Sahih al-Bukhari 3581

Hadith text

Narrated `Abdur-Rahman bin Abi Bakr:The companions of Suffa were poor people. The Prophet (ﷺ) once said, "Whoever has food enough for two persons, should take a third one (from among them), and whoever has food enough for four persons, should take a fifth or a sixth (or said something similar)." Abu Bakr brought three persons while the Prophet (ﷺ) took ten. And Abu Bakr with his three family members (who were I, my father and my mother) (the sub-narrator is in doubt whether `Abdur-Rahman said, "My wife and my servant who was common for both my house and Abu Bakr's house.") Abu Bakr took his supper with the Prophet (ﷺ) and stayed there till he offered the `Isha' prayers. He returned and stayed till Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) took his supper. After a part of the night had passed, he returned to his house. His wife said to him, "What has detained you from your guests?" He said, "Have you served supper to them?" She said, "They refused to take supper until you come. They (i.e. some members of the household) presented the meal to them but they refused (to eat)" I went to hide myself and he said, "O Ghunthar!" He invoked Allah to cause my ears to be cut and he rebuked me. He then said (to them): Please eat!" and added, I will never eat the meal." By Allah, whenever we took a handful of the meal, the meal grew from underneath more than that handful till everybody ate to his satisfaction; yet the remaining food was more than the original meal. Abu Bakr saw that the food was as much or more than the original amount. He called his wife, "O sister of Bani Firas!" She said, "O pleasure of my eyes. The food has been tripled in quantity." Abu Bakr then started eating thereof and said, "It (i.e. my oath not to eat) was because of Satan." He took a handful from it, and carried the rest to the Prophet. So that food was with the Prophet (ﷺ). There was a treaty between us and some people, and when the period of that treaty had elapsed, he divided us into twelve groups, each being headed by a man. Allah knows how many men were under the command of each leader. Anyhow, the Prophet (ﷺ) surely sent a leader with each group. Then all of them ate of that meal

Abdur-Rahman bin Abi Bakr bataate hain: Suffa ke saathi gareeb log the. Ek baar Nabi ne kaha, "Jiske paas do logon ke liye khaana kaafi ho, use ek teesre ko (unmein se) le lena chahiye, aur jiske paas chaar logon ke liye ho, use paanchvaan ya chhatha le lena chahiye," ya kuch aisa hi kaha. Abu Bakr teen log lekar aaye jabke Nabi das log le gaye. Aur Abu Bakr apne teen pariwaar ke sadasyon ke saath (jo main, mere waalid, aur meri maa the) — (doosre raawi ko shak hai kya Abdur-Rahman ne kaha, "Meri biwi aur mera naukar jo mere aur Abu Bakr ke ghar donon ke liye saanjha tha.") Abu Bakr ne Nabi ke saath raat ka khaana khaya aur wahaan tab tak ruke jab tak unhone Isha ki namaz padhi. Woh wapas aaye aur wahaan ruke jab tak Allah ke Rasool ne apna raat ka khaana khaya. Raat ka kuch hissa guzarne ke baad, woh apne ghar wapas gaye. Unki biwi ne unse kaha, "Aapke mehmaanon ne aapko kya roka?" Unhone kaha, "Kya tumne unhe raat ka khaana diya?" Unhone kaha, "Unhonne aapke aane tak khaana lene se inkaar kiya. (Doosre pariwaar ke sadasyon ne) unhe khaana pesh kiya magar unhonne (khaane se) inkaar kiya." Main chhupne gaya aur unhone kaha, "Aye Ghunthar!" Unhone Allah se dua ki ke mere kaan kate jaen aur mujhe daanta. Phir unhone (mehmaanon se) kaha: "Kripya khaiye!" aur joda, "Main kabhi yeh khaana nahi khaunga." Allah ki qasam, jab bhi hum khaane ka mutthi bhar nikalte, khaana neeche se us mutthi se zyada badh jata jab tak har koi santusht hokar khata, phir bhi bacha hua khaana asal khaane se zyada tha. Abu Bakr ne dekha ke khaana utna hi ya usse zyada tha jitna woh pahle tha. Unhone apni biwi ko bulaya, "Aye Bani Firas ki behn!" Unhone kaha, "Aye meri aankhon ki thandak! Khaana teen guna ho gaya hai." Abu Bakr ne phir usmein se khaana shuru kiya aur kaha, "(Meri qasam) Shaitan ki wajah se thi." Unhone usmein se ek mutthi liya aur baaki Nabi ke paas le gaye. Isliye woh khaana Nabi ke paas tha. Humare aur kuch logon ke beech ek muahida tha, aur jab uski avadhi khatam huee, unhone humein baarah giroh mein baant diya, har giroh ka ek sardaar. Allah jaanta hai har sardaar ke tehat kitne log the. Beshak, Nabi ne har giroh ke saath ek sardaar bheja. Phir un sabne us khaane se khaya.

Sahih al-Bukhari 3581 · Book 61, Hadith 90