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muslim:2038aAbū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah > Khalaf b. Khalīfah > Yazīd b. Kaysān > Abū Ḥāzim > Abū Hurayrah

What has brought you out of your houses at this hour? They said: Messenger of Allah, it is hunger. Thereupon he said: By Him in Whose Hand is my life, what has brought you out has brought me out too; get up. They got up along with him. and (all of them) came to the house of an Ansari, but he was not at home. When his wife saw him she said: Most welcome, and Messenger of Allah (may peace be Upon him) said to her: Where is so and so? She said: He has gone to get some fresh water for us. When the Ansari came and he saw Messenger of Allah ﷺ and his two Companions, he said: Praise be to Allah, no one has more honourable guests today than I (have). He then went out and brought them a bunch of ripe dates, dry dates and fresh dates, and said: Eat some of them. He then took hold of his long knife (for slaughtering a goat or a sheep). Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to him: Beware of killing a milch animal. He slaughtered a sheep for them and after they had eaten of it and of the bunch and drank, and when they had taken their fill and had been fully satisfied with the drink, Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to Abu Bakr and Umar: By Him in Whose Hand is my life, you will certainly be questioned about this bounty on the Day of judgment. Hunger brought you out of your house, then you did not return until this bounty came to you.  

مسلم:٢٠٣٨aحَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا خَلَفُ بْنُ خَلِيفَةَ عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ كَيْسَانَ عَنْ أَبِي حَازِمٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

خَرَجَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ ذَاتَ يَوْمٍ أَوْ لَيْلَةٍ فَإِذَا هُوَ بِأَبِي بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرَ فَقَالَ مَا أَخْرَجَكُمَا مِنْ بُيُوتِكُمَا هَذِهِ السَّاعَةَ قَالاَ الْجُوعُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَالَ وَأَنَا وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ لأَخْرَجَنِي الَّذِي أَخْرَجَكُمَا قُومُوا فَقَامُوا مَعَهُ فَأَتَى رَجُلاً مِنَ الأَنْصَارِ فَإِذَا هُوَ لَيْسَ فِي بَيْتِهِ فَلَمَّا رَأَتْهُ الْمَرْأَةُ قَالَتْ مَرْحَبًا وَأَهْلاً فَقَالَ لَهَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَيْنَ فُلاَنٌ قَالَتْ ذَهَبَ يَسْتَعْذِبُ لَنَا مِنَ الْمَاءِ إِذْ جَاءَ الأَنْصَارِيُّ فَنَظَرَ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَصَاحِبَيْهِ ثُمَّ قَالَ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ مَا أَحَدٌ الْيَوْمَ أَكْرَمَ أَضْيَافًا مِنِّي قَالَ فَانْطَلَقَ فَجَاءَهُمْ بِعِذْقٍ فِيهِ بُسْرٌ وَتَمْرٌ وَرُطَبٌ فَقَالَ كُلُوا مِنْ هَذِهِ وَأَخَذَ الْمُدْيَةَ فَقَالَ لَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِيَّاكَ وَالْحَلُوبَ فَذَبَحَ لَهُمْ فَأَكَلُوا مِنَ الشَّاةِ وَمِنْ ذَلِكَ الْعِذْقِ وَشَرِبُوا فَلَمَّا أَنْ شَبِعُوا وَرَوُوا قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ لأَبِي بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرَ وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ لَتُسْأَلُنَّ عَنْ هَذَا النَّعِيمِ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ أَخْرَجَكُمْ مِنْ بُيُوتِكُمُ الْجُوعُ ثُمَّ لَمْ تَرْجِعُوا حَتَّى أَصَابَكُمْ هَذَا النَّعِيمُ  


