Sunan Ibn Majah 3254
The food of one is sufficient for two
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حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الرَّقِّيُّ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ زِيَادٍ الأَسَدِيُّ أَنْبَأَنَا ابْنُ جُرَيْجٍ أَنْبَأَنَا أَبُو الزُّبَيْرِ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ
طَعَامُ الْوَاحِدِ يَكْفِي الاِثْنَيْنِ وَطَعَامُ الاِثْنَيْنِ يَكْفِي الأَرْبَعَةَ وَطَعَامُ الأَرْبَعَةِ يَكْفِي الثَّمَانِيَةَ
Translation
Chain of narrators
- Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh al-Raqqī
- Yaḥyá b. Ziyād al-Asadī
- Ibn Jurayj
- Abū al-Zubayr
- Jābir b. ʿAbdullāh
- Rasūl Allāh ﷺ
“The food of one person is sufficient for two, the food of two is sufficient for four, and the food for four is sufficient for eight.”
Grades by grader
| Zubair Ali Zai | Sound | fawazahmed0, hadithunlocked, sunnah.com |
|---|---|---|
| Muhammad Fuad Abd al-Baqi | Sahih | fawazahmed0 |
| Shuayb al-Arnaut | Sahih | fawazahmed0 |
| al-Albani | Sahih | fawazahmed0 |
What scholars said about it
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- Ibn Ḥajar al-ʿAsqalānī
وقال ابن المنير ورد حديث بلفظ الترجمة لكنه لم يوافق شرط البخاري فاستقرأ معناه من حديث الباب
machine translationIbn al-Munayyir said: A hadith has been reported with the wording of the chapter heading, but it did not meet the condition of al-Bukhārī, so he derived its meaning from the hadith of the chapter.
in سنن ابن ماجه, p. 3360
Same hadith, other wordings
- Jami at-Tirmidzi 1820bطَعَامُ الْوَاحِدِ يَكْفِي الاِثْنَيْنِ وَطَعَامُ الاِثْنَيْنِ يَكْفِي الأَرْبَعَةَ وَطَعَامُ الأَرْبَعَةِ يَكْفِي الثَّمَانِيَةَ
- Misykatul Mashabih 4178وَعَنْ جَابِرٍ قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ: «طَعَامُ الْوَاحِدِ يَكْفِي الِاثْنَيْنِ وَطَعَامُ الِاثْنَيْنِ يَكْفِي الْأَرْبَعَةَ وَطَعَامُ الْأَرْبَعَةِ يَكْفِي الثمانيَة». رَوَاهُ مُسلم
- Shahih Muslim 2059aطَعَامُ الْوَاحِدِ يَكْفِي الاِثْنَيْنِ وَطَعَامُ الاِثْنَيْنِ يَكْفِي الأَرْبَعَةَ وَطَعَامُ الأَرْبَعَةِ يَكْفِي الثَّمَانِيَةَ
- Shahih Muslim 2059cطَعَامُ الْوَاحِدِ يَكْفِي الاِثْنَيْنِ وَطَعَامُ الاِثْنَيْنِ يَكْفِي الأَرْبَعَةَ
Other narrations of this report
Sunan Ibn Majah 3255Musnad Ahmad 7320al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 7069Musnad al-Bazzar 165Musnad al-Bazzar 4627Musnad Abi Ya'la 6279
Narrators
- Companion (ṣaḥābī)d. al-Haytham b. ʿAdī said, and Khalīfah b. Khayyāṭ in some reports from them: 68 AH. Abū Sulaymān b. Zabr said: 72 AH. Muḥammad b. Saʿd said, and al-Haytham b. ʿAdī in another report: 73 AH. Muḥammad b. Yaḥyā b. Ḥabbān said: 77 AH. Abū ʿAwn al-Madanī and others said: 78 AH. Abū Nuʿaym and Khalīfah b. Khayyāṭ in another report said: 79 AHجَابِرُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَمْرِو بْنِ حَرَامٍ الْأَنْصَارِيُّصحابيعن
- Truthful (ṣadūq), except that he practiced concealment (yudallis)d. before 126 AH, or 128 AHأَبُو الزُّبَيْرِصدوق إلا أنه يدلسأخبرنا
- Trustworthy (thiqah), a jurist (faqīh), excellent (fāḍil); he used to commit concealment (tadlīs) and to narrate with omission of the Companion (irsāl).d. 149 AH or 150 AH or 151 AH or 160 AHابْنُ جُرَيْجٍثقة فقيه فاضل ، وكان يدلس ويرسلأخبرنا
- truthful (ṣadūq), devout (ʿābid)d. after 200 AHيَحْيَى بْنُ زِيَادٍ الْأَسَدِيُّصدوق عابدحدثنا
- truthful (ṣadūq)d. 230-odd AHمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ الرَّقِّيُّصدوقحدثنا
- one of the imams, a memorizer (ḥāfiẓ)d. 273 AH, or: 275 AHابْنُ مَاجَهْأحد الأئمة ، حافظ
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Commentaries
Hāshiyat al-Sindī on Abū Daʿūd
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