30. Food
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7163No grade recorded
«أَعَاذَكَ اللَّهُ يَا كَعْبَ بْنَ عُجْرَةَ مِنْ إِمَارَةِ السُّفَهَاءِ» قَالَ وَمَا إِمَارَةُ السُّفَهَاءِ؟ قَالَ أُمَرَاءُ يَكُونُونَ بَعْدِي لَا يَقْتَدُونَ بِهُدَايَ وَلَا يَسْتَنُّونَ بِسُنَّتِي فَمَنْ صَدَّقَهُمْ بِكَذِبِهِمْ وَأَعَانَهُمْ عَلَى ظُلْمِهِمْ فَأُولَئِكَ لَيْسُوا مِنِّي وَلَسْتُ مِنْهُمْ وَلَا يَرِدُونَ عَلَى حَوْضِي وَمَنْ لَمْ يُصَدِّقْهُمْ عَلَى كَذِبِهِمْ وَلَمْ يُعِنْهُمْ عَلَى ظُلْمِهِمْ فَأُولَئِكَ مِنِّي وَأَنَا مِنْهُمْ وَسَيَرِدُونَ عَلَى حَوْضِي يَا كَعْبَ بْنَ عُجْرَةَ إِنَّهُ لَا يَدْخُلُ الْجَنَّةَ لَحْمٌ نَبَتَ مِنْ سُحْتٍ النَّارُ أَوْلَى بِهِ يَا كَعْبَ بْنَ عُجْرَةَ الصَّوْمُ جُنَّةٌ وَالصَّدَقَةُ تُطْفِئُ الْخَطِيئَةَ وَالصَّلَاةُ قُرْبَانٌ أَوْ قَالَ بُرْهَانٌ
✧ May Allah protect you, O Ka'b b. 'Ujrah, from the rule of the foolish.' He said, 'And what is the rule of the foolish?' He said, 'Rulers who will be after me, who do not follow my guidance and do not adopt my Sunnah. Whoever believes them in their lies and helps them in their wrongdoing, those are not of me and I am not of them, and they will not come to my pond. Whoever does not believe them in their lies and does not help them in their wrongdoing, those are of me and I am of them, and they will come to my pond. O Ka'b b. 'Ujrah, no flesh that grows from ill-gotten wealth will enter Paradise; the Fire is more deserving of it. O Ka'b b. 'Ujrah, fasting is a shield, charity extinguishes sin, and prayer is a means of nearness' or he said 'a proof.'
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7164Abu Dawud silent
«مَنْ نَبَتَ لَحْمُهُ مِنَ السُّحْتِ فَالنَّارُ أَوْلَى بِهِ»
✧ Whoever's flesh grows from ill-gotten wealth, the Fire is more deserving of him.
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7165No grade recorded
عنه الذهبي في التلخيص
✧ Al-Dhahabi commented on it in the Talkhis.
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7166Sahih
«مَنْ أَكَلَ بِمُسْلِمٍ أَكْلَةً أَطْعَمَهُ اللَّهُ بِهَا أَكْلَةً مِنْ نَارِ جَهَنَّمَ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ وَمَنْ أَقَامَ بِمُسْلِمٍ مَقَامَ سُمْعَةٍ أَقَامَهُ اللَّهُ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ مَقَامَ سُمْعَةٍ وَرِيَاءٍ وَمَنِ اكْتَسَى بِمُسْلِمٍ ثَوْبًا كَسَاهُ اللَّهُ ثَوْبًا مِنْ نَارِ يَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ»
✧ Whoever eats a morsel at the expense of a Muslim, Allah will feed him a morsel of the fire of Hell on the Day of Resurrection. Whoever puts a Muslim in a position of notoriety, Allah will put him in a position of notoriety and ostentation on the Day of Resurrection. Whoever clothes himself with a garment at the expense of a Muslim, Allah will clothe him with a garment of fire on the Day of Resurrection.
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7167No grade recorded
أَنَّهُ كَانَ يَقُولُ عَلَى الْمِنْبَرِ «أُحَرِّجُ مَالَ الضَّعِيفَيْنِ الْيَتِيمِ وَالْمَرْأَةِ»
✧ He used to say on the pulpit: 'I strictly warn against taking the property of the two weak ones: the orphan and the woman.'
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7168Sahih
سَمِعْتُ عَائِشَةَ تَقُولُ أَهْدَتْ أُمُّ سُنْبُلَةَ لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ لَبَنًا فَدَخَلَتْ عَلَيَّ بِهِ فَلَمْ تَجِدْهُ فَقُلْتُ لَهَا إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ نَهَانَا أَنْ نَأْكُلَ طَعَامَ الْأَعْرَابِ فَدَخَلَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَأَبُو بَكْرٍ فَقَالَ «يَا أُمَّ سُنْبُلَةَ مَا هَذَا مَعَكِ؟» فَقَالَتْ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ لَبَنٌ أَهْدَيْتُهُ لَكَ قَالَ «اسْكُبِي يَا أُمَّ سُنْبُلَةَ» فَنَاوَلَ أَبَا بَكْرٍ ثُمَّ قَالَ «اسْكُبِي يَا أُمَّ سُنْبُلَةَ» فَتَنَاوَلَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَشَرِبَ قَالَتْ فَقُلْتُ يَا بَرْدَهَا عَلَى الْكَبِدِ قَالَتْ عَائِشَةُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ حَدَّثَتْنَا أَنَّكَ نَهَيْتَ عَنْ طَعَامِ الْأَعْرَابِ فَقَالَ «يَا عَائِشُ إِنَّهُمْ لَيْسُوا بِأَعْرَابٍ هُمْ أَهْلُ بَادِيَتِنَا وَنَحْنُ أَهْلُ حَاضِرَتِهِمْ وَإِذَا دُعُوا أَجَابُوا فَلَيْسُوا بِأَعْرَابٍ»
✧ I heard 'A'ishah say: Umm Sunbulah gave the Messenger of Allah ﷺ some milk as a gift. She came to me with it and did not find him. I said to her, 'The Messenger of Allah ﷺ has forbidden us to eat the food of the Bedouins.' Then the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and Abu Bakr entered. He said, 'O Umm Sunbulah, what is this with you?' She said, 'O Messenger of Allah, milk that I gave you as a gift.' He said, 'Pour it, O Umm Sunbulah.' She handed it to Abu Bakr. Then he said, 'Pour it, O Umm Sunbulah.' Then the Messenger of Allah ﷺ took it and drank. She said, 'I said, How cool it is on the liver.' 'A'ishah said, 'O Messenger of Allah, you told us that you had forbidden the food of the Bedouins.' He said, 'O 'A'ish, they are not Bedouins; they are the people of our desert, and we are the people of their settled areas. When they are called, they answer, so they are not Bedouins.'
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7169Sahih
«لَا تَصْحَبْ إِلَّا مُؤْمِنًا وَلَا يَأْكُلْ طَعَامَكَ إِلَّا تَقِيٌّ»
✧ Do not keep company except with a believer, and let no one eat your food except a pious person.
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7170Sahih
«نَهَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَنْ طَعَامِ الْمُتَبَارِيَيْنِ أَنْ يُؤْكَلَ»
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ forbade eating the food of those who compete in boasting.
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7171Sahih
نَهَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَنْ مَطْعَمَيْنِ الْجُلُوسُ عَلَى مَائِدَةٍ يُشْرَبُ عَلَيْهَا الْخَمْرُ أَوْ يَأْكُلُ الرَّجُلُ وَهُوَ مُنْبَطِحٌ عَلَى بَطْنِهِ «»
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ forbade two meals: sitting at a table where wine is drunk, or a man eating while lying on his stomach.
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7172Sahih
«مَنْ أَطْعَمَ أَخَاهُ خُبْزًا حَتَّى يُشْبِعَهُ وَسَقَاهُ مَاءً حَتَّى يَرْوِيَهُ بَعَدَهُ اللَّهُ عَنِ النَّارِ سَبْعَ خَنَادِقَ بُعْدُ مَا بَيْنَ خَنْدَقَيْنِ مَسِيرَةُ خَمْسِمِائَةِ سَنَةٍ»
✧ Whoever feeds his brother bread until he is satisfied, and gives him water to drink until his thirst is quenched, Allah will distance him from the Fire by seven ditches, the distance between each two ditches being a journey of five hundred years.
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7173No grade recorded
«الْكَفَّارَاتُ إِطْعَامُ الطَّعَامِ وَإِفْشَاءُ السَّلَامِ وَالصَّلَاةُ بِاللَّيْلِ وَالنَّاسُ نِيَامٌ»
✧ The expiations are: feeding food, spreading the greeting of peace, and praying at night while people are asleep.
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7174Sahih
قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَنْبِئْنِي عَنْ أَمْرٍ إِذَا أَخَذْتُ بِهِ دَخَلْتُ الْجَنَّةَ؟ قَالَ «أَفْشِ السَّلَامَ وَأَطْعِمِ الطَّعَامَ وَصِلِ الْأَرْحَامَ وَقُمْ بِاللَّيْلِ وَالنَّاسُ نِيَامٌ وَادْخُلِ الْجَنَّةَ بِسَلَامٍ»
✧ I said: O Messenger of Allah, tell me of a matter which, if I adhere to it, I will enter Paradise. He said: "Spread the greeting of peace, feed food, maintain ties of kinship, and stand in prayer at night while people are asleep, and you will enter Paradise in peace."
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7175Sahih
عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَنَّهُ قَالَ «أَيُّمَا رَجُلٍ كَسَبَ مَالًا مِنْ حَلَالٍ فَأَطْعَمَ نَفْسَهَ وَكَسَاهَا فَمَنْ دُونَهُ مِنْ خَلْقِ اللَّهِ لَهُ زَكَاةٌ» صحيح
✧ From the Messenger of Allah ﷺ that he said: "Any man who earns wealth from lawful means and feeds himself and clothes himself and those under him from the creation of Allah, that is a purification for him." Sahih.
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7176Sahih
أَتَى رَجُلٌ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَصَابَنِي الْجَهْدُ فَأَرْسَلَ إِلَى نِسَائِهِ فَلَمْ يَجِدْ عِنْدَهُنَّ شَيْئًا فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «أَلَا رَجُلٌ يُضِيفُ هَذَا اللَّيْلَةَ يَرْحَمُهُ اللَّهُ» فَقَامَ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ فَقَالَ أَنَا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ فَذَهَبَ إِلَى أَهْلِهِ فَقَالَ لِامْرَأَتِهِ ضَيْفُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ لَا نَدَّخِرُ مِنْهُ شَيْئًا قَالَتْ وَاللَّهِ مَا عِنْدِي إِلَّا قُوتُ الصِّبْيَةِ قَالَ فَإِذَا أَرَادَ الصِّبْيَةُ الْعَشَاءِ فَنَوِّمِيهِمْ وَتَعَالَيْ فَأَطْفِئِي السِّرَاجَ وَنَطْوِي بُطُونَنَا اللَّيْلَةَ فَفَعَلَتْ ثُمَّ غَدَا الرَّجُلُ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ لَقَدْ عَجِبَ اللَّهُ أَيْ لَقَدْ ضَحِكَ اللَّهُ ﷻ مِنْ فُلَانٍ وَفُلَانَةَ وَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى {وَيُؤْثِرُونَ عَلَى أَنْفُسِهِمْ وَلَوْ كَانَ بِهِمْ خَصَاصَةٌ} [الحشر 9]
✧ A man came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and said: O Messenger of Allah, I am afflicted with hardship. He sent to his wives but found nothing with them. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "Is there any man who will host this man tonight, may Allah have mercy on him?" A man from the Ansar stood up and said: I will, O Messenger of Allah. He went to his family and said to his wife: This is the guest of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, we will not withhold anything from him. She said: By Allah, I have nothing but the children's food. He said: When the children want dinner, put them to sleep, then come and extinguish the lamp, and we will tighten our belts tonight. She did so. Then the man went early to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "Allah has been amazed"—or "Allah has laughed"—ﷻ at so-and-so and so-and-so. And Allah, the Exalted, revealed: {And they give preference over themselves, even though they are in need} [Al-Hashr: 9].
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7177No grade recorded
«إِذَا اشْتَرَى أَحَدُكُمْ لَحْمًا فَأَكْثَرَ مَرَقَهُ فَإِنْ لَمْ يُصِبْ أَحَدُكُمْ لَحْمًا أَصَابَ مَرَقًا وَهُوَ أَحَدُ اللَّحْمَيْنِ»
✧ When one of you buys meat, let him increase its broth, for if one of you does not get meat, he will get broth, and it is one of the two meats.
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7178No grade recorded
عَنْ أَبِي الْأَحْوَصِ» هَذَا صَحِيحٌ أَيْضًا
✧ From Abu al-Ahwas. This is also sahih.
