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ahmad:3438ʿUmar b. ʿUbayd > ʿAṭāʾ b. al-Sāʾib Qāladuʿīnā > Ṭaʿām And Fīhā Saʿīd b. Jubayr Wmiqsam a freed slave of Ibn ʿAbbās Falammā Wuḍiʿ al-Ṭaʿām

[Machine] Are you all happy that I have conveyed what was said about the food? The distributor said, "Tell me, O Abu Abdullah, who did not hear?", He said, "Ibn Abbas told me that the Messenger of Allahﷺ said: When the food is placed, do not eat from its center, for blessings come down in its middle. Eat from its edges or the edges of it."  

أحمد:٣٤٣٨حَدَّثَنَا عُمَرُ بْنُ عُبَيْدٍ عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ السَّائِبِ قَالَدُعِينَا إِلَى طَعَامٍ وَفِيهَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ جُبَيْرٍ ومِقْسَمٌ مَوْلَى ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ فَلَمَّا وُضِعَ الطَّعَامُ قَالَ

سَعِيدٌ كُلُّكُمْ بَلَغَهُ مَا قِيلَ فِي الطَّعَامِ؟ قَالَ مِقْسَمٌ حَدِّثْ يَا أَبَا عَبْدِ اللهِ مَنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ سَمِعُفَقَالَ حَدَّثَنِي ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِذَا وُضِعَ الطَّعَامُ فَلَا تَأْكُلُوا مِنْ وَسَطِهِ فَإِنَّ الْبَرَكَةَ تَنْزِلُ وَسَطَهُ وَكُلُوا مِنْ حَافَتَيْهِ أَوْ حَافَتَيْهَا