Mishkat al-Masabih
Mishkat al-Masabih 1880
وَعَن مولى لعُثْمَان رَضِي الله عَنهُ قَالَ: أُهْدِيَ لِأُمِّ سَلَمَةَ بُضْعَةٌ مِنْ لَحْمٍ وَكَانَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يُعْجِبُهُ اللَّحْمُ فَقَالَتْ لِلْخَادِمِ: ضَعِيهِ فِي الْبَيْتِ لَعَلَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَأْكُلُهُ فَوَضَعَتْهُ فِي كَوَّةِ الْبَيْتِ. وَجَاءَ سَائِلٌ فَقَامَ عَلَى الْبَابِ فَقَالَ: تَصَدَّقُوا بَارَكَ اللَّهُ فِيكُمْ. فَقَالُوا: بَارَكَ اللَّهُ فِيكَ. فَذَهَبَ السَّائِلُ فَدَخَلَ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقَالَ: «يَا أَمَّ سَلَمَةَ هَلْ عِنْدَكُمْ شَيْءٌ أَطْعَمُهُ؟» . فَقَالَتْ: نَعَمْ. قَالَتْ لِلْخَادِمِ: اذْهَبِي فَأَتَى رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بِذَلِكِ اللَّحْمِ. فَذَهَبَتْ فَلَمْ تَجِدْ فِي الْكَوَّةِ إِلَّا قِطْعَةَ مَرْوَةٍ فَقَالَ النَّبِي صلى الله عَلَيْهِ وَسلم: «فَإِن ذَلِك اللَّحْمَ عَادَ مَرْوَةً لِمَا لَمْ تُعْطُوهُ السَّائِلَ» . رَوَاهُ الْبَيْهَقِيّ فِي دَلَائِل النُّبُوَّة
A client of Uthman, may Allah be pleased with him, said: A piece of meat was given to Umm Salama. The Prophet ﷺ liked meat, so she told the servant, ‘Put it in the house; perhaps the Prophet ﷺ will eat it.’ The servant put it in a niche in the house. A beggar came and stood at the door, saying, ‘Give charity; may Allah bless you.’ They replied, ‘May Allah bless you.’ The beggar went away. The Prophet ﷺ came in and said, ‘Umm Salama, do you have anything for me to eat?’ She said, ‘Yes,’ and told the servant, ‘Go and bring the Messenger of Allah ﷺ that meat.’ The servant went but found nothing in the niche except a piece of flint. The Prophet ﷺ said, ‘That meat turned into flint because you did not give it to the beggar.’ Al-Bayhaqi transmitted it in Dalaʾil al-Nubuwwa.
Translation notes
The Arabic source does not include the English witness’s explanatory note about the customary meaning of the reply ‘May Allah bless you.’