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7179Sahih
عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ «أَيُّمَا مُسْلِمٍ ضَافَ قَوْمًا فَأَصْبَحَ الضَّيْفُ مَحْرُومًا كَانَ حَقًّا عَلَى كُلِّ مُسْلِمٍ نَصْرُهُ حَتَّى يَأْخُذَ بِقِرَى لَيْلَتِهِ مِنْ زَرْعِهِ وَمَالِهِ» صحيح
✧ From the Prophet ﷺ, he said: "Any Muslim who is a guest of a people, and the guest wakes up deprived, it becomes a duty upon every Muslim to help him until he takes the hospitality of his night from their crops and wealth." Sahih.
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7180No grade recorded
«إِذَا أَتَيْتَ عَلَى رَاعٍ فَنَادِهِ ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ فَإِنْ أَجَابَكَ وَإِلَّا فَاشْرَبْ مِنْ غَيْرِ أَنْ تُفْسِدَ وَإِذَا أَتَيْتَ عَلَى حَائِطِ بُسْتَانٍ فَنَادِ صَاحِبَ الْبُسْتَانِ ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ فَإِنْ أَجَابَكَ وَإِلَّا فَكُلْ مِنْ غَيْرِ أَنْ تُفْسِدَ»
✧ When you come to a shepherd, call him three times. If he answers you, then (take), otherwise drink without causing damage. And when you come to a garden wall, call the owner of the garden three times. If he answers you, then (eat), otherwise eat without causing damage.
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7181Sahih
أَقْبَلْتُ مَعَ سَادَاتِي نُرِيدُ الْهِجْرَةَ حَتَّى دَنَوْنَا مِنَ الْمَدِينَةِ تَرَكُونِي فِي ظُهُورِهِمْ وَدَخَلُوا الْمَدِينَةَ فَأَصَابَتْنِي مَجَاعَةٌ شَدِيدَةٌ فَقَالَ لِي بَعْضُ مَنْ مَرَّ بِي مِنْ أَهْلِ الْمَدِينَةِ لَوْ دَخَلْتَ بَعْضَ حَوَائِطِ الْمَدِينَةِ فَأَصَبْتَ مِنْ تَمْرِهَا فَدَخَلْتُ حَائِطًا فَأَتَيْتُ نَخْلَةً فَقَطَعْتُ مِنْهَا قِنْوَيْنِ فَإِذَا صَاحِبُ الْحَائِطِ فَخَرَجَ بِي حَتَّى أَتَى رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَسَأَلَنِي عَنْ أَمْرِي فَأَخْبَرْتُهُ فَقَالَ «أَيُّهُمَا أَفْضَلُ؟» فَأَشَرْتُ إِلَى أَحَدِهِمَا فَأَمَرَنِي بِأَخْذِهِ وَأَمَرَ صَاحِبَ الْحَائِطِ بِأَخْذِ الْآخَرِ وَخَلَّى سَبِيلِي
✧ I set out with my masters intending to emigrate, until we approached Madinah. They left me behind on their mounts and entered Madinah. I was struck by severe hunger. Some of the people of Madinah who passed by me said: If only you would enter one of the gardens of Madinah and get some of its dates. So I entered a garden, came to a palm tree, and cut two bunches of dates from it. Then the owner of the garden came and took me out until he brought me to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. He asked me about my situation, so I informed him. He said: "Which of the two is better?" I pointed to one of them. He ordered me to take it, and ordered the owner of the garden to take the other, and let me go.
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7182Sahih
أَصَابَتْنَا مَجَاعَةٌ فَأَتَيْتُ الْمَدِينَةَ فَدَخَلْتُ حَائِطًا مِنْ حِيطَانِهَا فَأَخَذْتُ سُنْبُلًا فَفَرَكْتُهُ فَأَكَلْتُ مِنْهُ وَجَعَلْتُ مِنْهُ فِي ثَوْبِي فَجَاءَ صَاحِبُ الْحَائِطِ فَضَرَبَنِي وَأَخَذَ ثَوْبِي فَأَتَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَقَالَ «مَا عَلِمْتَهُ إِذَا كَانَ جَاهِلًا وَلَا أَطْعَمْتَهُ إِذَا كَانَ سَاغِبًا أَوْ جَائِعًا» قَالَ فَرَدَّ عَلَيَّ الثَّوْبَ وَأَمَرَ لِي بِنِصْفِ وَسْقٍ أَوْ وَسْقٍ
✧ We were struck by famine, so I came to Madinah and entered one of its walled gardens. I took an ear of grain, rubbed it, ate from it, and put some of it in my garment. The owner of the garden came and beat me and took my garment. I went to the Prophet ﷺ, and he said, "You did not teach him when he was ignorant, nor did you feed him when he was hungry or starving." He said: So he returned my garment to me and ordered for me half a wasq or a wasq [of grain].
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7183No grade recorded
أَتَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ بَنِي عَمْرِو بْنِ عَوْفٍ يَوْمَ الْأَرْبِعَاءِ فَرَأَى شَيْئًا لَمْ يَكُنْ رَآهَا قَبْلَ ذَلِكَ مِنْ حِصْنِهِ عَلَى النَّخِيلِ فَقَالَ «لَوْ أَنَّكُمْ إِذَا جِئْتُمْ عِيدَكُمْ هَذَا مَكَثْتُمْ حَتَّى تَسْمَعُوا مِنْ قُولِي» قَالُوا نَعَمْ بِآبَائِنَا أَنْتَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ وَأُمَّهَاتِنَا قَالَ فَلَمَّا حَضَرُوا الْجُمُعَةَ صَلَّى بِهِمْ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ الْجُمُعَةَ ثُمَّ صَلَّى رَكْعَتَيْنِ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ وَكَانَ يَنْصَرِفُ إِلَى بَيْتِهِ قَبْلَ ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمِ ثُمَّ اسْتَوَى فَاسْتَقْبَلَ النَّاسُ بِوَجْهِهِ فَتَبِعَتْ لَهُ الْأَنْصَارُ أَوْ مَنْ كَانَ مِنْهُمْ حَتَّى وَفِيَ بِهِمْ إِلَيْهِ فَقَالَ «يَا مَعْشَرَ الْأَنْصَارِ» قَالُوا لَبَّيْكَ أَيْ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ فَقَالَ «كُنْتُمْ فِي الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ إِذْ لَا تَعْبُدُونَ اللَّهَ تَحْمِلُونَ الْكَلَّ وَتَفْعَلُونَ فِي أَمْوَالِكُمُ الْمَعْرُوفَ وَتَفْعَلُونَ إِلَى ابْنِ السَّبِيلِ حَتَّى إِذَا مَنَّ اللَّهُ عَلَيْكُمْ بِالْإِسْلَامِ وَمَنَّ عَلَيْكُمْ بِنَبِيِّهِ إِذَا أَنْتُمْ تُحَصِّنُونَ أَمْوَالَكُمْ وَفِيمَا يَأْكُلُ ابْنُ آدَمَ أَجْرٌ وَفِيمَا يَأْكُلُ السَّبُعُ أَوِ الطَّيْرُ أَجْرٌ» فَرَجَعَ الْقَوْمُ فَمَا مِنْهُمْ أَحَدٌ إِلَّا هَدَمَ مِنْ حَدِيقَتِهِ ثَلَاثِينَ بَابًا
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ came to Banu Amr b. Awf on a Wednesday and saw something he had not seen before of their fencing around the palm trees. He said, "If only when you come to this Eid of yours you would stay until you hear from my words." They said, "Yes, by our fathers and mothers, O Messenger of Allah." When Friday came, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ prayed Jumu'ah with them, then prayed two rak'ahs in the mosque, whereas before that day he used to go to his house. Then he sat straight and faced the people, and the Ansar, or those of them present, followed him until he met them. He said, "O company of the Ansar." They said, "At your service, O Messenger of Allah." He said, "In the Jahiliyyah, when you did not worship Allah, you used to carry the burden of the weak, do good in your wealth, and help the wayfarer, until Allah blessed you with Islam and blessed you with His Prophet, and now you fortify your wealth. In what the son of Adam eats there is reward, and in what the predator or the bird eats there is reward." The people returned, and there was not one of them but demolished thirty doors from his garden.
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7184Abu Dawud silent
قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ الْإِبِلُ نَلْقَاهَا وَبِهَا اللَّبَنُ وَهِيَ مُصَرَّاةٌ وَنَحْنُ مُحْتَاجُونَ فَقَالَ «نَادِ صَاحِبَ الْإِبِلِ ثَلَاثًا فَإِنْ جَاءَ وَإِلَّا فَاحْلُبْ وَاحْتَلِبْ وَأَحْلِلْ ثُمَّ صُرَّ وَبَقِّ اللَّبَنَ لِدَوَاعِيهِ»
✧ I said: O Messenger of Allah, we come across camels that have milk and are left unmilked, and we are in need. He said: "Call the owner of the camels three times. If he comes, [fine]; otherwise, milk them, drink, and make it lawful, then close the udder with a string and leave the milk for its causes."
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7185Sahih
لَمَّا بَايَعَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ النِّسَاءَ قَامَتْ إِلَيْهِ امْرَأَةٌ جَلِيلَةٌ كَأَنَّهَا مِنْ نِسَاءِ مُضَرَ فَقَالَتْ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِنَّا كَلٌّ عَلَى آبَائِنَا وَأَبْنَائِنَا وَأَزْوَاجِنَا فَمَا يَحِلُّ لَنَا مِنْ أَمْوَالِهِمْ؟ قَالَ «الرُّطَبُ تَأْكُلِيهِ وِتُهْدِيهِ» وَقَدْ رَوَاهُ سُفْيَانُ الثَّوْرِيُّ عَنْ يُونُسَ بْنِ عُبَيْدٍعلى شرط البخاري ومسلم
✧ When the Prophet ﷺ took the pledge from the women, a noble woman stood up to him, as if she were from the women of Mudar, and said: O Messenger of Allah ﷺ, we are a burden on our fathers, sons, and husbands. What is lawful for us from their wealth? He said: "Fresh dates: you may eat them and give them as gifts." Sufyan al-Thawri narrated it from Yunus b. Ubayd according to the conditions of al-Bukhari and Muslim.
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7186No grade recorded
قَالَتِ امْرَأَةٌ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّا كَلٌّ عَلَى أَبْنَائِنَا وَإِخْوَانِنَا فَمَا يَحِلُّ لَنَا مِنْ أَمْوَالِهِمْ؟ قَالَ «الرُّطَبُ مَا تَأْكُلِينَ وَتُهْدِينَ»
✧ A woman said: O Messenger of Allah, we are a burden on our sons and brothers. What is lawful for us from their wealth? He said: "Fresh dates: what you eat and give as gifts."
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7187No grade recorded
أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ تَعَالَى لَيُدْخِلُ بِلُقْمَةِ الْخُبْزِ وَقَبْضَةِ التَّمْرِ وَمِثْلِهِ مِمَّا يَنْفَعُ الْمِسْكِينَ ثَلَاثَةً الْجَنَّةَ الْآمِرُ بِهِ وَالزَّوْجَةُ الْمُصْلِحَةُ وَالْخَادِمُ الَّذِي يُنَاوِلُ الْمِسْكِينَ وَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي لَمْ يَنْسَ خَدَمَنَا»
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: Indeed Allah, Exalted is He, will admit three people to Paradise because of a morsel of bread, a handful of dates, or the like that benefits a poor person: the one who commands it, the wife who prepares it well, and the servant who hands it to the poor. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ also said: "Praise be to Allah who has not forgotten our servants."
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7188Sahih
«كُلُوا وَاشْرَبُوا وَتَصَدَّقُوا فِي غَيْرِ سَرَفٍ وَلَا مَخِيلَةٍ إِنَّ اللَّهَ تَعَالَى يُحِبُّ أَنْ يَرَى أَثَرَ نِعْمَتِهِ عَلَى عَبْدِهِ»
✧ "Eat, drink, and give charity without extravagance or arrogance. Indeed, Allah, Exalted is He, loves to see the trace of His blessing upon His servant."
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7189Sahih
أَنَّهُ أَرْسَلَ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ بِطَعَامٍ مِنْ خَضِرَةٍ فِيهِ بَصَلٌ أَوْ كُرَّاثٌ فَلَمْ يَرَ فِيهِ أَثَرَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَأَبَى أَنْ يَأْكُلَهُ فَقَالَ لَهُ مَا يَمْنَعُكَ أَنْ تَأْكُلَهُ؟ قَالَ لَمْ أَرَ أَثَرَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «أَسْتَحْيِي مِنْ مَلَائِكَةِ اللَّهِ تَعَالَى وَلَيْسَ بِمُحَرِّمٍ»
✧ He sent to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ some food of vegetables containing onion or leek. He did not see the trace of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ in it, so he refused to eat it. He said to him: What prevents you from eating it? He said: I did not see the trace of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "I feel shy before the angels of Allah, Exalted is He, but it is not forbidden."
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7190No grade recorded
«أَهْدَى مَلِكُ الْهِنْدِ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ جَرَّةً فِيهَا زَنْجَبِيلٌ فَأَطْعَمَ أَصْحَابَهُ قِطْعَةً قِطْعَةً وَأَطْعَمَنِي مِنْهَا قِطْعَةً»
✧ "The king of India sent a jar containing ginger to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. He fed his companions piece by piece and fed me a piece from it."
