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bukhari:5415ʿAbdullāh b. Abū al-Aswad > Muʿādh from my father > Yūnus > Qatādah > Anas b. Mālik

The Prophet ﷺ never took his meals at a dining table, nor in small plates, and he never ate thin wellbaked bread. (The sub-narrator asked Qatada, "Over what did they use to take their meals?" Qatada said, "On leather dining sheets."  

البخاري:٥٤١٥حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ أَبِي الأَسْوَدِ حَدَّثَنَا مُعَاذٌ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي عَنْ يُونُسَ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ قَالَ

مَا أَكَلَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ عَلَى خِوَانٍ وَلاَ فِي سُكْرُجَةٍ وَلاَ خُبِزَ لَهُ مُرَقَّقٌ قُلْتُ لِقَتَادَةَ عَلَى مَا يَأْكُلُونَ قَالَ عَلَى السُّفَرِ  


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bukhari:5386ʿAlī b. ʿAbdullāh > Muʿādh b. Hishām from my father > Yūnus > ʿAlī > al-Iskāf > Qatādah > Anas

To the best of my knowledge, the Prophet ﷺ did not take his meals in a big tray at all, nor did he ever eat well-baked thin bread, nor did he ever eat at a dining table.  

البخاري:٥٣٨٦حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ حَدَّثَنَا مُعَاذُ بْنُ هِشَامٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي عَنْ يُونُسَ قَالَ عَلِيٌّ هُوَ الإِسْكَافُ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَنَسٍ ؓ قَالَ

مَا عَلِمْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ أَكَلَ عَلَى سُكُرُّجَةٍ قَطُّ وَلاَ خُبِزَ لَهُ مُرَقَّقٌ قَطُّ وَلاَ أَكَلَ عَلَى خِوَانٍ قِيلَ لِقَتَادَةَ فَعَلَى مَا كَانُوا يَأْكُلُونَ قَالَ عَلَى السُّفَرِ  

tirmidhi:1788Muḥammad b. Bashhār > Muʿādh b. Hishām from my father > Yūnus > Qatādah > Anas

From Qatadah, that Anas said: "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ never ate on a table, nor on small plates, not did he eat thin bread." He (Yunus) said: "I asked Qatadah: 'So what did he eat on ?' He said: 'On these leather dining sheets.'"  

[Abu 'Eisa said:] This Hadith is Hasan Gharib. Muhammad bin Bash-har said: "This Yunus is Yunus Al-Iskaf." And 'Abdul-Warith bin Sa'eed reported similarly from Sa'eed bin Abi 'Arubah, from Qatadah, from Anas [From the Prophet ﷺ].
الترمذي:١٧٨٨حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ حَدَّثَنَا مُعَاذُ بْنُ هِشَامٍ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي عَنْ يُونُسَ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَنَسٍ قَالَ

مَا أَكَلَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فِي خِوَانٍ وَلاَ فِي سُكُرُّجَةٍ وَلاَ خُبِزَ لَهُ مُرَقَّقٌ قَالَ فَقُلْتُ لِقَتَادَةَ فَعَلَى مَا كَانُوا يَأْكُلُونَ قَالَ عَلَى هَذِهِ السُّفَرِ  

قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ غَرِيبٌ قَالَ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ وَيُونُسُ هَذَا هُوَ يُونُسُ الإِسْكَافُ وَقَدْ رَوَى عَبْدُ الْوَارِثِ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ أَبِي عَرُوبَةَ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَنَسٍ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ نَحْوَهُ
ibnmajah:3292Muḥammad b. al-Muthanná > Muʿādh b. Hishām from my father > Yūnus b. Abū al-Furāt al-Iskāf > Qatādah > Anas b. Mālik

“The Prophet ﷺ never ate from a dish or from an individual plate.” He said: “From where did he eat?” He said: “From the dining sheet.”  