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tabarani:16681aHāshim b. Marthad al-Ṭabarānī > Ādam b. Abū Iyās > Shaybān > ʿAbd al-Malik b. ʿUmayr > Abū Salamah > Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ went out at a time when no one else goes out or meets him. Abu Bakr came to him and asked, "What made you come out, O Abu Bakr?" He said, "I went out to meet the Messenger of Allah ﷺ , look at his face, and give him my greetings. It was not long before Umar came and said, 'What made you come out, O Umar?' He said, 'Hunger.' Umar said, 'And I found something that you can find.' So let us go to Abu al-Haytham ibn al-Tayhan al-Ansari, who had many horses and servants. They went to him, but could not find him. They found his wife and asked, 'Where is your husband?' She said, 'He went out in the early morning to fetch water from the canal of Banu Fulan. It was not long before he came back with a container, then he came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and accompanied him, holding him by his father and mother, and they went to the shade of his garden. He spread a mat for them, then he went to a palm tree and brought some dates. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, 'Why don't you shake them and bruise them?' He said, 'I wanted you to taste them fresh and juicy.' So they ate and drank from that water. When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ had finished, he said, 'By the One in Whose hand is my soul, this is a blessing that you will be asked about on the Day of Resurrection. This is the cool shade and the refreshing fruit with the water upon it.' He then told them to set food for him. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, 'Do not slaughter what is pregnant.' So he slaughtered a young or old camel for them. Then he came to them and they ate.  

الطبراني:١٦٦٨١aحَدَّثَنَا هَاشِمُ بْنُ مَرْثَدٍ الطَّبَرَانِيُّ ثنا آدَمُ بْنُ أَبِي إِيَاسٍ ثنا شَيْبَانُ عَنْ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ بْنِ عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

خَرَجَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فِي سَاعَةٍ لَا يَخْرُجُ فِيهَا وَلَا يَلْقَاهُ فِيهَا أَحَدٌ فَأَتَاهُ أَبُو بَكْرٍ فَقَالَ «مَا أَخْرَجَكَ يَا أَبَا بَكْرٍ؟» قَالَ خَرَجْتُ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَالنَّظَرِ فِي وَجْهِهِ وَالتَّسْلِيمِ عَلَيْهِ فَلَمْ يَلْبَثْ أَنْ جَاءَ عُمَرُ فَقَالَ «مَا أَخْرَجَكَ يَا عُمَرُ؟» قَالَ الْجُوعُ قَالَ «وَأَنَا قَدْ وَجَدْتُ بَعْضَ الَّذِي تَجِدُ» فَانْطَلِقُوا بِنَا إِلَى أَبِي الْهَيْثَمِ بْنِ التَّيْهَانِ الْأَنْصَارِيِّ وَكَانَ رَجُلًا كَثِيرَ الْخَيْلِ وَالْشِيَاهِ وَلَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ خَادِمٌ فَأَتَوْهُ فَلَمْ يَجِدُوهُ وَوَجَدُوا امْرَأَتَهُ فَقَالَ «أَيْنَ صَاحِبُكُمْ؟» قَالَتِ انْطَلَقَ غُدْوَةً ليَسْتَعْذِبَ مِنَ الْمَاءِ مِنْ قَنَاةِ بَنِي فُلَانٍ فَلَمْ يَلْبَثْ أَنْ جَاءَ بِقِرْبَةٍ ثُمَّ وَضَعَهَا ثُمَّ أَتَى رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَلْزَمُهُ وَيُفَدِّيهِ بِأَبِيهِ وَأُمِّهِ فَانْطَلَقَ بِهِمْ إِلَى ظِلِّ حَدِيقَتِهِ فَبَسَطَ لَهُمْ بِسَاطًا ثُمَّ انْطَلَقَ إِلَى نَخْلَةٍ فَجَاءَ بِعِذْقٍ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «فَهَلَّا تَنَقَّيْتَ مِنْ رُطَبِهِ؟» فَقَالَ أَرَدْتُ أَنْ تُحِسُّونَ مِنْ رُطَبِهِ وَبُسْرِهِ فَأَكَلُوا وَشَرِبُوا مِنْ ذَلِكَ الْمَاءِ فَلَمَّا فَرَغَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ «هَذَا وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ مِنَ النَّعِيمِ الَّذِي تُسْأَلُونَ عَنْهُ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ هَذَا الظِّلُّ الْبَارِدُ وَالرُّطَبُ الْبَادِ عَلَيْهِ الْمَاءُ» انْطَلِقْ فَضَعْ لَهُمْ طَعَامًا فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «لَا تَذْبَحْ ذَاتَ دَرٍّ» فَذَبَحَ لَهُمْ عَنَاقًا أَوْ جَدْيًا ثُمَّ أَتَاهُمْ فَأَكَلُوا  

