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ahmad:20888ʿAbdullāh > Aḥmad b. Ibrāhīm > Abū al-Aḥwaṣ > Simāk > Jābir b. Samurah

[Machine] "When the Prophet ﷺ was given food as a gift, he would take a portion from it, and then send the rest as a gift to Abu Ayyub. Once he received a dish that contained garlic, so he sent it back to Abu Ayyub. However, Abu Ayyub did not receive anything from it, and he did not see any trace of the Prophet's ﷺ touch on the food. So, he came to the Prophet ﷺ and asked him about it. The Prophet ﷺ replied, 'I left it because of its smell.' Abu Ayyub said, 'And I dislike what you dislike.'"  

أحمد:٢٠٨٨٨حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْأَحْوَصِ عَنْ سِمَاكٍ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ سَمُرَةَ قَالَ

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِذَا أُهْدِيَ لَهُ طَعَامٌ أَصَابَ مِنْهُ ثُمَّ بَعَثَ بِفَضْلِهِ إِلَى أَبِي أَيُّوبَ فَأُهْدِيَ لَهُ طَعَامٌ فِيهِ ثُومٌ فَبَعَثَ بِهِ إِلَى أَبِي أَيُّوبَ وَلَمْ يَنَلْ مِنْهُ شَيْئًا فَلَمْ يَرَ أَبُو أَيُّوبَ أَثَرَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فِي الطَّعَامِ فَأَتَى بِهِ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فَسَأَلَهُ عَنْ ذَلِكَ فَقَالَ إِنِّي إِنَّمَا تَرَكْتُهُ مِنْ أَجَلِ رِيحِهِ قَالَ فَقَالَ أَبُو أَيُّوبَ وَأَنَا أَكْرَهُ مَا تَكْرَهُ  


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ahmad:20897ʿAbdullāh > Abū Khaythamah Zuhayr b. Ḥarb > Saʿīd b. ʿĀmir > Shuʿbah > Simāk / Ibn Ḥarb > Jābir b. Samurah

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to send his blessings to Abu Ayub when he ate food. He sent him a plate, but Abu Ayub did not eat from it because it had garlic. Abu Ayub came to him and said, "O Messenger of Allah, is it forbidden?" He said: "No, but I disliked it because of its odor." Abu Ayub said, "I dislike what you dislike."  

أحمد:٢٠٨٩٧حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو خَيْثَمَةَ زُهَيْرُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ عَامِرٍ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ سِمَاكٍ يَعْنِي ابْنَ حَرْبٍ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ سَمُرَةَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ كَانَ إِذَا أَكَلَ طَعَامًا بَعَثَ بِفَضْلِهِ إِلَى أَبِي أَيُّوبَ فَبَعَثَ إِلَيْهِ بِفَضْلَةٍ لَمْ يَأْكُلْ مِنْهَا فِيهَا ثُومٌ فَأَتَاهُ أَبُو أَيُّوبَ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ أَحَرَامٌ هُوَ؟ قَالَ لَا وَلَكِنِّي كَرِهْتُهُ مِنْ أَجْلِ رِيحِهِ فَقَالَ أَبُو أَيُّوبَ فَإِنِّي أَكْرَهُ مَا كَرِهْتَ  

ذِكْرُ الْبَيَانِ بِأَنَّ الْمَرْءَ وَإِنْ كَانَ خَيِّرًا فَاضِلًا إِذَا أُهْدِيَ إِلَيْهِ شَيْءٌ وَإِنْ كَانَ قَلِيلًا عَلَيْهِ قَبُولُهُ وَالْإِفْضَالُ مِنْهُ عَلَى غَيْرِهِ دُونَ الِازْدِرَاءِ بِالشَّيْءِ الْيَسِيرِ، وَالتَّأَمُّلِ لِلشَّيْءِ الْكَثِيرِ

ibnhibban:5110Sulaymān b. al-Ḥasan al-ʿAṭṭār > ʿUbaydullāh b. Muʿādh from my father > Shuʿbah > Simāk b. Ḥarb > Jābir b. Samurah

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ was in the house of Abu Ayyub. Food containing garlic was brought to him, but he did not eat from it and sent it to Abu Ayyub instead. Abu Ayyub also did not eat from it as he did not see any trace of the Prophet ﷺ having eaten from it. Then he came to the Prophet and asked him about it. The Prophet ﷺ said, "No, it is not forbidden, but I disliked it because of its smell." Then he said, "I dislike what you dislike."  

