Hadith 2038

حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ ، حَدَّثَنَا خَلَفُ بْنُ خَلِيفَةَ ، عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ كَيْسَانَ ، عَنْ أَبِي حَازِمٍ ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ، قَالَ : خَرَجَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ذَاتَ يَوْمٍ أَوْ لَيْلَةٍ ، فَإِذَا هُوَ بِأَبِي بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرَ ، فَقَالَ : " مَا أَخْرَجَكُمَا مِنْ بُيُوتِكُمَا هَذِهِ السَّاعَةَ ؟ " ، قَالَا : الْجُوعُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ، قَالَ : " وَأَنَا وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ لَأَخْرَجَنِي الَّذِي أَخْرَجَكُمَا قُومُوا " ، فَقَامُوا مَعَهُ فَأَتَى رَجُلًا مِنْ الْأَنْصَارِ ، فَإِذَا هُوَ لَيْسَ فِي بَيْتِهِ ، فَلَمَّا رَأَتْهُ الْمَرْأَةُ ، قَالَتْ : مَرْحَبًا وَأَهْلًا ، فَقَالَ لَهَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَيْنَ فُلَانٌ ؟ ، قَالَتْ : ذَهَبَ يَسْتَعْذِبُ لَنَا مِنَ الْمَاءِ إِذْ جَاءَ الْأَنْصَارِيُّ ، فَنَظَرَ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَصَاحِبَيْهِ ثُمَّ قَالَ : الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ مَا أَحَدٌ الْيَوْمَ أَكْرَمَ أَضْيَافًا مِنِّي " ، قَالَ : فَانْطَلَقَ فَجَاءَهُمْ بِعِذْقٍ فِيهِ بُسْرٌ وَتَمْرٌ وَرُطَبٌ ، فَقَالَ : كُلُوا مِنْ هَذِهِ وَأَخَذَ الْمُدْيَةَ ، فَقَالَ لَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : " إِيَّاكَ وَالْحَلُوبَ " ، فَذَبَحَ لَهُمْ فَأَكَلُوا مِنَ الشَّاةِ ، وَمِنْ ذَلِكَ الْعِذْقِ وَشَرِبُوا ، فَلَمَّا أَنْ شَبِعُوا وَرَوُوا ، قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ لِأَبِي بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرَ : " وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ لَتُسْأَلُنَّ عَنْ هَذَا النَّعِيمِ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ أَخْرَجَكُمْ مِنْ بُيُوتِكُمُ الْجُوعُ ، ثُمَّ لَمْ تَرْجِعُوا حَتَّى أَصَابَكُمْ هَذَا النَّعِيمُ " .
Abu Hurairah (RA) reported that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) went out (of his house) one day or one night, and there he found Abu Bakr (RA) and 'Umar also. He said: What has brought you out of your houses at this hour? They said: Allah's Messenger, it is hunger. Thereupon he said: By Him in Whose Hand is my life, what has brought you out has brought me out too; get up. They got up along with him, and (all of them) came to the house of an Ansari, but he was not at home. When his wife saw him she said: Most welcome, and Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said to her: Where is so and so? She said: He has gone to get some fresh water for us. When the Ansari came and he saw Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) and his two Companions, he said: Praise be to Allah, no one has more honourable guests today than I (have). He then went out and brought them a bunch of ripe dates, dry dates and fresh dates, and said: Eat some of them. He then took hold of his long knife (for slaughtering a goat or a sheep). Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said to him: Beware of killing a milch animal. He slaughtered a sheep for them and after they had eaten of it and of the bunch and drank, and when they had taken their fill and had been fully satisfied with the drink, Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said to Abu Bakr (RA) and Umar (RA) : By Him in Whose Hand is my life, you will certainly be questioned about this bounty on the Day of Judgment. Hunger brought you out of your house, then you did not return until this bounty came to you.
Hadith Reference صحيح مسلم / كتاب الأشربة / 2038
Hadith Grading محدثین: أحاديث صحيح مسلم كلها صحيحة
Hadith Takhrij «أحاديث صحيح مسلم كلها صحيحة»
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وحَدَّثَنِي إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ ، أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو هِشَامٍ يَعْنِي المُغِيرَةَ بْنَ سَلَمَةَ ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَاحِدِ بْنُ زِيَادٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو حَازِمٍ ، قَالَ : سَمِعْتُ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ ، يَقُولُ : بَيْنَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ قَاعِدٌ وَعُمَرُ مَعَهُ إِذْ أَتَاهُمَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، فَقَالَ : مَا أَقْعَدَكُمَا هَاهُنَا ، قَالَا : أَخْرَجَنَا الْجُوعُ مِنْ بُيُوتِنَا وَالَّذِي بَعَثَكَ بِالْحَقِّ ، ثُمَّ ذَكَرَ نَحْوَ حَدِيثِ خَلَفِ بْنِ خَلِيفَةَ .
Abu Hurairah (RA) reported: One day while Abu Bakr (RA) was sitting and there was with him Umar also there came to them Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) and he said: What makes you stay here? They said: It is hunger that has brought us out from our houses. By Him Who has sent you with Truth; the rest of the hadith is the same.
Hadith Reference صحيح مسلم / كتاب الأشربة / 2038
Hadith Grading محدثین: أحاديث صحيح مسلم كلها صحيحة
Hadith Takhrij «أحاديث صحيح مسلم كلها صحيحة»
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Related hadith on this topic
Explanation & Benefits
Shaykh Dr. Abdur Rahman Freywai
Explanation:
1:
Where do we have the leisure to fight and die, when we possess various kinds of blessings and indulge in luxury and pleasure with those blessings, for which we will be questioned?

Note:
(In the chain of narration, Abu Bakr ibn Ayyash’s memory became weak in old age, but based on the previous hadith, this hadith is hasan.)
Source: Sunan al-Tirmidhi – Majlis ‘Ilmi Dar al-Da‘wah, New Delhi Edition, Page: 3357
Maulana Ataullah Sajid
Benefits and Issues:
➊ Serving the guest appropriately is a virtue of a Muslim.

➋ If a cow, buffalo, goat, or similar animal gives milk, slaughtering it causes the loss of this benefit, whereas meat can be obtained from another animal as well. Therefore, it is better to slaughter an animal that does not give milk.
Source: Commentary on Sunan Ibn Mājah by Mawlānā ‘Atā’ullāh Sājid, Page: 3180