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ahmad:3040ʿAffān > Abū ʿAwānah > Abū Bishr > Saʿīd b. Jubayr > Ibn ʿAbbās > Um Ḥufayd b. al-Ḥārith b. Ḥazn Khālah Ibn ʿAbbās Ahdat Lilnnabī ﷺ Samn And ʾAqiṭ Waʾaḍub

[Machine] That Umm Huwayd, the daughter of Al-Harith bin Hazn, the aunt of Ibn Abbas, gave the Prophet ﷺ Samn, Aqit, and Adubb. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ called for them and they were eaten from his table. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ left them like he left the leftovers. If it was forbidden, they would not have been eaten from the table of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and he would not have ordered for them to be eaten.  

أحمد:٣٠٤٠حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَوَانَةَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بِشْرٍ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ

أَنَّ أُمَّ حُفَيْدٍ بِنْتَ الْحَارِثِ بْنِ حَزْنٍ خَالَةَ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ أَهْدَتْ لِلنَّبِيِّ ﷺ سَمْنًا وَأَقِطًا وَأَضُبًّا قَالَ فَدَعَا بِهِنَّ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَأُكِلْنَ عَلَى مَائِدَتِهِ وَتَرَكَهُنَّ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ كَالْمُتَقَذِّرِ فَلَوْ كُنَّ حَرَامًا مَا أُكِلْنَ عَلَى مَائِدَةِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَلا أَمَرَ بِأَكْلِهِنَّ  


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Collected by Bukhārī, Muslim, Nasāʾī, Aḥmad, Ibn Ḥibbān, Ṭabarānī
bukhari:2575Ādam > Shuʿbah > Jaʿfar b. Iyās > Saʿīd b. Jubayr > Ibn ʿAbbās

Ibn ʿAbbas said: Um Hufaid, Ibn ʿAbbas's aunt sent some dried yogurt (butter free), ghee (butter) and a mastigar to the Prophet ﷺ as a gift. The Prophet ﷺ ate the dried yogurt and butter but left the mastigar because he disliked it. Ibn ʿAbbas said, "The mastigar was eaten at the table of Messenger of Allah ﷺ and if it had been illegal to eat, it could not have been eaten at the table of Messenger of Allah ﷺ."  

البخاري:٢٥٧٥حَدَّثَنَا آدَمُ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ حَدَّثَنَا جَعْفَرُ بْنُ إِيَاسٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ سَعِيدَ بْنَ جُبَيْرٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ ؓ قَالَ

أَهْدَتْ أُمُّ حُفَيْدٍ خَالَةُ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ أَقِطًا وَسَمْنًا وَأَضُبًّا فَأَكَلَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ مِنَ الأَقِطِ وَالسَّمْنِ وَتَرَكَ الضَّبَّ تَقَذُّرًا قَالَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ فَأُكِلَ عَلَى مَائِدَةِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَلَوْ كَانَ حَرَامًا مَا أُكِلَ عَلَى مَائِدَةِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ  

bukhari:5389Abū al-Nuʿmān > Abū ʿAwānah > Abū Bishr > Saʿīd b. Jubayr > Ibn ʿAbbās > Um

that his aunt, Um Hufaid bint Al-Harith bin Hazn, presented to the Prophet ﷺ butter, dried yoghurt and mastigures. The Prophet ﷺ invited the people to those mastigures and they were eaten on his dining sheet, but the Prophet ﷺ did not eat of it, as if he disliked it. Nevertheless. if it was unlawful to eat that, the people would not have eaten it on the dining sheet of the Prophet ﷺ nor would he have ordered that they be eaten.  

البخاري:٥٣٨٩حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو النُّعْمَانِ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَوَانَةَ عَنْ أَبِي بِشْرٍ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ أَنَّ أُمَّ

حُفَيْدٍ بِنْتَ الْحَارِثِ بْنِ حَزْن ٍ خَالَةَ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ أَهْدَتْ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ سَمْنًا وَأَقِطًا وَأَضُبًّا فَدَعَا بِهِنَّ فَأُكِلْنَ عَلَى مَائِدَتِهِ وَتَرَكَهُنَّ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ كَالْمُسْتَقْذِرِ لَهُنَّ وَلَوْ كُنَّ حَرَامًا مَا أُكِلْنَ عَلَى مَائِدَةِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَلاَ أَمَرَ بِأَكْلِهِنَّ  

bukhari:7358Mūsá b. Ismāʿīl > Abū ʿAwānah > Abū Bishr > Saʿīd b. Jubayr > Ibn ʿAbbās

Um Hufaid bint Al-Harith bin Hazn presented the Prophet ﷺ with some butter, dried yoghurt (curd milk) and mastigures as a gift. The Prophet ﷺ then asked for a meal (mastigures etc. to be put) and it was eaten over his table cloth, but the Prophet ﷺ did not eat of it, as he had aversion to it. But if it had been illegal to eat, it would not have been eaten over his table cloth nor would he have ordered that (mastigures meat) to be eaten.  

