Jami' at-Tirmidhi
Jami` at-Tirmidhi 1820
حَدَّثَنَا الأَنْصَارِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا مَعْنٌ، حَدَّثَنَا مَالِكٌ، ح وَحَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ، عَنْ مَالِكٍ، عَنْ أَبِي الزِّنَادِ، عَنِ الأَعْرَجِ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " طَعَامُ الاِثْنَيْنِ كَافِي الثَّلاَثَةِ وَطَعَامُ الثَّلاَثَةِ كَافِي الأَرْبَعَةِ " . قَالَ وَفِي الْبَابِ عَنْ جَابِرٍ وَابْنِ عُمَرَ . قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Al-Ansari narrated to us: Ma‘n narrated to us: Malik narrated to us. (Another route:) Qutaybah narrated to us, from Malik, from Abu al-Zinad, from al-A‘raj, from Abu Hurayrah, who said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: ‘The food of two suffices three, and the food of three suffices four.’ Reports on this topic also come from Jabir and Ibn ‘Umar. Abu ‘Isa said: This hadith is hasan sahih (good and authentic).
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The Arabic gives two routes that converge at Malik; both are retained.
حَدَّثَنَا الأَنْصَارِيُّ،
The English witness omits both routes that converge at Malik.
Should the complete chains be included?