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7191Sahih
شَهِدْتُ وَلِيمَةً فِي مَنْزِلِ عَبْدِ الْأَعْلَى وَمَعَنَا أَبُو أُمَامَةَ الْبَاهِلِيُّ فَلَمَّا أَنْ فَرَغْنَا مِنَ الطَّعَامِ قَامَ فَقَالَ مَا أُرِيدُ أَنْ أَكُونَ خَطِيبًا وَلَكِنِّي سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ عِنْدَ فَرَاغِهِ مِنَ الطَّعَامِ يَقُولُ «الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ كَثِيرًا طَيِّبًا مُبَارَكًا فِيهِ غَيْرَ مُوَدَّعٍ وَلَا مُسْتَغْنًى عَنْهُ»
✧ I attended a wedding feast at the house of Abd al-A'la, and with us was Abu Umamah al-Bahili. When we finished the food, he stood and said: I do not want to be a preacher, but I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, upon finishing the food, say: "Praise be to Allah, abundant, good, blessed praise, not a farewell nor dispensable."
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7192Sahih
كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِذَا رُفِعَتِ الْمَائِدَةُ مِنْ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ يَقُولُ «الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ حَمْدًا كَثِيرًا طَيِّبًا مُبَارَكًا فِيهِ غَيْرَ مُوَدَّعٍ وَلَا مُسْتَغْنًى عَنْهُ رَبَّنَا» صحيح
✧ When the table was removed from before the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, he would say: "Praise be to Allah, abundant, good, blessed praise, not a farewell nor dispensable, our Lord." Sahih.
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7193Sahih
«كَانَتْ لَنَا شَاةٌ فَخَشِينَا أَنْ تَمُوتَ فَقَتَلْنَاهَا وَقَسَّمْنَاهَا إِلَّا كَتِفَهَا»
✧ "To die, so we killed it and cut it up except for its shoulder."
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7194Sahih
«الطَّاعِمُ الشَّاكِرُ مَثَلُ الصَّائِمِ الصَّابِرِ»
✧ "The grateful eater is like the patient faster."
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7195Abu Dawud silent
«إِنَّ لِلطَّاعِمِ الشَّاكِرِ مِنَ الْأَجْرِ مِثْلَ الصَّائِمِ الصَّابِرِ»
✧ On the authority of the Prophet ﷺ, he said, "Verily, the one who eats and expresses gratitude will have a reward similar to the one who fasts and perseveres." Al-Dhahabi remained silent about it in his summary.
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7196Sahih
أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ أَخَذَ بِيَدِ مَجْذُومٍ فَوَضَعَهَا مَعَهُ فِي الْقَصْعَةِ ثُمَّ قَالَ «بِسْمِ اللَّهِ ثِقَةً بِاللَّهِ وَتَوَكُّلًا عَلَيْهِ»
✧ The Prophet ﷺ took the hand of a leper and placed it with him in the bowl, then said, “In the name of Allah, with trust in Allah and reliance upon Him.”
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7197No grade recorded
«مَنْ بَاتَ وَفِي يَدِهِ غَمَرٌ فَعَرَضَ لَهُ عَارِضٌ فَلَا يَلُومَنَّ إِلَّا نَفْسَهُ»
✧ “Whoever spends the night with grease on his hand and something afflicts him, let him blame no one but himself.”
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7198No grade recorded
«إِنَّ الشَّيْطَانَ حَسَّاسٌ لَحَّاسٌ فَاحْذَرُوهُ عَلَى أَنْفُسِكُمْ مَنْ بَاتَ وَفِي يَدِهِ غَمَرٌ فَأَصَابَهُ شَيْءٌ فَلَا يَلُومَنَّ إِلَّا نَفْسَهُ»
✧ “Verily, Satan is keenly perceptive and persistent, so beware of him for yourselves. Whoever spends the night with grease on his hand and something befalls him, let him blame no one but himself.”
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7199Sahih
«مَنْ أَكَلَ فَمَا لَاكَ بِلِسَانِهِ فَلْيَبْلَعْ وَمَا تَخَلَّلَ فَلْيَلْفِظْ مَنْ فَعَلَ فَقَدْ أَحْسَنَ وَمَنْ لَا فَلَا حَرَجَ»
✧ “Whoever eats, whatever he chews with his tongue let him swallow, and whatever he picks with a toothpick let him spit out. Whoever does so has done well, and whoever does not, there is no harm.”
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7072Sahih
اسْتَأْذَنْتُ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَدَخَلْتُ عَلَيْهِ فِي مَشْرُبَةٍ وَإِنَّهُ لَمُضْطَجِعٌ عَلَى خَصَفَةٍ وَأَنَّ بَعْضهُ لَعَلَى التُّرَابِ وَتَحْتَ رَأْسِهِ وِسَادَةٌ مَحْشُوَّةٌ لِيفًا وَأَنَّ فَوْقَ رَأْسِهِ لَأَهَابٌ عَطِينٌ وَفِي نَاحِيَةِ الْمَشْرُبَةِ قَرَظٌ فَسَلَّمْتُ عَلَيْهِ ثُمَّ جَلَسْتُ فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَنْتَ نَبِيُّ اللَّهِ وَصَفْوَتُهُ وَخِيرَتُهُ مِنْ خَلْقِهِ وَكِسْرَى وَقَيْصَرُ عَلَى سُرُرِ الذَّهَبِ وَفُرُشِ الْحَرِيرِ وَالدِّيبَاجِ فَقَالَ «يَا عُمَرُ إِنَّ أُولَئِكَ قَدْ عُجِّلَتْ لَهُمْ طَيِّبَاتُهُمْ وَهِيَ وَشِيكَةُ الِانْقِطَاعِ وَإِنَّا قَوْمٌ قَدْ أُخِّرَتْ لَنَا طَيِّبَاتُنَا فِي آخِرَتِنَا»
✧ I asked permission to enter upon the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and entered upon him in an upper room. He was lying on a mat, and part of him was on the dust, and under his head was a pillow stuffed with palm fiber, and above his head was a tanned skin, and in a corner of the room was some acacia pods. I greeted him, then sat down and said: O Messenger of Allah, you are the Prophet of Allah, His chosen one, and His select from His creation, while Kisra and Caesar are on couches of gold and beds of silk and brocade. He said: "O Umar, those people have had their good things hastened for them, and it is about to be cut off. But we are a people whose good things have been delayed for us in our Hereafter."
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7073Sahih
«مَنْ أَكَلَ طَيِّبًا وَعَمِلَ فِي سُنَّةٍ وَأَمِنَ النَّاسُ بَوَائِقَهُ دَخَلَ الْجَنَّةَ» قَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّ هَذَا فِي أُمَّتِكَ الْيَوْمَ كَثِيرٌ قَالَ «وَسَيَكُونُ فِي قُرُونٍ بَعْدِي»
✧ Whoever eats what is lawful, acts according to the Sunnah, and people are safe from his harm will enter Paradise. They said: O Messenger of Allah, this is common in your community today. He said: "And it will be so in generations after me."
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7074Abu Dawud silent
عَائِشَةُ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَدْخُلُ عَلَى بَعْضِ أَزْوَاجِهِ وَعِنْدَهَا عُكَّةٌ مِنْ عَسَلٍ فَيَلْعَقُ مِنْهَا لَعْقًا فَيَجْلِسُ عِنْدَهَا فَأَرَابَهُمْ ذَلِكَ فَقَالَتْ عَائِشَةُ لِحَفْصَةَ وَلِبَعْضِ أَزْوَاجِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقُلْنَا لَهُ إِنَّمَا نَجِدُ مِنْكَ رِيحَ الْمَغَافِيرِ فَقَالَ «إِنَّهَا عَسَلٌ أَلْعَقُهُ عِنْدَ فُلَانَةَ وَلَسْتُ بِعَائِدٍ فِيهِ» سكت عنه الذهبي في التلخيص
✧ Aisha reported: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ would enter upon one of his wives, and she had a small skin of honey, and he would lick some of it and sit with her. That bothered them, so Aisha said to Hafsa and to some of the Prophet's wives: We said to him, "We only smell the odor of maghafir from you." He said: "It is honey that I lick at so-and-so's, and I will not return to it." Al-Dhahabi remained silent about it in the Talkhis.
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7075Sahih
«كَانَ لِأُمِّ سُلَيْمٍ قَدَحٌ فَلَمْ أَدَعْ شَيْئًا مِنَ الشَّرَابِ إِلَّا قَدْ سَقَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ فِيهِ الْعَسَلَ وَاللَّبَنَ وَالنَّبِيذَ وَالْمَاءَ»
✧ Umm Sulaym had a drinking bowl, and I did not leave any drink except that I gave the Messenger of Allah ﷺ to drink from it: honey, milk, nabidh, and water.
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7076Sahih
أَبِي «لَقَدْ غَزَوْنَا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَمَا لَنَا طَعَامٌ إِلَّا الْأَسْوَدَانِ» قَالَ «وَهَلْ تَدْرِي مَا الْأَسْوَدَانِ؟» قَالَ لَا قَالَ «الْمَاءُ وَالتَّمْرُ»
✧ My father said: "We went on military expeditions with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and we had no food except the two black things." He said: "Do you know what the two black things are?" He said: No. He said: "Water and dates."
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7077Sahih
«إِنْ كَانَ لَيَأْتِي عَلَى آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ ﷺ الشَّهْرَ وَنِصْفَ الشَّهْرِ وَمَا يُوقَدُ فِي بُيُوتِهِمْ نَارٌ لِمُصْبَاحٍ وَلَا لِغَيْرِهِ» قُلْتُ لَهَا مَا كَانَ يُعِيشُكُمْ؟ قَالَتْ «التَّمْرُ وَالْمَاءُ»
✧ A month or half a month would pass upon the family of Muhammad ﷺ, and no fire would be lit in their houses for a lamp or for anything else. I said to her: What kept you alive? She said: "Dates and water."
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7078Sahih
«مَا أَكَلَ مُحَمَّدٌ ﷺ فِي يَوْمٍ أَكْلَتَيْنِ إِلَّا أَحَدُهُمَا تَمْرٌ»
✧ Muhammad ﷺ did not eat two meals in a day except that one of them was dates.
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7079Sahih
«يَا ابْنَ شَقِيقٍ أَتَرَى هَذِهِ الْحَجَرَ لَحَجَرُ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ لَقَدْ رَأَيْتُنَا عِنْدَهَا وَمَا لِأَحَدٍ مِنْ طَعَامٍ يَمْلَأُ بَطْنَهُ حَتَّى أَنَّ أَحَدَنَا لِيَأْخُذُ الْحَجَرَ فَيَشُدُّهُ عَلَى أَخْمَصِهِ بِالْحَبْلِ أَوْ بِالْعُقْلَةِ مِنَ الْعُقَلِ فَوَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ لَقَدْ رَأَيْتُنِي وَقَسَمَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ بَيْنَنَا تَمْرًا فَأَصَابَ كُلَّ وَاحِدٍ مِنَّا سَبْعُ تَمَرَاتٍ وَكَانَ فِي سَبْعِي حَشَفَةٌ فَمَا يَسُرُّنِي تَمْرَةٌ جَيِّدَةٌ بِهَا» قَالَ قُلْتُ لَمَ يَا أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ؟ قَالَ «لِأَنَّهَا شَدَّتْ لِي مِنْ مَضَاغِي فَجَعَلْتُ أَعْلُكُهَا»
✧ O Ibn Shaqiq, do you see this stone? It is the stone of the Prophet ﷺ. We saw ourselves by it when no one had food to fill his belly, so that one of us would take a stone and tie it to the sole of his foot with a rope or with a cord from the cords. By the One in whose hand is my soul, I saw myself when the Prophet ﷺ divided dates among us, and each of us received seven dates. Among my seven was one dry, hard date, and no good date would please me more than it. I said: Why, O Abu Hurayrah? He said: "Because it strengthened my chewing, so I kept chewing it."
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7080Sahih
«كَانَتْ تَأْتِي عَلَيْنَا أَرْبَعُونَ لَيْلَةً وَمَا يُوقَدُ فِي بَيْتِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ مِصْبَاحٌ وَلَا غَيْرُهُ» قَالَ قُلْنَا أَيْ أُمَّاهْ فَبِمَ كُنْتُمْ تَعِيشُونَ؟ قَالَتْ «بِالْأَسْوَدَيْنِ التَّمْرِ وَالْمَاءِ»
✧ Forty nights would pass upon us and no lamp or anything else would be lit in the house of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. He said: We said: O our mother, how did you live? She said: On the two black things: dates and water.
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7081Weak
«كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ يُسَمِّي التَّمْرَ وَاللَّبَنَ الْأَطْيَبَانِ»
✧ The Prophet ﷺ used to call dates and milk the two best things.
