Chapters on Food

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

Abū Bakr ibn Abī Shaybah narrated to us: Abū Usāmah narrated to us, from ʿAwf, from Zurārah ibn Awfā, who said: ʿAbd Allāh ibn Salām told me: When the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) arrived in Madinah, people rushed toward him, and it was announced three times: The Messenger of God has arrived! I came with the people to see him. When I recognized his face, I knew it was not the face of a liar. The first words I heard him say were: O people, spread greetings of peace, feed others, maintain family ties, and pray at night while people are asleep; you will enter Paradise in peace.

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

Muḥammad ibn Yaḥyā al-Azdī narrated to us: Ḥajjāj ibn Muḥammad narrated to us, from Ibn Jurayj, who said: Sulaymān ibn Mūsā said: We were told from Nāfiʿ that ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿUmar used to say that the Messenger of God (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Spread greetings of peace, feed others, and be brothers as God, Mighty and Sublime, has commanded you.

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

Muḥammad ibn Rumḥ informed us: al-Layth ibn Saʿd informed us, from Yazīd ibn Abī Ḥabīb, from Abū al-Khayr, from ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿAmr: A man asked the Messenger of God (peace and blessings be upon him): Messenger of God, which form of Islam is best? He said: Feed others and offer greetings of peace to those you know and those you do not know.

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

Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd Allāh al-Raqqī narrated to us: Yaḥyā ibn Ziyād al-Asadī narrated to us: Ibn Jurayj informed us: Abū al-Zubayr informed us, from Jābir ibn ʿAbd Allāh, who said: The Messenger of God (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Food for one suffices for two, food for two suffices for four, and food for four suffices for eight.

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

al-Ḥasan ibn ʿAlī al-Khallāl narrated to us: al-Ḥasan ibn Mūsā narrated to us: Saʿīd ibn Zayd narrated to us: ʿAmr ibn Dīnār, steward of the family of al-Zubayr, narrated to us: I heard Sālim ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿUmar narrate from his father, from his grandfather ʿUmar ibn al-Khaṭṭāb, that the Messenger of God (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Food for one suffices for two; food for two suffices for three or four; and food for four suffices for five or six.

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

Abū Bakr ibn Abī Shaybah narrated to us: ʿAffān narrated to us. [Another chain:] Muḥammad ibn Bashshār narrated to us: Muḥammad ibn Jaʿfar narrated to us. Both said: Shuʿbah narrated to us, from ʿAdī ibn Thābit, from Abū Ḥāzim, from Abū Hurayrah, who said: The Messenger of God (peace and blessings be upon him) said: A believer eats with one intestine, while an unbeliever eats with seven intestines.

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

ʿAlī ibn Muḥammad narrated to us: ʿAbd Allāh ibn Numayr narrated to us, from ʿUbayd Allāh, from Nāfiʿ, from Ibn ʿUmar, from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), who said: An unbeliever eats with seven intestines, while a believer eats with one intestine.

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

Abū Kurayb narrated to us: Abū Usāmah narrated to us, from Burayd ibn ʿAbd Allāh, from his grandfather Abū Burdah, from Abū Mūsā, who said: The Messenger of God (peace and blessings be upon him) said: A believer eats with one intestine, while an unbeliever eats with seven intestines.

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

Muḥammad ibn Bashshār narrated to us: ʿAbd al-Raḥmān narrated to us: Sufyān narrated to us, from al-Aʿmash, from Abū Ḥāzim, from Abū Hurayrah, who said: The Messenger of God (peace and blessings be upon him) never criticized food. If he liked it, he ate it; otherwise, he left it. [Another chain:] Abū Bakr ibn Abī Shaybah narrated to us: Abū Muʿāwiyah narrated to us, from al-Aʿmash, from Abū Yaḥyā, from Abū Hurayrah, from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), with similar wording. Abū Bakr said: There is disagreement in its transmission; others report it from Abū Ḥāzim.

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

Jubārah ibn al-Mughallis narrated to us: Kathīr ibn Sulaym narrated to us: I heard Anas ibn Mālik say that the Messenger of God (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Whoever would like God to increase the goodness of his household, let him perform ablution when his meal is brought and when it is cleared away.

