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Sahih al-Bukhari 5394

Chapter: A believer eats in one intestine

Authentic hadith of Sahih al-Bukhari Sahih al-Bukhari 5394

Narrator:Abdullāh ibn ‘Umar

حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ سَلاَمٍ، أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدَةُ، عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ، عَنْ نَافِعٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ ـ رضى الله عنهما ـ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏"‏

إِنَّ الْمُؤْمِنَ يَأْكُلُ فِي مِعًى وَاحِدٍ، وَإِنَّ الْكَافِرَ ـ أَوِ الْمُنَافِقَ فَلاَ أَدْرِي أَيَّهُمَا

Narrated Ibn `Umar:

Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "A believer eats in one intestine (is satisfied with a little food), and a kafir (unbeliever) or a hypocrite eats in seven intestines (eats too much).

Reported by Al-Bukhari (No. 5394).

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Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani — Fath al-Bari

قَوْله ( عَبْدَة ) هُوَ اِبْن سُلَيْمَان , وَعُبَيْد اللَّه هُوَ اِبْن عُمَر الْعُمَرِيّ قَوْله ( وَإِنَّ الْكَافِر , أَوْ الْمُنَافِق فَلَا أَدْرِي أَيّهمَا قَالَ عُبَيْد اللَّه ) هَذَا الشَّكّ مِنْ عَبْدَة , وَقَدْ أَخْرَجَهُ مُسْلِم مِنْ طَرِيق يَحْيَى الْقَطَّان عَنْ عُبَيْد اللَّه بْن عُمَر بِلَفْظِ " الْكَافِر " بِغَيْرِ شَكّ , وَكَذَا رَوَاهُ عَمْرو بْن دِينَار كَمَا يَأْتِي فِي الْبَاب , وَكَذَا هُوَ فِي رِوَايَة غَيْر اِبْن عُمَر مِمَّنْ رَوَى الْحَدِيث مِنْ الصَّحَابَة , إِلَّا أَنَّهُ وَرَدَ عِنْد الطَّبَرَانِيّ فِي رِوَايَة لَهُ مِنْ حَدِيث سَمُرَة بِلَفْظِ " الْمُنَافِق " بَدَل الْكَافِر. قَوْله ( وَقَالَ اِبْن بُكَيْر ) هُوَ يَحْيَى بْن عَبْد اللَّه بْن بُكَيْر , وَقَدْ وَصَلَه…

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  • التاريخ الكبير للبخاري (772)الْمُؤْمِنُ يَأْكُلُ فِي مِعًى وَاحِدٍ
  • تغليق التعليق لابن حجر (1830)الْمُؤْمِنَ يَأْكُلُ فِي مِعًى وَاحِدٍ
  • مستخرج أبي عوانة (6684)وَالْمُؤْمِنُ يَأْكُلُ فِي مَعِيٍّ وَاحِدٍ

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Ibn `Umar never used to take his meal unless a poor man was called to eat with him. One day I brought a poor man to eat with him, the man ate too much, whereupon Ibn `Umar said, "O Nafi`! Don't let this man enter my house, for I heard the Prophet (ﷺ) saying, "A believer eats in one intestine (is…

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