Ash-Shama'il Al-Muhammadiyah

Ash-Shama'il Al-Muhammadiyah 155

Arabic hadith text

حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ حُجْرٍ، قَالَ‏:‏ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، عَنْ أَيُّوبَ، عَنِ الْقَاسِمِ التَّمِيمِيِّ، عَنْ زَهْدَمٍ الْجَرْمِيِّ، قَالَ‏:‏ كُنَّا عِنْدَ أَبِي مُوسَى الأَشْعَرِيِّ، قَالَ‏:‏ فَقَدَّمَ طَعَامَهُ وَقَدَّمَ فِي طَعَامِهِ لَحْمَ دَجَاجٍ وَفِي الْقَوْمِ رَجُلٌ مِنْ بَنِي تَيْمِ اللهِ أَحْمَرُ كَأَنَّهُ مَوْلًى، قَالَ‏:‏ فَلَمْ يَدْنُ فَقَالَ لَهُ أَبُو مُوسَى‏:‏ ادْنُ، فَإِنِّي قَدْ رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم أَكَلَ مِنْهُ، فَقَالَ‏:‏ إِنِّي رَأَيْتُهُ يَأْكُلُ شَيْئًا، فَقَذِرْتُهُ فَحَلَفْتُ أَنْ لا أَطْعَمَهُ أَبَدًا‏.‏

Translation

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Ali ibn Hujr narrated to us; Isma'il ibn Ibrahim narrated to us, from Ayyub, from al-Qasim al-Tamimi, from Zahdam al-Jarmi, who said: We were with Abu Musa al-Ash'ari. He brought out his meal, which included chicken. Among the people was a ruddy man from Banu Taym Allah, as if he were a client. He did not come near, so Abu Musa said to him, ‘Come near, for I have seen the Messenger of Allah (Allah bless him and grant him peace) eat some of it.’ He replied, ‘I saw it eating something and found it repulsive, so I swore that I would never taste it.’