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Sunan Ibn Majah 4148

Chapter: The livelihood of the family of Muhammad (saws)

Differing grades 3 scholars’ grades Sunan Ibn Majah 4148

Narrator:Abdullah ibn Mas‘ūd

حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْمُغِيرَةِ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْمَسْعُودِيُّ، عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ بَذِيمَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي عُبَيْدَةَ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ ‏

"‏ مَا أَصْبَحَ فِي آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ إِلاَّ مُدٌّ مِنْ طَعَامٍ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ أَوْ ‏"‏ مَا أَصْبَحَ فِي آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ مُدٌّ مِنْ طَعَامٍ ‏"

It was narrated from Abu ‘Ubaidah that ‘Abdullah said:

“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: ‘The family of Muhammad has only a Mudd of food,’ or ‘The family of Muhammad does not have even a Mud of food.’”

Reported by Ibn Majah (No. 4148).

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Classical commentary

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

قَوْله ( أَوْ مَا أَصْبَحَ ) لِظَاهِرِ أَنَّ كَلِمَة أَوْ لِلشَّكِّ فِي حُكْم الْمَسْكُوت عَلَيْهِ كَمَا هُوَ مَذْهَب الْحَنَفِيَّة لَا مَحْكُوم عَلَيْهِ بِخِلَافِ حُكْم الْمُسْتَثْنَى مِنْهُ كَمَا عَلَيْهِ الْجُمْهُور لِئَلَّا يَلْزَم التَّنَاقُض بَيْن هَذَا الْكَلَام وَالْكَلَام الْمُتَقَدِّم فَلِيُتَأَمَّل وَفِي الزَّوَائِد هَذَا إِسْنَاد رِجَاله ثِقَات وَأَبُو الْمُغِيرَة اِسْمه عَبْد الْقُدُّوس بْن حَجَّاج الْخَوْلَانِيُّ.…

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Scholars’ grades

The 3 scholars cited do not give the same grade: each one is shown below.

ScholarGradeApplies toWork
Al-Albanid. 1420 AH AuthenticSahih The hadith No. 4148
Zubair Ali Zaid. 1435 AH WeakDaif The hadith No. 4148
Muhammad Fu'ad Abd al-Baqid. 1388 AH AuthenticSahih The hadith No. 4148

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