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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  


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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  

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»