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Sahih al-BukhariFood, Meals

Sahih al-Bukhari 5434

Chapter: To prepare a meal for (Muslim) brethren

Authentic hadith of Sahih al-Bukhari Sahih al-Bukhari 5434

Narrator:Abu Mas‘ūd al-Badrī

حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يُوسُفَ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ، عَنْ أَبِي وَائِلٍ، عَنْ أَبِي مَسْعُودٍ الأَنْصَارِيِّ، قَالَ كَانَ مِنَ الأَنْصَارِ رَجُلٌ يُقَالُ لَهُ أَبُو شُعَيْبٍ، وَكَانَ لَهُ غُلاَمٌ لَحَّامٌ فَقَالَ اصْنَعْ لِي طَعَامًا أَدْعُو رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم خَامِسَ خَمْسَةٍ، فَدَعَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم خَامِسَ خَمْسَةٍ، فَتَبِعَهُمْ رَجُلٌ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏"‏ إِنَّكَ

دَعَوْتَنَا خَامِسَ خَمْسَةٍ وَهَذَا رَجُلٌ قَدْ تَبِعَنَا، فَإِنْ شِئْتَ أَذِنْتَ لَهُ، وَإِنْ شِئْتَ تَرَكْتَهُ ‏"‏‏.‏ قَالَ بَلْ أَذِنْتُ لَهُ‏.‏

Narrated Abu Mas`ud Al-Ansari:

There was a man called Abu Shu'aib, and he had a slave who was a butcher. He said (to his slave), "Prepare a meal to which I may invite Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) along with four other men." So he invited Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) and four other men, but another man followed them whereupon the Prophet (ﷺ) said, "You have invited me as one of five guests, but now another man has followed us. If you wish you can admit him, and if you wish you can refuse him." On that the host said, "But I admit him." Narrated Muhammad bin Isma`il: If guests are sitting at a dining table, they do not have the right to carry food from other tables to theirs, but they can pass on food from their own table to each other; otherwise they should leave it.

Reported by Al-Bukhari (No. 5434, 5461) and Ad-Darimi (No. 1979).

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Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani — Fath al-Bari

قَوْله ( عَنْ أَبِي وَائِل عَنْ أَبِي مَسْعُود ) فِي رِوَايَة أَبِي أُسَامَة عَنْ الْأَعْمَش " حَدَّثَنَا شَقِيق وَهُوَ أَبُو وَائِل حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مَسْعُود " وَسَيَأْتِي بَعْد اِثْنَيْنِ وَعِشْرِينَ بَابًا. وَلِلْأَعْمَشِ فِيهِ شَيْخ آخَر نَبَّهْت عَلَيْهِ فِي أَوَائِل الْبُيُوع أَخْرَجَهُ مُسْلِم مِنْ طَرِيق زُهَيْر وَغَيْره عَنْ أَبِي سُفْيَان عَنْ جَابِر مَقْرُونًا بِرِوَايَةِ أَبِي وَائِل عَنْ أَبِي مَسْعُود وَهُوَ عُقْبَة بْن عَمْرو , وَوَقَعَ فِي بَعْض النُّسَخ الْمُتَأَخِّرَة " عَنْ اِبْن مَسْعُود " وَهُوَ تَصْحِيف. قَوْله ( كَانَ مِنْ الْأَنْصَار رَجُل يُقَال لَهُ أَبُو شُعَيْب ) لَمْ أَقِف عَلَى اِسْمه , وَقَدْ تَقَدَّمَ فِي أَوَائِل الْبُيُوع أَنَّ اِبْن نُمَيْر عِنْد أَحْمَد وَ…

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Authentic Sahih al-Bukhari 5461

There was an Ansari man nicknamed, Abu Shu'aib, who had a slave who was a butcher. He came to the Prophet (ﷺ) while he was sitting with his companions and noticed the signs of hunger on the face of the Prophet (ﷺ) . So he went to his butcher slave and said, "Prepare for me a meal sufficient for…

تَبِعَنَا فَإِنْ شِئْتَ أَذِنْتَ لَهُ، وَإِنْ شِئْتَ تَرَكْتَهُ ‏"‏‏.‏ قَالَ لاَ بَلْ أَذِنْتُ لَهُ‏.‏

Narrated by Abu Mas‘ūd al-Badrī

Authentic Mishkat al-Masabih 3219

One of the Ansar whose kunya was Abu Shu'aib had a servant who sold meat. He said, “Prepare for me food which will be enough for five; perhaps I shall invite the Prophet along with other four.” He prepared a small meal for him, and then he went and invited him. A man followed them, and the Prophet…

وَعَنْ أَبِي مَسْعُودٍ الْأَنْصَارِيِّ قَالَ: كَانَ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ يُكْنَى أَبَا شُعَيْبٍ كَانَ لَهُ غُلَامٌ لَحَّامٌ فَقَالَ: اصْنَعْ لِي طَعَامًا يَكْفِي خَمْسَةً لَعَلِّي أَدْعُو النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ…

Narrated by Abu Mas‘ūd al-Badrī

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  • المعجم الكبير للطبراني (13978)دَعَوْتَنِي خَامِسَ خَمْسَةٍ وَإِنَّ هَذَا تَبِعَنَا ، فَإِنْ شِئْتَ أَذِنْتَ لَهُ ، وَإِنْ شِئْتَ تَرَكْتَهُ قَالَ : بَلْ آذَنُ لَهُ

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Authentic Sahih al-Bukhari 2456

There was an Ansari man called Abu Shu'aib who had a slave butcher. Abu Shu'aib said to him, "Prepare a meal sufficient for five persons so that I might invite the Prophet (ﷺ) besides other four persons." Abu Shu'aib had seen the signs of hunger on the face of the Prophet (ﷺ) and so he invited him…

أَنَّ رَجُلاً، مِنَ الأَنْصَارِ يُقَالُ لَهُ أَبُو شُعَيْبٍ كَانَ لَهُ غُلاَمٌ لَحَّامٌ فَقَالَ لَهُ أَبُو شُعَيْبٍ اصْنَعْ لِي طَعَامَ خَمْسَةٍ لَعَلِّي أَدْعُو النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم خَامِسَ خَمْسَةٍ‏.‏…

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Authentic Jami' at-Tirmidhi 1099

"A man named Abu Shu'aib came to a slave of his, who was a butcher, and said: 'Prepare some food for me that will be sufficient for five, for I have seen hunger in the face of the Messenger of Allah.' So he prepared some food. Then he sent a message to the Prophet inviting him and those who were…

"‏ إِنَّهُ اتَّبَعَنَا رَجُلٌ لَمْ يَكُنْ مَعَنَا حِينَ دَعَوْتَنَا فَإِنْ أَذِنْتَ لَهُ دَخَلَ ‏"

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