البخاري:٧٣٥٨حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَوَانَةَ عَنْ أَبِي بِشْرٍ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ

أَنَّ أُمَّ حُفَيْدٍ بِنْتَ الْحَارِثِ بْنِ حَزْنٍ أَهْدَتْ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ سَمْنًا وَأَقِطًا وَأَضُبًّا فَدَعَا بِهِنَّ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ فَأُكِلْنَ عَلَى مَائِدَتِهِ فَتَرَكَهُنَّ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ كَالْمُتَقَذِّرِ لَهُ وَلَوْ كُنَّ حَرَامًا مَا أُكِلْنَ عَلَى مَائِدَتِهِ وَلاَ أَمَرَ بِأَكْلِهِنَّ  

muslim:1947Muḥammad b. Bashhār And ʾAbū Bakr b. Nāfiʿ > Ibn Nāfiʿ > Ghundar > Shuʿbah > Abū Bishr > Saʿīd b. Jubayr > Ibn ʿAbbās

The sister of my mother Umm Hufaid presented to Messenger of Allah ﷺ clarified butter (ghee), cheese and some lizards. He ate out of the clarified butter and cheese, but left the lizard finding no liking for it. But it was eaten on the table of Messenger of Allah ﷺ. Had it been forbidden (haram), it could not be eaten on the table of Messenger of Allah ﷺ.  

مسلم:١٩٤٧وَحَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ وَأَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ نَافِعٍ قَالَ ابْنُ نَافِعٍ أَخْبَرَنَا غُنْدَرٌ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ أَبِي بِشْرٍ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ ابْنَ عَبَّاسٍ يَقُولُ أَهْدَتْ خَالَتِي أُمُّ حُفَيْدٍ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ سَمْنًا وَأَقِطًا وَأَضُبًّا فَأَكَلَ مِنَ السَّمْنِ وَالأَقِطِ وَتَرَكَ الضَّبَّ تَقَذُّرًا وَأُكِلَ عَلَى مَائِدَةِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَلَوْ كَانَ حَرَامًا مَا أُكِلَ عَلَى مَائِدَةِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ  

nasai:4319Ziyād b. Ayyūb > Hushaym > Abū Bishr > Saʿīd b. Jubayr > Ibn ʿAbbās > Suʾil > Akl al-Ḍibāb

he was asked about eating mastigures. He said: "Umm Hufaid gave some cooking fat, cottage cheese, and mastigures to the Messenger of Allah and the ate some of the cooking fat and cottage cheese, but he did not eat the mastigures because he found them distasteful. If they were Haram they would not have been eaten at the table-spread of the Messenger of Allah and the would not have told others to eat them."  

النسائي:٤٣١٩أَخْبَرَنَا زِيَادُ بْنُ أَيُّوبَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا هُشَيْمٌ قَالَ أَنْبَأَنَا أَبُو بِشْرٍ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ أَنَّهُ سُئِلَ عَنْ أَكْلِ الضِّبَابِ فَقَالَ

أَهْدَتْ أُمُّ حُفَيْدٍ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ سَمْنًا وَأَقِطًا وَأَضُبًّا فَأَكَلَ مِنَ السَّمْنِ وَالأَقِطِ وَتَرَكَ الضِّبَابَ تَقَذُّرًا لَهُنَّ فَلَوْ كَانَ حَرَامًا مَا أُكِلَ عَلَى مَائِدَةِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَلاَ أَمَرَ بِأَكْلِهِنَّ  

ahmad:2299ʿAffān > Shuʿbah > Abū Bishr > Saʿīd b. Jubayr > Ibn ʿAbbās

Ibn ‘Abbas said that his maternal aunt presented to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ clarified butter, lizards and cottage cheese. He ate from clarified butter and cheese, but left the lizard abominably. It was eaten on the food cloth of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. Had it been unlawful, it would not have been eaten on the food cloth of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 3793)   

