Sunan Ibn Majah
Sunan Ibn Majah 2231
حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامُ بْنُ عَمَّارٍ، حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ عَيَّاشٍ، حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ الْيَحْصُبِيُّ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ بُسْرٍ الْمَازِنِيِّ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ يَقُولُ " كِيلُوا طَعَامَكُمْ يُبَارَكْ لَكُمْ فِيهِ " .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Hisham ibn Ammar narrated to us; Ismail ibn Ayyash narrated to us; Muhammad ibn Abd al-Rahman al-Yahsubi narrated to us, from Abdullah ibn Busru al-Mazini, who said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say: “Measure your food; blessing will be granted to you in it.”
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
قَالَ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ يَقُولُ " كِيلُوا طَعَامَكُمْ يُبَارَكْ لَكُمْ فِيهِ " .
The report recommends measuring food and states that blessing will follow; it does not specify a particular method of measurement.
Does “measure your food” preserve the imperative without narrowing the practice?