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7082No grade recorded
قَرَأْتُ فِي التَّوْرَاةِ الْوضُوءُ قَبْلَ الطَّعَامِ بَرَكَةُ الطَّعَامِ فَذَكَرْتُ ذَلِكَ لِلنَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقَالَ «الْوضُوءُ قَبْلَ الطَّعَامِ وَبَعْدَ الطَّعَامِ بَرَكَةُ الطَّعَامِ» تَفَرَّدَ بِهِ قَيْسُ بْنُ الرَّبِيعِ عَنْ أَبِي هَاشِمٍ وَانْفِرَادُهُ عَلَى عُلُوِّ مَحِلِّهِ أَكْثَرُ مِنْ أَنْ يُمْكِنَ تَرْكُهَا فِي هَذَا الْكِتَابِ
✧ I read in the Torah: Ablution before food is the blessing of food. I mentioned that to the Prophet ﷺ, and he said: Ablution before food and after food is the blessing of food. Qays b. al-Rabi' is alone in narrating it from Abu Hashim, and his isolated narration, despite his high status, is more than can be omitted in this book.
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7083Sahih
دَخَلْتُ عَلَى عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ أَنَا وَرَجُلَانِ رَجُلٌ مِنَّا وَرَجُلٌ مِنْ بَنِي أَسَدٍ أَحْسِبُ فَبَعَثَهُمَا وَجْهًا فَقَالَ إِنَّكُمَا عِلْجَانِ فَعَالِجَا عَنْ دِينِكُمَا ثُمَّ دَخَلَ الْمَخْرَجَ ثُمَّ خَرَجَ فَأَخَذَ حَفْنَةً مِنْ مَاءٍ فَتَمَسَّحَ بِهَا ثُمَّ جَاءَ فَقَرَأَ الْقُرْآنَ فَرَآنَا أَنْكَرْنَا ذَلِكَ فَقَالَ عَلِيٌّ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَأْتِي الْخَلَاءَ فَيَقْضِي الْحَاجَةَ ثُمَّ يَخْرُجُ فَيَأْكُلُ مَعَنَا الْخُبْزَ وَاللَّحْمَ وَيَقْرَأُ الْقُرْآنَ وَلَا يَحْجُبُهُ وَرُبَّمَا قَالَ وَلَا يَحْجِزُهُ عَنْ قِرَاءَةِ الْقُرْآنِ شَيْءٌ سِوَى الْجَنَابَةِ أَوِ إِلَّا الْجَنَابَةَ
✧ I entered upon Ali b. Abi Talib, I and two men, a man from us and a man from Banu Asad, I think. He sent them both in a direction and said: You two are foreigners, so exert yourselves on behalf of your religion. Then he entered the privy. Then he came out and took a handful of water and wiped himself with it. Then he came and recited the Quran. He saw that we found that objectionable, so Ali said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to go to the privy, relieve himself, then come out and eat with us bread and meat and recite the Quran, and nothing prevented him—or perhaps he said: and nothing held him back from reciting the Quran—except major ritual impurity, or except major ritual impurity.
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7084Sahih
أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ وَأَبَا بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرَ أَتَوْا بَيْتَ أَبِي أَيُّوبَ فَلَمَّا أَكَلُوا وَشَبِعُوا قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «خُبْزٌ وَلَحْمٌ وَتَمْرٌ وَبُسْرٌ وَرُطَبٌ إِذَا أَصَبْتُمْ مِثْلَ هَذَا فَضَرَبْتُمْ بِأَيْدِيكُمْ فَكُلُوا بِسْمِ اللَّهِ وَبَرَكَةِ اللَّهِ»
✧ The Prophet ﷺ, Abu Bakr, and Umar came to the house of Abu Ayyub. When they ate and were full, the Prophet ﷺ said, "Bread, meat, dates, ripe fruits, and fresh dates. If you have collected such things, you should strike them with your palms and say 'Bismillah' (in the name of Allah) and ask for the blessings of Allah."
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7085Sahih
أَبِي لِأُمِّي لَوْ صَنَعْتِ لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ طَعَامًا فَصَنَعَتْ ثَرِيدَةً تُقَلَّلُ فَانْطَلَقَ أَبِي فَدَعَاهُ فَوَضَعَ يَدَهُ عَلَيْهَا ثُمَّ قَالَ «كُلُوا بِسْمِ اللَّهِ» فَأَخَذُوا مِنْ نَحْوِهَا فَلَمَّا طَعِمُوا دَعَا لَهُمْ فَقَالَ «اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لَهُمْ وَارْحَمْهُمْ وَبَارِكْ لَهُمْ وَارْزُقْهُمْ»
✧ My father said to my mother: If you would prepare food for the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. So she prepared a tharidah, reducing it. My father went and invited him. He placed his hand on it then said: Eat, in the name of Allah. They took from around it. When they had eaten, he supplicated for them, saying: O Allah, forgive them, have mercy on them, bless them, and provide for them.
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7086Sahih
صَنَعْتُ طَعَامًا فَأَتَيْتُ بِهِ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ وَهُوَ جَالِسٌ فَوَضَعْتُهُ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ فَقَالَ «مَا هَذَا؟» قُلْتُ هَدِيَّةٌ فَوَضَعَ يَدَهُ وَقَالَ لِأَصْحَابِهِ «كُلُوا بِسْمِ اللَّهِ»
✧ I prepared food and brought it to the Prophet ﷺ while he was sitting. I placed it before him. He said: What is this? I said: A gift. He placed his hand and said to his companions: Eat, in the name of Allah.
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7087Sahih
«إِذَا أَكَلَ أَحَدُكُمْ طَعَامًا فَلْيَقُلْ بِسْمِ اللَّهِ فَإِنْ نَسِيَ فِي أَوَّلِهِ فَلْيَقُلْ بِسْمِ اللَّهِ فِي أَوَّلِهِ وَآخِرِهِ»
✧ When one of you eats food, let him say: In the name of Allah. If he forgets at the beginning, let him say: In the name of Allah at its beginning and its end.
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7088No grade recorded
عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ أَنَّهُ أُتِيَ بِطَعَامٍ فَجَاءَ أَعْرَابِيٌّ كَأَنَّمَا يُطْرَدُ فَتَنَاوَلَ فَأَخَذَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ يَدَهُ ثُمَّ جَاءَتْ جَارِيَةٌ فَكَأَنَّمَا تُطْرُدُ فَأَخَذَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ بِيَدِهَا ثُمَّ قَالَ «إِنَّ الشَّيْطَانَ لَمَّا أَعْيَيْتُمُوهُ جَاءَ الْأَعْرَابِيُّ وَالْجَارِيَةُ لِيَسْتَحِلَّ بِهِمَا الطَّعَامَ إِذَا لَمْ يُذْكَرِ اسْمُ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ بِسْمِ اللَّهِ كُلُوا»
✧ From the Prophet ﷺ that food was brought to him. A bedouin came as if he were being driven away, and he reached for it. The Prophet ﷺ took his hand. Then a slave girl came as if she were being driven away, and the Prophet ﷺ took her hand. Then he said: When you exhausted the devil, the bedouin and the slave girl came so that he might make the food permissible through them when the name of Allah had not been mentioned over it. In the name of Allah, eat.
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7089Sahih
فَكَانَ يُسَمِّي فِي أَوَّلِ طَعَامِهِ وَآخِرِهِ فَسَأَلْتُهُ رَأَيْتُ قَوْلَكَ فِي آخِرِ لُقْمَةٍ بِسْمِ اللَّهِ فِي أَوَّلِهِ وَآخِرِهِ قَالَ أُخْبِرُكَ عَنْ ذَاكَ أَنَّ جَدِّي أُمَيَّةَ بْنَ مَخْشِيٍّ وَكَانَ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ سَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ إِنَّ رَجُلًا كَانَ يَأْكُلُ وَالنَّبِيُّ ﷺ يَنْظُرُ فَلَمْ يُسَمِّ اللَّهَ حَتَّى كَانَ فِي آخِرِ طَعَامِهِ فَقَالَ بِسْمِ اللَّهِ أَوَّلِهِ وَآخِرِهِ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «مَا زَالَ الشَّيْطَانُ يَأْكُلُ مَعَهُ حَتَّى سَمَّى فَمَا بَقِيَ فِي بَطْنِهِ شَيْءٌ إِلَّا قَاءَهُ»
✧ He used to mention the name of Allah at the beginning of his food and at its end. I asked him: I saw your saying at the last morsel: In the name of Allah at its beginning and its end. He said: I will tell you about that. My grandfather Umayyah b. Makhshi, who was one of the companions of the Prophet ﷺ, I heard him say: A man was eating while the Prophet ﷺ was looking. He did not mention the name of Allah until it was at the end of his food. Then he said: In the name of Allah at its beginning and its end. The Prophet ﷺ said: The devil kept eating with him until he mentioned the name, then nothing remained in his stomach except that he vomited it.
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7090Sahih
أَنَّ يَهُودِيَّةً أَهْدَتْ شَاةً إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ سَمِيطًا فَلَمَّا بَسَطَ الْقَوْمُ أَيْدِيَهُمْ قَالَ لَهُمُ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «كُفُّوا أَيْدِيَكُمْ فَإِنَّ عُضْوًا مِنْ أَعْضَائِهَا يُخْبِرُنِي أَنَّهَا مَسْمُومَةٌ» قَالَ فَأَرْسَلَ إِلَى صَاحِبَتِهَا فَقَالَ «أَسَمَمْتِ طَعَامَكِ هَذَا؟» قَالَتْ نَعَمْ أَحْبَبْتُ إِنْ كُنْتَ كَاذِبًا أَنْ أُرِيحَ النَّاسَ مِنْكَ وَإِنْ كُنْتَ صَادِقًا عَلِمْتُ أَنَّ اللَّهَ سَيُطْلِعُكَ عَلَيْهِ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «اذْكُرُوا اسْمَ اللَّهِ وَكُلُوا» فَأَكَلْنَا فَلَمْ يَضُرَّ أَحَدًا مِنَّا شَيْءٌ
✧ A Jewish woman gifted a roasted sheep to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. When the people spread out their hands, the Prophet ﷺ said to them: Withhold your hands, for a limb of its limbs informs me that it is poisoned. He sent for its owner and said: Did you poison this food of yours? She said: Yes. I wanted, if you were a liar, to relieve the people of you, and if you were truthful, I knew that Allah would inform you of it. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: Mention the name of Allah and eat. So we ate and nothing harmed any of us.
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7091No grade recorded
كَانَ يَجْعَلُ يَمِينَهُ لِطَعَامِهِ وَشَرَابِهِ وَثِيَابِهِ وَيَجْعَلُ يَسَارَهُ لِمَا سِوَى ذَلِكَ»
✧ He used to use his right hand for his food, drink, and clothing, and he used his left hand for what was other than that.
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7092Sahih
«كُنَّا إِذَا أَكَلْنَا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ طَعَامًا لَا نَبْدَأُ حَتَّى يَكُونَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ هُوَ يَبْدَأُ»
✧ When we ate food with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, we would not begin until the Messenger of Allah ﷺ began.
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7093Sahih
أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ كَانَ فِي بَعْضِ أَصْحَابِهِ إِذْ أَقْبَلَ عُثْمَانُ يَقُودُ بَعِيرًا عَلَيْهِ غِرَارَتَانِ مُحْتَجَزٌ بِعِقَالِ نَاقَتِهِ فَقَالَ لَهُ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «مَا مَعَكَ؟» قَالَ دَقِيقٌ وَسَمْنٌ وَعَسَلٌ فَقَالَ «أَنِخْ» فَأَنَاخَ فَدَعَا النَّبِيُّ ﷺ بِبُرْمَةٍ عَظِيمَةٍ فَجَعَلَ فِيهَا مِنْ ذَاكَ الدَّقِيقِ وَالسَّمْنِ وَالْعَسَلِ ثُمَّ أنْضَجَهُ فَأَكَلَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ وَأَكَلُوا ثُمَّ قَالَ لَهُمْ «كُلُوا فَإِنَّ هَذَا يُشْبِهُ خَبِيصَ أَهْلِ فَارِسَ»
✧ The Prophet ﷺ was among some of his companions when 'Uthman came leading a camel carrying two sacks, with his camel's hobble tied around his waist. The Prophet ﷺ said to him, "What do you have with you?" He said, "Flour, ghee, and honey." He said, "Make it kneel." So he made it kneel. The Prophet ﷺ called for a large cooking pot and put into it some of that flour, ghee, and honey. Then he cooked it until it was done. The Prophet ﷺ ate, and they ate. Then he said to them, "Eat, for this resembles the khabis of the people of Persia."
