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bayhaqi:19417[Chain 1] Abū ʿAlī al-Rūdhbārī > Abū Bakr b. Maḥmawayh al-ʿAskarī > Jaʿfar b. Muḥammad al-Qalānisī > Ādam b. Abū Iyās [Chain 2] Abū ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥāfiẓ > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. al-Ḥasan al-Qāḍī > Ibrāhīm b. al-Ḥusayn > Ādam > 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." (Using translation from Bukhārī 2575)   

البيهقي:١٩٤١٧أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَلِيٍّ الرُّوذْبَارِيُّ أنبأ أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ مَحْمَوَيْهِ الْعَسْكَرِيُّ ثنا جَعْفَرُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْقَلَانِسِيُّ ثنا آدَمُ بْنُ أَبِي إِيَاسٍ ح وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ أَخْبَرَنِي عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ الْقَاضِي ثنا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ الْحُسَيْنِ ثنا آدَمُ ثنا شُعْبَةُ ثنا جَعْفَرُ بْنُ إِيَاسٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ سَعِيدَ بْنَ جُبَيْرٍ يُحَدِّثُ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ ؓ قَالَ

أَهْدَتْ أُمُّ حُفَيْدٍ خَالَةُ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ أَقِطًا وَسَمْنًا وَأَضُبًّا فَأَكَلَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مِنَ الْأَقِطِ وَالسَّمْنِ وَتَرَكَ الْأَضُبَّ تَقَذُّرًا قَالَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ فَأُكِلَ عَلَى مَائِدَةِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَلَوْ كَانَ حَرَامًا مَا أُكِلَ عَلَى مَائِدَتِهِ  

رَوَاهُ الْبُخَارِيُّ فِي الصَّحِيحِ عَنْ آدَمَ وَأَخْرَجَهُ مُسْلِمٌ مِنْ حَدِيثِ غُنْدَرٍ عَنْ شُعْبَةَ

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Collected by Bukhārī, Muslim, Nasāʾī, Abū Dāwūd, Aḥmad, Ibn Ḥibbān, Ṭabarānī, Nasāʾī's Kubrá
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  

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:4318Ismāʿīl b. Masʿūd > Khālid > Shuʿbah > Abū Bishr > Saʿīd b. Jubayr > Ibn ʿAbbās

"My maternal aunt gave some cottage cheese, cooking fat, and mastigures to the Messenger of Allah He ate some of the cottage cheese and cooking fat, and left the mastigures, as he found them distasteful. But they were eaten upon the table-spread of the Messenger of Allah and if they were Haram they would not have been eaten upon the table-spread of the Messenger of Allah and he would not have told others to eat them."  

النسائي:٤٣١٨أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ مَسْعُودٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا خَالِدٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ أَبِي بِشْرٍ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

أَهْدَتْ خَالَتِي إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَقِطًا وَسَمْنًا وَأَضُبًّا فَأَكَلَ مِنَ الأَقِطِ وَالسَّمْنِ وَتَرَكَ الأَضُبَّ تَقَذُّرًا وَأُكِلَ عَلَى مَائِدَةِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَلَوْ كَانَ حَرَامًا مَا أُكِلَ عَلَى مَائِدَةِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ  

abudawud:3793Ḥafṣ b. ʿUmar > 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.  

أبو داود:٣٧٩٣حَدَّثَنَا حَفْصُ بْنُ عُمَرَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ أَبِي بِشْرٍ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ

أَنَّ خَالَتَهُ أَهْدَتْ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ سَمْنًا وَأَضُبًّا وَأَقِطًا فَأَكَلَ مِنَ السَّمْنِ وَمِنَ الأَقِطِ وَتَرَكَ الأَضُبَّ تَقَذُّرًا وَأُكِلَ عَلَى مَائِدَتِهِ وَلَوْ كَانَ حَرَامًا مَا أُكِلَ عَلَى مَائِدَةِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ  

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»  

tabarani:21974Abū Muslim al-Kashhī > Abū ʿAmr b. Marzūq > Shuʿbah > Abū Bishr > Saʿīd b. Jubayr > Ibn ʿAbbās

[Machine] My aunt gave the grandmother of my child a gift of butter, honey, and a tail of a slaughtered animal, so the Messenger of Allah ﷺ ate from the butter and honey but left the tail dirty, even if it was prohibited, it would not have been eaten on the table of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ.  

