Chain Analysis of the Ḥadīth on the Virtue of Feeding the Poor
Source: Fatāwā Aminpuri by Shaykh Ghulam Mustafa Zaheer Aminpuri
Question
What is the authenticity of the following narration?
❀ Narrated from ʿAbd al-Raḥmān b. Abī Bakr (RA):
هل منكم أحد أطعم اليوم مسكينا؟، فقال أبو بكر رضى الله عنه : دخلت المسجد، فإذا أنا بسائل يسأل، فوجدت كسرة خبز فى يد عبد الرحمن، فأخذتها منه فدفعتها إليه.
“The Messenger of Allah ﷺ asked: ‘Has anyone among you fed a poor person today?’ Abū Bakr (RA) said: ‘I entered the mosque and saw a beggar asking. I noticed a piece of bread in ʿAbd al-Raḥmān’s hand, so I took it from him and gave it to the beggar.’”
(Sunan Abī Dāwūd 1670)
Answer
Al-ḥamdu lillāh, waṣ-ṣalātu was-salāmu ʿalā Rasūlillāh, ammā baʿd!
✿ The chain of this narration is weak.
- Mubārak b. Faḍālah is ḍaʿīf (weak) and mudallis (one who practices tadlīs).
ھذا ما عندي والله أعلم بالصواب
