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ahmad:4257Abū Ḥaddathak ʿAmr b. Mujammiʿ > Ibrāhīm al-Hajarī > Abū al-Aḥwaṣ > ʿAbdullāh b. Masʿūd

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ said: "When one of you servant brings his food, let him sit close to you and feed him. For he is your brother and companion."  

أحمد:٤٢٥٧قَرَأْتُ عَلَى أَبِي حَدَّثَكَ عَمْرُو بْنُ مُجَمِّعٍ أَخْبَرَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ الْهَجَرِيُّ عَنْ أَبِي الْأَحْوَصِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ إِذَا أَتَى أَحَدَكُمْ خَادِمُهُ بِطَعَامِهِ فَلْيُدْنِهِ فَلْيُقْعِدْهُ عَلَيْهِ أَوْ لِيُلْقِمْهُ؛ فَإِنَّهُ وَلِيَ حَرَّهُ وَدُخَانَهُ  


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Collected by Bukhārī, Tirmidhī, Ibn Mājah, Aḥmad, Dārimī, Suyūṭī
bukhari:5460Ḥafṣ b. ʿUmar > Shuʿbah > Muḥammad > Ibn Ziyād > Abū Hurayrah

The Prophet ﷺ said, "When your servant brings your food to you, if you do not ask him to join you, then at least ask him to take one or two handfuls, for he has suffered from its heat (while cooking it) and has taken pains to cook it nicely."  

البخاري:٥٤٦٠حَدَّثَنَا حَفْصُ بْنُ عُمَرَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ مُحَمَّدٍ هُوَ ابْنُ زِيَادٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ إِذَا أَتَى أَحَدَكُمْ خَادِمُهُ بِطَعَامِهِ فَإِنْ لَمْ يُجْلِسْهُ مَعَهُ فَلْيُنَاوِلْهُ أُكْلَةً أَوْ أُكْلَتَيْنِ أَوْ لُقْمَةً أَوْ لُقْمَتَيْنِ فَإِنَّهُ وَلِيَ حَرَّهُ وَعِلاَجَهُ  

tirmidhi:1853Naṣr b. ʿAlī > Sufyān > Ismāʿīl b. Abū Khālid from his father > Abū Hurayrah Yukhbiruhum Dhāk

From his father that Abu Hurairah informed them that the Prophet ﷺ said: "When the servant of one of you has endured heat and smoke preparing his food for him, then let him take him by the hand and make him sit him down with him. If he refuses, then let him take a morsel and feed him with it."  

[Abu 'Eisa said:] This Hadith is Hasan Sahih. Abu Khalid is the father of Isma'il, his name is Sa'd.
الترمذي:١٨٥٣حَدَّثَنَا نَصْرُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ أَبِي خَالِدٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ يُخْبِرُهُمْ ذَاكَ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ إِذَا كَفَى أَحَدَكُمْ خَادِمُهُ طَعَامَهُ حَرَّهُ وَدُخَانَهُ فَلْيَأْخُذْ بِيَدِهِ فَلْيُقْعِدْهُ مَعَهُ فَإِنْ أَبَى فَلْيَأْخُذْ لُقْمَةً فَلْيُطْعِمْهَا إِيَّاهُ  

قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ وَأَبُو خَالِدٍ وَالِدُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ اسْمُهُ سَعْدٌ
ibnmajah:3291ʿAlī b. al-Mundhir > Muḥammad b. Fuḍayl > Ibrāhīm al-Hajarī > Abū al-Aḥwaṣ > ʿAbdullāh

“When the servant of anyone of you brings his food, let him make him sit down with him or give him some of it, for he is the one who put up with its heat and smoke.”  

ابن ماجة:٣٢٩١حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْمُنْذِرِ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ فُضَيْلٍ حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ الْهَجَرِيُّ عَنْ أَبِي الأَحْوَصِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِذَا جَاءَ خَادِمُ أَحَدِكُمْ بِطَعَامِهِ فَلْيُقْعِدْهُ مَعَهُ أَوْ لِيُنَاوِلْهُ مِنْهُ فَإِنَّهُ هُوَ الَّذِي وَلِيَ حَرَّهُ وَدُخَانَهُ  

ahmad:3680ʿAmmār b. Muḥammad > al-Hajarī > Abū al-Aḥwaṣ > ʿAbdullāh

“When the servant of anyone of you brings his food, let him make him sit down with him or give him some of it, for he is the one who put up with its heat and smoke.” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 3291)   

أحمد:٣٦٨٠حَدَّثَنَا عَمَّارُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنِ الْهَجَرِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي الْأَحْوَصِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِذَا جَاءَ خَادِمُ أَحَدِكُمْ بِطَعَامِهِ فَلْيَبْدَأْ بِهِ فَلْيُطْعِمْهُ أَوْ لِيُجْلِسْهُ مَعَهُ فَإِنَّهُ وَلِيَ حَرَّهُ وَدُخَانَهُ  

ahmad:4266my father > ʿAlī > al-Hajarī > Abū al-Aḥwaṣ > ʿAbdullāh

“When the servant of anyone of you brings his food, let him make him sit down with him or give him some of it, for he is the one who put up with its heat and smoke.” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 3291)  

أحمد:٤٢٦٦قَرَأْتُ عَلَى أَبِي حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيٌّ عَنْ الْهَجَرِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي الْأَحْوَصِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِذَا جَاءَ أَحَدَكُمْخَادِمُهُ بِطَعَامِهِ فَلْيُقْعِدْهُ مَعَهُ أَوْ لِيُنَاوِلْهُ مِنْهُ فَإِنَّهُ وَلِيَ حَرَّهُ وَدُخَانَهُ  

darimi:2118Abū al-Walīd > Shuʿbah > Muḥammad b. Ziyād > Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ said, "When one of you's servant brings him food, let him make him sit with him or let him give him a bite or two, or a meal or two, for he is his guardian and companion."  

الدارمي:٢١١٨حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْوَلِيدِ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ يُحَدِّثُ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ «إِذَا أَتَى أَحَدَكُمْ خَادِمُهُ بِطَعَامٍ فَلْيُجْلِسْهُ مَعَهُ أَوْ َلْيُنَاوِلْهُ لُقْمَةً أَوْ لُقْمَتَيْنِ أَوْ أُكْلَةً أَوْ أُكْلَتَيْنِ فَإِنَّهُ وَلِيَ حَرَّهُ وَدُخَانَهُ»  

suyuti:1593a

“When the servant of anyone of you brings his food, let him make him sit down with him or give him some of it, for he is the one who put up with its heat and smoke.” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 3291)   

السيوطي:١٥٩٣a

"إذَا جَاءَ خادمُ أحَدكُمْ بطعَامه فليُقْعدْهُ مَعَه أو ليُنَاولْهُ منْهُ؛ فإِنَّهُ هُوَ الذي وَلِيَ حَرَّه ودُخَانَهُ" .  

[حم] أحمد [هـ] ابن ماجة عن ابن مسعودَ ؓ