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The Messenger of Allah said: "Having food on the first day is was is obligatory, and having food on the second day is Sunnah, and having food on the third day is to be heard of, and whoever wants to be heard of, Allah will make him heard of." (Using translation from Tirmidhī 1097)  

الطبراني:١٠٣٣٢ – حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ خَالَوَيْهِ الْوَاسِطِيُّ ثنا سَهْلُ بْنُ عُثْمَانَ ثنا زِيَادُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ الْبَكَّائِيُّ عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ السَّائِبِ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ السُّلَمِيِّ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «طَعَامُ يَوْمٍ حَقٌّ وَطَعَامُ يَوْمَيْنِ سُنَّةٌ وَطَعَامُ يَوْمِ الثَّالِثِ سُمْعَةٌ وَمَنْ سَمَّعَ سَمَّعَ اللهُ بِهِ»  

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tirmidhi:1097 – Muḥammad b. Mūsá al-Baṣrī > Ziyād b. ʿAbdullāh > ʿAṭāʾ b. al-Sāʾib > Abū ʿAbd al-Raḥman > Ibn Masʿūd

The Messenger of Allah said: "Having food on the first day is was is obligatory, and having food on the second day is Sunnah, and having food on the third day is to be heard of, and whoever wants to be heard of, Allah will make him heard of."  

الترمذي:١٠٩٧ – حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مُوسَى الْبَصْرِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا زِيَادُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ حَدَّثَنَا عَطَاءُ بْنُ السَّائِبِ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنِ ابْنِ مَسْعُودٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ طَعَامُ أَوَّلِ يَوْمٍ حَقٌّ وَطَعَامُ يَوْمِ الثَّانِي سُنَّةٌ وَطَعَامُ يَوْمِ الثَّالِثِ سُمْعَةٌ وَمَنْ سَمَّعَ سَمَّعَ اللَّهُ بِهِ  

قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى حَدِيثُ ابْنِ مَسْعُودٍ لاَ نَعْرِفُهُ مَرْفُوعًا إِلاَّ مِنْ حَدِيثِ زِيَادِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ وَزِيَادُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ كَثِيرُ الْغَرَائِبِ وَالْمَنَاكِيرِ قَالَ وَسَمِعْتُ مُحَمَّدَ بْنَ إِسْمَاعِيلَ يَذْكُرُ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عُقْبَةَ قَالَ قَالَ وَكِيعٌ زِيَادُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ مَعَ شَرَفِهِ لاَ يَكْذِبُ فِي الْحَدِيثِ
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السيوطي:١٥٣٥٥a –

"طَعَامُ أَوَّلِ يَومٍ حَقٌّ، وَطَعَامُ يَوم الثَّاني سُنةٌ وَطَعَامُ يَوْمِ الثَّالِثِ سُمْعَةٌ، وَمَنْ سَمَّعَ , سَمَّعَ الله بِهِ".  

[ت] الترمذي وضعَّفه , [طب] الطبرانى في الكبير عد, [ق] البيهقى في السنن عن ابن مسعود