَةً حَتَّى يَصِيرَ إِلَى تَمْرَةٍ تَمْرَةٍ ، قَالَ : فَقُلْتُ : يَا أَبَتِ ، وَمَا عَسَى أَنْ تُغْنِيَ التَّمْرَةُ عَنْكُمْ ؟ قَالَ : لَا تَقُلْ ذَاكَ يَا بُنَيَّ ، فَبَعْدَ أَنْ فَقَدْنَاهَا فَاخْتَلَلْنَا إِلَيْهَا . رَوَاهُ أَحْمَدُ ، وَالْبَزَّارُ ، وَالطَّبَرَانِيُّ فِي الْكَبِيرِ ، وَالْأَوْسَطِ ، وَفِيهِ الْمَسْعُودِيُّ ،وَقَدِ اخْتَلَطَ ، وَكَانَ ثِقَةً .
Sayyiduna Amir bin Rabi'ah (may Allah be pleased with him), who had the honour of taking part in the Battle of Badr, narrates: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) sent us on a military expedition. (Sayyiduna Amir (may Allah be pleased with him) told the narrator:) O my son! At that time our only provision for the journey was a large bag of dates. We used to distribute it a handful each, until the time came when each of us received one date. The narrator says: I asked: O father! How could you manage with one date? He said: O my son! Do not say that; later, when we did not get even that, we realised its worth."
Ahmad, al-Bazzar, and al-Tabarani in al-Mu'jam al-Kabir and al-Mu'jam al-Awsat recorded this narration; its chain contains a narrator, al-Mas'udi, who suffered from confusion (ikhtilat), and he is thiqah (trustworthy).
Ahmad, al-Bazzar, and al-Tabarani in al-Mu'jam al-Kabir and al-Mu'jam al-Awsat recorded this narration; its chain contains a narrator, al-Mas'udi, who suffered from confusion (ikhtilat), and he is thiqah (trustworthy).
وَعَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ : أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - خَرَجَ فِي سَاعَةٍ لَمْ يَكُنْ يَخْرُجُ فِيهَا ، ثُمَّ خَرَجَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ ، فَقَالَ لَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - " مَا أَخْرَجَكَ يَا أَبَا بَكْرٍ ؟ " فَقَالَ : أَخْرَجَنِي الْجُوعُ ، قَالَ : " وَأَنَا أَخْرَجَنِي الَّذِي أَخْرَجَكَ " . ثُمَّ خَرَجَ عُمَرُ فَقَالَ : " مَا أَخْرَجَكَ يَا عُمَرُ ؟ " قَالَ : أَخْرَجَنِي وَالَّذِي بَعَثَكَ بِالْحَقِّ الْجُوعُ . ثُمَّ سَارَ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - نَاسٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِهِ فَقَالَ : " انْطَلِقُوا بِنَا إِلَى مَنْزِلِ أَبِي الْهَيْثَمِ بْنِ التَّيِّهَانِ " فَانْطَلَقُوا ، فَلَمَّا انْتَهَوْا إِلَى مَنْزِلِ أَبِي الْهَيْثَمِ قَالَتْ لَهُمُ امْرَأَتُهُ : إِنَّهُ انْطَلَقَ يَسْتَعْذِبُ لَنَا الْمَاءَ ، فَدُورُوا إِلَى الْحَائِطِ ، فَدَارُوا إِلَى الْحَائِطِ ، فَفَتَحَتْ لَهُمْ بَابَ الْحَائِطِ . فَجاَءَ أَبُو الْهَيْثَمِ ، فَقَالَتْ لَهُ امْرَأَتُهُ : تَدْرِي مَنْ عِنْدَكَ ؟ فَقَالَ : لَا ، فَقَالَتْ عِنْدَكَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَأَصْحَابُهُ ، فَدَخَلَ عَلَيْهِمْ فَعَلَّقَ قِرْبَتَهُ عَلَى نَخْلَةٍ ، ثُمَّ أَتَاهُمْ فَسَلَّمَ عَلَيْهِمْ ، ثُمَّ حَيَّا وَرَحَّبَ ، ثُمَّ أَتَى مِخْرَفًا فَاخْتَرَفَ لَهُمْ رُطَبًا ، فَأَتاَهُمْ بِهِ فَصَبَّهُ بَيْنَ أَيْدِيهِمْ . ثُمَّ إِنَّ أَبَا الْهَيْثَمِ أَهْوَى إِلَى غُنَيْمَةٍ لَهُ فِي نَاحِيَةِ الْحَائِطِ لِيَذْبَحَ لَهُمْ مِنْهَا شَاةً ، فَقَالَ لَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ " أَمَّا ذَاتُ دَرٍّ فَلَا " فَأَخَذَ شَاةً فَذَبَحَهَا وَسَلَخَهَا وَقَطَّعَهَا أَعْضَاءً ثُمَّ طَبَخَهَا بِالْمَاءَ وَالْمِلْحِ ، ثُمَّ أَتَى امْرَأَتَهُ فَسَأَلَهَا ، هَلْ عِنْدَكِ مِنْ شَيْءٍ ؟ فَقَالَتْ : نَعَمْ ، عِنْدَنَا شَيْءٌ مِنْ شَعِيرٍ ، كُنْتُ أُؤَخِّرُهُ ، فَطَحَنَاهُ بَيْنَهُمَا فَعَجَنَتْهُ وَخَبَزَتْهُ ، فَكَسَرَهُ أَبُو الْهَيْثَمِ وَأَكْفَأَ عَلَيْهِ ذَلَكَ اللَّحْمَ الَّذِي طَبَخَهُ ، ثُمَّ أَتَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَأَصْحَابُهُ فَأَكَلُوا ثُمَّ قَالَ لَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمِ : " يَا أَبَا الْهَيْثَمِ ، أَمَا لَكَ مِنْ خَادِمٍ ؟ " قَالَ لَا ، وَالَّذِي بَعَثَكَ بِالْحَقِّ ، مَا لَنَا خَادِمٌ ، قَالَ : " إِذَا بَلَغَكَ أَنَّهُ قَدْ جَاءَنَا سَبْيٌ فَأْتِنَا نُخْدِمْكَ " . فَأَتَى رَسُولَ اللَّهُ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ سَبْيٌ ، فَأَتَاهُ أَبُو الْهَيْثَمِ وَبَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ غُلَامَانِ - أَوْ قَالَ وَصِيفَانِ - فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : " يَا أَبَا الْهَيْثَمِ اخْتَرْ مِنْهُمَا " أَوْ قَالَ : " تَخَايَرْ مِنْهُمَا " قَالَ أَبُو الْهَيْثَمِ : يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ، خِرْ لِي . فَاحْتَاطَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ حَتَّى حَسَرَ عَنْ ذِرَاعَيْهِ وَقَالَ : " الْمُسْتَشَارُ مُؤْتَمَنٌ يَا أَبَا الْهَيْثَمِ خُذْ هَذَا " فَلَمَّا وَلَّى بِهِ أَبُو الْهَيْثَمِ قَالَ : " يَا أَبَا الْهَيْثَمِ أَحْسِنْ إِلَيْهِ فَإِنِّي رَأَيْتُهُ يُصَلِّي " قَالَ : نَعَمْ ، نُطْعِمُهُ مِمَّا نَأْكُلُ وَنُلْبِسُهُ مِمَّا نَلْبَسُ وَلَا نُكَلِّفُهُ مَا لَا يُطِيقُ . فَانْطَلَقَ أَبُو الْهَيْثَمِ إِلَى أَهْلِهِ ، فَفَرِحُوا بِهِ فَرَحًا شَدِيدًا ، وَقَالُوا الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي رَزَقَنَا خَادِمًا يَخْدُمُنَا وَيُعِينُنَا عَلَى ضَيْعَتِنَا ، فَقَالَ أَبُو الْهَيْثَمِ : إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَدْ أَوْصَانِي بِهِ ، فَقَالَتِ امْرَأَتُهُ : نَعَمْ ، نُطْعِمُهُ مِمَّا نَأْكُلُ وَنُلْبِسُهُ مِمَّا نَلْبَسُ وَلَا نُكَلِّفُهُ مَا لَا يُطِيقُ ، فَقَالَ : إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَدْ أَوْصَانِي بِهِ فَقَالَتْ : سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ ، خَادِمٌ أَخْدَمَنَا اللَّهُ وَرَسُولُهُ ، تُرِيدُ أَنْ تُحْرِمَنَاهُ ، فَقَالَ أَبُو الْهَيْثَمِ لِلْغُلَامِ : أَنْتَ حُرٌّ لِوَجْهِ اللَّهِ فَإِنْ شِئْتَ تُقِيمُ مَعَنَا نُطْعِمُكَ مِمَّا نَأْكُلُ وَنُلْبِسُكَ مِمَّا نَلْبَسُ ، وَلَا نُكَلِّفُكَ مِنَ الْعَمَلِ إِلَّا مَا تُطِيقُ ، وَإِنْ شِئْتَ فَاذْهَبْ حَيْثُ شِئْتَ . رَوَاهُ الطَّبَرَانِيُّ ، وَفِيهِ بَكَّارُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ السِّيرِينِيُّ ، وَقَدْ ضَعَّفَهُ الْجُمْهُورُ ، وَوَثَّقَهُ ابْنُ مَعِينٍ ، وَبَقِيَّةُ رِجَالِهِ ثِقَاتٌ .
Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrates: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) came out at an hour at which he did not normally come out. Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) also came out. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) asked him: O Abu Bakr! Why have you come out? He said: I have come out because of hunger. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: I too have come out for the same reason for which you have come out. Then Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) came out. