Sunan Ibn Majah

Sunan Ibn Majah 3425

Arabic hadith text

حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامُ بْنُ عَمَّارٍ، حَدَّثَنَا مَالِكُ بْنُ أَنَسٍ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ أُتِيَ بِلَبَنٍ قَدْ شِيبَ بِمَاءٍ وَعَنْ يَمِينِهِ أَعْرَابِيٌّ وَعَنْ يَسَارِهِ أَبُو بَكْرٍ فَشَرِبَ ثُمَّ أَعْطَى الأَعْرَابِيَّ وَقَالَ ‏ "‏ الأَيْمَنُ فَالأَيْمَنُ ‏"‏ ‏.‏

Translation

Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.

Anas ibn Mālik reported: Milk diluted with water was brought to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. A Bedouin was seated to his right and Abū Bakr to his left. He drank, then handed it to the Bedouin and said, ‘The one on the right, then the one on the right.’

Notes and open questions — unreviewed
  • The milk is described as having been mixed with water. The instruction ‘the one on the right, then the one on the right’ expresses the order in which the drink is passed along.