Hadith 14621

(حديث مرفوع) حَدَّثَنَا حَسَنٌ ، حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ لَهِيعَةَ ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الزُّبَيْرِ ، عَنْ جَابِرٍ ، قَالَ : جَاءَ رَجُلٌ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَسْتَطْعِمُهُ ، فَأَطْعَمَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَسْقَ شَعِيرٍ ، فَمَا زَالَ الرَّجُلُ يَأْكُلُ مِنْهُ هُوَ وَامْرَأَتُهُ وَوَصِيفٌ لَهُمْ حَتَّى كَالُوهُ ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : " لَوْ لَمْ تَكِيلُوهُ ، لَأَكَلْتُمْ مِنْهُ ، وَلَقَامَ لَكُمْ " .
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) that once a man came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) to request some grain. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) gave him a wasq. After that, the man, his wife, and their child continued to eat from it regularly until one day they measured it. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "If you had not measured it, you would have continued to take out and eat from it, and it would have remained with you."
Hadith Reference مسند احمد / مسند المكثرين من الصحابة / 14621
Hadith Grading حکم دارالسلام: إسناده حسن، قاله أحمد شاكر، م: 2281، وهذا إسناد ضعيف من أجل ابن لهيعة، وقد توبع