Sahih Muslim 2055a

Translation

I and two of my companions were so much afflicted by hunger that we had lost our power of seeing and hearing. We presented ourselves (as guests) to the Companions of the Prophet ﷺ, but none amongst them would entertain us. So we came to Allah's Apostle ﷺ, and he took us to his residence and there were three goats. Allah's Apostle ﷺ said: Milk these for us. So we milked them and every person amongst us drank his share and we set aside the share of Allah's Apostle ﷺ. (It was his habit) to come during the night and greet (the people present there) in a manner that would not wake up one in sleep but make one who was awake hear it. He would then go to the mosque and say prayer, then go to the milk and drink it. Miqdad added: One night the Satan came to me when I had taken my share, and he said: Muhammad has gone to the Ansar, who would offer him hospitality and he would get what is with them, and he has no need for this draught (of milk). So I took (that milk) and drank it, and when it had penetrated deeply in my stomach and I was certain that there was no way out (but to digest it), the Satan aroused (my sense of) remorse and said: Woe be to thee! what have you done? You have taken the drink reserved for Muhammad! When he would come and he would not find it, he would curse you, and you would be ruined, and thus there would go (waste) this world and the Hereafter (for) you. There was a sheet over me; as I placed (pulled) it upon my feet, my head was uncovered and as I placed it upon my head, my feet were uncovered, and I could not sleep, but my two companions had gone to sleep for they had not done what I had done. There came Allah's Apostle ﷺ, and he greeted as he used to greet (by saying as-Salamu 'Alaikum). He then came to the mosque and observed prayer and then came to his drink (milk) and uncovered it, but did not find anything in it. He raised his head towards the sky, and I said (to myself) that he (the Holy Prophet) was going to invoke curse upon me and I would be thus ruined; but he (the Holy Prophet) said: Allah, feed him who fed me and give drink to him who provided me drink. I held tight the sheet upon myself (and when he had supplicated), I took hold of the knife and went to the goats (possessed by the Holy Prophet) so that I may slauhter one for Messenger of Allah ﷺ which was the fattest amongst them, and in fact all of them were milch goats; then I took hold of the vessel which belonged to the family of Messenger of Allah ﷺ in which they used to milk and drink therefrom, and milked them in that until it swelled up with foam. I came to Messenger of Allah ﷺ and he said: Have you taken your share of the milk during the night? I said: Drink it. and he drank it; he then handed over (the vessel) to me and I said: Messenger of Allah, drink it, and he drank it and handed over (the vessel) to me again, I then perceived that Allah's Apostle ﷺ had been satiated and I had got his blessings. I burst into laughter (so much) so that I fell upon the ground, whereupon Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: Miqdad, it must be one of your mischiefs. I said: Messenger of Allah, this affair of mind is like this and this. and I have done so. Thereupon. Allah's Apostle ﷺ said: This is nothing but a mercy from Allah. Why is it that you did not give me an opportunity so that we should have awakened our two friends and they would have got their share (of the milk)? I said: By Him Who has sent you with Truth. I do not mind whatever you give (to them), and whatever the (other) people happen to get, when I had got it along with you from among the people.

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Same hadith, other wordings

• Hisnul Muslim 183اللّهُـمَّ أَطْعِمْ مَن أَطْعَمَني، وَاسْقِ مَن سقاني

Other narrations of this report

Sahih Muslim 2055bJami' at-Tirmidhi 2719Musnad al-Bazzar 2119al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 10105

Narrators

1. 1
   al-Miqdād b. ʿAmr b. Thaʿlabah al-Bahrānī

   A well-known Companion (ṣaḥābī), among the earliest to accept Islam (al-sābiqūn)d. 33 AH
   الْمِقْدَاد بْن عَمْرو بْن ثَعْلَبَة الْبَهْرَانِيّصحابي مشهور ، من السابقين
   عن
2. 2
   ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Abī Laylá

   trustworthy (thiqah)d. 82 AH, or 83 AH, also said: 71 AH, which is a mistake
   عبد الرحمن بن أبي ليلىثقة
   عن
3. 3
   Thābit al-Bunānī

   trustworthy (thiqah), devout (ʿābid)d. 122 AH, or 123 AH, or 126 AH, or 127 AH, or 129 AH
   ثابت البنانيثقة عابد
   عن
4. 4
   Sulaymān b. al-Mughīrah

   trustworthy, trustworthy (thiqah thiqah) — said by Yaḥyā b. Maʿīnd. 165 AH
   سليمان بن المغيرة القيسيثقة ثقة ـ قاله يحيى بن معين
   حدثنا
5. 5
   Shabābah

   trustworthy (thiqah), ḥāfiẓ, accused of Irjāʾd. Ibn Ḥibbān said in al-Thiqāt: 204 AH, al-Ṭarsūsī said: 206 AH
   شبابة بن سوار المدائنيثقة حافظ , رمي بالإرجاء
   حدثنا
6. 6
   Abū Bakr b. Abī Shaybah

   trustworthy (thiqah), a memorizer (ḥāfiẓ), author of works (ṣāḥib taṣānīf)d. 235 AH, or 234 AH
   أبو بكر ابن أبي شيبةثقة حافظ ، صاحب تصانيف
   حدثنا
7. 7
   Muslim

   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 AH
   مُسْلِمٌثقة حافظ ، إمام ، مصنف ، عالم بالفقه

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