Sahih al-Bukhari 5518
The meat of chickens
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حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مَعْمَرٍ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَارِثِ حَدَّثَنَا أَيُّوبُ بْنُ أَبِي تَمِيمَةَ عَنِ الْقَاسِمِ عَنْ زَهْدَمٍ قَالَ
كُنَّا عِنْدَ أَبِي مُوسَى الأَشْعَرِيِّ وَكَانَ بَيْنَنَا وَبَيْنَ هَذَا الْحَىِّ مِنْ جَرْمٍ إِخَاءٌ فَأُتِيَ بِطَعَامٍ فِيهِ لَحْمُ دَجَاجٍ وَفِي الْقَوْمِ رَجُلٌ جَالِسٌ أَحْمَرُ فَلَمْ يَدْنُ مِنْ طَعَامِهِ قَالَ ادْنُ فَقَدْ رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَأْكُلُ مِنْهُ قَالَ إِنِّي رَأَيْتُهُ أَكَلَ شَيْئًا فَقَذِرْتُهُ فَحَلَفْتُ أَنْ لاَ آكُلَهُ فَقَالَ ادْنُ أُخْبِرْكَ أَوْ أُحَدِّثْكَ إِنِّي أَتَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فِي نَفَرٍ مِنَ الأَشْعَرِيِّينَ فَوَافَقْتُهُ وَهْوَ غَضْبَانُ وَهْوَ يَقْسِمُ نَعَمًا مِنْ نَعَمِ الصَّدَقَةِ فَاسْتَحْمَلْنَاهُ فَحَلَفَ أَنْ لاَ يَحْمِلَنَا قَالَ مَا عِنْدِي مَا أَحْمِلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ ثُمَّ أُتِيَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ بِنَهْبٍ مِنْ إِبِلٍ فَقَالَ أَيْنَ الأَشْعَرِيُّونَ أَيْنَ الأَشْعَرِيُّونَ قَالَ فَأَعْطَانَا خَمْسَ ذَوْدٍ غُرِّ الذُّرَى فَلَبِثْنَا غَيْرَ بَعِيدٍ فَقُلْتُ لأَصْحَابِي نَسِيَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَمِينَهُ فَوَاللَّهِ لَئِنْ تَغَفَّلْنَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَمِينَهُ لاَ نُفْلِحُ أَبَدًا فَرَجَعْنَا إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقُلْنَا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّا اسْتَحْمَلْنَاكَ فَحَلَفْتَ أَنْ لاَ تَحْمِلَنَا فَظَنَنَّا أَنَّكَ نَسِيتَ يَمِينَكَ فَقَالَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ هُوَ حَمَلَكُمْ إِنِّي وَاللَّهِ إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ لاَ أَحْلِفُ عَلَى يَمِينٍ فَأَرَى غَيْرَهَا خَيْرًا مِنْهَا إِلاَّ أَتَيْتُ الَّذِي هُوَ خَيْرٌ وَتَحَلَّلْتُهَا
Translation
Chain of narrators
- Abū Maʿmar
- ʿAbd al-Wārith
- Ayyūb b. Abū Tamīmah
- al-Qāsim
- Zahdam
We were in the company of Abu Musa Al-Ashʿari and there were friendly relations between us and this tribe of Jarm. Abu Musa was presented with a dish containing chicken. Among the people there was sitting a red-faced man who did not come near the food. Abu Musa said (to him), "Come on (and eat), for I have seen Messenger of Allah ﷺ eating of it (i.e. chicken)." He said, "I have seen it eating something (dirty) and since then I have disliked it, and have taken an oath that I shall not eat it ' Abu Musa said, "Come on, I will tell you (or narrate to you). Once I went to Allah s Apostle with a group of Al-Ashʿariyin, and met him while he was angry, distributing some camels of rakʿat. We asked for mounts but he took an oath that he would not give us any mounts, and added, 'I have nothing to mount you on' In the meantime some camels of booty were brought to Messenger of Allah ﷺ and he asked twice, 'Where are Al-Ashʿariyin?" So he gave us five white camels with big humps. We stayed for a short while (after we had covered a little distance), and then I said to my companions, "Messenger of Allah ﷺ has forgotten his oath. By Allah, if we do not remind Messenger of Allah ﷺ of his oath, we will never be successful." So we returned to the Prophet ﷺ and said, "O Messenger of Allah ﷺ! We asked you for mounts, but you took an oath that you would not give us any mounts; we think that you have forgotten your oath.' He said, 'It is Allah Who has given you mounts. By Allah, and Allah willing, if I take an oath and later find something else better than that. then I do what is better and expiate my oath.' "
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Other narrations of this report
Sunan an-Nasa'i 3782Musnad Ahmad 20629Sunan ad-Darimi 2392Sahih Ibn Hibban 4479al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Bayhaqi) 20004al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 4716
Narrators
- a well-known Companiond. 42 AH, or 44 AH, or 50 AH, or 52 AH, or 53 AH, also said 49 AH, also said 51 AHأَبُو مُوسَى الْأَشْعَرِيُّصحابي مشهورصريح في السماع
- trustworthy (thiqah)d. between 91 and 100 AHزَهْدَمٍثقةعن
- acceptable (maqbūl)الْقَاسِمِمقبولعن
- Trustworthy (thiqah), firmly reliable (thabt), an authority (ḥujjah), one of the leading jurists and devout worshippersd. 130 AH, or 131 AH, or 132 AH, also said: 124 AH, also said: 125 AH, also said: 129 AHأَيُّوبُ بْنُ أَبِي تَمِيمَةَثقة ثبت حجة ، من كبار الفقهاء العبادحدثنا
- trustworthy and firm (thiqah thabt); he was accused of belief in qadar (al-qadar), but this was not established about himd. 179 AH or 180 AH; also said: 178 AHعَبْدُ الْوَارِثِثقة ثبت , رمي بالقدر ولم يثبت عنهحدثنا
- Trustworthy (thiqah), firm (thabt), accused of Qadarismd. 224 AHأَبُو مَعْمَرٍثقة ثبت رمي بالقدرحدثنا
- a mountain of memorization and the leader of the world in the comprehension of hadith (jabal al-ḥifẓ wa-imām al-dunyā fī fiqh al-ḥadīth)d. 256 AHالْبُخَارِيُّجبل الحفظ وإمام الدنيا في فقه الحديث
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Commentaries
Fatḥ al-Bārī (Ibn Ḥajar)
ʿUmdat al-Qārī (Badr al-Dīn al-ʿAynī)
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