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7094Sahih
كُنْتُ وَافِدَ بَنِي الْمُنْتَفِقِ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقَدِمْنَا عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَلَمْ نُصَادِفْهُ فِي مَنْزِلِهِ وَصَادَفْنَا عَائِشَةَ أُمَّ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ فَأَمَرَتْ لَنَا بِحَرِيرَةٍ فَصَنَعَتْ لَنَا وَأُتِينَا بِقِنَاعٍ وَالْقِنَاعُ الطَّبَقُ فِيهِ تَمْرٌ ثُمَّ جَاءَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ «هَلْ أَصَبْتُمْ شَيْئًا أَوْ آمُرُ لَكُمْ بِشَيْءٍ؟» فَقُلْنَا نَعَمْ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَالَ فَبَيْنَمَا نَحْنُ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ جُلُوسٌ قَالَ فَرَفَعَ الرَّاعِي غَنَمَهُ إِلَى الْمُرَاحِ وَمَعَهُ سَخْلَةٌ يَنْفِرُ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «مَا وَلَدَتْ يَا فُلَانُ» ؟ قَالَ بَهْمَةً قَالَ «فَاذْبَحْ لَنَا مَكَانَهَا شَاةً» ثُمَّ أَقْبَلَ عَلَيْنَا فَقَالَ «لَا تَحْسَبَنَّ وَلَمْ يَقُلْ لَا يُحْسَبَنَّ أَنَّا مِنْ أَجْلِكُمْ ذَبَحْنَاهَا لَنَا غَنْمُ مِائَةٍ وَلَا نُرِيدُ أَنْ تَزِيدَ فَإِذَا وَلَّدَ الرَّاعِي بَهْمَةً ذَبَحْنَا مَكَانَهَا شَاةً» قَالَ قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّ لِي امْرَأَةً فَذَكَرَ مِنْ طُولِ لِسَانِهَا وَبَذَائِهَا فَقَالَ «طَلِّقْهَا» فَقُلْتُ إِنَّ لِي مِنْهَا وَلَدًا قَالَ «فَمُرْهَا يَقُولُ عِظْهَا فَإِنْ يَكُ فِيهَا خَيْرٌ فَسَتَفْعَلْ وَلَا تَضْرِبْ ظَعِينَتَكَ كَضَرْبِكَ أَمَتِكَ» قَالَ قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَخْبِرْنِي عَنِ الْوضُوءِ قَالَ «أَسْبِغْ الْوضُوءَ وَخَلِّلِ الْأَصَابِعَ وَبَالِغْ فِي الِاسْتِنْشَاقِ إِلَّا أَنْ تَكُونَ صَائِمًا»
✧ I was the delegate of Banu al-Muntafiq to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. We arrived at the Messenger of Allah ﷺ but did not find him in his house; we found 'A'ishah, the Mother of the Believers. She ordered a harīrah for us, so she made it for us, and we were brought a qinā'—and the qinā' is a large plate—containing dates. Then the Messenger of Allah ﷺ came and said, "Have you had anything, or shall I order something for you?" We said, "Yes, O Messenger of Allah." He said: While we were sitting with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, the shepherd brought his sheep up to the fold, and with him was a lamb that was leaping about. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "What did she give birth to, O so-and-so?" He said, "A bahmah." He said, "Then slaughter for us in its place a sheep." Then he turned to us and said, "Do not think—and he did not say 'let it not be thought'—that we slaughtered it for your sake. We have a hundred sheep and do not want them to increase. When the shepherd's ewe gives birth to a bahmah, we slaughter in its place a sheep." He said: I said, "O Messenger of Allah, I have a wife," and he mentioned her long tongue and her vulgarity. He said, "Divorce her." I said, "I have a child from her." He said, "Then instruct her—he said: admonish her—and if there is any good in her, she will do it. And do not strike your wife as you strike your slave girl." He said: I said, "O Messenger of Allah, tell me about ablution." He said, "Perform ablution thoroughly, pass your fingers between the fingers, and exaggerate in sniffing water into the nose unless you are fasting."
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7095Sahih
جَعَلْنَا لِلنَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَخَّارَةً فَأَتَيْتُهُ بِهَا فَاطَّلَعَ فِي جَوْفِهَا فَقَالَ «حَسِبْتُهُ لَحْمًا»
✧ "We made for the Prophet ﷺ a pot made of clay, and I brought it to him. He looked inside it and said, 'I thought it was meat.'"
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7096Sahih
عَنْ نُبَيْحٍ الْعَنَزِيِّ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ لَمَّا قُتِلَ أَبِي تَرَكَ عَلَيَّ دَيْنًا فَذَكَرَ الْحَدِيثَ بِطُولِهِ وَذَكَرَ فِيهِ قُلْتُ لِامْرَأَتِي إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَجِيئُنَا الْيَوْمَ نِصْفَ النَّهَارِ فَلَا تُؤْذِي رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَلَا تُكَلِّمِيهِ قَالَ فَدَخَلَ وَفَرَشَتْ لَهُ فِرَاشًا وَوِسَادَةً فَوَضَعَ رَأْسَهُ وَنَامَ فَقُلْتُ لِمَوْلًى لِي اذْبَحْ هَذِهِ الْعَنَاقَ وَهِيَ دَاجِنٌ سَمِينَةٌ وَالْوَحَا وَالْعَجَلَ افْرُغْ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَسْتَيْقِظَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَأَنَا مَعَكَ فَلَمْ نَزَلْ فِيهَا حَتَّى فَرَغْنَا وَهُوَ نَائِمٌ فَقُلْتُ لَهُ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِذَا اسْتَيْقَظَ يَدْعُو بِالطَّهُورِ وَإِنِّي أَخَافُ إِذَا فَرَغَ أَنْ يَقُومَ فَلَا يَفْرَغَنَّ مِنْ وُضُوئِهِ حَتَّى نَضَعَ الْعَنَاقَ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ فَلَمَّا قَامَ قَالَ «يَا جَابِرُ ائْتِنِي بِطَهُورٍ» فَلَمْ يَفْرُغْ مِنْ طُهُورِهِ حَتَّى وَضَعْتُ الْعَنَاقَ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ فَنَظَرَ إِلَيَّ فَقَالَ «كَأَنَّكَ عَمِلْتْ حَيْسًا بِلَحْمٍ ادْعُ لِي أَبَا بَكْرٍ» ثُمَّ دَعَا حَوَارِيَّهُ الَّذِينَ مَعَهُ فَدَخَلُوا فَضَرَبَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ بِيَدِهِ وَقَالَ «بِسْمِ اللَّهِ كُلُوا» فَأَكَلُوا حَتَّى شَبِعُوا وَفَضَلَ مِنْهَا لَحْمٌ كَثِيرٌ «وَذَكَرَ بَاقِي الْحَدِيثِ
✧ From Nu'bail Al-'Anazi, from Jabir bin Abdullah, he said: When my father was killed, he left behind a debt, so I mentioned it in detail. In it, I said to my wife, "Indeed, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ will come to us today at noon, so do not harm the Messenger of Allah ﷺ or speak to him." So he entered and she spread out a bed and a pillow for him, and he laid his head down and slept. I said to my servant, "Slaughter these sheep, as well as this fat calf, and pour out the contents before the Messenger of Allah ﷺ wakes up, and I will be with you." So we did not finish slaughtering them until we were done, and he was still asleep. So I said to him, "Indeed, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ when he wakes up, he will call for ablution, and I fear that if he finishes, he will stand up without completing his ablution until we place the sheep before him." So when he got up, he said, "O Jabir, bring me something to purify myself." He did not finish his purification until I placed the sheep before him. Then he looked at me and said, "It seems that you prepared a kind of soup with the meat. Call Abu Bakr for me." Then he called his companions who were with him, and they entered. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ struck with his hand and said, "In the name of Allah, eat." So they ate until they were full, and there was still a lot of meat left. And he mentioned the rest of the hadith.
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7097Sahih
«أَطْيَبُ اللَّحْمِ لَحْمُ الظَّهْرِ»
✧ On the authority of the Prophet ﷺ, he said, "The tastiest meat is the meat of the back." This was narrated by Raqabah ibn Masqalah from this narrator of understanding, but it is not attributed to being authentic.
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7098No grade recorded
«أَطْيَبُ اللَّحْمِ لَحْمُ الظَّهْرِ»
✧ "The best meat is the meat of the back."
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7099Sahih
أَمَرَنِي أَبِي بِحَرِيرَةٍ فَصَنَعْتُ ثُمَّ أَمَرَنِي فَحَمَلْتُهَا إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَإِذَا هُوَ فِي مَنْزِلِهِ فَقَالَ «مَا هَذَا يَا جَابِرُ أَلَحْمٌ هَذَا؟» قُلْتُ لَا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ وَلَكِنَّهَا حَرِيرَةٌ أَمَرَنِي بِهَا أَبِي فَصَنَعْتُ ثُمَّ أَمَرَنِي فَحَمَلْتُهَا إِلَيْكَ ثُمَّ رَجَعْتُ إِلَى أَبِي فَقَالَ هَلْ رَأَيْتَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ؟ قُلْتُ نَعَمْ قَالَ فَمَا قَالَ لَكَ؟ قُلْتُ قَالَ «أَلَحْمٌ هَذَا يَا جَابِرُ؟» قَالَ أَبِي عَسَى أَنْ يَكُونَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ اشْتَهَى اللَّحْمَ فَقَامَ إِلَى دَاجِنٍ لَهُ فَذَبَحَهَا وَشَوَاهَا ثُمَّ أَمَرَنِي بِحَمْلِهَا إِلَيْهِ فَقَالَ حَمَلْتُهَا إِلَيْهِ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «جَزَى اللَّهُ الْأَنْصَارَ عَنَّا خَيْرًا وَلَا سِيَّمَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عَمْرِو بْنِ حَرَامٍ وَسَعْدُ بْنُ عُبَادَةَ»
✧ My father ordered me to make a harīrah, so I made it. Then he ordered me to carry it to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. I found him in his house, and he said, "What is this, O Jabir? Is this meat?" I said, "No, O Messenger of Allah, but it is a harīrah that my father ordered me to make, and then he ordered me to carry it to you." Then I returned to my father, and he said, "Did you see the Messenger of Allah ﷺ?" I said, "Yes." He said, "What did he say to you?" I said, "He said, 'Is this meat, O Jabir?'" My father said, "Perhaps the Messenger of Allah ﷺ desired meat." So he went to a domestic sheep of his, slaughtered it, and roasted it. Then he ordered me to carry it to him. He said: I carried it to him, and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "May Allah reward the Ansar well on our behalf, especially 'Abd Allah b. 'Amr b. Haram and Sa'd b. 'Ubadah."
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7100Sahih
أَنْفَجْتُ أَرْنَبًا بِالْبَقِيعِ فَاشْتَدَّ فِي أَثَرِهَا فَكُنْتُ فِيمَنِ اشْتَدَّ فَسَبَقْتُهُمْ إِلَيْهَا فَأَخَذْتُهَا فَأَتَيْتُ بِهَا أَبَا طَلْحَةَ فَأَمَرَ بِهَا فَذُبِحَتْ ثُمَّ شُوِيَتْ فَأُعْجِزَ عَجُزُهَا فَأَرْسَلَ بِهِ مَعِي إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «مَا هَذَا؟» قُلْتُ عَجُزُ أَرْنَبٍ بَعَثَ بِهَا أَبُو طَلْحَةَ إِلَيْكَ فَقَبِلَهُ مِنِّي
✧ I startled a hare in al-Baqi', and it ran off, so I chased it. I was among those who chased it, and I outran them to it and caught it. I brought it to Abu Talhah, and he ordered that it be slaughtered. It was slaughtered and then roasted, but its hindquarter was found tough, so he sent it with me to the Prophet ﷺ. The Prophet ﷺ said, "What is this?" I said, "The hindquarter of a hare that Abu Talhah sent to you." So he accepted it from me.
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7101Sahih
«كُنْتُ أَشْوِي لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ بَطْنَ الشَّاةِ فَيَأْكُلُ مِنْهُ ثُمَّ يَخْرُجُ إِلَى الصَّلَاةِ» على شرط البخاري ومسلم
✧ "I used to roast the belly of a sheep for the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and he would eat from it and then go out to the prayer." [Al-Hakim said: It is authentic according to the conditions of al-Bukhari and Muslim.]
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7102No grade recorded
«كُنْتُ أَشْوِي لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ بَطْنَ الشَّاةِ وَقَدْ تَوَضَّأَ لِلصَّلَاةِ فَيَأْكُلُ مِنْهُ ثُمَّ يَخْرُجُ إِلَى الصَّلَاةِ»
✧ "I used to roast the belly of a sheep for the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and he had already performed ablution for the prayer, yet he would eat from it and then go out to the prayer."
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7103Sahih
رَآنِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَأَنَا آخُذُ اللَّحْمَ مِنَ الْعَظْمِ بِيَدِي فَقَالَ لِي «يَا صَفْوَانُ» قُلْتُ لَبَّيْكَ قَالَ «قَرِّبَ اللَّحْمَ مِنْ فِيكَ فَإِنَّهُ أَهْنَأُ وَأَمْرَأُ»
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ saw me while I was taking meat from the bone with my hand. He said to me, "O Safwan." I said, "At your service." He said, "Bring the meat close to your mouth, for it is more wholesome and more palatable."
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7104Sahih
«لَا تَأْكُلِ الشَّرِيطَةَ فَإِنَّهَا ذَبِيحَةُ الشَّيْطَانِ»
✧ "Do not eat the sharītah, for it is the slaughter of the devil."
