This hadith has been reported on the authority of Hammad with the same chain of transmitters, but with a slight variation of wording.
Read More..Abu Mas'ud Ansari reported that a person from the Ansar who was called Abu Shu'aib had a slave who was a butcher (by profession). He (Abu Mas'ud) saw Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) and found signs of hunger on his face. He said to the servant: 0 ye, prepare for us food sufficient for five persons, for I intend to invite Allah's Apostle ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) who would be the fifth amongst the five. He (the narrator) reported that he then prepared the food and came to Allah's Apostle ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) and invited all the five (including him) who was the fifth amongst them to the feast. A man followed him and when Allah's Apostle ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) reached the door, he said: This man has followed us; if you like you may permit him (to join the meal) and if you like he can go back. Thereupon the person said: Allah's Messenger, I permit him.
Read More..This hadith has been reported on the authority of Abu Mas'ud Ansari through another chain of transmitters.
Read More..Anas reported that Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) had a neighbour who was Persian (by descent), and he was expert in the preparation of soup. He prepared (soup) for Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) and then came to him to invite him (to that feast). He (Allah's Messenger) said: Here is 'A'isha also (and you should also invite her to the food). He said: No. Thereupon Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) also said: No (then I cannot join the feast). He returned inviting him, and Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) said: She is also there (i. e. 'A'isha should also be invited). He said: No. Thereupon Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) also said: No (and declined his offer). He returned again to invite him and Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) again said: She is also there. He (the host) said: Yes for the third time. Then he accepted his invitation, and both of them set out until they came to his house.
Read More..Abu Huraira reported that Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) went out (of his house) one day or one night, and there he found Abu Bakr and 'Umar also. He said: What has brought you out of your houses at this hour? They said: Allah's Messenger, it is hunger. Thereupon he said: By Him in Whose Hand is my life, what has brought you out has brought me out too; get up. They got up along with him. and (all of them) came to the house of an Ansari, but he was not at home. When his wife saw him she said: Most welcome, and Allah's Messenger (may peace be Upon him) said to her: Where is so and so? She said: He has gone to get some fresh water for us. When the Ansari came and he saw Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) and his two Companions, he said: Praise be to Allah, no one has more honourable guests today than I (have). He then went out and brought them a bunch of ripe dates, dry dates and fresh dates, and said: Eat some of them. He then took hold of his long knife (for slaughtering a goat or a sheep). Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) said to him: Beware of killing a milch animal. He slaughtered a sheep for them and after they had eaten of it and of the bunch and drank, and when they had taken their fill and had been fully satisfied with the drink, Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) said to Abu Bakr and Umar: By Him in Whose Hand is my life, you will certainly be questioned about this bounty on the Day of judgment. Hunger brought you out of your house, then you did not return until this bounty came to you.
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