Sunan Ibn Majah
Sunan Ibn Majah 2232
حَدَّثَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ سَعِيدِ بْنِ كَثِيرِ بْنِ دِينَارٍ الْحِمْصِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا بَقِيَّةُ بْنُ الْوَلِيدِ، عَنْ بَحِيرِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ، عَنْ خَالِدِ بْنِ مَعْدَانَ، عَنِ الْمِقْدَامِ بْنِ مَعْدِيكَرِبَ، عَنْ أَبِي أَيُّوبَ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ قَالَ " كِيلُوا طَعَامَكُمْ يُبَارَكْ لَكُمْ فِيهِ " .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Amr ibn Uthman ibn Said ibn Kathir ibn Dinar al-Himsi narrated to us; Baqiyyah ibn al-Walid narrated to us, from Buhayr ibn Sad, from Khalid ibn Madan, from al-Miqdam ibn Madi Karib, from Abu Ayyub, from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), who said: “Measure your food; blessing will be granted to you in it.”
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ قَالَ " كِيلُوا طَعَامَكُمْ يُبَارَكْ لَكُمْ فِيهِ " .
This report repeats the recommendation to measure food, with blessing promised in it.
Does “Measure your food” preserve the concise imperative?