Sahih al-Bukhari 5393

Book 70: Food, Meals · Hadith 21

Hadith text

حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الصَّمَدِ، حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ، عَنْ وَاقِدِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ، عَنْ نَافِعٍ، قَالَ كَانَ ابْنُ عُمَرَ لاَ يَأْكُلُ حَتَّى يُؤْتَى بِمِسْكِينٍ يَأْكُلُ مَعَهُ، فَأَدْخَلْتُ رَجُلاً يَأْكُلُ مَعَهُ فَأَكَلَ كَثِيرًا فَقَالَ يَا نَافِعُ لاَ تُدْخِلْ هَذَا عَلَىَّ سَمِعْتُ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَقُولُ ‏ "‏ الْمُؤْمِنُ يَأْكُلُ فِي مِعًى وَاحِدٍ وَالْكَافِرُ يَأْكُلُ فِي سَبْعَةِ أَمْعَاءٍ ‏"‏‏.‏

Narrated Nafi`:Ibn `Umar never used to take his meal unless a poor man was called to eat with him. One day I brought a poor man to eat with him, the man ate too much, whereupon Ibn `Umar said, "O Nafi`! Don't let this man enter my house, for I heard the Prophet (ﷺ) saying, "A believer eats in one intestine (is satisfied with a little food), and a kafir (unbeliever) eats in seven intestines (eats much food)

Nafi bataate hain: Ibn Umar kabhi khaana nahi khaate the jab tak koi gareeb aadmi unke saath khaane ke liye bulaaya na jaaye. Ek din main ek gareeb aadmi ko unke saath khaane laaya, us aadmi ne bahut zyaada khaaya, isper Ibn Umar ne kaha, 'Aye Nafi! Is aadmi ko dobara mere ghar mein daakhil mat hone dena, kyunke maine Nabi (SAW) ko ye farmaate suna hai, "Momin ek aant se khaata hai (yaani thode khaane se santusht ho jaata hai), aur kaafir saat aanton se khaata hai (yaani bahut khaata hai)."'

Sahih al-Bukhari 5393 · Book 70, Hadith 21

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