ابن حبّان:٥١١٠أَخْبَرَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ الْعَطَّارُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُعَاذٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سِمَاكُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ سَمُرَةَ قَالَ

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فِي دَارِ أَبِي أَيُّوبَ فَأُتِيَ بِطَعَامٍ فِيهِ ثُومٌ فَلَمْ يَأْكُلْ مِنْهُ وَأَرْسَلَ بِهِ إِلَى أَبِي أَيُّوبَ فَلَمْ يَأْكُلْ مِنْهُ أَبُو أَيُّوبَ إِذْ لَمْ يَرَ فِيهِ أَثَرَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ ثُمَّ أَتَاهُ فَسَأَلَهُ عَنْهُ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَحَرَامٌ هُوَ؟ قَالَ «لَا وَلَكِنْ كَرِهْتُهُ مِنْ أَجْلِ الرِّيحِ» فَقَالَ إِنِّي أَكْرَهُ مَا كَرِهْتَ  

tabarani:1889Sulaymān b. al-Ḥasan al-ʿAṭṭār > ʿUbaydullāh b. Muʿādh from my father > Shuʿbah > Simāk b. Ḥarb > Jābir b. Samurah

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ was in the house of Abu Ayyub. Whenever food was brought to him, he would eat from it and send some of it, by virtue of his blessing, to Abu Ayyub. One time, food was brought to him and it contained garlic. He did not eat from it and sent it to Abu Ayyub. Abu Ayyub did not eat from it either, as he did not see any trace of the Prophet ﷺ in it. Then, he went to the Prophet ﷺ and asked him about it. He said, "O Messenger of Allah, is it forbidden?" He replied, "No, but I dislike it because of its smell." Abu Ayyub said, "Indeed, I dislike what you dislike."  

الطبراني:١٨٨٩حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ الْعَطَّارُ ثنا عُبَيْدُ اللهِ بْنُ مُعَاذٍ ثنا أَبِي ثنا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ سِمَاكِ بْنِ حَرْبٍ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ سَمُرَةَ قَالَ

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فِي دَارِ أَبِي أَيُّوبَ فَكَانَ إِذَا أُتِيَ بِالطَّعَامِ فَأَكَلَ مِنْهُ أَرْسَلَ بِفَضْلِهِ إِلَى أَبِي أَيُّوبَ فَأُتِيَ بِطَعَامٍ وَفِيهِ ثُومٌ فَلَمْ يَأْكُلْ مِنْهُ وَأَرْسَلَ بِهِ إِلَى أَبِي أَيُّوبَ فَلَمْ يَأْكُلْ مِنْهُ أَبُو أَيُّوبَ إِذْ لَمْ يَرَ فِيهِ أَثَرَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ ثُمَّ أَتَاهُ فَسَأَلَهُ عَنْهُ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ أَحَرَامٌ هُوَ؟ قَالَ «لَا وَلَكِنْ كَرِهْتُهُ مِنْ أَجْلِ الرِّيحِ» قَالَ فَإِنِّي أَكْرَهُ مَا كَرِهْتَ  

tabarani:1986Muʿādh b. al-Muthanná > Musaddad > Abū al-Aḥwaṣ > Simāk > Jābir

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ used to get food as a gift, and he would take some of it and send the remainder to Abu Ayyub. One time, he received food that had garlic in it, and he sent it to Abu Ayyub. However, Abu Ayyub did not eat any of it. When the Prophet ﷺ did not see any trace of the food on Abu Ayyub, he went to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and asked him about it. The Prophet ﷺ replied, "I only left it because of its smell." Abu Ayyub then said, "And I dislike what you dislike."  

الطبراني:١٩٨٦حَدَّثَنَا مُعَاذُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى ثنا مُسَدَّدٌ ثنا أَبُو الْأَحْوَصِ ثنا سِمَاكٌ عَنْ جَابِرٍ قَالَ

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِذَا أُهْدِيَ لَهُ طَعَامٌ أَصَابَ مِنْهُ ثُمَّ بَعَثَ بِفَضْلِهِ إِلَى أَبِي أَيُّوبَ فَأُهْدِيَ لَهُ طَعَامٌ فِيهِ ثُومٌ فَبَعَثَ بِهِ إِلَى أَبِي أَيُّوبَ وَلَمْ يَنَلْ مِنْهُ شَيْئًا فَلَمَّا لَمْ يَرَ أَبُو أَيُّوبَ أَثَرَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فِي الطَّعَامِ أَتَى رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فَسَأَلَهُ عَنْ ذَلِكَ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «إِنَّمَا تَرَكْتُهُ مِنْ أَجْلِ رِيحِهِ» قَالَ أَبُو أَيُّوبَ وَأَنَا أَكْرَهُ مَا تَكْرَهُ