It is narrated from Sayyiduna al-Miqdad bin Amr al-Kindi (may Allah be pleased with him): I came to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and with me were two of my companions. We tried to find someone who would host us, but no one gave us a place. So we came to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and said: "O Messenger of Allah! Severe hunger and hardship have overtaken us; we tried to find someone who would host us, but no one took us in." Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) gave us four goats and said: "O Miqdad! Take them, milk them and divide the milk into four portions: one portion for me, one for you, and one portion each for your two companions." I kept doing so. One night I drank my portion and my two companions also drank theirs, while I poured the portion of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) into a bowl and covered it. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was delayed in returning, and it occurred to me that some household of Madinah must surely have invited the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and he (peace and blessings be upon him) must have eaten there, so he (peace and blessings be upon him) would not need this milk. My self kept urging me until I got up and drank all the milk in the bowl. When the milk settled in my stomach, a severe state of remorse and fear came over me, and my heart began to say: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) will come hungry and thirsty, and when he lifts the bowl and finds nothing in it, he may pray against you. So I covered myself with a sheet as though I were asleep, though no sleep had come to me. Then the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) came, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) gave the greeting of salam in such a low voice that one who was awake would hear it and the sleeper's sleep would not be disturbed. When he (peace and blessings be upon him) found nothing in the bowl, he raised his blessed head towards the sky and supplicated: "Allahumma at'im man at'amana wasqi man saqana (O Allah, feed the one who fed us and give drink to the one who gave us drink)." Sayyiduna al-Miqdad (may Allah be pleased with him) said: I seized this supplication of his (peace and blessings be upon him) as a great opportunity, and I took a knife and got up intending to slaughter one of those goats and host him (peace and blessings be upon him) with it. But when I put my hand on the goat's udder, it was full of milk. I looked at all the goats, and every one of them was full of milk. I milked into the bowl until it was full, then I brought the bowl to him (peace and blessings be upon him) while I was smiling. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "O Miqdad! Is this the result of some mischief of yours?" I said: "O Messenger of Allah! Please drink; I will tell you afterwards." After he (peace and blessings be upon him) had drunk, I drank the rest of the milk and then informed him (peace and blessings be upon him) of the whole situation. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "O Miqdad! This was a blessing sent down from Allah. How good it would have been if you had told me, so that we could have woken our two companions as well and they too could have benefited from this blessing." I said: "O Messenger of Allah! Since you and I have obtained this blessing, I do not care now that no one else got it."
Hadith Referenceمسند أبي يعلى الموصلي / المقداد بن عمرو الكندي / 1517
Hadith Gradingمحدثین:إسناده صحيح
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