tabarani:16681bHāshim b. Marthad al-Ṭabarānī > Ādam b. Abū Iyās > Shaybān > ʿAbd al-Malik b. ʿUmayr > Abū Salamah > Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ went out at a time when no one would go out or meet him. Abu Bakr came to him and said, 'What made you go out, O Abu Bakr?' He replied, 'I went out to see the Messenger of Allah ﷺ , look at his face, and greet him.' It was not long before Umar came and said, 'What made you go out, O Umar?' He said, 'Hunger.' Umar asked, 'And I have found something to eat.' So they went with us to Abu Al-Haytham ibn Al-Tayhan Al-Ansari, who had many horses and camels but no servant. They came to him but did not find him, only his wife. They asked her, 'Where is your husband?' She said, 'He went out at dawn to fetch water from the canal of Bani Fulan.' He soon came closer, unloaded the water and went to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ to be obedient to him and seek his blessing for his father and mother. They went with him to the shade of his garden, where he spread a carpet for them. Then he went to a date palm tree and brought a cluster of dates. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ asked, 'Why don't you clean the dates?' He replied, 'I wanted you to taste the moist and the ripe.' They ate and drank from the water. When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ had finished, he said, 'By the One in whose Hand is my soul, this is from the delights that you will be asked about on the Day of Resurrection: this cool shade and these moist dates with water upon them.' He then went and prepared food for them. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, 'Do not slaughter a pregnant animal.' So he slaughtered a young goat or a lamb for them. Then he came to them and they ate.  

الطبراني:١٦٦٨١bحَدَّثَنَا هَاشِمُ بْنُ مَرْثَدٍ الطَّبَرَانِيُّ ثنا آدَمُ بْنُ أَبِي إِيَاسٍ ثنا شَيْبَانُ عَنْ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ بْنِ عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

خَرَجَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فِي سَاعَةٍ لَا يَخْرُجُ فِيهَا وَلَا يَلْقَاهُ فِيهَا أَحَدٌ فَأَتَاهُ أَبُو بَكْرٍ فَقَالَ «مَا أَخْرَجَكَ يَا أَبَا بَكْرٍ؟» قَالَ خَرَجْتُ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَالنَّظَرِ فِي وَجْهِهِ وَالتَّسْلِيمِ عَلَيْهِ فَلَمْ يَلْبَثْ أَنْ جَاءَ عُمَرُ فَقَالَ «مَا أَخْرَجَكَ يَا عُمَرُ؟» قَالَ الْجُوعُ قَالَ «وَأَنَا قَدْ وَجَدْتُ بَعْضَ الَّذِي تَجِدُ» فَانْطَلِقُوا بِنَا إِلَى أَبِي الْهَيْثَمِ بْنِ التَّيْهَانِ الْأَنْصَارِيِّ وَكَانَ رَجُلًا كَثِيرَ الْخَيْلِ وَالْشِيَاهِ وَلَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ خَادِمٌ فَأَتَوْهُ فَلَمْ يَجِدُوهُ وَوَجَدُوا امْرَأَتَهُ فَقَالَ «أَيْنَ صَاحِبُكُمْ؟» قَالَتِ انْطَلَقَ غُدْوَةً ليَسْتَعْذِبَ مِنَ الْمَاءِ مِنْ قَنَاةِ بَنِي فُلَانٍ فَلَمْ يَلْبَثْ أَنْ جَاءَ بِقِرْبَةٍ ثُمَّ وَضَعَهَا ثُمَّ أَتَى رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَلْزَمُهُ وَيُفَدِّيهِ بِأَبِيهِ وَأُمِّهِ فَانْطَلَقَ بِهِمْ إِلَى ظِلِّ حَدِيقَتِهِ فَبَسَطَ لَهُمْ بِسَاطًا ثُمَّ انْطَلَقَ إِلَى نَخْلَةٍ فَجَاءَ بِعِذْقٍ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «فَهَلَّا تَنَقَّيْتَ مِنْ رُطَبِهِ؟» فَقَالَ أَرَدْتُ أَنْ تُحِسُّونَ مِنْ رُطَبِهِ وَبُسْرِهِ فَأَكَلُوا وَشَرِبُوا مِنْ ذَلِكَ الْمَاءِ فَلَمَّا فَرَغَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ «هَذَا وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ مِنَ النَّعِيمِ الَّذِي تُسْأَلُونَ عَنْهُ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ هَذَا الظِّلُّ الْبَارِدُ وَالرُّطَبُ الْبَادِ عَلَيْهِ الْمَاءُ» انْطَلِقْ فَضَعْ لَهُمْ طَعَامًا فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «لَا تَذْبَحْ ذَاتَ دَرٍّ» فَذَبَحَ لَهُمْ عَنَاقًا أَوْ جَدْيًا ثُمَّ أَتَاهُمْ فَأَكَلُوا  

