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ahmad:15030 – Yaḥyá b. Saʿīd al-Umawī > al-Aʿmash > Balaghanī > Jābir b. ʿAbdullāh

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "When you cook meat, increase the broth or water, for it is more abundant and more pleasing to the neighbors."  

أحمد:١٥٠٣٠ – حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ الْأُمَوِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا الْأَعْمَشُ قَالَ بَلَغَنِي عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِذَا طَبَخْتُمُ اللَّحْمَ فَأَكْثِرُوا الْمَرَقَ أَوِ الْمَاءَ فَإِنَّهُ أَوْسَعُ أَوْ أَبْلَغُ لِلْجِيرَانِ  

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ذِكْرُ الْأَمْرِ بِإكْثَارِ الْمَاءِ فِي مَرَقَتِهِ، وَالْغَرْفِ لِجِيرَانِهِ بَعْدَهُ

ibnhibban:513 – al-Faḍl b. al-Ḥubāb > Sulaymān b. Ḥarb > Ḥammād b. Salamah > Abū ʿImrān al-Jawnī > ʿAbdullāh b. al-Ṣāmit > Abū Dhar

[Machine] The Messenger of Allahﷺ said: "When you cook a pot, increase its broth, for it is more generous to the family and the neighbors."  

ابن حبّان:٥١٣ – أَخْبَرَنَا الْفَضْلُ بْنُ الْحُبَابِ حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ عَنْ حَمَّادِ بْنِ سَلَمَةَ عَنْ أَبِي عِمْرَانَ الْجَوْنِيِّ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الصَّامِتِ عَنْ أَبِي ذَرٍّ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «إِذَا طَبَخْتَ قِدْرًا فَأَكْثِرْ مَرَقَتَهَا فَإِنَّهُ أَوْسَعُ لِلْأَهْلِ وَالْجِيرَانِ»