Sunan Ibn Majah 3255
The food of one is sufficient for two
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حَدَّثَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ الْخَلاَّلُ حَدَّثَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ مُوسَى حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ حَدَّثَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ دِينَارٍ قَهْرَمَانُ آلِ الزُّبَيْرِ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ سَالِمَ بْنَ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ جَدِّهِ عُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ
إِنَّ طَعَامَ الْوَاحِدِ يَكْفِي الاِثْنَيْنِ وَإِنَّ طَعَامَ الاِثْنَيْنِ يَكْفِي الثَّلاَثَةَ وَالأَرْبَعَةَ وَإِنَّ طَعَامَ الأَرْبَعَةِ يَكْفِي الْخَمْسَةَ وَالسِّتَّةَ
Translation
Chain of narrators
- al-Ḥasan b. ʿAlī al-Khalāal
- al-Ḥasan b. Mūsá
- Saʿīd b. Zayd
- ʿAmr b. Dīnār Qahramān Āl al-Zubayr
- Sālim b. ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUmar
- his father
- Jaddih ʿUmar b. al-Khaṭṭāb
- Rasūl Allāh ﷺ
“The food of one is sufficient for two, and the food of two is sufficient for three or four, and the food of four is sufficient for five or six.’”
Grades by grader
| Zubair Ali Zai | SoundAnother source records this grader as “Daif” (fawazahmed0). | hadithunlocked, sunnah.com |
|---|---|---|
| Muhammad Fuad Abd al-Baqi | Very Daif | fawazahmed0 |
| al-Albani | Extremely Weakin ضعيف ابن ماجه, p. 641 | fawazahmed0, hadithunlocked |
What scholars said about it
In their own words, as Hadith Unlocked records them. They are shown, not summarised into a grade.
- Bazzār
تفرد به عمرو بن دينار وهو لين الحديث وإن كان قد روى عنه جماعة وأكثر أحاديثه لا يشاركه فيها غيره
machine translationʿAmr b. Dīnār was alone in narrating it, and he is lenient in hadith (layyin al-ḥadīth), even though a group narrated from him, and most of his hadiths are ones in which no one else shares with him.
in سنن ابن ماجه, p. 3361 - أحمد بن أبي بكر بن إسماعيل البوصيري
في إسناده عمر بن دينار قهرمان آل الزبير وهو ضعيف
machine translationIn its chain is ʿUmar b. Dīnār, the steward (qahramān) of the family of al-Zubayr, and he is weak (ḍaʿīf).
in سنن ابن ماجه, p. 3361 - Ibn Rajab
إسناد ضعيف
machine translationThe chain of transmission is weak (ḍaʿīf).
in سنن ابن ماجه, p. 3361 - البوصيري
إسناده ضعيف وله شاهد
machine translationIts chain is weak (ḍaʿīf), and it has a supporting report (shāhid).
in مصباح الزجاجة في زوائد ابن ماجه, p. 4/6
Other narrations of this report
Sahih al-Bukhari 5392Musnad Ahmad 7320al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 7069Musnad al-Bazzar 165Musnad al-Bazzar 4627Musnad Abi Ya'la 6279
Narrators
- Commander of the Faithful (amīr al-muʾminīn), well-known, of abundant virtues (jamm al-manāqib)d. 23 AH, also said: 24 AHعُمَر بْن الْخَطَّابأمير المؤمنين مشهور جم المناقبعن
- One of the Companions who narrated most often, and one of the ʿAbādilah; he was among the people most strict in following the narrations (athar).d. 72 AH, or 73 AH, or 74 AH, also said: 75 AHأَبِيهِأحد المكثرين من الصحابة والعبادلة ، وكان من أشد الناس اتباعا للأثرعن
- He was reliable (thabt), devout (ʿābid) and virtuous (fāḍil); he resembled his father in conduct (hady) and demeanor (samt)d. 105 AH or 106 AH or 107 AH or 108 AH, and the correct one is the firstسَالِمَ بْنَ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عُمَرَكان ثبتا عابدا فاضلا ، كان يشبه بأبيه في الهدي والسمتسمعت
- weak (ḍaʿīf)عَمْرُو بْنُ دِينَارٍ قَهْرَمَانُ آلِ الزُّبَيْرِضعيفحدثنا
- Truthful (ṣadūq) with some errors (awhām)d. 167 AHسَعِيدُ بْنُ زَيْدٍصدوق له أوهامحدثنا
- trustworthy (thiqah)d. 208 AH, or: 209, or: 210 AHالْحَسَنُ بْنُ مُوسَىثقةحدثنا
- trustworthy (thiqah), a memorizer (ḥāfiẓ), who authored worksd. 242 AH, also said: 243 AHالْحَسَنُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ الْخَلَّالُثقة حافظ ، له تصانيفحدثنا
- one of the imams, a memorizer (ḥāfiẓ)d. 273 AH, or: 275 AHابْنُ مَاجَهْأحد الأئمة ، حافظ
Who each narrator was and how reliable, from hdith.com
Latin names and English verdicts with a dotted underline are machine translations, not reviewed.
Commentaries
Hāshiyat al-Sindī on Abū Daʿūd
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