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7105Sahih
«إِنَّ الشَّيَاطِينَ لَيُوحُونَ إِلَى أَوْلِيَائِهِمْ فَيَقُولُونَ مَا ذُبِحَ لِلَّهِ فَلَا تَأْكُلُوهُ وَمَا ذَبَحْتُمْ أَنْتُمْ فَكُلُوهُ» فَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى {وَلَا تَأْكُلُوا مِمَّا لَمْ يُذْكَرِ اسْمُ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ}
✧ "Indeed the devils inspire their allies, and they say: 'What is slaughtered for Allah, do not eat it, but what you slaughter yourselves, eat it.' So Allah, Blessed and Exalted, revealed: 'And do not eat of that upon which the name of Allah has not been mentioned.'"
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7106No grade recorded
أَنْ تَمُوتَ فَذَبَحَهَا بِوَتَدٍ فَقُلْتُ لَهُ حَدِيدٌ؟ قَالَ لَا بَلْ خَشَبٌ «فَسَأَلَ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَأَمَرَهُ بِأَكْلِهَا»
✧ That his ewe was dying, so he slaughtered it with a wooden peg. I said to him, "An iron one?" He said, "No, rather wood." Then he asked the Prophet ﷺ, and he ordered him to eat it.
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7107Sahih
«أَنَّ ذِئْبًا نَيَّبَ فِي شَاةٍ فَذَبَحُوهَا بِمَرْوَةٍ فَرَخَّصَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ فِي أَكْلِهَا»
✧ "A wolf bit into a sheep, so they slaughtered it with a sharp white stone, and the Prophet ﷺ permitted eating it."
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7108No grade recorded
«ذَكَاةُ الْجَنِينِ ذَكَاةُ أُمِّهِ»
✧ The slaughter of the fetus is the slaughter of its mother.
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7109Sahih
«ذَكَاةُ الْجَنِينِ ذَكَاةُ أُمِّهِ»
✧ The slaughter of the fetus is the slaughter of its mother.
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7110No grade recorded
«ذَكَاةُ الْجَنِينِ ذَكَاةُ أُمِّهِ»
✧ The slaughter of the fetus is the slaughter of its mother.
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7111Abu Dawud silent
«ذَكَاةُ الْجَنِينِ إِذَا أُشْعِرَ ذَكَاةُ أُمِّهِ وَلَكِنَّهُ يُذْبَحَ حَتَّى يَنْصَابَّ مَا فِيهِ مِنَ الدَّمِ»
✧ The slaughter of the fetus, when it has hair, is the slaughter of its mother, but it should be slaughtered until the blood within it flows out.
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7112Weak
«ذَكَاةُ الْجَنِينِ ذَكَاةُ أُمِّهِ»
✧ The slaughter of the fetus is the slaughter of its mother.
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7113Sahih
«كَانَ أَهْلُ الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ يَأْكُلُونَ أَشْيَاءَ وَيَتْرُكُونَ أَشْيَاءَ تَقَذُّرًا فَبَعَثَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى نَبِيَّهُ ﷺ وَأَنْزَلَ كِتَابَهُ وَأَحَلَّ حَلَالَهُ وَحَرَّمَ حَرَامَهُ فَمَا أَحَلَّ فَهُوَ حَلَالٌ وَمَا حَرَّمَ فَهُوَ حَرَامٌ وَمَا سَكَتَ عَنْهُ فَهُوَ عَفُوٌّ» وَتَلَا هَذِهِ الْآيَةَ {قُلْ لَا أَجِدُ فِي مَا أُوحِيَ إِلَيَّ مُحَرَّمًا عَلَى طَاعِمٍ} [الأنعام 145] الْآيَةَ
✧ The people of the pre-Islamic era used to eat certain things and leave certain things out of disgust. Then Allah Almighty sent His Prophet ﷺ and revealed His Book, making lawful what He declared lawful and unlawful what He declared unlawful. So whatever He made lawful is lawful, whatever He made unlawful is unlawful, and whatever He was silent about is pardoned. Then he recited this verse: {Say, "I do not find within that which was revealed to me [anything] forbidden to one who would eat it..."} [Al-An'am 145] to the end of the verse.
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7114Abu Dawud silent
«إِنَّ اللَّهَ حَدَّ حُدُودًا فَلَا تَعْتَدُوهَا، وَفَرَضَ لَكُمْ فَرَائِضَ فَلَا تُضَيِّعُوهَا وَحَرَّمَ أَشْيَاءَ فَلَا تَنْتَهِكُوهَا وَتَرَكَ أَشْيَاءَ مِنْ غَيْرِ نِسْيَانٍ مِنْ رَبِّكُمْ وَلَكِنْ رَحْمَةٌ مِنْهُ لَكُمْ فَاقْبَلُوهَا وَلَا تَبْحَثُوا فِيهَا»
the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Allah has set limits, so do not transgress them; He has decreed obligations, so do not neglect them; and He has forbidden certain things, so do not violate them; and your Lord has left some matters unspecified ˹intentionally˺ as a source of His Mercy upon you; so accept them ˹as is˺ and do not delve into them.
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7115No grade recorded
سُئِلَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَنِ السَّمْنِ وَالْجُبْنِ وَالْفَرَا فَقَالَ «الْحَلَالُ مَا أَحَلَّ اللَّهُ فِي كِتَابِهِ وَالْحَرَامُ مَا حَرَّمَ اللَّهُ فِي كِتَابِهِ وَمَا سَكَتَ عَنْهُ فَهُوَ مِمَّا عُفِيَ عَنْهُ»
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ was asked about ghee, cheese, and fur. He said, "The lawful is what Allah has made lawful in His Book, the unlawful is what Allah has made unlawful in His Book, and whatever He was silent about is among that which is pardoned."
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7116No grade recorded
كَانَ يُعْجِبُهُ الثُّفْلَ» فَسَمِعْتُ أَبَا مُحَمَّدٍ يَقُولُ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا بَكْرٍمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ يَقُولُ «الثُّفْلُ هُوَ الثَّرِيدُ»
✧ He used to like tharid (a dish of bread soaked in broth). I heard Abu Muhammad say: I heard Abu Bakr Muhammad b. Ishaq say: "Al-thufl is tharid."
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7117Sahih
«كَانَ أَحَبُّ الطَّعَامِ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ الثَّرِيدَ»
✧ The food most beloved to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was tharid.
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7118Sahih
دُعِينَا إِلَى طَعَامٍ وَمِنْ ثُمَّ سَعِيدُ بْنُ جُبَيْرٍ ثُمَّ مِقْسَمٌ ثُمَّ فُلَانٌ ثُمَّ فُلَانٌ فَقَالَ لَهُمْ سَعِيدُ بْنُ جُبَيْرٍ حِينَ وَضَعُوا الْجَفْنَةَ أَكْلُكُمْ قَدْ سَمِعَ مَا يُقَالُ فِي الطَّعَامِ؟ قَالَ مِقْسَمٌ حَدِّثْهُمْ قَالَ إِنَّ ابْنَ عَبَّاسٍ حَدَّثَ عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ «إِنَّ الْبَرَكَةَ تَنْزِلُ فِي وَسَطِ الطَّعَامِ فَكُلُوا مِنْ حَافَّاتِهِ وَلَا تَأْكُلُوا مِنْ وَسَطِهِ»
✧ We were invited to a meal, and among those present were Sa'id b. Jubayr, then Miqsam, then so-and-so, then so-and-so. When they placed the large serving dish, Sa'id b. Jubayr said to them, "Has each of you heard what is said about food?" Miqsam said, "Tell them." He said, "Ibn 'Abbas narrated from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ: 'Blessing descends in the middle of the food, so eat from its edges and do not eat from its middle.'"
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7119No grade recorded
أَقَمْنَا ثَلَاثَةَ أَيَّامٍ وَكَانَ مَنْ يَخْرُجُ إِلَى الْمَسْجِدِ يَأْخُذُ بِيَدِ الرَّجُلَيْنِ وَالثَّلَاثَةِ بِقَدْرِ طَاقَةٍ وَيُطْعِمُهُمْ قَالَ فَكُنْتُ فِيمَنْ أَخْطَأَهُ ذَلِكَ ثَلَاثَةَ أَيَّامٍ وَلَيَالِيهَا قَالَ فَأَبْصَرْتُ أَبَا بَكْرٍ عِنْدَ الْعَتَمَةِ فَأَتَيْتُهُ فَاسْتَقْرَأْتُهُ مِنْ سُورَةِ سَبَأٍ فَبَلَغَ مَنْزِلَهُ وَرَجَوْتُ أَنْ يَدْعُوَنِي إِلَى الطَّعَامِ فَقَرَأَ عَلَيَّ حَتَّى بَلَغَ بَابَ الْمَنْزِلِ ثُمَّ وَقَفَ عَلَى الْبَابِ حَتَّى قَرَأَ عَلَيَّ الْبَقِيَّةَ ثُمَّ دَخَلَ وَتَرَكَنِي ثُمَّ تَعَرَّضْتُ لِعُمَرَ فَصَنَعْتُ بِهِ مِثْلَ ذَلِكَ وَذَكَرَ أَنَّهُ صَنَعَ مِثْلَ مَا صَنَعَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ فَلَمَّا أَصْبَحْتُ غَدَوْتُ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَأَخْبَرْتُهُ فَقَالَ لِلْجَارِيَةِ «هَلْ مِنْ شَيْءٍ؟» قَالَتْ نَعَمْ رَغِيفٌ وَكُتْلَةٌ مِنْ سَمْنٍ فَدَعَا بِهَا ثُمَّ فَتَّ الْخُبْزَ بِيَدِهِ ثُمَّ أَخَذَ تِلْكَ الْكُتْلَةَ مِنَ السَّمْنِ فَلَتَّ تِلْكَ الْخُبْزَةَ ثُمَّ جَمَعَهُ بِيَدِهِ حَتَّى صَيَّرَهُ ثَرِيدَةً ثُمَّ قَالَ «اذْهَبِ ادْعُ لِي عَشَرَةً أَنْتَ عَاشِرُهُمْ» فَدَعَوْتُ عَشَرَةً أَنَا عَاشِرُهُمْ ثُمَّ قَالَ «اجْلِسُوا» وَوضَعْتُ الْقَصْعَةَ ثُمَّ قَالَ «كُلُوا بِسْمِ اللَّهِ كُلُوا مِنْ جَوَانِبِهَا وَلَا تَأْكُلُوا مِنْ فَوْقِهَا فَإِنَّ الْبَرَكَةَ تَنْزِلُ مِنْ فَوْقِهَا» فَأَكَلْنَا حَتَّى صَدَرْنَا فَكَأَنَّمَا خَطَطْنَا فِيهِ بِأَصَابِعِنَا ثُمَّ أَخَذَ مِنْهَا وَأَصْلَحْ مِنْهَا وَرَدَّهَا ثُمَّ قَالَ «ادْعُ لِي عَشَرَةً» وَذَكَرَ أَنَّهُ دَعَا بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ مَرَّتَيْنِ عَشَرَةً عَشَرَةً وَقَالَ قَدْ فَضَلُوا فَضْلًا
✧ We stayed for three days, and whoever went out to the mosque would take hold of two or three men according to his capacity and feed them. He said: I was among those who missed that for three days and their nights. Then I saw Abu Bakr at nightfall, so I came to him and asked him to recite to me from Surah Saba', and he reached his house. I hoped he would invite me to eat, but he recited to me until he reached the door of the house, then he stood at the door until he finished reciting the rest to me, then he entered and left me. Then I approached 'Umar and did the same with him, and he mentioned that he did the same as Abu Bakr had done. When morning came, I went to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and told him. He said to the servant girl, "Is there anything?" She said, "Yes, a loaf and a piece of ghee." He called for it, then crumbled the bread with his hand, then took that piece of ghee and mixed it with the bread, then gathered it with his hand until he made it into a tharid. Then he said, "Go and invite ten men, you being the tenth of them." So I invited ten, I being the tenth. Then he said, "Sit down," and I placed the bowl. Then he said, "Eat in the name of Allah. Eat from its sides and do not eat from its top, for the blessing descends from its top." We ate until we were full, as if we had drawn lines in it with our fingers. Then he took from it and adjusted it and returned it, then said, "Invite ten for me." He mentioned that after that he invited ten twice, ten at a time, and said, "They left some remaining."
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7120Abu Dawud silent
أَنَّهُ «رَأَى النَّبِيَّ ﷺ إِذَا أَكَلَ طَعَامًا لَعِقَ أَصَابِعَهُ الثَّلَاثَ الَّتِي أَكَلَ بِهَا» سكت عنه الذهبي في التلخيص
✧ He saw the Prophet ﷺ, when he ate food, lick the three fingers with which he ate.
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7121Sahih
كَانَ إِذَا أَكَلَ لَعِقَ أَصَابِعَهُ الثَّلَاثَ»
✧ When he ate, he would lick his three fingers.”
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7122Sahih
كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِذَا أَخَذَ أَهْلَهُ الْوَعْكُ أَمَرَ بِالْحِسَاءِ فَصُنِعَ ثُمَّ يَأْمُرُهُ فَيَحْسُو مِنْهُ وَكَانَ يَقُولُ «إِنَّهُ لَيَرْبُو عَنْ فُؤَادِ السَّقِيمِ أَوْ يَسْرُو عَنْ فُؤَادِ السَّقِيمِ كَمَا تَسْرُو إِحْدَاكُنَّ الْوَسَخَ عَنْ وَجْهِهَا بِالْمَاءِ»
✧ When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ’s family was afflicted with fever, he would order broth to be made, then he would order them to sip from it. He used to say, “It relieves the sick heart, or it removes [sorrow] from the sick heart, as one of you removes dirt from her face with water.”
