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tabarani:14658 – Idrīs b. ʿAbd al-Karīm al-Ḥaddād > ʿĀṣim b. ʿAlī > Isḥāq al-Azraq > Sufyān And Sharīk > al-Aʿmash > Abū Wāʾil > Abū Masʿūd

[Machine] Make enough food for our servant, five or six servings, so that I may invite the Messenger of Allah ﷺ on the fifth serving. Accordingly, they invited him and a man followed them. The Prophet ﷺ said, "Indeed, you invited me for the fifth serving, and this man has accompanied us. If you wish, you may allow him, and if you wish, you may leave him." He said, "No, I will allow him."  

الطبراني:١٤٦٥٨ – حَدَّثَنَا إِدْرِيسُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْكَرِيمِ الْحَدَّادُ ثَنَا عَاصِمُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ ثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ الْأَزْرَقُ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ وَشَرِيكٍ عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنْ أَبِي وَائِلٍ عَنْ أَبِي مَسْعُودٍ أَنَّ رَجُلًا كَانَ لَهُ غُلَامٌ لَحَّامٌ فَقَالَ

لِغُلَامِهِ اجْعَلْ لَنَا طَعَامًا يَكْفِي خَمْسَةً أَوْ سِتَّةً لَعَلِّي أَدْعُو رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ خَامِسَ خَمْسَةٍ فَدَعَاهُمْ وَتَبِعَهُمْ رَجُلٌ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «إِنَّكَ دَعَوْتَنِي خَامِسَ خَمْسَةٍ وَإِنَّ هَذَا تَبِعَنَا فَإِنْ شِئْتَ أَذِنْتَ لَهُ وَإنْ شِئْتَ تَرَكْتَهُ» قَالَ بَلْ آذَنُ لَهُ  

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Collected by Muslim, Dārimī, Ibn Ḥibbān
muslim:2036a – Qutaybah b. Saʿīd And ʿUthmān b. Abū Shaybah Wataqārabā Fī al-Lafẓ > Jarīr > al-Aʿmash > Abū Wāʾil > Abū Masʿūd al-Anṣārī > Kān Rajul from al-Anṣār

0 ye, prepare for us food sufficient for five persons, for I intend to invite Allah's Apostle ﷺ who would be the fifth amongst the five. He (the narrator) reported that he then prepared the food and came to Allah's Apostle ﷺ and invited all the five (including him) who was the fifth amongst them to the feast. A man followed him and when Allah's Apostle ﷺ reached the door, he said: This man has followed us; if you like you may permit him (to join the meal) and if you like he can go back. Thereupon the person said: Messenger of Allah, I permit him.  

مسلم:٢٠٣٦a – حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ وَعُثْمَانُ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ وَتَقَارَبَا فِي اللَّفْظِ قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا جَرِيرٌ عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ عَنْ أَبِي وَائِلٍ عَنْ أَبِي مَسْعُودٍ الأَنْصَارِيِّ قَالَ كَانَ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الأَنْصَارِ

يُقَالُ لَهُ أَبُو شُعَيْبٍ وَكَانَ لَهُ غُلاَمٌ لَحَّامٌ فَرَأَى رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَعَرَفَ فِي وَجْهِهِ الْجُوعَ فَقَالَ لِغُلاَمِهِ وَيْحَكَ اصْنَعْ لَنَا طَعَامًا لِخَمْسَةِ نَفَرٍ فَإِنِّي أُرِيدُ أَنْ أَدْعُوَ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ خَامِسَ خَمْسَةٍ قَالَ فَصَنَعَ ثُمَّ أَتَى النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَدَعَاهُ خَامِسَ خَمْسَةٍ وَاتَّبَعَهُمْ رَجُلٌ فَلَمَّا بَلَغَ الْبَابَ قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ إِنَّ هَذَا اتَّبَعَنَا فَإِنْ شِئْتَ أَنْ تَأْذَنَ لَهُ وَإِنْ شِئْتَ رَجَعَ قَالَ لاَ بَلْ آذَنُ لَهُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ  