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) asked: O Umar! Why have you come out? He said: By the One who sent you with the truth, I have come out because of hunger. Then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) set off towards his Companions, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Come with us to the house of Abu al-Haytham bin al-Tayyihan! They went, and when they reached the house of Sayyiduna Abu al-Haytham (may Allah be pleased with him), his wife told them: He has gone to fetch sweet water for us; please go round to the orchard. So they went round to the orchard, and the woman opened the orchard gate for them. Then Sayyiduna Abu al-Haytham also came. His wife said to him: Do you know who has come to you? He replied: No! The woman said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and his Companions have come. Sayyiduna Abu al-Haytham (may Allah be pleased with him) came to them and hung the waterskin on a date palm. Then he came to them, greeted them with salam and welcomed them. Then he went and picked fresh dates for them, brought them and placed them before them. Then Sayyiduna Abu al-Haytham (may Allah be pleased with him) went towards his goats in a corner of the orchard to slaughter one of them. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said to him: Do not (slaughter) a goat that gives milk. He took a goat, slaughtered it, skinned it, cut it into joints and then cooked it with water and salt. Then he went to his wife and asked her: Do you have anything? She replied: Yes! We have a little barley which I had kept aside. The two of them ground that barley, then the woman kneaded the dough and baked bread from it. Sayyiduna Abu al-Haytham (may Allah be pleased with him) broke the bread into pieces and poured over it the meat he had cooked. Then he brought it to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and his Companions, and they ate it. Then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said to him: O Abu al-Haytham! Do you not have a servant? He said: No! By the One who sent you with the truth, we do not have a servant. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: When you receive news that captives have come to us, come to us and we will give you a servant. Then some captives came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). Sayyiduna Abu al-Haytham (may Allah be pleased with him) came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and at that time there were two slaves before the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) (here the narrator is in doubt about one word). The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: O Abu al-Haytham! Choose one of these two (here the narrator is in doubt about one word). Sayyiduna Abu al-Haytham (may Allah be pleased with him) said: O Messenger of Allah! Please choose for me. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) took great care, to the extent that he rolled up his sleeves, and said: O Abu al-Haytham! The one whose counsel is sought is entrusted. Take this one. When Sayyiduna Abu al-Haytham was about to go back with that slave, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: O Abu al-Haytham! Treat him well, for I have seen him offering prayer. Sayyiduna Abu al-Haytham (may Allah be pleased with him) said: Alright, we will feed him what we eat ourselves, clothe him in what we wear ourselves, and not burden him with any work beyond his strength. Then Sayyiduna Abu al-Haytham (may Allah be pleased with him) went home. His family were very happy because of that slave, and they said: All praise belongs to Allah Almighty, who has granted us a servant who will serve us and help us in our work. Sayyiduna Abu al-Haytham (may Allah be pleased with him) said: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) has given me an instruction concerning him. His wife said: Alright, we will feed him what we eat ourselves, give him to wear what we wear ourselves, and not burden him with any work he does not have the strength for. Sayyiduna Abu al-Haytham (may Allah be pleased with him) said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) has given me an instruction concerning him. His wife said: Subhan Allah! Allah and His Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) have given us a servant, and you want to deprive us of him? Sayyiduna Abu al-Haytham (may Allah be pleased with him) said to that slave: You are free, for the pleasure of Allah. If you wish, stay with us: we will feed you from what we eat ourselves, give you to wear from what we wear ourselves, and not burden you with any work beyond your strength; and if you wish, go wherever you like.
Al-Tabarani recorded this narration; its chain contains a narrator, Bakkar bin Muhammad al-Sirini; the majority declared him da'if (weak) and Yahya bin Ma'in declared him thiqah (trustworthy); the rest of the narrators of this narration are thiqat (trustworthy).
Al-Tabarani recorded this narration; its chain contains a narrator, Bakkar bin Muhammad al-Sirini; the majority declared him da'if (weak) and Yahya bin Ma'in declared him thiqah (trustworthy); the rest of the narrators of this narration are thiqat (trustworthy).
وَعَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ شَفِيقٍ قَالَ : أَقَمْتُ مَعَ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ بِالْمَدِينَةِ سَنَةً ، فَقَالَ لِي ذَاتَ يَوْمٍ وَنَحْنُ عِنْدُ حُجْرَةِ عَائِشَةَ : لَقَدْ رَأَيْتُنَا وَمَا لَنَا ثِيَابٌ إِلَّا الْبُرُدُ الْمَتَعَتِّقَةُ ، وَإِنَّهُ لَتَأْتِي عَلَى أَحَدِنَا الْأَيَّامُ مَا يَجِدُ طَعَامًا يُقِيمُ بِهِ صُلْبَهُ ، حَتَّى إِنْ كَانَ أَحَدُنَا لِيَأْخُذُ الْحَجَرَ فَيَشُدُّ بِهِ عَلَى أَخْمَصِ بَطْنِهِ ، ثُمَّ يَشُدُّهُ بِثَوْبِهِ لِيُقِيمَ بِهِ صُلْبَهُ . رَوَاهُ أَحْمَدُ ، وَرِجَالُهُ رِجَالُ الصَّحِيحِ .
Abdullah bin Shaqiq narrates: I stayed with Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) in Madinah for a year. One day he said to me, while we were near the chamber of Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her): I remember about ourselves that we did not have proper clothes, only worn-out cloaks, and several days would pass over us in which we did not get enough food to keep our backs upright, to the extent that one of us would take a stone and tie it to his stomach with a cloth so that he could keep his back upright by means of it.
Ahmad recorded this narration, and its narrators are the narrators of the Sahih.
Ahmad recorded this narration, and its narrators are the narrators of the Sahih.