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7123Sahih
لَقَدْ رَأَيْتُ الْمُهَاجِرِينَ وَالْأَنْصَارَ يَحْفِرُونَ الْخَنْدَقَ حَوْلَ الْمَدِينَةِ وَيَنْقُلُونَ التُّرَابَ عَلَى ظُهُورِهِمْ يَقُولَونَ [البحر الرجز] نَحْنُ الَّذِينَ بَايَعُوا مُحَمَّدَا عَلَى الْإِسْلَامِ مَا بَقِينَا أَبَدَا وَرَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يُجِيبُهُمْ وَيَقُولُ «اللَّهُمَّ لَا خَيْرَ إِلَّا خَيْرَ الْآخِرَةِ فَبَارِكْ فِي الْأَنْصَارِ وَالْمُهَاجِرَهْ» فَيُجَاءُ بِالصَّحْفَةِ فِيهَا مِلْءُ كَفٍّ مِنْ شَعِيرٍ مَحْشُوشٍ قَدْ صُنِعَ بِإِهَالَةٍ سَنِخَةٍ فَتُوضَعُ بَيْنَ يَدَيِ الْقَوْمِ وَهُمْ جِيَاعٌ وَلَهَا بَشِعَةٌ فِي الْحَلْقِ وَلَهَا رِيحٌ
✧ I saw the Muhājirūn and the Anṣār digging the trench around Madinah, carrying dirt on their backs, saying [rajaz verse]: “We are those who pledged allegiance to Muḥammad, upon Islam as long as we remain forever.” And the Messenger of Allah ﷺ answered them, saying: “O Allah, there is no good except the good of the Hereafter, so bless the Anṣār and the Muhājirūn.” Then a platter was brought containing a handful of barley with chaff, prepared with rancid fat, and it was placed before the people while they were hungry. It was unpleasant in the throat and had a smell.
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7124Sahih
أَنَّهَا كَانَتْ إِذَا ثَرَدَتْ غَطَّتْهُ حَتَّى يَذْهَبَ فَوْرُهُ وَتَقُولُ إِنِّي سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «إِنَّهُ أَعْظَمُ لِلْبَرَكَةِ»
✧ When she prepared tharīd, she would cover it until its steam subsided and say, “I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say, ‘It is greater for blessing.’”
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7125No grade recorded
«أَبْرِدُوا الطَّعَامَ الْحَارَّ فَإِنَّ الطَّعَامَ الْحَارَّ غَيْرُ ذِي بَرَكَةٍ»
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Cool down hot food, as hot food is devoid of blessings."
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7126Sahih
«لَا يَمْسَحُ أَحَدُكُمْ يَدَهُ بِالْمِنْدِيلِ حَتَّى يَلْعَقَ يَدَهُ فَإِنَّ الرَّجُلَ لَا يَدْرِي فِي أَيِّ طَعَامِهِ يُبَارَكُ لَهُ وَإِنَّ الشَّيْطَانَ يَرْصُدُ لِلنَّاسِ أَوِ الْإِنْسَانِ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ حَتَّى عِنْدَ طَعَامِهِ»
✧ “None of you should wipe his hand with a napkin until he licks his hand, for a man does not know in which of his food the blessing lies. Satan lies in wait for people, or for a person, at every thing, even at his food.”
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7127Fabricated
«إِنَّ الشَّيْطَانَ حَسَّاسٌ لَحَّاسٌ فَاحْذَرُوهُ عَلَى أَنْفُسِكُمْ مَنْ بَاتَ وَفِي يَدِهِ رِيحٌ فَأَصَابَهُ شَيْءٌ فَلَا يَلُومَنَّ إِلَّا نَفْسَهُ»
✧ “Satan is keenly perceptive and constantly licking; so beware of him upon yourselves. Whoever spends the night with a smell on his hand and something afflicts him, let him blame none but himself.”
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7128No grade recorded
أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ أَنَسَ بْنَ مَالِكٍ يَقُولُ «كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ يُرْدِفُ خَلْفَهُ وَيَضَعُ طَعَامَهُ فِي الْأَرْضِ وَيُجِيبُ دَعْوَةَ الْمَمْلُوكِ وَيَرْكَبُ الْحِمَارَ»
✧ He heard Anas b. Mālik say, “The Prophet ﷺ would let someone ride behind him, place his food on the ground, accept the invitation of a slave, and ride a donkey.”
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7129No grade recorded
«إِذَا أَكَلْتُمْ فَاخْلَعُوا نِعَالَكُمْ فَإِنَّهُ أَرْوَحُ لِأَبْدَانِكُمْ»
✧ “When you eat, remove your sandals, for it is more comfortable for your bodies.”
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7130No grade recorded
«نَهَانِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَنْ صَلَاتَيْنِ وقِرَاءَتَيْنِ وَأَكْلَتَيْنِ وَلِبْسَتَيْنِ نَهَانِي أَنْ أُصَلِّيَ بَعْدَ الصُّبْحِ حَتَّى تَرْتَفِعَ الشَّمْسُ وَبَعْدَ الْعَصْرِ حَتَّى تَغْرُبَ الشَّمْسُ وَأَنْ آكُلَ وَأَنَا مُنْبَطِحٌ عَلَى بَطْنِي وَنَهَانِي أَنْ أَلْبَسَ الصَّمَّاءَ وَأَحْتَبِي فِي ثَوْبٍ وَاحِدٍ لَيْسَ بَيْنَ فَرْجِي وَبَيْنَ السَّمَاءِ سَاتِرٌ»
✧ “The Messenger of Allah ﷺ forbade me from two prayers, two recitations, two manners of eating, and two manners of dressing. He forbade me from praying after dawn until the sun rises, and after ʿaṣr until the sun sets; from eating while lying on my belly; and from wearing al-ṣammāʾ and wrapping myself in a single garment with nothing covering my private parts and the sky.”
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7131Sahih
«قُرِّبَتْ بَيْنَ يَدَيِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ تَمْرًا فَجَعَلُوا يَقْرُنُونَ فَنَهَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَنِ الْإِقْرَانِ»
✧ “Dates were placed before the Prophet ﷺ, and they began to eat two at a time, so the Messenger of Allah ﷺ forbade eating two at a time.”
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7132Sahih
كُنْتُ فِي الصُّفَّةِ فَبَعَثَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ إِلَيْنَا بِتَمْرٍ عَجْوَةٍ فَسَكَبَ إِلَيْنَا فَكُنَّا نُقْرِنُ الِاثْنَتَيْنِ مِنَ الْجُوعِ فَكُنَّا إِذْ قَرَنَ أَحَدُنَا قَالَ لِأَصْحَابِهِ إِنِّي قَدْ قَرَنْتُ فَأَقْرِنُوا
✧ I was among the people of the ṣuffa, and the Prophet ﷺ sent us ʿajwa dates, pouring them out to us. We would eat two at a time out of hunger. Whenever one of us ate two, he would say to his companions, ‘I have eaten two, so you eat two.’”
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7133Sahih
«الْعَجْوَةُ وَالصَّخْرَةُ مِنَ الْجَنَّةِ»
✧ “The ʿajwa and the rock are from Paradise.”
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7134Sahih
سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «الْعَجْوَةُ وَالصَّخْرَةُ مِنَ الْجَنَّةِ» هَكَذَا حَدَّثَنَاهُعلى شرط البخاري ومسلم
✧ I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: "The 'ajwah date and the rock are from Paradise." Thus he narrated it to us according to the conditions of al-Bukhari and Muslim.
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7135No grade recorded
«الْعَجْوَةُ وَالصَّخْرَةُ مِنَ الْجَنَّةِ»
✧ "The 'ajwah date and the rock are from Paradise."
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7136Sahih
كَانَ يَأْكُلُ الرُّطَبَ وَيُلْقِي النَّوَى عَلَى الْقِنْعِ»
✧ He used to eat fresh dates and throw the pits onto the mat."
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7137No grade recorded
كَانَ يَأْخُذُ الرُّطَبَ بِيَمِينِهِ وَالْبِطِّيخَ بِيَسَارِهِ فَيَأْكُلُ الرُّطَبَ بِالْبِطِّيخِ وَكَانَ أَحَبَّ الْفَاكِهَةِ إِلَيْهِ»
✧ He used to take fresh dates with his right hand and melon with his left, and eat the fresh dates with the melon, and it was the fruit he loved most."
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7138Weak
«كُلُوا الْبَلَحَ بِالتَّمْرِ فَإِنَّ الشَّيْطَانَ إِذَا أَكَلَهُ ابْنُ آدَمَ غَضِبَ وَقَالَ بَقِيَ ابْنُ آدَمَ حَتَّى أَكَلَ الْجَدِيدَ بِالْخَلَقِ»
✧ "Eat unripe dates with ripe dates, for when the son of Adam eats them, Satan becomes angry and says: 'The son of Adam has survived until he ate the new with the old.'"
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7139Sahih
«مَا وَعَى ابْنُ آدَمَ وِعَاءً شَرًّا مِنْ بَطْنٍ حَسْبُ الْمُسْلِمِ أُكُلَاتٌ يُقِمْنَ صُلْبَهُ فَإِنْ كَانَ لَا مَحَالَةَ فَثُلُثٌ لِطَعَامِهِ وَثُلُثٌ لِشَرَابِهِ وَثُلُثٌ لِنَفَسِهِ»
✧ "The son of Adam fills no vessel worse than his stomach. It is sufficient for the Muslim to have a few morsels to keep his back straight. But if he must, then one third for his food, one third for his drink, and one third for his breath."
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7140No grade recorded
أَكَلْتُ ثَرِيدَةً مِنْ خُبْزٍ بُرٍّ وَلَحْمٍ سَمِينٍ ثُمَّ أَتَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَجَعَلْتُ أَتَجَشَّأُ فَقَالَ «مَا هَذَا كُفَّ مِنْ جُشَائِكَ فَإِنَّ أَكْثَرَ النَّاسِ فِي الدُّنْيَا شِبَعًا أَكْثَرُهُمْ فِي الْآخِرَةِ جُوعًا»
✧ I ate a tharidah of wheat bread and fatty meat, then I came to the Prophet ﷺ and began to belch. He said: "Stop your belching, for the people who are most satiated in this world will be the most hungry on the Day of Resurrection."
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7141Sahih
سَمِعْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ يَقُولُ وَرَأَى رَجُلًا مُشْبَعًا فَجَعَلَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ يُومِئُ بِيَدِهِ إِلَى بَطْنِهِ وَيَقُولُ «لَوْ كَانَ هَذَا فِي غَيْرِ هَذَا كَانَ خَيْرًا لَهُ»
✧ I heard the Prophet ﷺ say, when he saw a man who was full, and the Prophet ﷺ began gesturing with his hand toward his belly, saying: "If this were in something else, it would be better for him."
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7142Sahih
«ائْتَدِمُوا بِالزَّيْتِ وَادَّهِنُوا بِهِ فَإِنَّهُ مِنْ شَجَرَةٍ مُبَارَكَةٍ»
✧ "Use olive oil as a condiment and anoint yourselves with it, for it is from a blessed tree."
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7143No grade recorded
أُتِيَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ بِقَعْبٍ فِيهِ لَبَنٌ وَشَيءٌ مِنْ عَسَلٍ فَقَالَ «أُدُمَانِ فِي إِنَاءٍ لَا آكُلُهُ وَلَا أُحَرِّمُهُ»
✧ The Prophet ﷺ was brought a wooden bowl containing milk and some honey, and he said: "Two condiments in one vessel; I do not eat it, nor do I forbid it."
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7144Sahih
«أَفْلَحَ مَنْ هُدِيَ إِلَى الْإِسْلَامِ وَكَانَ عَيْشُهُ كَفَافًا وَقَنَعَ بِهِ»
✧ "Successful is the one who is guided to Islam and whose livelihood is sufficient and who is content with it."
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7145Sahih
ذَهَبْتُ مَعَ جَدِّي فِي وَلِيمَةٍ فِيهَا غَالِبٌ الْقَطَّانُ قَالَ فَجِيءَ بِالْخِوَانِ فَوُضِعَ فَمَسَكَ الْقَوْمُ أَيْدِيَهُمْ فَسَمِعْتُ غَالِبًا الْقَطَّانَ يَقُولُ مَا لَهُمْ لَا يَأْكُلُونَ؟ قَالُوا يَنْتَظِرُونَ الْأُدُمَ فَقَالَ غَالِبٌ حَدَّثَتْنَا كَرِيمَةُ بِنْتُ هَمَّامٍ الطَّائِيَّةُ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ أُمِّ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ «أَكْرِمُوا الْخُبْزَ وَإِنَّ كَرَامَةَ الْخُبْزِ أَنْ لَا يُنْتَظَرَ بِهِ» فَأَكَلَهُ وَأَكَلْنَا
✧ I went with my grandfather to a wedding feast in which Ghalib al-Qattan was present. He said: The dining table was brought and placed, and the people held back their hands. I heard Ghalib al-Qattan say: "What is wrong with them that they do not eat?" They said: "They are waiting for the condiment." Ghalib said: "Karimah bt. Hammam al-Ta'iyyah narrated to us from 'A'ishah, the Mother of the Believers, that the Prophet ﷺ said: 'Honor bread, and the honor of bread is that it should not be waited for.'" So he ate it, and we ate.