أحمد:٢٢٩٩حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ أَخْبَرَنِي أَبُو بِشْرٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ سَعِيدَ بْنَ جُبَيْرٍ يُحَدِّثُ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ

أَنَّ خَالَتَهُ أُمَّ حُفَيْدٍ أَهْدَتِ الَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ سَمْنًا وَأَضُبًّا وَأَقِطًا قَالَ فَأَكَلَ مِنَ السَّمْنِ وَمِنَ الأَقِطِ وَتَرَكَ الْأَضُبَّ تَقَذُّرًا فَأُكِلَ عَلَى مَائِدَةِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَلَوْ كَانَ حَرَامًا لَمْ يُؤْكَلْ عَلَى مَائِدَةِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ قُلْتُ مَنْ قَالَ لَوْ كَانَ حَرَامًا؟ قَالَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ  

ahmad:2959Hāshim > Shuʿbah > Jaʿfar b. Iyās > Saʿīd b. Jubayr > Ibn ʿAbbās

Ibn ‘Abbas said that his maternal aunt presented to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ clarified butter, lizards and cottage cheese. He ate from clarified butter and cheese, but left the lizard abominably. It was eaten on the food cloth of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. Had it been unlawful, it would not have been eaten on the food cloth of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 3793)   

أحمد:٢٩٥٩حَدَّثَنَا هَاشِمٌ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي جَعْفَرُ بْنُ إِيَاسٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ سَعِيدَ بْنَ جُبَيْرٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

أَهْدَتْ أُمُّ حُفَيْدٍ خَالَةُ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ لِرَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ سَمْنًا وَأَقِطًا وَأَضُبًّا فَأَكَلَ مِنَ السَّمْنِ وَمِنَ الأَقِطِ وَتَرَكَ الْأَضُبَّ تَقَذُّرًا قَالَ وَأُكِلَ عَلَى مَائِدَةِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَلَوْ كَانَ حَرَامًا لَمْ يُؤْكَلْ عَلَى مَائِدَةِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ  

ahmad:3246Yaḥyá > Shuʿbah > Abū Bishr > Saʿīd b. Jubayr > Ibn ʿAbbās

Ibn ‘Abbas said that his maternal aunt presented to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ clarified butter, lizards and cottage cheese. He ate from clarified butter and cheese, but left the lizard abominably. It was eaten on the food cloth of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. Had it been unlawful, it would not have been eaten on the food cloth of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 3793)   

أحمد:٣٢٤٦حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى عَنْ شُعْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بِشْرٍ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

أَهْدَتْ أُمُّ حُفَيْدٍ خَالَةُ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ سَمْنًا وَأَقِطًا وَأَضُبًّا فَأَكَلَ السَّمْنَ وَالْأَقِطَ وَتَرَكَ الْأَضُبَّ تَقَذُّرًا وَأُكِلَ عَلَى مَائِدَةِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَلَوْ كَانَ حَرَامًا لَمْ يُؤْكَلْ عَلَى مَائِدَةِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ  

ahmad:3163Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar > Shuʿbah > Abū Bishr > Saʿīd b. Jubayr > Ibn ʿAbbās

The sister of my mother Umm Hufaid presented to Messenger of Allah ﷺ clarified butter (ghee), cheese and some lizards. He ate out of the clarified butter and cheese, but left the lizard finding no liking for it. But it was eaten on the table of Messenger of Allah ﷺ. Had it been forbidden (haram), it could not be eaten on the table of Messenger of Allah ﷺ. (Using translation from Muslim 1947)  

أحمد:٣١٦٣حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ أَبِي بِشْرٍ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ ابْنَ عَبَّاسٍ يَقُولُ أَهْدَتْ خَالَتِي أُمُّ حُفَيْدٍ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ سَمْنًا وَأَقِطًا وَأَضُبًّا فَأَكَلَ مِنَ السَّمْنِ وَالْأَقِطِ وَتَرَكَ الْأَضُبَّ تَقَذُّرًا وَأُكِلَ عَلَى مَائِدَةِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَلَوْ كَانَ حَرَامًا مَا أُكِلَ عَلَى مَائِدَةِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ  

ذِكْرُ الْخَبَرِ الْمُدْحِضِ قَوْلَ مَنْ زَعَمَ مِنَ الْمُتَصَوِّفَةِ أَنَّ الْأَكْلَ عَلَى الْمَائِدَةِ مِنَ الْإِسْرَافِ

ibnhibban:5221Abū Khalīfah > Abū al-Walīd > Shuʿbah > Abū Bishr > Saʿīd b. Jubayr > Ibn ʿAbbās