darimi:2112 – Muḥammad b. Yūsuf > Sufyān > al-Aʿmash > Abū Wāʾil > Abū Masʿūd

[Machine] He is called Abu Shuayb and he had a young worker. He said, "Make food for me and invite the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, for the fifth of five." So he invited the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, for the fifth of five. A man followed them, and the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, said, "You invited us for the fifth of five and this man has followed me. If you want, you can allow him, and if you want, you can leave him." He said, "So he allowed him."  

الدارمي:٢١١٢ – أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يُوسُفَ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ عَنْ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنْ أَبِي وَائِلٍ عَنْ أَبِي مَسْعُودٍ قَالَ كَانَ رَجُلٌ

يُقَالُ لَهُ أَبُو شُعَيْبٍ وَكَانَ لَهُ غُلَامٌ لَحَّامٌ فَقَالَ اصْنَعْ لِي طَعَامًا أَدْعُو رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ خَامِسَ خَمْسَةٍ قَالَ فَدَعَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ خَامِسَ خَمْسَةٍ فَتَبِعَهُمْ رَجُلٌ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «إِنَّكَ دَعَوْتَنَا خَامِسَ خَمْسَةٍ وَهَذَا رَجُلٌ قَدْ تَبِعَنِي فَإِنْ شِئْتَ أَذِنْتَ لَهُ وَإِنْ شِئْتَ تَرَكْتَهُ» قَالَ فَأَذِنَ لَهُ  

ذِكْرُ مَا يَجِبُ عَلَى الْمَرْءِ إِذَا دُعِيَ إِلَى دَعْوَةٍ وَجَاءَ مَعَهُ بِغَيْرِهِ أَنْ يَسْتَأْذِنَ صَاحِبَ الْبَيْتِ

ibnhibban:5300 – Aḥmad b. ʿAlī b. al-Muthanná > Abū Khaythamah > Jarīr And ʾAbū Muʿāwiyah > al-Aʿmash > Abū Wāʾil > Abū Masʿūd

0 ye, prepare for us food sufficient for five persons, for I intend to invite Allah's Apostle ﷺ who would be the fifth amongst the five. He (the narrator) reported that he then prepared the food and came to Allah's Apostle ﷺ and invited all the five (including him) who was the fifth amongst them to the feast. A man followed him and when Allah's Apostle ﷺ reached the door, he said: This man has followed us; if you like you may permit him (to join the meal) and if you like he can go back. Thereupon the person said: Messenger of Allah, I permit him. (Using translation from Muslim 2036a)  

ابن حبّان:٥٣٠٠ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْمُثَنَّى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو خَيْثَمَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا جَرِيرٌ وَأَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنْ أَبِي وَائِلٍ عَنْ أَبِي مَسْعُودٍ قَالَ كَانَ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ

يُقَالُ لَهُ أَبُو شُعَيْبٍ وَكَانَ لَهُ غُلَامٌ لَحَّامٌ فَرَأَى رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَعَرَفَ فِي وَجْهِهِ الْجُوعَ فَقَالَ لِغُلَامِهِ اصْنَعْ لَنَا طَعَامًا لِخَمْسَةٍ فَإِنِّي أُرِيدُ أَنْ أَدْعُوَ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ خَامِسَ خَمْسَةٍ قَالَ فَصَنَعَ ثُمَّ جَاءَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ خَامِسَ خَمْسَةٍ وَتَبِعَهُمْ رَجُلٌ فَلَمَّا بَلَغَ الْبَابَ قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «إِنَّ هَذَا تَبِعَنَا فَإِنْ شِئْتَ أَنْ تَأْذَنَ لَهُ» وَإِنْ شِئْتَ رَجَعَ «قَالَ بَلْ آذَنُ لَهُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