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

Jaʿfar ibn Musāfir narrated to us: Ṣāʿid ibn ʿUbayd al-Jazarī narrated to us: Zuhayr ibn Muʿāwiyah narrated to us: Muḥammad ibn Juḥādah narrated to us: ʿAmr ibn Dīnār al-Makkī narrated to us, from ʿAṭāʾ ibn Yasār, from Abū Hurayrah, from the Messenger of God (peace and blessings be upon him), that he came out from relieving himself and was brought food. A man said: Messenger of God, shall I bring you water for ablution? He said: I intend to pray.

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

Muḥammad ibn al-Ṣabbāḥ narrated to us: Sufyān ibn ʿUyaynah narrated to us, from Misʿar, from ʿAlī ibn al-Aqmar, from Abū Juḥayfah, that the Messenger of God (peace and blessings be upon him) said: I do not eat while reclining.

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

ʿAmr ibn ʿUthmān ibn Saʿīd ibn Kathīr ibn Dīnār al-Ḥimṣī narrated to us: My father narrated to us: Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn ʿIrq informed us: ʿAbd Allāh ibn Busr narrated to us, who said: I gave the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) a sheep as a gift. The Messenger of God (peace and blessings be upon him) knelt on his knees to eat. A Bedouin said: What is this way of sitting? He replied: God has made me a noble servant, not a tyrannical and obstinate ruler.

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

Abū Bakr ibn Abī Shaybah narrated to us: Yazīd ibn Hārūn narrated to us, from Hishām al-Dastawāʾī, from Budayl ibn Maysarah, from ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿUbayd ibn ʿUmayr, from ʿĀʾishah, who said: The Messenger of God (peace and blessings be upon him) was eating with six of his Companions when a Bedouin came and ate it in two mouthfuls. The Messenger of God (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Had he said “In the name of God,” it would have sufficed for all of you. When one of you eats, let him say “In the name of God.” If he forgets to say it at the beginning, let him say “In the name of God at its beginning and end.”

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

Muḥammad ibn al-Ṣabbāḥ narrated to us: Sufyān narrated to us, from Hishām ibn ʿUrwah, from his father, from ʿUmar ibn Abī Salamah, who said: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said to me while I was eating: Mention the name of God, Mighty and Sublime.

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

Hishām ibn ʿAmmār narrated to us: al-Hiql ibn Ziyād narrated to us: Hishām ibn Ḥassān narrated to us, from Yaḥyā ibn Abī Kathīr, from Abū Salamah, from Abū Hurayrah, that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Let each of you eat with his right hand, drink with his right hand, take with his right hand, and give with his right hand, for Satan eats, drinks, gives, and takes with his left hand.

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

Abū Bakr ibn Abī Shaybah and Muḥammad ibn al-Ṣabbāḥ narrated to us; they said: Sufyān ibn ʿUyaynah narrated to us, from al-Walīd ibn Kathīr, from Wahb ibn Kaysān, who heard it from ʿUmar ibn Abī Salamah. He said: I was a boy in the care of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and my hand moved around the dish. He said to me: Young man, mention the name of God, eat with your right hand, and eat from what is nearest to you.

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

Muḥammad ibn Rumḥ informed us: al-Layth ibn Saʿd informed us, from Abū al-Zubayr, from Jābir, from the Messenger of God (peace and blessings be upon him), who said: Do not eat with your left hand, for Satan eats with his left hand.

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

Muḥammad ibn Abī ʿUmar al-ʿAdanī narrated to us: Sufyān ibn ʿUyaynah narrated to us, from ʿAmr ibn Dīnār, from ʿAṭāʾ, from Ibn ʿAbbās, that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: When one of you has eaten, let him not wipe his hand until he has licked it or had it licked. Sufyān said: I heard ʿUmar ibn Qays ask ʿAmr ibn Dīnār: Regarding the report of ʿAṭāʾ, “Let none of you wipe his hand until he has licked it or had it licked,” from whom did you hear it? He said: From Ibn ʿAbbās. ʿUmar said: It was also narrated to us from Jābir. ʿAmr replied: We learned it from ʿAṭāʾ, from Ibn ʿAbbās, before Jābir came to us. ʿAṭāʾ only met Jābir in a year when he stayed in Makkah.

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

Mūsā ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān informed us: Abū Dāwūd al-Ḥafarī informed us, from Sufyān, from Abū al-Zubayr, from Jābir, who said: The Messenger of God (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Let none of you wipe his hand until he has licked it, for he does not know which part of his food contains the blessing.