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7146Sahih
دَخَلْتُ أَنَا وَصَاحِبٌ لِي عَلَى سَلْمَانَ فَقَرَّبَ إِلَيْنَا خُبْزًا وَمِلْحًا فَقَالَ «لَوْلَا أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ نَهَانَا عَنِ التَّكَلُّفِ لَتَكَلَّفْتُ لَكُمْ» فَقَالَ صَاحِبِي لَوْ كَانَ فِي مِلْحِنَا سَعْتَرٌ فَبَعَثَ بِمِطْهَرَتِهِ إِلَى الْبَقَّالِ فَرَهَنَهَا فَجَاءَ بِسَعْتَرٍ فَأَلْقَاهُ فِيهِ فَلَمَّا أَكَلْنَا قَالَ صَاحِبِي الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي قَنَعَنَا بِمَا رَزَقَنَا فَقَالَ سَلْمَانُ لَوْ قَنَعْتَ بِمَا رُزِقْتُ لَمْ تَكُنْ مِطْهَرَتِي مَرْهُونَةً عِنْدَ الْبَقَّالِ
✧ I and a companion of mine entered upon Salman, and he brought us bread and salt. He said, "Were it not that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ forbade us from affectation, I would have gone to extra trouble for you." My companion said, "If only our salt had thyme in it." So Salman sent his water-skin to the grocer and pawned it, and brought thyme and threw it into the salt. When we had eaten, my companion said, "Praise be to Allah who made us content with what He has provided us." Salman said, "If you had been content with what I was provided, my water-skin would not be in pawn at the grocer's."
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7147No grade recorded
سَمِعْتُ سَلْمَانَ الْفَارِسِيَّ يَقُولُ «نَهَانَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَنْ نَتَكَلَّفَ لِلضَّيْفِ» سنده لين
✧ I heard Salman al-Farisi saying, "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ forbade us to go to extra trouble for a guest." Its chain is weak.
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7148No grade recorded
«إِنَّ أَغْبَطَ النَّاسِ عِنْدِي لَمُؤْمِنٌ خَفِيفُ الْحَاذِ ذُو حَظٍّ مِنَ الصَّلَاةِ أَحْسَنَ عِبَادَةَ اللَّهِ وَأَطَاعَهُ فِي السِّرِّ غَامِضًا فِي النَّاسِ لَا يُشَارُ إِلَيْهِ بِالْأَصَابِعِ وَكَانَ رِزْقُهُ كَفَافًا فَصَبَرَ عَلَى ذَلِكَ» ثُمَّ نَفَضَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ بِإِصْبَعِهِ وَقَالَ «عُجِّلَتْ مَنِيَّتُهُ وَقَلَّتْ بَوَاكِيهِ وَقَلَّ تُرَاثُهُ»
✧ "The most enviable of people in my sight is a believer light of means, with a share of prayer, who worships Allah excellently and obeys Him in secret, obscure among the people, not pointed at with fingers, whose provision is barely sufficient, and who bears that patiently." Then the Messenger of Allah ﷺ shook his finger and said, "His death comes quickly, his mourners are few, and his inheritance is little."
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7149Sahih
«قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَنْ أَسْلَمَ وَرُزِقَ كَفَافًا وَقَنَّعَهُ اللَّهُ بِمَا آتَاهُ»
✧ "He has succeeded who has submitted, is granted sufficiency, and Allah makes him content with what He has given him."
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7150Sahih
كَانَ النَّاسُ فِي الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ قَبْلَ الْإِسْلَامِ يَجُبُّونَ أَسْنِمَةَ الْإِبِلِ وَيَقْطَعُونَ أَلْيَاتَ الْغَنَمِ فَيَأْكُلُونَهَا وَيَحْمِلُونَ مِنْهَا الْوَدَكَ فَلَمَّا قَدِمَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ سَأَلُوهُ عَنْ ذَلِكَ فَقَالَ «مَا قُطِعَ مِنَ الْبَهِيمَةِ وَهِيَ حَيَّةٌ فَهُوَ مَيِّتٌ»
✧ In pre-Islamic times, people used to cut off the humps of camels and the fat tails of sheep, and eat them and use their fat. When the Prophet ﷺ came, they asked him about that, and he said, "Whatever is cut from a beast while it is alive is dead."
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7151No grade recorded
أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ سُئِلَ عَنْ جَبَّاتِ أَسْنِمَةِ الْإِبِلِ وَأَلْيَاتِ الْغَنَمِ فَقَالَ «مَا قُطِعَ مِنْ حَيٍّ فَهُوَ مَيِّتٌ» رَوَاهُ عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ مَهْدِيٍّ عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ بِلَالٍ عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ أَسْلَمَ «مُرْسَلًا» وَقِيلَ عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ أَسْلَمَ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ was asked about the cut humps of camels and the fat tails of sheep, and he said, "Whatever is cut from a living thing is dead." Abd al-Rahman b. Mahdi narrated it from Sulayman b. Bilal from Zayd b. Aslam as mursal, and it is also said from Zayd b. Aslam from Ibn Umar.
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7152No grade recorded
«مَا قُطِعَ مِنَ الْبَهِيمَةِ وَهِيَ حَيَّةٌ فَهُوَ مَيِّتٌ»
✧ "Whatever is cut from a beast while it is alive is dead."
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7153Sahih
«ذَكَاةُ كُلِّ مَسْكٍ دِبَاغُهُ» فَقُلْتُ لَهُ إِنَّا نُسَافِرُ مَعَ هَذِهِ الْأَعَاجِمِ وَمَعَهُمْ قُدُورٌ يَطْبُخُونَ فِيهَا الْمَيْتَةَ وَلَحْمَ الْخَنَازِيرِ فَقَالَ «مَا كَانَ مِنْ فَخَّارٍ فَاغْلُوا فِيهَا الْمَاءَ ثُمَّ اغْسِلُوهَا وَمَا كَانَ مِنَ النُّحَاسِ فَاغْسِلُوهُ فَالْمَاءُ طَهُورٌ لِكُلِّ شَيْءٍ»
✧ "The purification of every hide is its tanning." I said to him, "We travel with these non-Arabs, and they have pots in which they cook carrion and pork." He said, "If they are earthenware, boil water in them and then wash them. If they are copper, wash them, for water is purifying for everything."
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7154No grade recorded
قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ لِأَصْحَابِهِ حِينَ نَزَلَ الْحِجْرَ «مَنْ عَمِلَ مِنْ هَذَا الْمَاءِ طَعَامًا فَلْيُلْقِهِ» قَالَ «فَمِنْهُمْ مَنْ عَجَنَ الْعَجِينَ وَمِنْهُمْ مَنْ حَاسَ الْحَيْسَ فَأَلْقُوهُ»
✧ When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ stopped at al-Hijr, he said to his companions, "Whoever has prepared food with this water, let him throw it away." He said, "Some of them had kneaded dough and some had prepared hais, so they threw it away."
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7155Sahih
مَاتَتْ بَغْلٌ عِنْدَ رَجُلٍ فَأَتَى رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَسْتَفْتِيهِ فَزَعَمَ جَابِرٌ عَنْ سَمُرَةَ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ لِصَاحِبِهَا «أَمَا لَكَ مَا يُغْنِيكَ عَنْهَا؟» قَالَ لَا قَالَ «اذْهَبْ فَكُلْهَا» صَحِيحٌ عَلَى شَرْطِ مُسْلِمٍ وَلَمْ يُخَرِّجَاهُ على شرط مسلم
✧ A mule died with a man, so he came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ to ask his ruling. Jabir claimed from Samura that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to its owner, "Do you have what would suffice you apart from it?" He said, "No." He said, "Go and eat it." It is sahih according to the condition of Muslim, but they did not include it.
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7156No grade recorded
قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّا بِأَرْضِ مَخْمَصَةٍ فَمَا يَحِلُّ لَنَا مِنَ الْمَيْتَةِ؟ قَالَ «إِذَا لَمْ تَصْطَبِحُوا وَلَمْ تَغْتَبِقُوا وَلَمْ تُحْتِفُوا فَشَأْنُكُمْ بِهَا»
✧ I said, "O Messenger of Allah, we are in a land of famine, so what carrion is permissible for us?" He said, "When you do not drink the morning draught, nor the evening draught, and do not gather vegetables, then you may make use of it."
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7157Sahih
«إِذَا رَوَيْتَ أَهْلَكَ مِنَ اللَّبَنِ غَبُوقًا فَاجْتَنِبْ مَا نَهَى اللَّهُ عَنْهُ مِنْ مَيْتَةٍ»
✧ "If you give your family their evening drink of milk, then avoid what Allah has forbidden of carrion."
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7158Abu Dawud silent
«يُجْزِئُ مِنَ الضَّرُورَةِ أَوِ الضَّارُورَةِ غَبُوقٌ أَوْ صَبُوحٌ»
✧ A morning or evening drink suffices for necessity or dire need.
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7159No grade recorded
أَنَّهَا بَعَثَتْ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ بِقَدَحِ لَبَنٍ عِنْدَ فِطْرِهِ وَذَلِكَ فِي طُولِ النَّهَارِ وَشِدَّةِ الْحَرِّ فَرَدَّ إِلَيْهَا الرَّسُولُ أَنَّى لَكِ هَذَا اللَّبَنُ؟ قَالَتْ مِنْ شَاةٍ لِي قَالَ أَنَّى لَكَ هَذِهِ الشَّاةُ؟ قَالَتِ اشْتَرَيْتُهَا مِنْ مَالِي فَشَرِبَ فَلَمَّا أَنْ كَانَ مِنَ الْغَدِ أَتَتْ أُمُّ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقَالَتْ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ بَعَثْتُ إِلَيْكَ بِذَلِكِ اللَّبَنِ مُرْثِيَةً لَكَ مِنْ شِدَّةِ الْحَرِّ وَطُولِ النَّهَارِ فَرَدَّدْتُهَا إِلَيَّ مَعَ الرَّسُولِ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «بِذَلِكَ أُمِرَتِ الرُّسُلُ أَلَّا تَأْكُلَ إِلَّا طَيِّبًا وَلَا تَعْمَلَ إِلَّا صَالِحًا»
✧ She sent to the Prophet ﷺ a bowl of milk at the time of his breaking the fast, and that was during the length of the day and the intense heat. The messenger returned to her saying, 'Where did you get this milk?' She said, 'From a sheep of mine.' He said, 'Where did you get this sheep?' She said, 'I bought it with my own money.' So he drank. The next day, Umm 'Abd Allah came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and said, 'O Messenger of Allah, I sent you that milk out of compassion for you from the intense heat and the length of the day, and you returned it to me with the messenger.' The Prophet ﷺ said, 'With that the messengers were commanded: not to eat anything but what is good, and not to do anything but what is righteous.'
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7160Sahih
«إِذَا دَخَلَ أَحَدُكُمْ عَلَى أَخِيهِ فَأَطْعَمَهُ طَعَامًا فَلْيَأْكُلْ مِنْهُ وَلَا يَسْأَلْهُ عَنْهُ وَإِنْ سَقَاهُ شَرَابًا فَلْيَشْرَبْ مِنْهُ وَلَا يَسْأَلْهُ عَنْهُ»
✧ When one of you enters upon his brother and he feeds him food, let him eat from it and not ask him about it. If he gives him a drink, let him drink from it and not ask him about it.
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7161Sahih
«إِذَا دَخَلْتَ عَلَى أَخِيكَ الْمُسْلِمِ فَأَطْعَمَكَ طَعَامًا فَكُلْ وَلَا تَسْأَلْهُ وَإِذَا سَقَاكَ شَرَابًا فَاشْرَبْهُ وَلَا تَسْأَلْهُ»
✧ When you enter upon your Muslim brother and he feeds you food, eat and do not ask him about it. When he gives you a drink, drink it and do not ask him about it.
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7162Sahih
«أَعَاذَكَ اللَّهُ مِنْ أُمَرَاءَ يَكُونُونَ بَعْدِي» قَالَ وَمَا هُمْ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ؟ قَالَ «مَنْ دَخَلَ عَلَيْهِمْ فَصَدَّقَهُمْ وَأَعَانَهُمْ عَلَى جَوْرِهِمْ فَلَيْسَ مِنِّي وَلَا يَرِدَ عَلَيَّ الْحَوْضَ» صحيح
✧ May Allah protect you from rulers who will be after me.' He said, 'And what are they, O Messenger of Allah?' He said, 'Whoever enters upon them, believes them, and helps them in their tyranny is not of me and will not come to me at the pond.' Sahih.