ابن ماجة:٣٢٩٢حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى حَدَّثَنَا مُعَاذُ بْنُ هِشَامٍ حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي عَنْ يُونُسَ بْنِ أَبِي الْفُرَاتِ الإِسْكَافِ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ قَالَ

مَا أَكَلَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ عَلَى خِوَانٍ وَلاَ فِي سُكُرُّجَةٍ قَالَ فَعَلاَمَ كَانُوا يَأْكُلُونَ قَالَ عَلَى السُّفَرِ  

ahmad:12325Muʿādh b. Hishām al-Dastuwāʾī from my father > Yūnus > Qatādah > Anas b. Mālik

From Qatadah, that Anas said: "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ never ate on a table, nor on small plates, not did he eat thin bread." He (Yunus) said: "I asked Qatadah: 'So what did he eat on ?' He said: 'On these leather dining sheets.'" (Using translation from Tirmidhī 1788)   

أحمد:١٢٣٢٥حَدَّثَنَا مُعَاذُ بْنُ هِشَامٍ الدَّسْتُوَائِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي عَنْ يُونُسَ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ قَالَ

مَا أَكَلَ نَبِيُّ اللهِ ﷺ عَلَى خِوَانٍ وَلَافِي سُكُرُّجَةٍ وَلَا خُبِزَ لَهُ مُرَقَّقٌ قَالَ قُلْتُ لِقَتَادَةَ فَعَلَامَ كَانُوا يَأْكُلُونَ؟ قَالَ عَلَى السُّفَرِ  

nasai-kubra:11787Isḥāq b. Ibrāhīm > Muʿādh b. Hishām from his father > Yūnus b. Abū al-Furāt al-Iskāf > Qatādah > Anas

The Prophet ﷺ never took his meals at a dining table, nor in small plates, and he never ate thin wellbaked bread. (The sub-narrator asked Qatada, "Over what did they use to take their meals?" Qatada said, "On leather dining sheets." (Using translation from Bukhārī 5415)   

الكبرى للنسائي:١١٧٨٧عَنْ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ مُعَاذِ بْنِ هِشَامٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ يُونُسَ بْنِ أَبِي الْفُرَاتِ الْإِسْكَافِ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَنَسٍ

قَالًَ «مَا أَكَلَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فِي خِوَانٍ وَلَا سُكُرُّجَةٍ وَلَا خُبِزَ لَه مُرَقَّقٌ» قَالَ وَقُلْتُ لِقَتَادَةَ عَلَى أَيِّ شَيْءٍ كَانُوا يَأْكُلُونَ؟ قَالَ عَلَى السَّفَرِ  

nasai-kubra:6600Isḥāq b. Ibrāhīm > Muʿādh b. Hishām from my father > Yūnus > Qatādah > Anas

[Machine] "What the Messenger of Allah ﷺ ate was not on a tray. He also said on another occasion that he didn't eat from a table, nor from a plate, nor from leavened bread."  

الكبرى للنسائي:٦٦٠٠أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا مُعَاذُ بْنُ هِشَامٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي عَنْ يُونُسَ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَنَسٍ قَالَ

«مَا أَكَلَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ عَلَى خِوَانٍ» وَقَالَ مَرَّةً أُخْرَى وَلَا عَلَى مَائِدَةٍ وَلَا فِي سُكُرُّجَةٍ وَلَا خُبِزَ لَهُ مُرَقَّقٌ  

ahmad-zuhd:39ʿAbdullāh from my father > Muʿādh b. Hishām from my father > Yūnus > Qatādah > Anas b. Mālik

The Prophet ﷺ never took his meals at a dining table, nor in small plates, and he never ate thin wellbaked bread. (The sub-narrator asked Qatada, "Over what did they use to take their meals?" Qatada said, "On leather dining sheets." (Using translation from Bukhārī 5415)  

الزهد لأحمد:٣٩حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي حَدَّثَنَا مُعَاذُ بْنُ هِشَامٍ حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي عَنْ يُونُسَ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ قَالَ

«مَا أَكَلَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَلَى خُوَانٍ وَلَا فِي سُكُرُّجَةٍ وَلَا خُبِزَ لَهُ مُرَقَّقٌ» قَالَ قُلْتُ لِقَتَادَةَ «فَعَلَامَ كَانُوا يَأْكُلُونَ؟» قَالَ «عَلَى السُّفَرِ»