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ahmad:18963ʿAlī b. ʿAbdullāh > Yaḥyá b. Saʿīd > Jābir b. Ṣubḥ

[Machine] About this, my grandfather Umayyah ibn Makhshiyy, who was one of the companions of the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ , heard him say: "There was a man who used to eat while the Prophet ﷺ was looking at him, but he did not mention the name of Allah until there was only one morsel of food left. Then he said, 'In the name of Allah' at the beginning and the end. The Prophet ﷺ said, 'The devil kept eating with him until he mentioned the name of Allah, and then there was nothing left in his stomach except what he vomited.'"  

أحمد:١٨٩٦٣حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ حَدَّثَنَا جَابِرُ بْنُ صُبْحٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي الْمُثَنَّى بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ الْخُزَاعِيُّ وَصَحِبْتُهُ إِلَى وَاسِطٍ وَكَانَ يُسَمِّي فِي أَوَّلِ طَعَامِهِ وَفِي آخِرِ لُقْمَةٍ يَقُولُ بِسْمِ اللهِ فِي أَوَّلِهِ وَآخِرِهِ فَقُلْتُ لَهُ إِنَّكَ تُسَمِّي فِي أَوَّلِ مَا تَأْكُلُ أَرَأَيْتَ قَوْلَكَ فِي آخِرِ مَا تَأْكُلُ بِسْمِ اللهِ أَوَّلَهُ وَآخِرَهُ قَالَ أُخْبِرُكَ

عَنْ ذَلِكَ إِنَّ جَدِّي أُمَيَّةَ بْنَ مَخْشِيٍّ وَكَانَ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ سَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ إِنَّ رَجُلًا كَانَ يَأْكُلُ وَالنَّبِيُّ ﷺ يَنْظُرُ فَلَمْ يُسَمِّ حَتَّى كَانَ فِي آخِرِ طَعَامِهِ لُقْمَةٌ فَقَالَ بِسْمِ اللهِ أَوَّلَهُ وَآخِرَهُ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ مَا زَالَ الشَّيْطَانُ يَأْكُلُ مَعَهُ حَتَّى سَمَّى فَلَمْ يَبْقَ فِي بَطْنِهِ شَيْءٌ إِلَّا قَاءَهُ  


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abudawud:3768Muʾammal b. al-Faḍl al-Ḥarrānī > ʿĪsá / Ibn Yūnus > Jābir b. Ṣubḥ > al-Muthanná b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman al-Khuzāʿī

Umayyah was sitting and a man was eating. He did not mention Allah's name until there remained the last morsel. When he raised it to his mouth, he said: In the name of Allah at the beginning and at the end of it. The Prophet ﷺ laughed and said: The devil kept eating along with him, but when he mentioned Allah's name, he vomited what was in his belly. Abu Dawud: Jabir bin Subh is grandfather of Sulaiman bin Harb from his mother's side.  

أبو داود:٣٧٦٨حَدَّثَنَا مُؤَمَّلُ بْنُ الْفَضْلِ الْحَرَّانِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا عِيسَى يَعْنِي ابْنَ يُونُسَ حَدَّثَنَا جَابِرُ بْنُ صُبْحٍ حَدَّثَنَا الْمُثَنَّى بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ الْخُزَاعِيُّ

عَنْ عَمِّهِ أُمَيَّةَ بْنِ مَخْشِيٍّ وَكَانَ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ جَالِسًا وَرَجُلٌ يَأْكُلُ فَلَمْ يُسَمِّ حَتَّى لَمْ يَبْقَ مِنْ طَعَامِهِ إِلاَّ لُقْمَةٌ فَلَمَّا رَفَعَهَا إِلَى فِيهِ قَالَ بِسْمِ اللَّهِ أَوَّلَهُ وَآخِرَهُ فَضَحِكَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ ثُمَّ قَالَ مَا زَالَ الشَّيْطَانُ يَأْكُلُ مَعَهُ فَلَمَّا ذَكَرَ اسْمَ اللَّهِ ﷻ اسْتَقَاءَ مَا فِي بَطْنِهِ  

قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُدَ جَابِرُ بْنُ صُبْحٍ جَدُّ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ حَرْبٍ مِنْ قِبَلِ أُمِّهِ
hakim:7089Abū ʿAbdullāh Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb > Yaḥyá b. Muḥammad b. Yaḥyá > Musaddad > Yaḥyá b. Saʿīd > Jābir b. Ṣubḥ

[Machine] My grandfather, Umayyah ibn Makhshiyy, was one of the companions of the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ . I heard him saying that there was a man who would eat while the Prophet ﷺ was watching, but the man did not mention the name of Allah until he reached the end of his meal. Then he said "Bismillah" (In the name of Allah) at the beginning and end of his meal. The Prophet ﷺ said, "The devil has been eating with him until he mentioned Allah, and whatever is left in his stomach will be vomited."  

الحاكم:٧٠٨٩أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ ثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ يَحْيَى ثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ ثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ صُبْحٍ حَدَّثَنِي الْمُثَنَّى بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ الْخُزَاعِيُّ وَصَحِبْتُهُ إِلَى وَاسِطٍ فَكَانَ يُسَمِّي فِي أَوَّلِ طَعَامِهِ وَآخِرِهِ فَسَأَلْتُهُ رَأَيْتُ قَوْلَكَ فِي آخِرِ لُقْمَةٍ بِسْمِ اللَّهِ فِي أَوَّلِهِ وَآخِرِهِ قَالَ أُخْبِرُكَ عَنْ ذَاكَ

أَنَّ جَدِّي أُمَيَّةَ بْنَ مَخْشِيٍّ وَكَانَ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ سَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ إِنَّ رَجُلًا كَانَ يَأْكُلُ وَالنَّبِيُّ ﷺ يَنْظُرُ فَلَمْ يُسَمِّ اللَّهَ حَتَّى كَانَ فِي آخِرِ طَعَامِهِ فَقَالَ بِسْمِ اللَّهِ أَوَّلِهِ وَآخِرِهِ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «مَا زَالَ الشَّيْطَانُ يَأْكُلُ مَعَهُ حَتَّى سَمَّى فَمَا بَقِيَ فِي بَطْنِهِ شَيْءٌ إِلَّا قَاءَهُ»  

هَذَا حَدِيثٌ صَحِيحُ الْإِسْنَادِ وَلَمْ يُخَرِّجَاهُ صحيح
tabarani:854Muʿādh b. al-Muthanná > Musaddad > Yaḥyá b. Saʿīd > Jābir b. Ṣubḥ

[Machine] In the name of Allah, at its beginning and at its end. So I asked him about that and he said, "My grandfather, Umayyah ibn Makhshiyya, narrated to me that he was a companion of the Prophet ﷺ . There was a man who used to eat with the Prophet ﷺ but he would not mention the name of Allah before eating. Then, when he was in the last morsel, he would say, 'In the name of Allah, at its beginning and at its end.' The Prophet ﷺ said, 'The devil was eating with him until he mentioned the name of Allah at the beginning and at the end, and then the devil vomited out everything he had eaten.'"  

الطبراني:٨٥٤حَدَّثَنَا مُعَاذُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى ثنا مُسَدَّدٌ ثنا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ حَدَّثَنِي جَابِرُ بْنُ صُبْحٍ حَدَّثَنِي الْمُثَنَّى بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ الْخُزَاعِيُّ وَصَحِبْتُهُ إِلَى وَاسِطٍ فَكَانَ إِذَا أَكَلَ سَمَّى فَإِذَا صَارَ فِي آخِرِ لُقْمَةٍ قَالَ

بِسْمِ اللهِ أَوَّلَهُ وَآخِرَهُ فَقُلْتُ لَهُ فِي ذَلِكَ فَقَالَ إِنَّ جَدِّي أُمَيَّةُ بْنُ مَخْشِيٍّ حَدَّثَنِي وَكَانَ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ أَنَّ رَجُلًا كَانَ يَأْكُلُ عِنْدَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَلَمْ يُسَمِّ فَلَمَّا كَانَ فِي آخِرِ لُقْمَةٍ قَالَ بِسْمِ اللهِ أَوَّلَهُ وَآخِرَهُ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ مَا زَالَ الشَّيْطَانُ يَأْكُلُ مَعَهُ حَتَّى قَالَ أَوَّلَهُ وَآخِرَهُ فَقَاءَ الشَّيْطَانُ كُلَّ شَيْءٍ أَكَلَهُ  

أُمَيَّةُ بْنُ مَخْشِيٍّ الْخُزَاعِيُّ

tabarani:855al-Ḥusayn b. Isḥāq al-Tustarī > ʿAlī b. Baḥr > ʿĪsá b. Yūnus > Rajāʾ b. Ṣubayḥ > al-Muthanná b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman

Umayyah was sitting and a man was eating. He did not mention Allah's name until there remained the last morsel. When he raised it to his mouth, he said: In the name of Allah at the beginning and at the end of it. The Prophet ﷺ laughed and said: The devil kept eating along with him, but when he mentioned Allah's name, he vomited what was in his belly. Abu Dawud: Jabir bin Subh is grandfather of Sulaiman bin Harb from his mother's side. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 3768)   

الطبراني:٨٥٥حَدَّثَنَا الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ التُّسْتَرِيُّ ثنا عَلِيُّ بْنُ بَحْرٍ ثنا عِيسَى بْنُ يُونُسَ ثنا رَجَاءُ بْنُ صُبَيْحٍ عَنِ الْمُثَنَّى بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ

عَنْ عَمِّهِ أُمَيَّةَ بْنِ مَخْشِيٍّ وَكَانَ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ جَالِسًا وَرَجُلٌ يَأْكُلُ فَلَمْ يُسَمِّ حَتَّى لَمْ يَبْقَ مِنْ طَعَامِهِ إِلَّا لُقْمَةٌ فَقَالَ بِسْمِ اللهِ أَوَّلَهُ وَآخِرَهُ فَضَحِكَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ ثُمَّ قَالَ «مَا زَالَ الشَّيْطَانُ يَأْكُلُ مَعَكَ فَلَمَّا ذَكَرْتَ اسْمَ اللهِ اسْتَقَاءَ مَا فِي بَطْنِهِ»