32. Guests and Spending

٣٢۔ كتاب الضيف والنفقة

32.8 A man serving his guest himself

٣٢۔٨ بَابُ خِدْمَةِ الرَّجُلِ الضَّيْفَ بِنَفْسِهِ

adab:746Yaḥyā b. Bukayr > Yaʿqūb b. ʿAbd al-Raḥmān > Abū Ḥāzim > Sahl b. Saʿd

Abu Usayd al-Saidi invited the Prophet ﷺ to his wedding, and his wife was serving them that day, and she was the bride. She said or he said “Do you know what I soaked for the Messenger of Allah ﷺ? I soaked for him some dates overnight in a bowl.”

الأدب المفرد:٧٤٦حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ بُكَيْرٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَعْقُوبُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ أَبِي حَازِمٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ سَهْلَ بْنَ سَعْدٍ

أَنَّ أَبَا أُسَيْدٍ السَّاعِدِيَّ دَعَا النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فِي عُرْسِهِ، وَكَانَتِ امْرَأَتُهُ خَادِمَهُمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ وَهِيَ الْعَرُوسُ، فَقَالَتْ أَوْ قَالَ: أَتَدْرُونَ مَا أَنْقَعْتُ لِرَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ؟ أَنْقَعْتُ لَهُ تَمَرَاتٍ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ فِي تَوْرٍ