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bukhari:6248ʿAbdullāh b. Maslamah > Ibn Abū Ḥāzim from his father > Sahl

Sahl said, "We used to feel happy on Fridays." I asked Sahl, "Why?" He said, "There was an old woman of our acquaintance who used to send somebody to Buda'a (Ibn Maslama said, "Buda'a was a garden of date-palms at Medina). She used to pull out the silq (a kind of vegetable) from its roots and put it in a cooking pot, adding some powdered barley over it (and cook it). After finishing the Jumua (Friday) prayer we used to (pass by her and) greet her, whereupon she would present us with that meal, so we used to feel happy because of that. We used to have neither a midday nap, nor meals, except after the Friday prayer." (See Hadith No. 60, Vol.2)  

البخاري:٦٢٤٨حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مَسْلَمَةَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي حَازِمٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ سَهْلٍ قَالَ

كُنَّا نَفْرَحُ يَوْمَ الْجُمُعَةِ قُلْتُ وَلِمَ قَالَ كَانَتْ لَنَا عَجُوزٌ تُرْسِلُ إِلَى بُضَاعَةَ قَالَ ابْنُ مَسْلَمَةَ نَخْلٍ بِالْمَدِينَةِ فَتَأْخُذُ مِنْ أُصُولِ السِّلْقِ فَتَطْرَحُهُ فِي قِدْرٍ وَتُكَرْكِرُ حَبَّاتٍ مِنْ شَعِيرٍ فَإِذَا صَلَّيْنَا الْجُمُعَةَ انْصَرَفْنَا وَنُسَلِّمُ عَلَيْهَا فَتُقَدِّمُهُ إِلَيْنَا فَنَفْرَحُ مِنْ أَجْلِهِ وَمَا كُنَّا نَقِيلُ وَلاَ نَتَغَدَّى إِلاَّ بَعْدَ الْجُمُعَةِ  


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tabarani:5904Muḥammad b. ʿAlī al-Ṣāʾigh > Ibrāhīm b. Muḥammad al-Shāfiʿī > Ibn Abū Ḥāzim from his father > Sahl b. Saʿd

[Machine] "We used to rejoice on Fridays," I said, "And why?" he said. "We had an old lady who would send us turnip roots, which we would peel and put in a pot to cook barley grains. Then we would take it and eat it on Fridays. So whenever we finished praying on Fridays, we would go back to it and we would rejoice because of that, and we would not move until after Friday."  

الطبراني:٥٩٠٤حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ الصَّائِغُ ثنا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الشَّافِعِيُّ ثنا ابْنُ أَبِي حَازِمٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ قَالَ

«كُنَّا نَفْرَحُ فِي يَوْمِ الْجُمُعَةِ» قُلْتُ وَلِمَ؟ قَالَ «كَانَتْ لَنَا عَجُوزٌ تُرْسِلُ فَتَأْخُذُ مِنْ أُصُولِ السِّلْقِ فَتَطْرَحُهُ فِي قِدْرٍ فَتُكَرْكِرُ حَبَّاتٍ مِنْ شَعِيرٍ فَتَجْعَلُهَا فِيهِ فَكُنَّا إِذَا صَلَّيْنَا الْجُمُعَةَ انْصَرَفْنَا إِلَيْهَا وَكُنَّا نَفْرَحُ بِيَوْمِ الْجُمُعَةِ مِنْ أَجْلِ ذَلِكَ وَمَا كُنَّا نَقِيلُ إِلَّا بَعْدَ الْجُمُعَةِ»  

nasai-kubra:11791Qutaybah > Yaʿqūb b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman al-Qārī > Abū Ḥāzim > Sahl b. Saʿd

We used to be very happy on Friday as an old lady used to cut some roots of the Silq, which we used to plant on the banks of our small water streams, and cook them in a pot of her's, adding to them, some grains of barley. (Ya'qub, the sub-narrator said, "I think the narrator mentioned that the food did not contain fat or melted fat (taken from meat).") When we offered the Friday prayer we would go to her and she would serve us with the dish. So, we used to be happy on Fridays because of that. We used not to take our meals or the midday nap except after the Jumua prayer (i.e. Friday prayer). (Using translation from Bukhārī 2349)  

الكبرى للنسائي:١١٧٩١عَنْ قُتَيْبَةَ عَنْ يَعْقُوبَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ الْقَارِي عَنْ أَبِي حَازِمٍ عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ قَالَ