وَعَنْهُ قَالَ : إِنَّمَا كَانَ طَعَامُنَا مَعَ نَبِيِّ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - التَّمْرَ وَالْمَاءَ ، وَاللَّهِ ، مَا كُنَّا نَرَى سَمْرَاءَكُمْ هَذِهِ ، وَلَا نَدْرِي مَا هِيَ ؟ وَإِنَّمَا كَانَ لِبَاسُنَا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - النِّمَارَ ، يَعْنِي : بُرُدَ الْأَعْرَابِ . رَوَاهُ أَحْمَدُ ، وَرِجَالُهُ رِجَالُ الصَّحِيحِ ، وَرَوَاهُ الْبَزَّارُ بِاخْتِصَارٍ .
Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) says: Our food with the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was dates and water. By Allah! We had never even seen this wheat of yours; we did not even know what it was. Our clothing with the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was cloaks. The narrator says: That is, the kind of clothing the Bedouins wear.
Ahmad recorded this narration and its narrators are the narrators of the Sahih; al-Bazzar recorded this narration in abridged form.
Ahmad recorded this narration and its narrators are the narrators of the Sahih; al-Bazzar recorded this narration in abridged form.
وَعَنْ مُعَاوِيَةَ بْنِ قُرَّةَ قَالَ : قَالَ أَبِي : لَقَدْ عَمَّرْنَا مَعَ نَبِيِّنَا - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - وَمَا لَنَا طَعَامٌ إِلَّا الْأَسْوَدَانِ ، ثُمَّ قَالَ : هَلْ تَدْرُونَ مَا الْأَسْوَدَانِ ؟ قُلْتُ : لَا . قَالَ : الْأَسْوَدَانِ : التَّمْرُ وَالْمَاءُ . رَوَاهُ أَحْمَدُ ، وَالْبَزَّارُ ، وَالطَّبَرَانِيُّ فِي الْأَوْسَطِ وَالْكَبِيرِ ، وَرِجَالُ أَحْمَدَ رِجَالُ الصَّحِيحِ غَيْرَ بِسْطَامِ بْنِ مُسْلِمٍ ، وَهُوَ ثِقَةٌ .
Mu'awiyah bin Qurrah narrates: My father said: We spent a period with the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) in which our only food was the two black things. Then he said: Do you know what is meant by the two black things? I replied: No! He said: Dates and water.
Ahmad, al-Bazzar, and al-Tabarani in al-Mu'jam al-Awsat and al-Mu'jam al-Kabir recorded this narration; the narrators of Ahmad are the narrators of the Sahih, except for Bistam bin Muslim, and he is thiqah (trustworthy).
Ahmad, al-Bazzar, and al-Tabarani in al-Mu'jam al-Awsat and al-Mu'jam al-Kabir recorded this narration; the narrators of Ahmad are the narrators of the Sahih, except for Bistam bin Muslim, and he is thiqah (trustworthy).
وَعَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ : جَاءَ نَبِيُّ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - رَجُلَانِ حَاجَتُهُمَا وَاحِدَةٌ ، فَتَكَلَّمَ أَحَدُهُمَا فَوَجَدَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - مِنْ فِيهِ أَخْلَافًا ; فَقَالَ لَهُ : " أَلَا تَسْتَاكُ ؟ " . فَقَالَ : إِنِّي لَأَفْعَلُ وَلَكِنْ لَمْ أَطْعَمْ طَعَامًا مُنْذُ ثَلَاثٍ ، فَأَمَرَ بِهِ رَجُلًا ، فَآوَاهُ وَقَضَى حَاجَتَهُ . رَوَاهُ أَحْمَدُ ، وَالْبَزَّارُ ، وَإِسْنَادُ أَحْمَدَ جَيِّدٌ .
Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrates: Two men came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and both of them had the same need. One of them began to speak, and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) noticed a bad odour from his mouth. He (peace and blessings be upon him) asked him: Do you not use the miswak (tooth-stick)? He replied: I do, but I have not eaten any food for three days. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) gave an instruction to a man concerning him; he took him along with him and fulfilled his need.
Ahmad and al-Bazzar recorded this narration, and the chain of Ahmad is jayyid (good).
Ahmad and al-Bazzar recorded this narration, and the chain of Ahmad is jayyid (good).
وَعَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ : دَخَلْتُ مَعَ النَّبِيِّ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - حَائِطًا مِنْ حِيطَانِ الْمَدِينَةِ ، فَجَعَلَ يَأْكُلُ بُسْرًا أَخْضَرَ ; فَقَالَ : " كُلْ يَا ابْنَ عُمَرَ " . قُلْتُ : مَا أَشْتَهِيهِ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ، قَالَ : " مَا تَشْتَهِيهِ ، إِنَّهُ لَأَوَّلُ طَعَامٍ أَكَلَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - مُنْذُ أَرْبَعَةِ أَيَّامٍ " .
Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrates: I entered one of the orchards of Madinah together with the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) began eating fresh dates, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: O Ibn Umar! You eat too! I said: O Messenger of Allah, I have no desire for them. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: You have no desire for them, whereas this is the first food the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) has eaten in the past four days.
وَفِي رِوَايَةٍ : " مُنْذُ ثَلَاثَةِ أَيَّامٍ " . رَوَاهُ الطَّبَرَانِيُّ فِي الْأَوْسَطِ ، وَفِيهِ الْوَازِعُ بْنُ نَافِعٍ ، وَهُوَ مَتْرُوكٌ .
In one narration the wording is: "In the past three days."
Al-Tabarani recorded this narration in al-Mu'jam al-Awsat; its chain contains a narrator, al-Wazi' bin Nafi', and he is matruk (abandoned).
Al-Tabarani recorded this narration in al-Mu'jam al-Awsat; its chain contains a narrator, al-Wazi' bin Nafi', and he is matruk (abandoned).
وَعَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ : أَرْسَلَ إِلَيْنَا آلُ أَبِي بَكْرٍ بِقَائِمَةِ شَاةٍ لَيْلًا ، فَأَمْسَكْتُ وَقَطَعَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - - أَوْ قَالَتْ : فَأَمْسَكَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - وَقَطَعْتُ - قَالَ : فَتَقُولُ لِلَّذِي تُحَدِّثُهُ : هَذَا عَلَى غَيْرِ مِصْبَاحٍ . رَوَاهُ أَحْمَدُ ، وَالطَّبَرَانِيُّ فِي الْأَوْسَطِ ، وَزَادَ : فَقُلْتُ : يَا أُمَّ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ، عَلَى مِصْبَاحٍ ؟ ! قَالَتْ : لَوْ كَانَ عِنْدَنَا دُهْنُ مِصْبَاحٍ لَأَكَلْنَاهُ . وَرِجَالُ أَحْمَدَ رِجَالُ الصَّحِيحِ .
Sayyidah Aishah Siddiqah (may Allah be pleased with her) narrates: The family of Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) sent us a trotter (or a leg) of a goat at night. I held it and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) cut it (the narrator is in doubt; or perhaps the words are:) the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) held it and I cut it. The narrator says: Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) said: This was in the days when there were no lamps (in the houses).
Ahmad, and al-Tabarani in al-Mu'jam al-Awsat, recorded this narration, and he transmitted these additional words: I said: O Mother of the Believers! Was there no lamp? She said: If we had had oil for a lamp, we would have eaten it. The narrators of Ahmad are the narrators of the Sahih.
Ahmad, and al-Tabarani in al-Mu'jam al-Awsat, recorded this narration, and he transmitted these additional words: I said: O Mother of the Believers! Was there no lamp? She said: If we had had oil for a lamp, we would have eaten it. The narrators of Ahmad are the narrators of the Sahih.
