مسند أحمد بن حنبل
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Musnad Ahmad ibn Hanbal
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Chapter: Musnad of Abū Ḥamzah Anas ibn Mālik al-Anṣārī, the Servant of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ
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مُسْنَدُ أَبِي حَمْزَةَ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ الْأَنْصَارِيِّ خَادِمِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ
Three-Narrator Ahadith 143
Anas ibn Mālik (may Allah be pleased with him) reported:
Umm Sulaym sent me with a basket of fresh dates to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, but I did not find him at home. He had recently gone to a freed slave of his who had invited him and prepared food for him. I went to him and found him eating; he invited me to eat with him. [The freed slave] had made tharīd for him with meat and gourd, and [I noticed] the Prophet ﷺ was particularly delighted by the gourd, so I began to gather pieces of it and place them near him. When he had finished eating he returned to his home, and I placed the basket of dates before him. He proceeded to eat from them and distribute them [to those present] until the last of them was finished. Reference: Musnad Aḥmad 143
حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي عَدِيٍّ، عَنْ حُمَيْدٍ، عَنْ أَنَسٍ قَالَ: بَعَثَتْ مَعِي أُمُّ سُلَيْمٍ بِمِكْتَلٍ فِيهِ رُطَبٌ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، فَلَمْ أَجِدْهُ، وَخَرَجَ قَرِيبًا إِلَى مَوْلًى لَهُ دَعَاهُ صَنَعَ لَهُ طَعَامًا. فَأَتَيْتُهُ فَإِذَا هُوَ يَأْكُلُ فَدَعَانِي لِآكُلَ مَعَهُ. وَصَنَعَ لَهُ ثَرِيدًا بِلَحْمٍ وَقَرْعٍ، وَإِذَا هُوَ يُعْجِبُهُ الْقَرْعُ، فَجَعَلْتُ أَجْمَعُهُ وَأُدْنِيهِ مِنْهُ. فَلَمَّا طَعِمَ رَجَعَ إِلَى مَنْزِلِهِ. وَوَضَعْتُ لَهُ الْمِكْتَلَ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ، فَجَعَلَ يَأْكُلُ وَيَقْسِمُ حَتَّى فَرَغَ مِنْ آخِرِهِ.
Grade: Ṣaḥīḥ
Reference : Three-Narrator Ahadith 143