إِنْ كُنَّا لَنَفْرَحُ بِيَوْمِ الْجُمُعَةِ كَانَتْ لَنَا عَجُوزٌ تَأْخُذُ مِنْ أُصُولِ سَلَقٍ لَنَا كُنَّا نَغْرِسُهُ فِي أَرْبِعَائِنَا فَتَجْعَلُهُ فِي قَدْرٍ لَهَا فَتَجْعَلُ فِيهِ حَبَّاتٍ مِنْ شَعِيرٍ لَا أَعْلَمُ إِلَّا أَنَّهُ قَالَ لَيْسَ فِيهِ شَحْمٌ وَلَا وَدَكٌ فَإِذَا صَلَّيْنَا الْجُمُعَةَ زُرْنَاهَا فَقَرَّبَتْهُ إِلَيْنَا فَكُنَّا نَفْرَحُ بِيَوْمِ الْجُمُعَةِ مِنْ أَجْلِ ذَلِكَ وَمَا كُنَّا نَتَغَدَّى وَلَا نَقِيلُ إِلَّا بَعْدَ الْجُمُعَةِ  

bayhaqi:5949Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥāfiẓ > Abū al-Faḍl Muḥammad b. Ibrāhīm al-Hāshimī > Muḥammad b. ʿAmr b. al-Naḍr al-Ḥarashī > al-Qaʿnabī > ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz b. Abū Ḥāzim from his father > Sahl b. Saʿd

[Machine] We had an old woman who would send us a dish, taking from the some of the leftovers, putting them in a pot, and cooking them with barley. So when we finished praying, we would go to her to greet her, and she would serve it to us. We used to look forward to Fridays because of that, and we would not move or eat until after Friday.  

البيهقي:٥٩٤٩أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ أَخْبَرَنِي أَبُو الْفَضْلِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ الْهَاشِمِيُّ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَمْرِو بْنِ النَّضْرِ الْحَرَشِيُّ ثنا الْقَعْنَبِيُّ ثنا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ بْنُ أَبِي حَازِمٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ قَالَ كُنَّا نَفْرَحُ بِيَوْمِ الْجُمُعَةِ قُلْتُ وَلِمَ؟ قَالَ

كَانَتْ لَنَا عَجُوزٌ تَبْعَثُ إِلَى بِضَاعَةَ فَتَأْخُذُ مِنْ أُصُولِ السِّلْقِ فَتَطْرَحُهُ فِي قِدْرٍ وَتُكَرْكِرُهَا مِنْ شَعِيرٍ فَكُنَّا إِذَا صَلَّيْنَا انْصَرَفْنَا إِلَيْهَا لِنُسَلِّمَ عَلَيْهَا فَتُقَدِّمُهُ إِلَيْنَا فَكُنَّا نَفْرَحُ بِيَوْمِ الْجُمُعَةِ مِنْ أَجْلِ ذَلِكَ وَمَا كُنَّا نَقِيلُ وَلَا نَتَغَدَّى إِلَّا بَعْدَ الْجُمُعَةِ  

رَوَاهُ الْبُخَارِيُّ فِي الصَّحِيحِ عَنِ الْقَعْنَبِيِّ وَرَوَاهُ مُسْلِمٌ أَيْضًا عَنِ الْقَعْنَبِيِّ مُخْتَصَرًا
bayhaqi:13535Abū ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥāfiẓ > Abū al-Faḍl Muḥammad b. Ibrāhīm al-Hāshimī > Muḥammad b. ʿAmr b. al-Naḍr al-Ḥarashī > al-Qaʿnabī > ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz b. Abū Ḥāzim from his father > Sahl b. Saʿd > Kunnā

[Machine] We have an old woman who sends us goods so we take them from the root of the dock, then throw them in a pot and grind grains of barley. Whenever we pray, we go to her and greet her and she presents it to us. We used to be happy on Fridays because of that and we would not move or have lunch until after Friday.  

البيهقي:١٣٥٣٥أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ أَخْبَرَنِي أَبُو الْفَضْلِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ الْهَاشِمِيُّ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَمْرِو بْنِ النَّضْرِ الْحَرَشِيُّ ثنا الْقَعْنَبِيُّ ثنا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ بْنُ أَبِي حَازِمٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ قَالَ كُنَّا نَفْرَحُ بِيَوْمِ الْجُمُعَةِ قُلْتُ وَلِمَ؟ قَالَ كَانَتْ

لَنَا عَجُوزٌ تَبْعَثُ إِلَى بُضَاعَةَ فَتَأْخُذُ مِنْ أُصُولِ السِّلْقِ فَتَطْرَحُهُ فِي قِدْرٍ وَتُكَرْكِرُ حَبَّاتٍ مِنْ شَعِيرٍ فَكُنَّا إِذَا صَلَّيْنَا انْصَرَفْنَا إِلَيْهَا فَنُسَلِّمُ عَلَيْهَا فَتُقَدِّمُهُ إِلَيْنَا وَكُنَّا نَفْرَحُ بِيَوْمِ الْجُمُعَةِ مِنْ أَجْلِ ذَلِكَ وَمَا كُنَّا نَقِيلُ وَلَا نَتَغَدَّى إِلَّا بَعْدَ الْجُمُعَةِ  

رَوَاهُ الْبُخَارِيُّ وَمُسْلِمٌ فِي الصَّحِيحِ عَنِ الْقَعْنَبِيِّ وَرُوِّينَا عَنْ أَبِي بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرَ ؓ أَنَّهُمَا كَانَا يَزُورَانِ أُمَّ أَيْمَنَ بَعْدَ وَفَاةِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَكَانَتْ حَاضِنَةً لِلنَّبِيِّ ﷺ