tabarani:16682Jaʿfar b. Muḥammad al-Firyābī > Ibrāhīm b. ʿAbdullāh al-Harawī > Khalf b. Khalīfah > Yazīd b. Kaysān > Abū Ḥāzim > Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ went out one day and found Abu Bakr and Umar with him. He asked them, "What has brought you both out of your houses?" They replied, "Hunger." He said, "By the One in whose hand is my soul, I was not brought out except by the same thing that brought you both out. Get up." So they got up with him. Then a man from the Ansar came, and it seemed like he had been with a woman. The Prophet ﷺ asked her, "Where is so-and-so?" She replied, "He went off to get water for us." While he was gone, the man from the Ansar came with some water. When he looked at the Prophet ﷺ and his companions, he said, "Allahu Akbar! No one among the people is more honorable than our guests." The Prophet ﷺ then took a skin bag and cut a piece out of it that contained some dates, fresh dates, and dried dates. He said to the man, "What if you had chosen?" The man replied, "You decide, O Messenger of Allah, according to your own opinion." The Prophet ﷺ took the bag and said to him, "Beware of the wolfberry." Then he slaughtered a sheep for them, and they ate. When they finished, the Prophet ﷺ said to them, "You will surely be asked about this blessing on the Day of Judgment. It was hunger that brought you out of your homes, and yet you did not return until you obtained this blessing."  

الطبراني:١٦٦٨٢حَدَّثَنَا جَعْفَرُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْفِرْيَابِيُّ ثنا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ الْهَرَوِيُّ ثنا خَلْفُ بْنُ خَلِيفَةَ عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ كَيْسَانَ عَنْ أَبِي حَازِمٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ؓ قَالَ

خَرَجَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَوْمًا فَإِذَا هُوَ بِأَبِي بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرَ ؓ فَقَالَ «مَا أَخْرَجَكُمَا مِنْ بُيُوتِكُمَا؟» قَالَا الْجُوعُ قَالَ «وَأَنَا وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ مَا أَخْرَجَنِي إِلَّا الَّذِي أَخْرَجَكُمَا قُومُوا» فَقَامُوا مَعَهُ وَأَتَى رَجُلًا مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ فَإِذَا الْأَنْصَارِيُّ لَيْسَ ثَمَّ وَإِذَا هُوَ بِالْمَرْأَةِ فَقَالَ لَهَا «أَيْنَ فُلَانٌ؟» قَالَتِ انْطَلَقَ يَسْتَعْذِبُ لَنَا مِنَ الْمَاءِ فَبَيْنَمَا هُوَ كَذَلِكَ إِذْ جَاءَ الْأَنْصَارِيُّ وَعَلَيْهِ قِرْبَةٌ مِنْ مَاءٍ فَلَمَّا نَظَرَ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَصَاحِبَيْهِ قَالَ اللهُ أَكْبَرُ مَا أَحَدٌ مِنَ النَّاسِ أَكْرَمُ مِنْ أَضْيَافِنَا قَالَ فَعَلَّقَ الْقِرْبَةَ وَقَطَعَ لَهُمْ عَذْقًا فِيهِ بُسْرٌ وَرُطَبٌ وَتَمْرٌ فَقَالَ لَهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «لَوِ انْتَقَيْتَ؟» قَالَ تَخَيَّرُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ عَلَى أَعْيُنِكُمْ قَالَ وَأَخَذَ الْمُدْيَةَ فَقَالَ لَهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «إِيَّاكَ وَالْحَلُوبَ» فَذَبَحَ لَهُمْ فَأَكَلُوا فَلَمَّا فَرَغُوا قَالَ لَهُمُ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «لَتُسْأَلُنَّ عَنْ هَذَا النَّعِيمِ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ أَخْرَجَكُمْ مِنْ بُيُوتِكُمُ الْجُوعُ ثُمَّ لَمْ تَرْجِعُوا حَتَّى أَصَبْتُمْ مِنْ هَذَا النَّعِيمِ»