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Sunan Ibn Majah 3357

Chapter: Hospitality

Weak 4 scholars’ grades Sunan Ibn Majah 3357

Narrator:Ibn ‘Abbās

حَدَّثَنَا جُبَارَةُ بْنُ الْمُغَلِّسِ، حَدَّثَنَا الْمُحَارِبِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ نَهْشَلٍ، عَنِ الضَّحَّاكِ بْنِ مُزَاحِمٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ، قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ ‏

"‏ الْخَيْرُ أَسْرَعُ إِلَى الْبَيْتِ الَّذِي يُؤْكَلُ فِيهِ مِنَ الشَّفْرَةِ إِلَى سَنَامِ الْبَعِيرِ ‏"

It was narrated from Ibn ‘Abbas that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said:

“Goodness comes more quickly to a house where food is eaten than a knife to a camel’s hump.”

Reported by Ibn Majah (No. 3357).

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Classical commentary

Al-Sindi — Hashiyat al-Sindi on Sunan Ibn Majah

قَوْله ( الَّذِي يُؤْكَل فِيهِ ) فِي الزَّوَائِد فِي إِسْنَاده جُبَارَةُ وَهُوَ ضَعِيفٌ وَعَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ نَهْشَلٍ غَلَطٌ وَالصَّوَاب ثنا الْمُحَارِبِيُّ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ نَهْشَلٍ وَهُوَ اِبْنُ سَعِيدٍ وَنَهْشَلٌ سَاقِط.…

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Scholars’ grades

ScholarGradeApplies toWork
Al-Albanid. 1420 AH WeakDaif The hadith No. 3357
Shu'ayb al-Arna'utd. 1438 AH WeakDaif The hadith No. 3357
Zubair Ali Zaid. 1435 AH WeakDaif The hadith No. 3357
Muhammad Fu'ad Abd al-Baqid. 1388 AH WeakDaif The hadith No. 3357

Other versions

Not graded Mishkat al-Masabih 4260

Ibn 'Abbas reported God’s messenger as saying, "Good comes more quickly to the house in which food is provided than the knife comes to the camel's hump." 1 1. This tradition speaks of a hospitable house, the camel’s hump is mentioned because it is the first part of the animal from which meat is cut…

وَعَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «الْخَيْرُ أَسْرَعُ إِلَى الْبَيْتِ الَّذِي يُؤْكَلُ فِيهِ مِنَ الشَّفْرَةِ إِلَى سنامِ الْبَعِير» . رَوَاهُ ابْن مَاجَه

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  • معجم الشيوخ لتاج الدين السبكي (211)الْخَيْرُ أَسْرَعُ إِلَى الْبَيْتِ الَّذِي يَغْشَى مِنَ الشَّفْرَةِ إِلَى سِنَامِ الْبَعِيرِ “
  • مكارم الأخلاق للطبراني (163)الْخَيْرُ أَسْرَعُ إِلَى الْبَيْتِ الَّذِي يُغْشَى مِنَ الشَّفْرَةِ إِلَى سَنَامِ الْبَعِيرِ

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