Sahih al-Bukhari

Sahih al-Bukhari 6248

Arabic hadith text

حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مَسْلَمَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي حَازِمٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ سَهْلٍ، قَالَ كُنَّا نَفْرَحُ يَوْمَ الْجُمُعَةِ‏.‏ قُلْتُ وَلِمَ قَالَ كَانَتْ لَنَا عَجُوزٌ تُرْسِلُ إِلَى بُضَاعَةَ ـ قَالَ ابْنُ مَسْلَمَةَ نَخْلٍ بِالْمَدِينَةِ ـ فَتَأْخُذُ مِنْ أُصُولِ السِّلْقِ فَتَطْرَحُهُ فِي قِدْرٍ، وَتُكَرْكِرُ حَبَّاتٍ مِنْ شَعِيرٍ، فَإِذَا صَلَّيْنَا الْجُمُعَةَ انْصَرَفْنَا وَنُسَلِّمُ عَلَيْهَا فَتُقَدِّمُهُ إِلَيْنَا، فَنَفْرَحُ مِنْ أَجْلِهِ، وَمَا كُنَّا نَقِيلُ وَلاَ نَتَغَدَّى إِلاَّ بَعْدَ الْجُمُعَةِ‏.‏

Translation

Abdullah ibn Maslamah narrated to us: Ibn Abi Hazim narrated to us, from his father, from Sahl, who said: We used to rejoice on Fridays. I asked, ‘Why?’ He replied: We had an old woman who would send someone to Budaah—Ibn Maslamah said it was a date grove in Medina—and take some chard roots, put them in a pot, and grind in some barley grains. When we finished the Friday prayer, we would go to her and greet her, and she would serve it to us. We rejoiced because of it. We never took an afternoon nap or ate lunch until after Friday prayer.