Ibn ‘Abbas said that his maternal aunt presented to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ clarified butter, lizards and cottage cheese. He ate from clarified butter and cheese, but left the lizard abominably. It was eaten on the food cloth of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. Had it been unlawful, it would not have been eaten on the food cloth of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 3793)   

ابن حبّان:٥٢٢١أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو خَلِيفَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْوَلِيدِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ أَبِي بِشْرٍ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ

أَنَّ خَالَتَهُ أَهْدَتْ لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ سَمْنًا وَأَقِطًا وَأَضُبًّا فَأَكَلَ مِنَ السَّمْنِ وَالْأَقِطِ وَلَمْ يَأْكُلْ مِنَ الْأَضُبِّ تَقَذُّرًا قَالَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ «أُكِلَ عَلَى مَائِدَةِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَلَوْ كَانَ حَرَامًا لَمْ يُؤْكَلْ عَلَيْهَا»  

ذِكْرُ خَبَرٍ يُدْحِضُ قَوْلَ الْجَهَلَةِ مِنَ الْمُتَصَوِّفَةِ أَنَّ الْأَكْلَ عَلَى الْمَائِدَةِ لَيْسَتْ سُنَّةً

ibnhibban:5223Abū Yaʿlá > al-Muʿallá b. Mahdī > Abū ʿAwānah > Abū Bishr > Saʿīd b. Jubayr > Ibn ʿAbbās

The sister of my mother Umm Hufaid presented to Messenger of Allah ﷺ clarified butter (ghee), cheese and some lizards. He ate out of the clarified butter and cheese, but left the lizard finding no liking for it. But it was eaten on the table of Messenger of Allah ﷺ. Had it been forbidden (haram), it could not be eaten on the table of Messenger of Allah ﷺ. (Using translation from Muslim 1947)   

ابن حبّان:٥٢٢٣أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو يَعْلَى قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا الْمُعَلَّى بْنُ مَهْدِيٍّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَوَانَةَ عَنْ أَبِي بِشْرٍ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

«أَهْدَتْ أُمُّ حُفَيْدٍ خَالَتِي بِنْتُ الْحَارِثِ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ سَمْنًا وَأَقِطًا وَأَضُبًّا فَدَعَا بِهِنَّ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَأَكَلَ عَلَى مَائِدَتِهِ وَتَرَكَهُنَّ كَالْمُتَقَذِّرِ لَهُنَّ وَلَوْ كَانَ حَرَامًا مَا أُكِلَتْ عَلَى مَائِدَةِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَلَا أَمَرَ بِأَكْلِهِنَّ»  

tabarani:12441[Chain 1] Muḥammad b. al-Naḍr al-Azdī > Khālid b. Khidāsh [Chain 2] ʿAlī b. ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz > ʿĀrim Abū al-Nuʿmān > Abū ʿAwānah > Abū Bishr > Saʿīd b. Jubayr > Ibn ʿAbbās

[Machine] Um Hufaid, the daughter of Al-Harith bin Jazi, the aunt of Ibn Abbas, gave the Prophet ﷺ fat, meat, and dried yogurt. The Prophet ﷺ called for them and they were eaten at his table. The Prophet ﷺ left them as if he detested them, even though if they were forbidden, they would not have been eaten at the table of the Prophet ﷺ nor would he have ordered their consumption.  

الطبراني:١٢٤٤١حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ النَّضْرِ الْأَزْدِيُّ ثنا خَالِدُ بْنُ خِدَاشٍ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ ثنا عَارِمٌ أَبُو النُّعْمَانِ قَالَا ثنا أَبُو عَوَانَةَ عَنْ أَبِي بِشْرٍ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ

«أَنَّ أُمَّ حُفَيْدٍ بِنْتَ الْحَارِثِ بْنِ جَزِيٍّ خَالَةَ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ أَهْدَتْ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ سَمْنًا وَأَقِطًا وَأَضُبًّا فَدَعَا بِهِنَّ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَأُكِلْنَ عَلَى مَائِدَتِهِ فَتَرَكَهُنَّ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ كَالْمُتَقَذِّذِ لَهُنَّ وَلَوْ كَانَ حَرَامًا مَا أُكِلْنَ عَلَى مَائِدَةِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَلَا أَمَرَ بِأَكْلِهِنَّ»