Sahih Muslim 2053c
It is permissible to eat garlic, but the one who is going to address prominent people should refrain from eating it, and the same applies to other, similar foods
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وَحَدَّثَنِي حَجَّاجُ بْنُ الشَّاعِرِ وَأَحْمَدُ بْنُ سَعِيدِ بْنِ صَخْرٍ وَاللَّفْظُ مِنْهُمَا قَرِيبٌ قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو النُّعْمَانِ حَدَّثَنَا ثَابِتٌ فِي رِوَايَةِ حَجَّاجِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ أَبُو زَيْدٍ الأَحْوَلُ حَدَّثَنَا عَاصِمٌ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الْحَارِثِ عَنْ أَفْلَحَ مَوْلَى أَبِي أَيُّوبَ عَنْ أَبِي أَيُّوبَ
أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ نَزَلَ عَلَيْهِ فَنَزَلَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ فِي السُّفْلِ وَأَبُو أَيُّوبَ فِي الْعُلْوِ قَالَ فَانْتَبَهَ أَبُو أَيُّوبَ لَيْلَةً فَقَالَ نَمْشِي فَوْقَ رَأْسِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَتَنَحَّوْا فَبَاتُوا فِي جَانِبٍ ثُمَّ قَالَ لِلنَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ السُّفْلُ أَرْفَقُ فَقَالَ لاَ أَعْلُو سَقِيفَةً أَنْتَ تَحْتَهَا فَتَحَوَّلَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ فِي الْعُلْوِ وَأَبُو أَيُّوبَ فِي السُّفْلِ فَكَانَ يَصْنَعُ لِلنَّبِيِّ ﷺ طَعَامًا فَإِذَا جِيءَ بِهِ إِلَيْهِ سَأَلَ عَنْ مَوْضِعِ أَصَابِعِهِ فَيَتَتَبَّعُ مَوْضِعَ أَصَابِعِهِ فَصَنَعَ لَهُ طَعَامًا فِيهِ ثُومٌ فَلَمَّا رُدَّ إِلَيْهِ سَأَلَ عَنْ مَوْضِعِ أَصَابِعِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقِيلَ لَهُ لَمْ يَأْكُلْ فَفَزِعَ وَصَعِدَ إِلَيْهِ فَقَالَ أَحَرَامٌ هُوَ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ لاَ وَلَكِنِّي أَكْرَهُهُ قَالَ فَإِنِّي أَكْرَهُ مَا تَكْرَهُ أَوْ مَا كَرِهْتَ قَالَ وَكَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ يُؤْتَى
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Chain of narrators
- Ḥajjāj b. al-Shāʿir and ʾAḥmad b. Saʿīd b. Ṣakhr Wa-al-Lafẓ Minhumā Qarīb
- Abū al-Nuʿmān
- Thābit Fī Riwāyah Ḥajjāj b. Yazīd Abū Zayd al-Aḥwal
- ʿĀṣim
- ʿAbdullāh b. al-Ḥārith
- Aflaḥ a freed slave of Abū Ayyūb
- Abū Ayyūb
Allah's Messnger ﷺ had alighted in his house (viz. of Abu Ayyub Ansari at the time of his emigration to Medina) and he occupied the lower storey, whereas Abu Ayyub Ansari lived in the upper storey. One night, Abu Ayyub Ansari got up and said (to himself): (How unfortunate it is) that we walk above the head of Messenger of Allah ﷺ, so they went aside and spent the night in a nook and then told Allah's Apostle ﷺ about it whereupon Allah's Apostle ﷺ said: The lower storey is more comfortable (for me). but he (Abu Ayyub Ansari) said: We (would not live) over the roof under which you live. So Messenger of Allah ﷺ shifted to the upper storey, whereas Abu Ayyub Ansari shifted to the lower storey; and he (Abu Ayyub Ansari) used to prepare food for Allah's Apostle ﷺ ; and when it was brought (back) to him he asked (to locate) the part, where his fingers had touched (the food), and he followed his fingers on that part where his fingers (those of the Holy Prophet) had touched it. (One day) he prepared food which contained garlic, and when it was returned to him he asked (to locate) the part which the fingers of Allah's Apostle ﷺ had touched. It was said to him that he had not eaten (the food). He (Abd Ayyub Ansari) was distressed and went up to him (to the Holy Prophet) and said: Is it forbidden? But Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: No, (it is not forbidden), but I do not like it. and he (Abu Ayyub Ansari) said: I also do not like what you do not like or which you did not like. He (Abu Ayyub Ansari) said: (The Prophet did not eat garlic) as Allah's Apostle ﷺ was visited (by angels) and brought him the message of Allah.
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Other narrations of this report
Jami' at-Tirmidhi 1810Sunan Ibn Majah 3364Sunan ad-Darimi 2098Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 8749
Narrators
- One of the senior Companions.d. 50 AH. Or: 52 AH. Or: 55 AH, also said: 51 AH.أَبُو أَيُّوبَ الْأَنْصَارِيُّمن كبار الصحابة.عن
- mukhaḍram, trustworthy (thiqah)d. 63 AH, or 64 AHأَفْلَحَ مَوْلَى أَبِي أَيُّوبَمخضرم ، ثقةعن
- trustworthy (thiqah)d. also said: after 90 AH, also said after: 120 AH, also said after: 140 AHعَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ الْحَارِثِثقةعن
- trustworthy (thiqah)d. 141 AH, or: 142 AH, or: 143 AHعَاصِمُثقةحدثنا
- trustworthy, precise (thiqah thabt)d. 169 AHثَابِتٌثقة ثبتحدثنا
- trustworthy and reliable (thiqah thabt); his memory changed at the end of his life (taghayyara fī ākhir ʿumrihi)d. 224, also said: 223أَبُو النُّعْمَانِثقة ثبت ، تغير في آخر عمرهحدثنا
- trustworthy, a memorizer (thiqah ḥāfiẓ)d. 253 AH. Ibn Manjawayh said: 260 AH, or shortly before or after it. Ibn Ḥibbān said: 265 AH, or shortly before or after itوَأَحْمَدُ بْنُ سَعِيدِ بْنِ صَخْرٍثقة حافظ
- Trustworthy (thiqah), a retentive memorizer (ḥāfiẓ), an imam, an author of compilations, knowledgeable in jurisprudence (fiqh)d. Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb said: 261 AH, Makkī b. ʿAbdān said: 259 AHمُسْلِمٌثقة حافظ ، إمام ، مصنف ، عالم بالفقه
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Commentaries
al-Minhāj (Nawawī)
al-Mufham (Abū al-ʿAbbās)
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