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Sunan Ibn Majah 3431

Chapter: Drinking from one’s hand and lapping up water (like an animal)

Differing grades 4 scholars’ grades Sunan Ibn Majah 3431

Narrator:Abdullāh ibn ‘Umar

حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُصَفَّى الْحِمْصِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا بَقِيَّةُ، عَنْ مُسْلِمِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، عَنْ زِيَادِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، عَنْ عَاصِمِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ زَيْدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ جَدِّهِ، قَالَ نَهَانَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ أَنْ نَشْرَبَ عَلَى بُطُونِنَا وَهُوَ الْكَرْعُ وَنَهَانَا أَنْ نَغْتَرِفَ بِالْيَدِ الْوَاحِدَةِ وَقَالَ ‏

"‏ لاَ يَلَغْ أَحَدُكُمْ كَمَا يَلَغُ الْكَلْبُ وَلاَ يَشْرَبْ بِالْيَدِ الْوَاحِدَةِ كَمَا يَشْرَبُ الْقَوْمُ الَّذِينَ سَخِطَ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِمْ وَلاَ يَشْرَبْ بِاللَّيْلِ مِنْ إِنَاءٍ حَتَّى يُحَرِّكَهُ إِلاَّ أَنْ يَكُونَ إِنَاءً مُخَمَّرًا وَمَنْ شَرِبَ بِيَدِهِ وَهُوَ يَقْدِرُ عَلَى إِنَاءٍ يُرِيدُ التَّوَاضُعَ كَتَبَ اللَّهُ لَهُ بِعَدَدِ أَصَابِعِهِ حَسَنَاتٍ وَهُوَ إِنَاءُ عِيسَى ابْنِ مَرْيَمَ عَلَيْهِمَا السَّلاَمُ إِذْ طَرَحَ الْقَدَحَ فَقَالَ أُفٍّ هَذَا مَعَ الدُّنْيَا ‏"

It was narrated from ‘Asim bin Muhammad bin Zaid bin ‘Abdullah, from his father, that his grandfather said:

“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) forbade us to drink while (lying) on our bellies, lapping up water, and he forbade us to drink from one hand only. He said: ‘None of you should lap up water as a dog does, and he should not drink water from one hand as the people with whom Allah is angry do, and he should not drink from a vessel at night without stirring it first, unless the vessel was covered. Whoever drinks from his hand when he is able to drink from a vessel, with the intention of humility, Allah will record good deeds equivalent to the number of fingers for him. It (i.e., the hand) is the vessel of ‘Eisa bin Maryam, (as) when he threw away the cup and said: ‘Ugh! That belongs to this world.’”

Reported by Ibn Majah (No. 3431).

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Classical commentary

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

قَوْله ( وَهُوَ الْكَرْع ) هُوَ تَنَاوُل الْمَاء بِفِيهِ مِنْ مَوْضِعه ( لَا يَلِغْ ) بِكَسْرِ اللَّام مِنْ الْوُلُوغ ( الَّذِينَ سَخِطَ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِمْ ) الظَّاهِر أَنَّهُمْ الْيَهُود ثُمَّ رَأَيْت الدَّمِيرِيَّ قَالَ إِنَّهُمْ الْقِرَدَة وَفِي الزَّوَائِد فِي إِسْنَاده بَقِيَّةُ وَهُوَ مُدَلِّس وَقَدْ عَنْعَنَهُ وَقَالَ الدَّمِيرِيُّ هَذَا حَدِيث مُنْكَر اِنْفَرَدَ بِهِ الْمُصَنِّف وَزِيَادُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْمَذْكُور لَا يَكَاد يُعْرَف رَوَى لَهُ الْمُصَنِّف هَذَا الْحَدِيث الْوَاحِد.…

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Scholars’ grades

The 4 scholars cited do not give the same grade: each one is shown below.

ScholarGradeApplies toWork
Al-Albanid. 1420 AH WeakDaif The hadith No. 3431
Shu'ayb al-Arna'utd. 1438 AH Very weakVery Daif The hadith No. 3431
Zubair Ali Zaid. 1435 AH WeakDaif The hadith No. 3431
Muhammad Fu'ad Abd al-Baqid. 1388 AH WeakDaif The hadith No. 3431
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