وحَدَّثَنِي
سَلَمَةُ بْنُ شَبِيبٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا
الْحَسَنُ بْنُ أَعْيَنَ ، حَدَّثَنَا
مَعْقِلٌ ، عَنْ
أَبِي الزُّبَيْرِ ، عَنْ
جَابِرٍ : " أَنَّ رَجُلًا أَتَى النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَسْتَطْعِمُهُ ، فَأَطْعَمَهُ شَطْرَ وَسْقِ شَعِيرٍ ، فَمَا زَالَ الرَّجُلُ يَأْكُلُ مِنْهُ وَامْرَأَتُهُ وَضَيْفُهُمَا حَتَّى كَالَهُ ، فَأَتَى النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، فَقَالَ : لَوْ لَمْ تَكِلْهُ لَأَكَلْتُمْ مِنْهُ ، وَلَقَامَ لَكُمْ " .
Jabir reported that a person came to Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) and asked for food. And he gave him half a wasq of barley, and the person and his wife and their guests kept on making use of it (as a food) until he weighed it (in order to find out the actual quantity, and it was no more). He came to Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) (and informed him about it). He said: Had you not weighed it, you would be eating out of it and it would have remained intact for you.