الطبراني:٢١٩٧٤حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُسْلِمٍ الْكَشِّيُّ ثنا أَبُو عَمْرِو بْنُ مَرْزُوقٍ ثنا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ أَبِي بِشْرٍ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

«أَهْدَتْ أُمُّ حُفَيْدٍ خَالَتِي إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ سَمْنًا وَأَقِطًا وَأَضُبًّا فَأَكَلَ مِنَ السَّمْنِ وَالْأَقِطِ وَتَرَكَ الْأَضُبَّ تَقَذُّرًا وَلَوْ كَانَ حَرَامًا مَا أُكِلَ عَلَى مَائِدَةِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ»  

tabarani:12440Abū Muslim al-Kashhī > ʿAmr b. Marzūq > Shuʿbah > Abū Bishr > Saʿīd b. Jubayr > Ibn ʿAbbās

[Machine] My aunt gave the grandmother of my grandfather a gift of ghee, honey, and cheese. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ ate from the ghee and honey, but left the cheese due to its impurity. Even if it had been permissible, it would not have been eaten on the table of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ .  

الطبراني:١٢٤٤٠حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُسْلِمٍ الْكَشِّيُّ ثنا عَمْرُو بْنُ مَرْزُوقٍ أنا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ أَبِي بِشْرٍ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

«أَهْدَتْ أُمُّ حُفَيْدٍ خَالَتِي إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ سَمْنًا وَأَقِطًا وَأَضُبًّا فَأَكَلَ مِنَ السَّمْنِ وَالْأَقِطِ وَتَرَكَ الْأَضُبَّ تَقَذُّرًا وَلَوْ كَانَ حَرَامًا مَا أُكِلَ عَلَى مَائِدَةِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ»  

nasai-kubra:6667Ismāʿīl b. Masʿūd > Khālid > Shuʿbah > Abū Bishr > Saʿīd b. Jubayr > Ibn ʿAbbās

"My maternal aunt gave some cottage cheese, cooking fat, and mastigures to the Messenger of Allah He ate some of the cottage cheese and cooking fat, and left the mastigures, as he found them distasteful. But they were eaten upon the table-spread of the Messenger of Allah and if they were Haram they would not have been eaten upon the table-spread of the Messenger of Allah and he would not have told others to eat them." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 4318)  

الكبرى للنسائي:٦٦٦٧أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ مَسْعُودٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا خَالِدٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ أَبِي بِشْرٍ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

«أَهْدَتْ خَالَتِي إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ أَقِطًا وَسَمْنًا وَأَضُبًّا فَأَكَلَ مِنَ الْأَقِطِ وَالسَّمْنِ وَتَرَكَ الْأَضُبَّ تَقَذُّرًا وَأُكِلَ عَلَى مَائِدَةِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَلَوْ كَانَ حَرَامًا مَا أُكِلَ عَلَى مَائِدَةِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ»  

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"My maternal aunt gave some cottage cheese, cooking fat, and mastigures to the Messenger of Allah He ate some of the cottage cheese and cooking fat, and left the mastigures, as he found them distasteful. But they were eaten upon the table-spread of the Messenger of Allah and if they were Haram they would not have been eaten upon the table-spread of the Messenger of Allah and he would not have told others to eat them." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 4318)  

الكبرى للنسائي:٤٨١١أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ مَسْعُودٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا خَالِدٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ أَبِي بِشْرٍ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

«أَهْدَتْ خَالَتِي إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ أَقِطًا وَسَمْنًا وَأَضُبًّا فَأَكَلَ مِنَ الْأَقِطِ وَالسَّمْنِ وَتَرَكَ الْأَضُبَّ تَقَذُّرًا وَأُكِلَ عَلَى مَائِدَةِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَلَوْ كَانَ حَرَامًا مَا أَكَلَ عَلَى مَائِدَةِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ»