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ibnmajah:934Azhar b. Marwān > ʿAbd al-Wārith > Ayyūb > Nāfiʿ > Ibn ʿUmar

“The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: ‘If food is served and the Iqamah for prayer is given, then start with the food.” He said: "Ibn 'Umar ate dinner one night while he could hear the Iqamah."  

ابن ماجة:٩٣٤حَدَّثَنَا أَزْهَرُ بْنُ مَرْوَانَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَارِثِ حَدَّثَنَا أَيُّوبُ عَنْ نَافِعٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ قَالَ

رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِذَا وُضِعَ الْعَشَاءُ وَأُقِيمَتِ الصَّلاَةُ فَابْدَءُوا بِالْعَشَاءِ قَالَ فَتَعَشَّى ابْنُ عُمَرَ لَيْلَةً وَهُوَ يَسْمَعُ الإِقَامَةَ  


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Collected by Bukhārī, Ibn Mājah, Aḥmad, Ibn Ḥibbān, Suyūṭī
bukhari:671Musaddad > Yaḥyá > Hishām from my father > ʿĀʾishah

The Prophet ﷺ said, "If supper is served, and Iqama is pronounced one should start with the supper."  

البخاري:٦٧١حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى عَنْ هِشَامٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي قَالَ سَمِعْتُ عَائِشَةَ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ أَنَّهُ قَالَ إِذَا وُضِعَ الْعَشَاءُ وَأُقِيمَتِ الصَّلاَةُ فَابْدَءُوا بِالْعَشَاءِ  

bukhari:5463Muʿallá b. Asad > Wuhayb > Ayyūb > Abū Qilābah > Anas b. Mālik

The Prophet ﷺ said, If supper is served and the Iqama for (Isha) prayer is proclaimed, start with you supper first."  

البخاري:٥٤٦٣حَدَّثَنَا مُعَلَّى بْنُ أَسَدٍ حَدَّثَنَا وُهَيْبٌ عَنْ أَيُّوبَ عَنْ أَبِي قِلاَبَةَ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ ؓ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ إِذَا وُضِعَ الْعَشَاءُ وَأُقِيمَتِ الصَّلاَةُ فَابْدَءُوا بِالْعَشَاءِ  

ibnmajah:933Hishām b. ʿAmmār > Sufyān b. ʿUyaynah > al-Zuhrī > Anas b. Mālik

“If food is served and the Iqamah for prayer is given, then start with the food.”  

ابن ماجة:٩٣٣حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامُ بْنُ عَمَّارٍ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ بْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ إِذَا وُضِعَ الْعَشَاءُ وَأُقِيمَتِ الصَّلاَةُ فَابْدَءُوا بِالْعَشَاءِ  

ahmad:5806ʿAffān > Wuhayb > Ayyūb > Nāfiʿ > Ibn ʿUmar

The Prophet ﷺ said, If supper is served and the Iqama for (Isha) prayer is proclaimed, start with you supper first." (Using translation from Bukhārī 5463)  

أحمد:٥٨٠٦حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ حَدَّثَنَا وُهَيْبٌ حَدَّثَنَا أَيُّوبُ عَنْ نَافِعٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ إِذَا وُضِعَ الْعَشَاءُ وَأُقِيمَتِ الصَّلَاةُ فَابْدَءُوا بِالْعَشَاءِ قَالَ وَلَقَدْ تَعَشَّى ابْنُ عُمَرَ مَرَّةً وَهُوَ يَسْمَعُ قِرَاءَةَ الْإِمَامِ  

ahmad:11971Muḥammad b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman al-Ṭufāwī > Ayyūb > Abū Qilābah > Anas b. Mālik

The Prophet ﷺ said, If supper is served and the Iqama for (Isha) prayer is proclaimed, start with you supper first." (Using translation from Bukhārī 5463)  

أحمد:١١٩٧١حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ الطُّفَاوِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا أَيُّوبُ عَنْ أَبِي قِلَابَةَ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ إِذَا وُضِعَ الْعَشَاءُ وَأُقِيمَتِ الصَّلَاةُ فَابْدَءُوا بِالْعَشَاءِ  

ahmad:25621Yaḥyiá > Hishām from my father > ʿĀʾishah

[Machine] I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ saying, "When the dinner is served and the prayer is established, start with the dinner." Waki' (one of the narrators) said, "When both the prayer and dinner are ready." Ibn 'Uyaynah said, "When the dinner is served."  

أحمد:٢٥٦٢١حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيِى حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامٌ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي أَبِي أَخْبَرَتْنِي عَائِشَةُ قَالَتْ

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ إِذَا وُضِعَ الْعَشَاءُ وَأُقِيمَتِ الصَّلَاةُ فَابْدَءُوا بِالْعَشَاءِ وَقَالَ وَكِيعٌ إِذَا حَضَرَتِ الصَّلَاةُ وَالْعَشَاءُ وَقَالَ ابْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ إِذَا وُضِعَ الْعَشَاءُ  

ahmad:24246Yaḥyá > Hishām from my father > ʿĀʾishah

“If food is served and the Iqamah for prayer is given, then start with the food.” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 933)  

أحمد:٢٤٢٤٦حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي قَالَ سَمِعْتُ عَائِشَةَ تَقُولُ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِذَا وُضِعَ الْعَشَاءُ وَأُقِيمَتِ الصَّلَاةُ فَابْدَءُوا بِالْعَشَاءِ  

ibnhibban:5209Abū Khalīfah > Sulaymān b. Ḥarb > Ḥammād b. Zayd > Simāk b. ʿAṭiyyah > Ayyūb > Abū Qilābah > Anas

"The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 'If dinner is ready and the Iqamah for prayer is said, then start with dinner first."' (Using translation from Nasāʾī 853)  

ابن حبّان:٥٢٠٩حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو خَلِيفَةَ حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ عَنْ سِمَاكِ بْنِ عَطِيَّةَ عَنْ أَيُّوبَ عَنْ أَبِي قِلَابَةَ عَنْ أَنَسٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «إِذَا وُضِعَ الْعَشَاءُ وَأُقِيمَتِ الصَّلَاةُ فَابْدَءُوا بِالْعَشَاءِ»